20 best players by position - waiting for NHL 15

[Al_Tito13]

Since there will be a long time until we see hockey again and while waiting for NHL 15, it would be fun to know who everyone thinks should be ranked as the 20 best players at each position. I made threads similar to this one in the past and it was quite interesting. I will start by giving my idea about that, with players and overall ratings I think they sould get in NHL 15. Like you will see, I wish to have a way bigger separation between players. I hope as many people as possible will give their own list, it's always fun to have different opinions on the subject.

Centers
1. Sidney Crosby 95
2. Jonathan Toews 94
3. Steven Stamkos 93
4. Evgeni Malkin 92
5. Pavel Datsyuk 91
6. Ryan Getzlaf 90
7. John Tavares 90
8. Patrice Bergeron 89
9. Anze Kopitar 89
10. Claude Giroux 89
11. Tyler Seguin 88
12. Matt Duchene 87
13. Joe Thornton 87
14. Joe Pavelski 86
15. Ryan Kesler 86
16. Eric Staal 86
17. Logan Couture 86
18. Nicklas Backstrom 86
19. David Krejci 86
20. Henrik Sedin 85
HM: Mikko Koivu 85, David Backes 85, Jason Spezza 85, Jeff Carter 85, Nathan MacKinnon 84

Wingers
1. Alexander Ovechkin 91
2. Patrick Kane 89
3. Corey Perry 88
4. Henrik Zetterberg 88
5. Jamie Benn 88
6. Taylor Hall 87
7. Zach Parise 87
8. Marian Hossa 87
9. Phil Kessel 87
10. Martin S t-Louis 86
11. Patrick Sharp 86
12. Daniel Sedin 85
13. Patrick Marleau 85
14. Max Pacioretty 85
15. Rick Nash 85
16. Marian Gaborik 85
17. Gabriel Landeskog 84
18. Bobby Ryan 84
19. James Neal 84
20. Alexander Steen 84
HM: Milan Lucic 84, Kyle Okposo 84, James van Riemsdyk 84, Jordan Eberle 84, T.J. Oshie 83

Defensemen
1. Shea Weber 93
2. Duncan Keith 92
3. Ryan Suter 91
4. Drew Doughty 90
5. Zdeno Chara 89
6. Alex Pietrangelo 89
7. P.K. Subban 88
8. Erik Karlsson 88
9. Ryan McDonagh 87
10. Brent Seabrook 87
11. Kris Letang 87
12. Oliver Ekman-Larsson 86
13. Victor Hedman 86
14. Niklas Kronwall 86
15. Jay Bouwmeester 86
16. Marc-Edouard Vlasic 85
17. Dan Hamhuis 85
18. Keith Yandle 85
19. Andrei Markov 85
20. Mark Giordano 85
HM: Dion Phaneuf 84, Kevin Shattenkirk 84, Brent Burns 84, John Carlson 84, Erik Johnson 84

Goalies
1. Henrik Lundqvist 93
2. Jonathan Quick 92
3. Tuukka Rask 91
4. Carey Price 90
5. Pekka Rinne 89
6. Semyon Varlamov 88
7. Sergei Bobrovsky 88
8. Ben Bishop 87
9. Ryan Miller 87
10. Kari Lehtonen 86
11. Cory Schneider 86
12. Roberto Luongo 85
13. Mike Smith 85
14. Jimmy Howard 85
15. Corey Crawford 84
16. Marc-Andre Fleury 84
17. Antti Niemi 84
18. Jonas Hiller 83
19. Craig Anderson 83
20. Cam Ward 83
HM: Jonathan Bernier 82, Jaroslav Halak 82, Brian Elliott 82, Braden Holtby 82, Steve Mason 82

[optimusparm]

Not necessarily how they will be rated, but how I think they should be rated:

CENTERS
1. Crosby 95
2. Malkin 94
3. Stamkos 93
4. Datsyuk 92
5. Getzlaf 91
6. Tavares 91
7. Kopitar 91
8. Giroux 91
9. Toews 91
10. Zetterberg 90
11. Thornton 89
12. Bergeron 89
13. Backstrom 89
14. Pavelski 89
15. E. Staal 89
16. H. Sedin 89
17. Carter 88
18. Seguin 88
19. Duchene 88
20. Backes 88

HM: Couture, Spezza, Krejci

LEFT WING
1. Ovechkin 93
2. Benn 89
3. Parise 89
4. Hall 88
5. Sharp 88
6. Marleau 88
7. D. Sedin 88
8. Nash 87
9. Neal 87
10. Pacioretty 87
11. Steen 87
12. Vanek 87
13. Lucic 87
14. Landeskog 86
15. Skinner 86
16. Elias 86
17. O' Reilly 86
18. Van Riemsdyk 86
19. Eriksson 86
20. Ladd 86

RIGHT WING
1. P. Kane 91
2. Kessel 90
3. Perry 90
4. St. Louis 89
5. Hossa 88
6. Gaborik 88
7. Semin 87
8. Wheeler 87
9. Ryan 87
10. Okposo 87
11. Voracek 86
12. Oshie 86
13. Pominville 86
14. Eberle 86
15. Iginla 85
16. Alfredsson 85
17. Vrbata 85
18. Simmonds 85
19. Brown 85
20. Williams 85

HM: Franzen, Horton, Callahan, Doan

DEFENSEMEN:
1. Weber 93
2. Doughty 92
3. Keith 92
4. Suter 92
5. Chara 92
6. Pietrangelo 90
7. Karlsson 89
8. Mcdonagh 89
9. Subban 89
10. Hedman 88
11. Ekman Larsson 88
12. Kronwall 87
13. Bouwmeester 87
14. Seabrook 87
15. Letang 87
16. Vlasic 87
17. Giordano 87
18. Hamhuis 87
19. E. Johnson 87
20. Phaneuf 87

HM: Byfuglien, Girardi, Carlson, Yandle

GOALIES:
1. Lundqvist 92
2. Quick 91
3. Rask 90
4. Price 89
5. Rinne 89
6. Lehtonen 87
7. Luongo 87
8 Miller 87
9. Bishop 86
10. Varlamov 86
11. Schneider 86
12. Bobrovsky 86
13. Smith 86
14. Crawford 86
15. Ward 86
16. Bernier 85
17. Niemi 85
18. Fleury 85
19. Howard 85
20. Harding 84

HM: Mason, Hiller, Halak

[IsoEki75]

CENTERS
1. Crosby 95
2. Malkin 94
3. Stamkos 93
4. Datsyuk 92
5. Getzlaf 91
6. Tavares 91
7. Kopitar 91
8. Giroux 91
9. Toews 91
10. Zetterberg 90
11. Thornton 89
12. Bergeron 89
13. Backstrom 89
14. Pavelski 89
15. E. Staal 89
16. H. Sedin 89
17. Carter 88
18. Seguin 88
19. Duchene 88
20. Filppula 88


1. Ovechkin 93
2. Benn 89
3. Parise 89
4. Hall 88
5. Sharp 88
6. Marleau 88
7. D. Sedin 88
8. Landeskog 88
9. Nash 87
10. Neal 87
11. Pacioretty 87
12. Steen 87
13. Vanek 87
14. Lucic 87
15. Skinner 86
16. Elias 86
17. O' Reilly 86
18. Van Riemsdyk 86
19. Eriksson 86
20. Ladd 86


1. P. Kane 92
2. Kessel 90
3. Perry 90
4. St. Louis 90
5. Hossa 88
6. Gaborik 88
7. Semin 87
8. Wheeler 87
9. Ryan 87
10. Okposo 87
11. Iginla 87
12. Voracek 86
13. Oshie 86
14. Pominville 86
15. Eberle 86
16. Alfredsson 86
17. Vrbata 85
18. Simmonds 85
19. Brown 85
20. Williams 85


1. Rask 93

2. Lundqvist 92
3. Quick 91
4. Price 89
5. Rinne 89
6. Lehtonen 87
7. Luongo 87
8. Niemi 85
9. Miller 87
10. Bishop 86
11. Varlamov 86
12. Schneider 86
13. Bobrovsky 86
14. Smith 86
15. Crawford 86
16. Ward 86
17. Bernier 85
18. Fleury 85
19. Howard 85
20. Harding 84