Top 50 Centers to Draft – Rotisserie Leagues
Dobber
2014-09-19
Dobber presents to you his Top 50 NHL centermen to draft in your roto league (updated)…
The next in my series on ranking players positionally for your roto leagues, I countdown the top pivots to draft. Taking my projections and the Geek tools, I ran the results and came up with the perfect pre-season ranking for these categories.
25
Matt Duchene
COL
C/LW
26
T.J. Oshie
STL
C/RW
26
Jonathan Toews
CHI
C
27
Derek Stepan
NYR
C
27
Derek Stepan
NYR
C
28
Henrik Sedin
VAN
C
28
T.J. Oshie
STL
C/RW
29
Jeff Carter
LAK
C/RW
29
Jeff Carter
LAK
C/RW
30
Ryan Johansen
CBJ
C/RW
30
Patrice Bergeron
BOS
C
31
Nazem Kadri
TOR
C
31
Kyle Turris
OTT
C
32
Patrice Bergeron
BOS
C
32
Nazem Kadri
TOR
C
33
David Krejci
BOS
C
33
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
EDM
C
34
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
EDM
C
34
David Krejci
BOS
C
35
Brandon Dubinsky
CBJ
C/LW
35
Brandon Dubinsky
CBJ
C/LW
36
Kyle Turris
OTT
C
36
Ryan Johansen
CBJ
C/RW
37
Martin Hanzal
ARI
C
37
Tomas Plekanec
MTL
C
38
Paul Stastny
STL
C
38
Mike Ribeiro
NSH
C
39
Pavel Datsyuk
DET
C/LW
39
Bryan Little
WPG
C/RW
40
Brad Richards
CHI
C/LW
40
Patrik Elias
NJD
C/LW
41
Ryan O’Reilly
COL
C/LW
41
Mikko Koivu
MIN
C
42
Derick Brassard
NYR
C
42
Brad Richards
CHI
C/LW
43
Bryan Little
WPG
C/RW
43
Paul Stastny
STL
C
44
Tomas Plekanec
MTL
C
44
Pavel Datsyuk
DET
C/LW
45
Jordan Staal
CAR
C/LW
45
Ryan O’Reilly
COL
C/LW
46
Mikko Koivu
MIN
C
46
Derick Brassard
NYR
C
47
Patrik Elias
NJD
C/LW
47
Martin Hanzal
ARI
C
48
Brayden Schenn
PHI
C/LW
48
Cody Hodgson
BUF
C/RW
49
Craig Smith
NSH
C/RW
49
Craig Smith
NSH
C/RW
50
Mike Ribeiro
NSH
C
50
Carl Soderberg
BOS
C/LW
– Seeing MacKinnon ahead of Duchene already may come as a surprise. I actually have Duchene with 73 points in the Fantasy Guide, and MacKinnon with 72. But MacKinnon is going to take a hell of a lot more shots and should be slightly higher in PPP, PIM and HITS.
– Pavelski through Seguin are ranked so closely that they are interchangeable. In fact, given the upside and potential for 90 points, you may want to move Seguin up to eighth (10th on the PIM side).
– Johansen dropped a couple of spots in the wake of the latest news (already captured in my Fantasy Guide). As the days continue to roll by and he remains without a contract, you’ll probably want to drop him significantly further (that will also be captured in the Guide as I update it).
– Biggest names just off both lists – Anders Lee, who for some reason is classed as a center on Yahoo!; Mike Richards, Ryan Strome, Gustav Nyquist, who is also on the RW list; Olli Jokinen, David Desharnais
– Dark horse to consider who did not make this list – Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg), who ranks 80th but could easily surpass the 52 points I have projected for him as well as increase his shots on goal. Moving up from 80th to 50th would not be that hard for him.
The Top 50 RW in Roto Leagues (G, A, +/-, SOG, PPP, HITS)