January Rotisserie Rankings - Defense

I used the yahoo default league scoring to judge who had the best roto performance among all NHL defencemen through January.

Goals/Assists/Plus-Minus/Power Play Points/PIMS/Shots on Goal

Now these rankings are not on projected basis or positional importance. They are based on who actually performed the best in the roto categories amongst all NHL defensemen through January.

Sheldon Souray has returned to the fantasy elite and continues to lead all defensemen, a fantasy superstar because fantasy only counts half the game. Dion Phaneuf has rebounded from a slow start to pass the rest of the field and is knocking on the door for top spot.

1. Sheldon Souray (Edm - D)

2. Dion Phaneuf (Cgy - D)

3. Mike Green (Was - D)

4. Zdeno Chara (Bos - D)

5. Rob Blake (SJS - D)

6. Shea Weber (Nas - D)

7. Chris Pronger (Ana - D)

8. Dan Boyle (SJS - D)

9. Scott Niedermayer (Ana - D)

10. Ed Jovanovski (Phx - D)

11. Jay Bouwmeester (Fla - D)

12. Dennis Wideman (Bos - D)

13. Andrei Markov (Mtl - D)

14. Niklas Lidstrom (Det - D)

15. Fedor Tyutin (CBJ - D)

16. Mark Streit (NYI - D)

17. Pavel Kubina (Tor - D)

18. Stephane Robidas (Dal - D)

19. Duncan Keith (Chi - D)

20. Joe Corvo (Car- D)

21. Marek Zidlicky (Min - D)

22. Brent Burns (Min - D)

23. Kyle Quincey (LAK - D)

24. Christian Erhoff (SJS - D)

25. Brian Rafalski (NJD - D)

Bubble: Kevin Bieksa, Joni Pitkanen, Alexander Edler, Ryan Suter, Kimmo Timonen, Mike Commodore, Keith Ballard, Bryan McCabe, John Michael Liles, Roman Hamrlik

Now this is the result of weighting all categories equally which rotisserie rankings do. Being number one in goal scoring is the same as being number one in penalty minutes. It is one of the reasons I don't believe in PIMs in Fantasy Hockey.

January Rotisserie Rankings - Rookies

I used the yahoo default league scoring to judge who had the best roto performance among all NHL rookies through January.

Goals/Assists/Plus-Minus/Power Play Points/PIMS/Shots on Goal

Now these rankings are not on projected basis or positional importance. They are based on who actually performed the best in the roto categories amongst all NHL rookies through January.

So players like Colin Fraser will be listed above players like Oscar Moller and Max Paccioretty because he has played more games. His fantasy impact may be less, but he has been more productive because he has been in the lineup.

Kris Versteeg still tops the list, but Blake Wheeler and Bobby Ryan are making their move. I expect that barring injury, Ryan will be atop this list by the end of the season.

1. Kris Versteeg (Chi - RW)

2. Blake Wheeler (Bos - RW)

3. Patrick Berglund (STL - C)

4. Bobby Ryan (Ana - RW)

5. James Neal (Dal - LW)

6. Mikael Grabovski (Tor - C)

7. Troy Brouwer (Chi - RW)

8. Jakub Voracek (CBJ - RW)

9. Steven Stamkos (TB - C)

10. Drew Doughty (LAK - D)

11. Michael Frolik (Fla - C)

12. Brandon Crombeen (STL - RW)

13. Derrick Brassard (CBJ - C)

14. Kyle Okposo (NYI - RW)

15. Cal Clutterbuck (Min - RW)

16. Jannik Hansen (Van - RW)

17. Mikkel Boedker (Phx - LW)

18. Wayne Simmonds (LAK - RW)

19. Alex Goligoski (Pit - D)

20. Colin Fraser (Chi- C)

21. Chris Stewart (Col - RW)

22. Kyle Turris (Phx - C)

23. TJ Oshie (STL - C)

24. Luke Schenn (Tor - D)

25. Matt Hunwick (Bos - D)

Bubble: Matt D'Agostini, Nikolai Kulemin, Oscar Moller, Tomas Pilhal, Adam Pardy, Adam Winchester, Luca Sbisa

Now this is the result of weighting all categories equally which rotisserie rankings do. Being number one in goal scoring is the same as being number one in penalty minutes. It is one of the reasons I don't believe in PIMs in Fantasy Hockey.

January Rotisserie Rankings - Skaters

I used the yahoo default league scoring to judge who had the best roto performance among all NHL skaters through January.

Goals/Assists/Plus-Minus/Power Play Points/PIMS/Shots on Goal

Now these rankings are not on projected basis or positional importance. They are based on who actually performed the best in the roto categories amongst all NHL skaters through the first 4 months of the season.

Alexander the Great, the shot whore (345) leads the way again as the most valuable rotisserie player in fantasy hockey.

1. Alexander Ovechkin (Was - LW)

2. Evgeni Malkin (Pit - C)

3. Ryan Getzlaf (Ana - C)

4. Corey Perry (Ana - RW)

5. Sidney Crosby (Pit - C)

6. Marian Hossa (Det - RW)

7. Jeff Carter (Phi - C)

8. Marc Savard (Bos - C)

9. Zach Parise (NJ - LW)

10. Patrick Elias (NJ - LW)

11. Mikko Koivu (Min - C)

12. Vincent Lecavalier (TB - C)

13. Mike Richards (Phi - C)

14. Jarome Iginla (Cgy - RW)

15. Daniel Sedin (Van - LW)

16. Sheldon Souray (Edm - D)

17. Eric Staal (Car - C)

18. Dion Phaneuf (Cgy - D)

19. Ryan Smyth (Col - LW)

20. Dustin Brown (LA - RW)

21. Pavel Datsyuk (Det - C)

22. Mike Green (Was - D)

23. Zdeno Chara (Bos - D)

24. Henrik Zetterberg (Det - LW)

25. Scott Hartnell (Phi - LW)

26. Shane Doan (Phx - RW)

27. Dany Heatley (Ott - LW)

28. Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl - LW)

29. Dustin Brown (LAK - RW)

30. Zdeno Chara (Bos - D)

31. Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl - RW)

32. Jamie Langenbrunner (NJ - RW) debut

33. Thomas Vanek (Buf - LW)

34. Bill Guerin (NYI - RW) debut

35. Rob Blake (SJS - D)

36. Rick Nash (CBJ - LW)

37. Patrick Marleau (SJS - C)

38. Alexei Kovalev (Mtl - RW)

39. Shea Weber (Nas - D)

40. Jason Blake (Tor - LW) debut

41. Rene Bourque (Cgy - LW)

42. Chris Pronger (Ana - D)

43. Patrick Sharp (Chi - RW)

44. Patrick Kane (Chi - RW) debut

45. Phil Kessel (Bos - RW) debut

46. Mikael Samuelsson (Det - RW)

47. Jason Spezza (Ott- C)

48. Scott Gomez (NYR - C)

49. Alexander Semin (Was - LW)

50. Martin St. Louis (TB - RW)

Bubble: Michael Cammaleri, Ryan Clowe, Devin Setoguchi. Dan Boyle, Olli Jokinen, Johan Franzen, Derek Roy, Travis Zajac, Brian Gionta

Now this is the result of weighting all categories equally which rotisserie rankings do. Being number one in goal scoring is the same as being number one in penalty minutes. It is one of the reasons I don't believe in PIMs in Fantasy Hockey.

January Rotisserie Rankings - Goalies

Once again I used the yahoo default league scoring to judge who had the best roto performance among all NHL goaltenders through December.

Wins/Goals Against Average/Save Percentage/Shutouts

Now these rankings are not on projected basis or positional importance. They are based on who actually performed the best in the roto categories amongst all NHL goaltenders through January, with the minimum of 20 games played.

Niklas Backstrom continues his push for a monster contract as he takes over the lead from Mason and Thomas.

1. Niklas Backstrom (Min - G) +5

2. Tim Thomas (Bos - G)

3. Steve Mason (CBJ - G)

4. Ryan Miller (Buf - G)

5. Jonas Hiller (Ana - G)

6. Manny Fernandez (Bos - G)

7. Scott Clemmensen (NJ - G)

8. Ty Conklin (Det - G)

9. Evgeni Nabokov (SJS - G)

10. Pekka Rinne (Nas - G)

11. Nikolai Khabibulin (Chi - G)

12. Henrik Lundqvist (NYR - G)

13. Craig Anderson (Fla - G)

14. Cam Ward (Car - G)

15. Cristobal Huet (Chi - G)

16. Antero Nittymaki (Phi - G)

17. Tomas Vokoun (Fla -G)

18. Roberto Luongo (Van - G)

19. Mikka Kiprusoff (Cgy - G)

20. Chris Mason (StL - G)

21. Mike Smith (TB - G)

22. Carey Price (Mtl- G)

23. Dwayne Roloson (Edm - G)

24. Marc-Andre Fleury (Pit - G)

25. Jose Theodore (Was - G)

Bubble: Erik Ersberg, Ilya Bryzgalov, Marty Turco, Brent Johnson, Alex Auld

December Rotisserie Rankings - Rookies

I used the yahoo default league scoring to judge who had the best roto performance among all NHL rookies through December.

Goals/Assists/Plus-Minus/Power Play Points/PIMS/Shots on Goal

Now these rankings are not on projected basis or positional importance. They are based on who actually performed the best in the roto categories amongst all NHL rookies in October.

Kris Versteeg was the biggest beneficiary of Derrick Brassard's injury as it allowed him to leap Brassard and occupy the top slot in the roto rankings through December.

1. Kris Versteeg (Chi - RW)

2. Patrick Berglund (StL - C)

3. Derrick Brassard (CBJ - C)

4. Bobby Ryan (Ana - RW)

5. Blake Wheeler (Bos - LW)

6. Mikael Grabovski (Tor - C)

7. Alex Goligoski (Pit - D)

8. Michael Frolik (Fla - C)

9. Mikkel Boedker (Phx - RW)

10. Troy Brouwer (Chi - LW)

11. Jakub Voracek (CBJ - RW)

12. James Neal (Dal - LW)

13. Oscar Moller (LAK - RW)

14. Steven Stamkos (TB - C)

15. Drew Doughty (LAK - D)

16. Nikolai Kulemin (Tor - LW)

17. Jannik Hansen (Van - RW)

18. Matt Hunwick (Bos - D)

19. BJ Crombeen (STL - RW)

20. Kyle Okposo (NYI- RW)

21. Kyle Turris (Phx - C)

22. Benoit Pouliout (Min - C)

23. Thomas Pilhal (SJS - C)

24. Fabian Brunnstrom (Dal - LW)

25. Kevin Porter (Phx - C)

Bubble: Matt D'Agostini, Viktor Tikhonov, Brandon Sutter, Jesse Winchester

Now this is the result of weighting all categories equally which rotisserie rankings do. Being number one in goal scoring is the same as being number one in penalty minutes. It is one of the reasons I don't believe in PIMs in Fantasy Hockey.

December Rotisserie Rankings - Defense

I used the yahoo default league scoring to judge who had the best roto performance among all NHL defencemen through December.

Goals/Assists/Plus-Minus/Power Play Points/PIMS/Shots on Goal

Now these rankings are not on projected basis or positional importance. They are based on who actually performed the best in the roto categories amongst all NHL rookies in October.

Sheldon Souray has returned to the fantasy elite and leads all defensemen in December, a fantasy superstar because they only count half the game.

1. Sheldon Souray (Edm - D)

2. Rob Blake (SJ - D)

3. Shea Weber (Nas - D)

4. Zdeno Chara (Bos - D)

5. Dion Phaneuf (Cgy - D)

6. Dan Boyle (SJS - D)

7. Chris Pronger (Ana - D)

8. Jay Bouwmeester (Fla - D)

9. Scott Niedermayer (Ana - D)

10. Ed Jovanovski (Phx - D)

11. Nicklas Lidstrom (Det - D)

12. Mark Streit (NYI - D)

13. Pavel Kubina (Tor - D)

14. Dennis Wideman (Bos - D)

15. Andrei Markov (Mtl - D)

16. Joe Corvo (Car - D)

17. Duncan Keith (Chi - D)

18. Kevin Bieksa (Van - D)

19. Brian Rafalski (NJ - D)

20. Lubomir Visnovsky (Edm- D)

21. Kyle Quincey (LAK - D)

22. Ryan Suter (Nas - D)

23. Joni Pitkanen (Car - D)

24. Mike Commodore (CBJ - D)

25. Kimmo Timmonen (Phi - D)

Bubble: Bryan McCabe, Ron Hainsey, Michael Rozsival, Marc Edouard Vlasic, Brian Campbell, John Michael Liles, Jaroslav Spacek, Tomas Kaberle, Filip Kuba

Now this is the result of weighting all categories equally which rotisserie rankings do. Being number one in goal scoring is the same as being number one in penalty minutes. It is one of the reasons I don't believe in PIMs in Fantasy Hockey.

December Rotisserie Rankings - Skaters

I used the yahoo default league scoring to judge who had the best roto performance among all NHL skaters through December.

Goals/Assists/Plus-Minus/Power Play Points/PIMS/Shots on Goal

Now these rankings are not on projected basis or positional importance. They are based on who actually performed the best in the roto categories amongst all NHL skaters through the first 2 months of the season.

Alexander the Great, the shot whore (245) leads the way again as the most valuable rotisserie player in fantasy hockey.

1. Alexander Ovechkin (Was - LW)

2. Evgeni Malkin (Pit - C)

3. Ryan Getzlaf (Ana - C)

4. Sidney Crosby (Pit - C)

5. Jeff Carter (Phi - C) +10

6. Marc Savard (Bos - C)

7. Corey Perry (ANA - RW)

8. Marian Hossa (Det - RW)

9. Patrick Elias (NJ - C) +20

10. Mike Richards (Phi - C)

11. Zach Parise (NJ - LW) +10

12. Eric Staal (Car - C)

13. Henrik Zetterberg (Det - C)

14. Mikko Koivu (Min - C)

15. Jarome Iginla (Cgy - RW)

16. Dany Heatley (Ott - LW)

17. Daniel Sedin (Van - LW)

18. Sheldon Souray (Edm - D)

19. Shane Doan (Phx - RW)

20. Rob Blake (SJ - D)

21. Rick Nash (CBJ - LW)

22. Bill Guerin (NYI - RW) debut

23. Vincent Lecavlier (TBL - C)

24. Phil Kessel (BOS - RW) +16

25. Thomas Vanek (Buf - LW) -12

26. Shea Weber (Nas - D) -20

27. Patrick Marleau (SJ - C)

28. Pavel Datsyuk (Det - C)

29. Dustin Brown (LAK - RW)

30. Zdeno Chara (Bos - D) debut

31. Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl - RW) +19

32. Dion Phaneuf (Cgy - D)

33. Alex Kovalev (Mtl - RW)

34. Rene Bourque (Cgy - LW) debut

35. Patrick Kane (Chi - RW)

36. Scott Hartnell (Phi - LW)

37. Patrick Sharp (Chi - RW)

38. Ryan Smyth (Col - LW) debut

39. Dan Boyle (SJS - D) - 22

40. Scott Gomez (NYR - C)

41. Brian Gionta (NJ - RW) debut

42. Devin Setoguchi (SJS - RW) debut

43. Derek Roy (Buf - C) debut

44. Chris Pronger (Ana - D)

45. Jason Spezza (Ott - C)

46. Johan Franzen (Det - LW) debut

47. Olli Jokinen (Phx- C)

48. Simon Gagne (Phi - LW)

49. Mikael Samuelsson (Det - RW)

50. Jay Bouwmeester (Fla - D) debut

Bubble: Martin Havlat, Nikolai Zherdev, Jason Arnott, Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Clowe, Martin St. Louis, Michael Cammaleri, Ray Whitney

Dropped: Niklas Hagman, Jason Chimera, Alexander Semin, Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski, DAvid Booth, Trent Hunter, Teemu Selanne

Now this is the result of weighting all categories equally which rotisserie rankings do. Being number one in goal scoring is the same as being number one in penalty minutes. It is one of the reasons I don't believe in PIMs in Fantasy Hockey.