November Rotisserie Rankings - Rookies

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

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.

Columbus Blue Jacket rookie Derick Brassard continues to lead the way through November, but he has been joined by Kris Versteeg. The chosen one Steven Stamkos comes in at number 5, but until recently has been spinning his wheels. Their are TWO representatives from God's team and the 2016 parade planning is already under way in Toronto.

1. Derick Brassard (CBJ -C)

1. Kris Versteeg (CHI - RW)

2. Mikhail Grabovski (TOR - C) +6

4. Oscar Molller (LAK - C)

5. Steven Stamkos (TB - C) -2

6. Blake Wheeler (BOS - LW) +13

7. Troy Brouwer (CHI - RW)

8. Jakub Voracek (CBJ - RW)

9. Jannik Hansen (VAN - RW)

10. Alex Goligoski (PIT - D) +8

11. Drew Doughty (LAK - D) +14

12. Mikkel Boedker (PHX - RW)

13. Nikolai Kulemin (TOR - LW)

14. Patrik Berglund (STL - C)

15. Luke Schenn (TOR - D) +10

16. Michael Frolik (FLA - C)

17. Kevin Porter (PHX - C)

18. Benoit Pouliot (MIN - C) +7

19. Brandon Crombeen (STL - RW)

20. Patric Hornqvist (NAS- RW)

21. Jesse Winchester (OTT - RW)

22. Wayne Simmonds (LAK - RW)

23. Nate Thompson (NYI - C)

24. Kyle Okposo (NYI - RW) -9

25. Tomas Plihal (SJS - C)

Bubble: Kyle Turris, Luca Sbisa, Colin Fraser, Viktor Tikhonov, Brandon Sutter, Matt Hunwick, Anssi Salmela, Derek Dorsett, Bobby Ryan, Fabian Brunnstrom

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.

November Rotisserie Rankings - Goalies

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

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 in October, with the minimum of 10 games played. So Brian Boucher once again was not eligible for this list.

My favourite whipping boy Tim Thomas once again lead the way through November.

1. Tim Thomas (Bos - G)

2. Craig Anderson (Fla - G) debut

3. Niklas Backstrom (Min - G)

4. Roberto Luongo (Van - G) +13

5. Jonas Hiller (Ana - G) debut

6. Henrik Lundqvist (NYR - G)

7. Alex Auld (Ott - G)

8. Carey Price (Mtl - G)

9. Martin Brodeur (NJ - G)

10. Mike Smith (TB - G)

11. Ryan Miller (Buf - G)

12. Nikolai Khabibulin (Chi - G)

13. Cam Ward (Car - G)

14. Erik Ersberg (LAK - G) debut

15. Evgeni Nabokov (SJS - G)

16. Peter Budaj (Col - G) debut

17. Ilya Bryzgalov (Phx -G)

18. Dwayne Roloson (Edm - G)

19. Brent Johnson (Was - G) debut

20. Marc Andre Fleury (Pit - G)

21. Joey MacDonald (NYI - G) debut

22. JS Giguere (Ana - G)

23. Miikka Kiprusoff (Cgy - G)

24. Tomas Vokoun (Fla - G)

25. Martin Biron (Phi - G) debut

Bubble: Jose Theodore, Dan Ellis, Jason LaBarbera, Cristobal Huet, Vesa Toskala

November Rotisserie Rankings - Skaters

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

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, a man who never saw a shot (117) he did not like, returned to form and lead by the Shots on Goal category powered his way to the top of the rotisserie rankings. The biggest surprise in the ranking is Shea Weber and the ancient Rob Blake powering in at number 6 and 7. Marian Hossa the October leader dropped to number 9.

1. Alexander Ovechkin (Was - LW) 

2. Sidney Crosby (Pit - C)

3. Corey Perry (Ana - RW)

4. Evgeni Malkin (Pit - C)

5. Marc Savard (Bos - C)

6. Shea Weber (Nas - D) +32

7. Rob Blake (SJS - D)

8. Ryan Getzlaf (Ana - C)

9. Marian Hossa (Det - RW)

10. Jarome Iginla (Cgy - RW) 

11. Mikko Koivu (Min - C) +20

12. Eric Staal (Car - C)

13. Thomas Vanek (Buf - LW)

14. Mike Richards (Phi - C) +19

15. Jeff Carter (Phi - C) 

16. Dion Phaneuf (Cgy - D) 

17. Dan Boyle (SJS - D)

18. Devin Setoguchi (SJS - RW) +28

19. Dustin Brown (LAK - RW) debut

20. Patrick Marleau (SJ - C)

21. Zach Parise (NJ - LW)

22. Henrik Zetterberg (Det - C) 

23. Brandon Dubinsky (NYR - C) -19

24. Ryan Clowe (SJS - LW) +20

25. Bill Guerin (NYI - RW) debut

26. Dany Heatley (Ott - LW)  

27. Sheldon Souray (Edm - D) debut

28. Patrick Sharp (Chi - RW)

29. Patrick Elias (NJ - LW)

30. Shane Doan (Phx - LW) debut

31. Vincent Lecavalier (TB - C) +17

32. Olli Jokinen (Phx - C) debut

33. Rick Nash (CBJ - LW)

34. Teemu Selanne (Ana - RW) debut

35. Mikael Samuelsson (Det - RW)

36. Chris Pronger (Ana - D) 

37. Nikolai Zherdev (NYR - RW) 

38. Patrick Kane (Chi - RW) debut

39. Daniel Sedin (Van - LW) debut

40. Phil Kessel (Bos - RW)

41. Trent Hunter (NYI - RW) debut

42. David Booth (Fla - LW) debut

43. Simon Gagne (Phi - LW) debut

44. Joe Pavelski (SJS - C) debut

45. Joe Thornton (SJS - C) debut

46. Alexander Semin (Was - LW) - 35

47. Jason Chimera (CBJ- LW) debut

48. Jason Spezza (Ott - C)

49. Niklas Hagman (Tor - RW)

50. Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl - LW)

Bubble: Markus Naslund, Brian Gionta, Chris Drury, Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic, Scott Gomez, Keith Tkachuk, Alex Kovalev

Dropped: Rene Bourque, Mike Green, Martin Havlat, Alex Burrows, Aaron Voros, Sergei Federov, Sean Avery, Paul Mara, Joe Sakic, Christian Ehrhoff

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.

That being said, all of these numbers are early, and when the stars heat up it will offer them greater seperation from the Niklas Hagman and Rene Bourque's of the world. But their have definitely been some fantasy surprises to begin 2009.

October Rotisserie Rankings - Rookies

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

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.

Columbus Blue Jacket rookie Derick "ONE R" Brassard leads the way in October. The chosen one Steven Stamkos ranks third, all you doubting owners...breathe and relax. Players who played less than 5 games were not considered.

1. Derick Brassard (CBJ -C)

2. Oscar Moller (LAK - C)

3. Steven Stamkos (TB - C)

4. Kris Versteeg (CHI - RW)

5. Jakub Voracek (CBJ - RW)

6. Patric Hornqvist (NSH - RW)

7. Troy Brouwer (Chi - RW)

8. Mikhail Grabovski (TOR - C)

9. Jack Skille (CHI - RW)

10. Mikkel Boedker (PHX - RW)

11. Jannik Hansen (Van - RW)

12. Brandon Sutter (Car - RW)

13. Ryan Jones (Nas - RW)

14. Nikolai Kulemin (TOR - LW)

15. Kyle Okposo (NYI - RW)

16. Fabian Brunnstrom (Dal - LW)

17. Patrik Berglund (STL - C)

18. Alex Goligoski (PIT - D)

19. Blake Wheeler (BOS - LW)

20. Luca Sbisa (PHI - D)

21. James Neal (DAL - LW)

22. Kevin Klein (NAS - D)

23. Viktor Tikhonov (PHX - RW)

24. T.J. Oshie (STL - C)

25. Tomas Plihal (SJS - C)

Bubble: John Mitchell, Benoit Poiliot, Luke Schenn, Andreas Nodl, Drew Doughty, Rick Rypien, Brian Boyle, Chris Porter, Kyle Turris

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.

October Rotisserie Rankings - Goalies

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

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 in October, with the minimum of 5 games played. So Brian Boucher and his back to back shutouts was not eligible for this list.

My favourite whipping boy Tim Thomas lead the way in October. His back to back 1-0 victories propelled him to the top of the list for the month.

1. Tim Thomas (Bos - G)

2. Ryan Miller (Buf - G)

3. Henrik Lundqvist (NYR - G)

4. Mike Smith (TB - G)

5. Alex Auld (Ott - G)

6. Carey Price (Mtl - G)

7. Martin Brodeur (NJ - G)

8. Niklas Backstrom (Min - G)

9. Marc-Andre Fleury (Pit - G)

10. Cam Ward (Car - G)

11. Nikolai Khabibulin (Chi - G)

12. Miikka Kiprusoff (Cgy - G)

13. Cristobal Huet (Chi - G)

14. Tomas Vokoun (Fla - G)

15. Vesa Toskala (Tor - G)

16. Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Ana - G)

17. Roberto Luongo (Van -G)

18. Antero Niittymaki (Phi - G)

19. Evgeni Nabokov (SJ - G)

20. Manny Legace (StL - G)

21. Ilya Bryzgalov (Phx - G)

22. Mathieu Garon (Edm - G)

23. Jason LaBarbera (LA - G)

24. Kari Lehtonen (Atl - G)

25. Chris Osgood (Det - G)

Bubble: Peter Budaj, Fredrik Norrena, Joey MacDonald, Dan Ellis, Jose Theodore

October Rotisserie Rankings - Skaters

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

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 in October.

I was surpised to find that Benedict Arnold himself Marian Hossa was the most valuable Roto hockey player in the first month of the season. I have tabulated all the relevant statistics to form my top 50 below.

1. Marian Hossa (Det - RW)

2. Evgeni Malkin (Pit - C)

3. Tomas Vanek (Buf - LW)

4. Brandon Dubinsky (NYR - C)

5. Brenden Morrow (Dal - LW)

6. Sidney Crosby (Pit - C)

7. Ryan Getzlaf (Anh - C)

8. Scott Gomez (NYR - C)

9. Dan Boyle (SJ - D)

10. Marc Savard (Bos - C)

11. Alexander Semin (Was - LW)

12. Corey Perry (Anh - RW)

13. Mike Green (Was - D)

14. Alexander Ovechkin (Was - LW)

15. Henrik Zetterberg (Det - C,LW)

16. Dion Phaneuf (Cgy - D)

17. Zach Parise (NJ - LW)

18. Jarome Iginla (Cgy - RW)

19. Mikael Samuelsson (Det - RW)

20. Rob Blake (SJ - D)

21. Christian Ehrhoff (SJ - D)

22. Dany Heatley (Ott - LW)

23. Patrick Sharp (Chi - C,LW)

24. Patrik Elias (NJ - LW)

25. Patrick Marleau (SJ - C,LW)

26. Eric Staal (Car - C)

27. Rene Bourque (Cgy - LW)

28. Phil Kessel (Bos - RW)

29. Jeff Carter (Phi - C)

30. Pavel Datsyuk (Det - C)

31. Mikko Koivu (Min - C)

32. Paul Mara (NYR - D)

33. Mike Richards (Phi - C)

34. Milan Hejduk (Col - RW)

35. Paul Stastny (Col - C)

36. Sean Avery (Dal - LW)

37. Joe Sakic (Col - C)

38. Shea Weber (Nsh - D)

39. Nikolai Zherdev (NYR - RW)

40. Sergei Fedorov (Was - C)

41. Aaron Voros (NYR - LW)

42. Alex Burrows (Van - LW)

43. Devin Setoguchi (SJ - RW)

44. Ryane Clowe (SJ - LW)

45. Chris Pronger (Anh - D)

46. Niklas Hagman (Tor - LW)

47. Rick Nash (Cls - LW)

48. Vincent Lecavalier (TB - C)

49. Jason Spezza (Ott - C)

50. Martin Havlat (Chi - RW)

Bubble: Paul Kariya, Jason Blake, Patrice Bergeron, Nik Antropov, Mike Modano, Andy McDonald, Keith Tkachuk, Shane Doan, Chris Drury, Patrick Kane

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.

That being said, all of these numbers are early, and when the stars heat up it will offer them greater seperation from the Niklas Hagman and Rene Bourque's of the world. But their have definitely been some fantasy surprises to begin 2009.