OT: THN's Top 50 NHLers as voted by the players

[icehogfan08]

The Hockey News polled five players from each NHL team for who they thought were the top five players in the league today. Players couldn't vote for teammates. After tabulating the votes, they ended up with a ranking of the top 50 players in the NHL.

THN.com will be releasing them gradually, from Feb. 29 until March 15, when the No. 1 player will be announced.

2. -- Pavel Datsyuk
3. -- Claude Giroux
4. -- Steven Stamkos
5. -- Jonathan Toews
6. -- Evgeni Malkin
7. -- Nicklas Lidstrom
8. -- Alex Ovechkin
9. -- Daniel Sedin
10. -- Zdeno Chara
11. -- Henrik Sedin
12. -- Shea Weber
13. -- Henrik Lundqvist
14. -- Tim Thomas
15. -- Martin St-Louis
16. -- Phil Kessel
17. -- Pekka Rinne
18. -- Jaromir Jagr
19. -- Corey Perry
20. -- Henrik Zetterberg
21. -- Nicklas Backstrom (Capitals)
22. -- Erik Karlsson
23. -- Drew Doughty
24. -- Joe Thornton
25. -- Ryan Getzlaf
26. -- Jarome Iginla
27. -- Ilya Kovalchuk
28. -- Brad Richards
29. -- Zach Parise
30. -- Anze Kopitar
31. -- Marian Gaborik
32. -- Patrick Kane
33. -- Rick Nash
34. -- Ryan Suter
35. -- Patrice Bergeron
36. -- David Krejci
37. -- Tuukka Rask
38. -- Marian Hossa
39. -- Jason Spezza
40. -- Marc-Andre Fleury
41. -- Kris Letang
42. -- Mike Richards
43. -- Milan Lucic
44. -- Duncan Keith
45. -- Teemu Selanne
46. -- Miikka Kiprusoff
47. -- Ryan Miller
48. -- Jordan Eberle
49. -- Patrick Marleau
50. -- Vincent Lecavalier

 

[DMelt36]

So number 1 is Stalberg? Sweet.

 

[DMelt36]

The Hockey News polled five players from each NHL team for who they thought were the top five players in the league today. Players couldn't vote for teammates. After tabulating the votes, they ended up with a ranking of the top 50 players in the NHL.

THN.com will be releasing them gradually, from Feb. 29 until March 15, when the No. 1 player will be announced.

Giroux at 3? Wow.
Surprised how high Karlsson is after not even playing a full season.
I've heard nothing but bad things about Doughty this year, so didn't expect to see him on the list.
Crazy that Rask is a backup goalie and #37 on the list.
Four Hawks on the list? Not too shabby.
Teemu being on the list at age 2390487230948372 is impressive.

 

[Jntg4]

Toews ahead of Malkin???

Doughty and Raask too high.

 

[HawkWriter]

Eberle at 48 is interesting. The league is starting to take notice of the amazing skill that he has.

I think Rask at 37 is interesting...but he could honestly be that good. I do think the Bruins look hard into trading Thomas this offseason because of Rask.

I think Kessel at 16 is too high...probably due to his hot start this year.

 

[DMelt36]

Toews ahead of Malkin???

Doughty and Raask too high.

Toews ahead of Malkin surprised me, too. But Toews was named the best forward in the Olympics back in 2010. Probably raised a few eyebrows around NHL locker rooms. I imagine that's a big reason why he's up there.

 

[DewsSox79]

im trying to figure out who is missing who is number 1

 

[DewsSox79]

i guess crosby :dunno:

 

[icehogfan08]

It's Crosby I believe

 

[TheChicagoFan]

I don't think Lucic is one of the top 50 players in the NHL.

I kind of like that Rask is so high. He's a great goalie. The only problem is that Tim Thomas is there and Thomas was fantastic in the playoffs.

This is also one of the first few lists that I've seen with Datsyuk that high. I like it.

 

[DewsSox79]

update on 1?

 

[HawkWriter]

^^^ It is Crosby...

 

[DewsSox79]

^^^ It is Crosby...

officially?