Disco Volante
Registered User
Started by Captain Conservative and picked up by myself, a series of polls got us to this final top-50. Tho there's quite a few selections I don't agree with, I think the result is fairly interesting and closer to what would be my "ideal top-50" than the HF one.
As for the major complaints there was with HF's top : Lundqvist made it ; Perezhogin made it ; Radulov made it. Now I'm sure there will be some major complaints with this new top! Feel free to argue or to whine, it's nobody's personal top.
HF's top in parentheses.
#1-(1)-Alexander Ovechkin-LW
#2-(2)-Kari Lehtonen-G
#3-(5)-Marc-Andre Fleury-G
#4-(4)-Evgeni Malkin-C
#5-(3)-Nikolai Zherdev-RW
#6-(7)-Dion Phaneuf-D
#7-(6)-Nathan Horton-C
#8-(10)-Ryan Suter-D
#9-(11)-Cam Barker-D
#10-(9)-Milan Michalek-LW
#11-(8)-Tomas Vanek-LW
#12-(13)-Alexander Semin-LW
#13-(12)-Zach Parise-C
#14-(17)-Jeff Carter-C
#15-(14)-Braydon Coburn-D
#16-(15)-Andrei Kostitsyn-RW
#17-(30)-Ryan Getzlaf-C
#18-(23)-Hannu Toivonen-G
#19-(25)-Dustin Brown-RW
#20-(16)-Fedor Tjutin-D
#21-(41)-Ryan Miller-G
#22-(19)-Maxime Ouellet-G
#23-(32)-Robbie Schremp-C
#24-(28)-Lauri Tukonen-RW
#25-(45)-Ryan Whitney-D
#26-(44)-Denis Grebeshkov-D
#27-(42)-Rostislav Olesz-C
#28-(26)-Igor Grigorenko-RW
#29-(18)-Anthony Stewart-RW
#30-(22)-Patrick O'Sullivan-C
#31 Alexander Radulov-RW
#32-(21)-Anton Babchuk-D
#33-(24)-Ilya Bryzgalov-G
#34-(34)-Alexander Steen-C
#35 Andrej Meszaros-D
#36-(20)-Alvaro Montoya-G
#37-(37)-Carlo Colaiacovo-D
#38 Niklas Kronwall-D
#39-(39)-Mike Richards-C
#40 Scottie Upshall-RW
#41 Henrik Lundqvist-G
#42 Shea Weber-D
#43 Mikko Koivu-C
#44-(50)-Antero Niittymaki-G
#45-(46)-Marek Schwatrz-G
#46 Dan Fritsche-C
#47 Alex Perezhogin-RW
#48 Mark Stuart-D
#49-(27)-Steve Eminger-D
#50-(43)-Eric Fehr-RW
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Pending players were : Ryan Kesler, Lukas Krajicek, Timofei Shishkanov, Corey Perry, Chris Higgins, Andrew Ladd, Brent Burns, David LeNeveu and Tim Gleason.
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Top Goalies
#2-Kari Lehtonen-G
#3-Marc-Andre Fleury-G
#18 Hannu Toivonen-G
#21 Ryan Miller-G
#22 Maxime Ouellet-G
#33 Ilya Bryzgalov-G
#36 Alvaro Montoya-G
#41 Henrik Lundqvist-G
#44 Antero Niittymaki-G
#45 Marek Schwatrz-G
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Top Defensemen
#6-Dion Phaneuf-D
#8 Ryan Suter-D
#9 Cam Barker-D
#15 Braydon Coburn-D
#20 Fedor Tjutin-D
#25 Ryan Whitney-D
#26 Denis Grebeshkov-D
#32 Anton Babchuk-D
#35 Andrej Meszaros-D
#37 Carlo Colaiacovo-D
#38 Niklas Kronwall-D
#42 Shea Weber-D
#48 Mark Stuart-D
#49 Steve Eminger-D
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As for the major complaints there was with HF's top : Lundqvist made it ; Perezhogin made it ; Radulov made it. Now I'm sure there will be some major complaints with this new top! Feel free to argue or to whine, it's nobody's personal top.
HF's top in parentheses.
#1-(1)-Alexander Ovechkin-LW
#2-(2)-Kari Lehtonen-G
#3-(5)-Marc-Andre Fleury-G
#4-(4)-Evgeni Malkin-C
#5-(3)-Nikolai Zherdev-RW
#6-(7)-Dion Phaneuf-D
#7-(6)-Nathan Horton-C
#8-(10)-Ryan Suter-D
#9-(11)-Cam Barker-D
#10-(9)-Milan Michalek-LW
#11-(8)-Tomas Vanek-LW
#12-(13)-Alexander Semin-LW
#13-(12)-Zach Parise-C
#14-(17)-Jeff Carter-C
#15-(14)-Braydon Coburn-D
#16-(15)-Andrei Kostitsyn-RW
#17-(30)-Ryan Getzlaf-C
#18-(23)-Hannu Toivonen-G
#19-(25)-Dustin Brown-RW
#20-(16)-Fedor Tjutin-D
#21-(41)-Ryan Miller-G
#22-(19)-Maxime Ouellet-G
#23-(32)-Robbie Schremp-C
#24-(28)-Lauri Tukonen-RW
#25-(45)-Ryan Whitney-D
#26-(44)-Denis Grebeshkov-D
#27-(42)-Rostislav Olesz-C
#28-(26)-Igor Grigorenko-RW
#29-(18)-Anthony Stewart-RW
#30-(22)-Patrick O'Sullivan-C
#31 Alexander Radulov-RW
#32-(21)-Anton Babchuk-D
#33-(24)-Ilya Bryzgalov-G
#34-(34)-Alexander Steen-C
#35 Andrej Meszaros-D
#36-(20)-Alvaro Montoya-G
#37-(37)-Carlo Colaiacovo-D
#38 Niklas Kronwall-D
#39-(39)-Mike Richards-C
#40 Scottie Upshall-RW
#41 Henrik Lundqvist-G
#42 Shea Weber-D
#43 Mikko Koivu-C
#44-(50)-Antero Niittymaki-G
#45-(46)-Marek Schwatrz-G
#46 Dan Fritsche-C
#47 Alex Perezhogin-RW
#48 Mark Stuart-D
#49-(27)-Steve Eminger-D
#50-(43)-Eric Fehr-RW
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Pending players were : Ryan Kesler, Lukas Krajicek, Timofei Shishkanov, Corey Perry, Chris Higgins, Andrew Ladd, Brent Burns, David LeNeveu and Tim Gleason.
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Top Goalies
#2-Kari Lehtonen-G
#3-Marc-Andre Fleury-G
#18 Hannu Toivonen-G
#21 Ryan Miller-G
#22 Maxime Ouellet-G
#33 Ilya Bryzgalov-G
#36 Alvaro Montoya-G
#41 Henrik Lundqvist-G
#44 Antero Niittymaki-G
#45 Marek Schwatrz-G
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Top Defensemen
#6-Dion Phaneuf-D
#8 Ryan Suter-D
#9 Cam Barker-D
#15 Braydon Coburn-D
#20 Fedor Tjutin-D
#25 Ryan Whitney-D
#26 Denis Grebeshkov-D
#32 Anton Babchuk-D
#35 Andrej Meszaros-D
#37 Carlo Colaiacovo-D
#38 Niklas Kronwall-D
#42 Shea Weber-D
#48 Mark Stuart-D
#49 Steve Eminger-D
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