Player Comparisons

Please keep all specific player comparisons to this forum, so we don't clutter up the team discussion pages.

BigT and G_O would LOVE this thread

I made it specifically with them in mind lol

Kesler or Gomez?

Roy or Hasek?

Lindros or Gretzky (can't believe G_O picked Lindros)

I'm curious who you guys would rank as the top 10 players at each position. Here are the top 10 point getters at each position (wins for goalies):

CENTER

1. 
   H.Sedin VAN 94
   
2. 
   Stamkos TB 91
   
3. 
   B.Richards DAL 77 (now NYR)
   
4. 
   E.Staal CAR 76
   
5. 
   Toews CHI 76
   
6. 
   Getzlaf ANA 76
   
7. 
   Kesler VAN 73
   
8. 
   Kopitar LA 73
   
9. 
   Sharp CHI 71
   
10. 
    Ribiero DAL 71
    

honourable mentions - Thornton SJ 70, Tavares NYI 67, Duchene COL 67, Carter PHI 66 (now CMB), Crosby PIT 66 (41 games), M.Richards PHI 66 (now LA), Pavelski SJ 66.

LEFT WING

1. D.Sedin VAN 104
   
2. Ovechkin WAS 85
   
3. Zetterberg DET 80
   
4. Marleau SJ 73
   
5. Vanek BUF 73
   
6. Eriksson DAL 73
   
7. Tanguay CGY 69
   
8. Heatley SJ 64 (now MIN)
   
9. Lucic BOS 62
   
10. Clowe SJ, MacArthur TOR, and Elias NJ tied at 62
    

honourable mentions - Kovalchuk NJ 60, Ladd WPG/ATL 59, Kulemin TOR 57, Umberger CMB 57, Whitney PHX 57.

RIGHT WING

1. St.Louis TB 99
   
2. Perry ANA 98
   
3. Iginla CGY 86
   
4. Selanne ANA 80
   
5. Giroux PHI 76
   
6. P.Kane CHI 73
   
7. Ryan ANA 71
   
8. Briere PHI 68
   
9. Nash CMB 66
   
10. Kessel TOR 64
    

honourable mentions - Backes STL 62, Havlat MIN 62 (now SJ), Doan PHX 60, Brown LA 57, Hossa CHI 57, Williams LA 57.

DEFENSE

1. Visnovsky ANA 68
   
2. Lidstrom DET 62
   
3. Yandle PHX 59
   
4. Byfuglien WPG/ATL 53
   
5. Wisniewski NYI/MTL 51 (now CMB)
   
6. Enstrom WPG/ATL 51
   
7. Ehrhoff VAN 50
   
8. Boyle SJ 50
   
9. Letang PIT 50
   
10. S.Weber NAS, Rafalski DET (retired), and Seabrook CHI tied at 48
    

honourable mentions - Kaberle TOR/BOS 47 (now CAR), Burns MIN 46 (now SJ), Goligoski PIT/DAL 46, Liles COL 46 (now TOR).

GOALIES

1. Luongo VAN 38
   
2. Price MTL 38
   
3. Ward CAR 37
   
4. Kiprusoff CGY 37
   
5. Howard DET 37
   
6. Lundqvist NYR 36
   
7. Fleury PIT 36
   
8. Bryzgalov PHX 36 (now PHI)
   
9. Thomas BOS 35
   
10. Quick LA and Niemi SJ 35
    

honourable mention - Lehtonen DAL 34, Miller BUF 34, Rinne NSH 33, Crawford CHI 33

Nobody has an opinion that disagrees with that
list as the top players at each position? I think we all agree that
there is more to a player's ranking than their point totals or win
totals (goalies). Here is my current list for the top ten at each
position:



I have based my lists on "which guys I would like to have at the top of
my depth chart next season." So I have left off some of the real old
guys that may be considered for these lists (Lidstrom, Brodeur, Selanne,
Jagr, etc.) and the often injured players (Gaborik, Briere, Savard,
etc).



CENTER



1 - Crosby PIT

2 - H.Sedin VAN

3 - Stamkos TB

4 - Datsyuk DET

5 - E.Staal CAR

6 - Getzlaf ANA

7 - Toews CHI

8 - B.Richards NYR

9 - Kopitar LA

10 - Duchene COL



LEFT WING



1 - Ovechkin WAS

2 - D.Sedin VAN

3 - Kovalchuk NJ

4 - Zetterberg DET

5 - Heatley MIN

6 - Vanek BUF

7 - Eriksson DAL

8 - Parise NJ

9 - Hemsky EDM

10 - Lucic BOS



RIGHT WING



1 - Perry ANA

2 - Nash CMB

3 - St.Louis TB

4 - Iginla CGY

5 - Ryan ANA

6 - Hossa CHI

7 - P.Kane CHI

8 - Havlat SJ

9 - Brown LA

10 - Kessel TOR



DEFENSE



1 - Chara BOS

2 - Weber NSH

3 - Keith CHI

4 - Doughty LA

5 - Pronger PHI

6 - Burns SJ

7 - Letang PIT

8 - Yandle PHX

9 - Seabrook CHI

10 - Boyle SJ



GOALIE



1 - Miller BUF

2 - Lundqvist NYR

3 - Fleury PIT

4 - Price MTL

5 - Howard DET

6 - Rinne NSH

7 - Bryzgalov PHI

8 - Ward CAR

9 - Luongo VAN

10 - Backstrom MIN

To be honest, I'm just too lazy to make a list of 10 players for each position. Especially since a few are interchangeable.