Post by The Hockey Hitman on Sept 12, 2008 10:58:27 GMT -5
Tier Rankings for Centers 2008-09 season
Top Tier
Ryan Getzlaf, Pavel Datsyuk, Jason Spezza, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Joe Thornton, Vincent Lecavalier, Marc Savard, Eric Staal, Daniel Briere, Olli Jokinen, Mats Sundin
Second Tier
Derek Roy, Jonathan Toews, Joe Sakic, Paul Stastny, Mike Riberio, Brad Richards, Anze Kopitar, Scott Gomez, Mike Richards, Henrik Sedin, Nicklas Backstrom, Peter Forsberg
Third Tier
Patrice Bergeron, Rod Brind'Amour, Daymond Langkow, Shawn Horcoff, Saku Koivu, Tomas Plekanec, Jason Arnott, Chris Drury, Peter Mueller, Patrick Marleau, Michael Nylander
Fourth Tier
Brenden Morrison, Tim Connolly, Jochen Hecht, Matt Cullen, Robert Lang, RJ Umberger, Mike Modano, Sam Gagner, Johan Franzen, Valterri Filppula, Patrick O'Sullivan, Mikko Koivu, David Legwand, Mike Comrie, Jeff Carter, Andy McDonald, Keith Tkachuk, Alexander Steen, Nik Antropov, Viktor Kozlov
Fifth Tier
Eric Perrin, Erik Christensen, Todd White, Matthew Lombardi, Andrew Cogliano, Stephen Weiss, Jarret Stoll, Travis Zajac, Dainius Zubrus, Doug Weight, Brandon Dubinsky, Mike Fisher, Steven Reinprecht, Jordan Staal, Joe Pavelski, Ryan Kesler, Sergei Fedorov
Sixth Tier
Ryan Carter, Brian Little, David Krejci, Brandon Sutter, Dustin Boyd, David Bolland, Petri Kontiola, TJ Hensick, Derick Brassard, Gilbert Brule, Shawn Matthias, Brian Boyle, James Sheppard, Frans Nielsen, Kyle Turris, Martin Hanzal, Patrik Berglund, TJ Oshie, Steven Stamkos, Jiri Tlusty, Mikhail Grabovski
bottom tier
Paul Gaustad, Craig Conroy, Michael Peca, Tyler Arnason, Derek Armstrong, Eric Belanger, Radek Bonk, John Madden, Bobby Holik, Chris Kelly, Mike Sillinger, Glen Metropolit, Matt Stajan, Kyle Wellwood, and any other players not listed
Bonus
players more than likely to have winger eligibility at some point:
Malkin, Datsyuk, Ribeiro, Backstrom, Bergeron, Hecht, Mueller, Gagner, O'Sullivan, Filppula, Franzen, Tkachuk, Antropov, Steen, Kozlov, Christensen, Perrin, Zubrus, Krejci, Christensen, Oshie
Top Tier
Ryan Getzlaf, Pavel Datsyuk, Jason Spezza, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Joe Thornton, Vincent Lecavalier, Marc Savard, Eric Staal, Daniel Briere, Olli Jokinen, Mats Sundin
Second Tier
Derek Roy, Jonathan Toews, Joe Sakic, Paul Stastny, Mike Riberio, Brad Richards, Anze Kopitar, Scott Gomez, Mike Richards, Henrik Sedin, Nicklas Backstrom, Peter Forsberg
Third Tier
Patrice Bergeron, Rod Brind'Amour, Daymond Langkow, Shawn Horcoff, Saku Koivu, Tomas Plekanec, Jason Arnott, Chris Drury, Peter Mueller, Patrick Marleau, Michael Nylander
Fourth Tier
Brenden Morrison, Tim Connolly, Jochen Hecht, Matt Cullen, Robert Lang, RJ Umberger, Mike Modano, Sam Gagner, Johan Franzen, Valterri Filppula, Patrick O'Sullivan, Mikko Koivu, David Legwand, Mike Comrie, Jeff Carter, Andy McDonald, Keith Tkachuk, Alexander Steen, Nik Antropov, Viktor Kozlov
Fifth Tier
Eric Perrin, Erik Christensen, Todd White, Matthew Lombardi, Andrew Cogliano, Stephen Weiss, Jarret Stoll, Travis Zajac, Dainius Zubrus, Doug Weight, Brandon Dubinsky, Mike Fisher, Steven Reinprecht, Jordan Staal, Joe Pavelski, Ryan Kesler, Sergei Fedorov
Sixth Tier
Ryan Carter, Brian Little, David Krejci, Brandon Sutter, Dustin Boyd, David Bolland, Petri Kontiola, TJ Hensick, Derick Brassard, Gilbert Brule, Shawn Matthias, Brian Boyle, James Sheppard, Frans Nielsen, Kyle Turris, Martin Hanzal, Patrik Berglund, TJ Oshie, Steven Stamkos, Jiri Tlusty, Mikhail Grabovski
bottom tier
Paul Gaustad, Craig Conroy, Michael Peca, Tyler Arnason, Derek Armstrong, Eric Belanger, Radek Bonk, John Madden, Bobby Holik, Chris Kelly, Mike Sillinger, Glen Metropolit, Matt Stajan, Kyle Wellwood, and any other players not listed
Bonus
players more than likely to have winger eligibility at some point:
Malkin, Datsyuk, Ribeiro, Backstrom, Bergeron, Hecht, Mueller, Gagner, O'Sullivan, Filppula, Franzen, Tkachuk, Antropov, Steen, Kozlov, Christensen, Perrin, Zubrus, Krejci, Christensen, Oshie