Post by The Hockey Hitman on Sept 13, 2008 15:45:10 GMT -5
Top Tier
Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, Dion Phaneuf, Brian Campbell, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski, Sergei Gonchar, Dan Boyle, Mike Green
Second Tier
Zdeno Chara, Sergei Zubov, Lubomir Visnovsky, Brent Burns, Andrei Markov, Shea Weber, Mark Streit, Kimmo Timonen, Ed Jovanovski, Tomas Kaberle
Third Tier
Mathieu Schneider, Tobias Enstrom, Dennis Wideman, Joe Corvo, Duncan Keith, Dustin Byfuglien, JM Liles, Sheldon Souray, Jay Bouwmeester, Bryan McCabe, Marek Zidlicky, Ryan Suter, Paul Martin, Wade Redden, Michal Rozsival, Braydon Coburn, Ryan Whitney, Andrej Meszaros, Pavel Kubina
Fourth Tier
Ron Hainsey, Craig Rivet, Adrian Aucoin, Joni Pitkanen, Philippe Boucher, Brent Seabrook, Matt Niskanen, Niklas Kronwall, Tom Gilbert, Dan Girardi, Filip Kuba, Kris Letang, Rob Blake, Erik Johnson, Paul Ranger, Matt Carle, Alexander Edler, Sami Salo, Kevin Bieksa
Fifth Tier
Francois Beauchemin, Mark Giordano, Jaroslav Spacek, Toni Lydman, James Wisniewski, Ruslan Salei, Jordan Leopold, Trevor Daley, Stephane Robidas, Brad Stuart, Cory Murphy, Keith Ballard, Tom Preissing, Kim Johnsson, Roman Hamrlik, Dan Hamhuis, Johnny Oduya, Chris Campoli, Randy Jones, Derek Morris, Steve Wagner, Christian Ehrhoff, Mike Van Ryn, Carlo Colaiacovo, Mattias Ohlund, Tom Poti
Sixth Tier
Brian Salcido, Brenden Mikkelson,Boris Valabik, Zach Bogosian, Matt Lashoff, Andrej Sekera, Chris Butler, Cam Barker, Kris Russell, Jonathan Ericsson, Noah Welch, Drew Doughty, Jack Johnson, Thomas Hickey, Alec Martinez, Anssi Salmela, Alexandre Picard, Brian Lee, Alex Goligoski, Alex Pietrangelo, Anton Stralman, Sam Lepisto
Bottom Tier
Kent Huskins, Niclas Havelid, Nick Boynton, Henrik Tallinder, Robyn Regehr, Tim Gleason, Frantisek Kaberle, Brett Clark, Rotislav Klesla, Fedor Tyutin, Christian Backman, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Marc Staal, Bruno Gervais, Chris Phillips, Christoph Schubert, Bryan Berard, Hal Gill, Eric Brewer, Shane O'Brien, Ian White, Jeff Finger, and any others not listed
side notes:
- Dustin Byfuglien: since Chicago played the young defenseman at wing for a period of time last season, in many formats Byfuglien will be available at both LW and D.
- Notice the sixth tier is nothing but rookies and or players who didn't have much icetime last season. All these players have the potential to be impact players this season but its only recommended you draft one or two of these players tops.
Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, Dion Phaneuf, Brian Campbell, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski, Sergei Gonchar, Dan Boyle, Mike Green
Second Tier
Zdeno Chara, Sergei Zubov, Lubomir Visnovsky, Brent Burns, Andrei Markov, Shea Weber, Mark Streit, Kimmo Timonen, Ed Jovanovski, Tomas Kaberle
Third Tier
Mathieu Schneider, Tobias Enstrom, Dennis Wideman, Joe Corvo, Duncan Keith, Dustin Byfuglien, JM Liles, Sheldon Souray, Jay Bouwmeester, Bryan McCabe, Marek Zidlicky, Ryan Suter, Paul Martin, Wade Redden, Michal Rozsival, Braydon Coburn, Ryan Whitney, Andrej Meszaros, Pavel Kubina
Fourth Tier
Ron Hainsey, Craig Rivet, Adrian Aucoin, Joni Pitkanen, Philippe Boucher, Brent Seabrook, Matt Niskanen, Niklas Kronwall, Tom Gilbert, Dan Girardi, Filip Kuba, Kris Letang, Rob Blake, Erik Johnson, Paul Ranger, Matt Carle, Alexander Edler, Sami Salo, Kevin Bieksa
Fifth Tier
Francois Beauchemin, Mark Giordano, Jaroslav Spacek, Toni Lydman, James Wisniewski, Ruslan Salei, Jordan Leopold, Trevor Daley, Stephane Robidas, Brad Stuart, Cory Murphy, Keith Ballard, Tom Preissing, Kim Johnsson, Roman Hamrlik, Dan Hamhuis, Johnny Oduya, Chris Campoli, Randy Jones, Derek Morris, Steve Wagner, Christian Ehrhoff, Mike Van Ryn, Carlo Colaiacovo, Mattias Ohlund, Tom Poti
Sixth Tier
Brian Salcido, Brenden Mikkelson,Boris Valabik, Zach Bogosian, Matt Lashoff, Andrej Sekera, Chris Butler, Cam Barker, Kris Russell, Jonathan Ericsson, Noah Welch, Drew Doughty, Jack Johnson, Thomas Hickey, Alec Martinez, Anssi Salmela, Alexandre Picard, Brian Lee, Alex Goligoski, Alex Pietrangelo, Anton Stralman, Sam Lepisto
Bottom Tier
Kent Huskins, Niclas Havelid, Nick Boynton, Henrik Tallinder, Robyn Regehr, Tim Gleason, Frantisek Kaberle, Brett Clark, Rotislav Klesla, Fedor Tyutin, Christian Backman, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Marc Staal, Bruno Gervais, Chris Phillips, Christoph Schubert, Bryan Berard, Hal Gill, Eric Brewer, Shane O'Brien, Ian White, Jeff Finger, and any others not listed
side notes:
- Dustin Byfuglien: since Chicago played the young defenseman at wing for a period of time last season, in many formats Byfuglien will be available at both LW and D.
- Notice the sixth tier is nothing but rookies and or players who didn't have much icetime last season. All these players have the potential to be impact players this season but its only recommended you draft one or two of these players tops.