The Captials were ranked first in OCTR during the regular season, but seventh during their elimination Montreal, while the Sharks were ranked No. 1 after the first round.
“It isn’t tennis, I can tell you that much!” xxclaimed one local observer who, out of embarrassment, wished to remain anonymous. “They both just kinda…push the ball over the net, you know?"
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By Christopher Reina
With the NHL on pause due to the Olympic break, it is an appropriate time to examine the player rankings for the 2009-10 season using my Ice Impact Counter.
There is never a be-all and end-all in any ranking system (particularly in a sport like hockey where intangibles are exceedingly important), but I believe the below formula is equally fair to forwards, defensemen and goaltenders.
IIC Formula For Forwards
(3 Regular Goals
+ 2 Power Play Goals
+ 4 Shorthanded Goals
+ 4 Game-Winning Goals
+ 5 Overtime Goals
+ 2 Assists
+ Plus/Minus Total
- .25 Penalty Minutes
- .33 Shots on Goal)
IIC Formula For Defensemen
(5 Regular Goals
+ 4 Power Play Goals
+ 6 Shorthanded Goals
+ 5 Game-Winning Goals
+ 6 Overtime Goals
+ 3 Assists
+ Plus/Minus Total
- .25 Penalty Minutes
- .33 Shots on Goal)
IIC Formula For Goalies
(.7 Wins
+.2 OT Loss
+ Shutout
+ .17 Saves
+ .25 Shootout saves
- .25 Losses
- 1.23 Goals Against
- .35 Shootout goals against)
Forwards 1. Henrik Sedin, VAN: 165
2. Alex Ovechkin, WAS: 148
3. Nicklas Backstrom, WAS: 136
4. Joe Thornton, SJS: 135
5. Sidney Crosby, PIT: 112
6. Patrick Marleau, SJS: 109
7. Patrick Kane, CHI: 106
8. Alexander Semin, WAS: 103
9. Martin St. Louis, TAM: 101
10. Daniel Sedin, VAN: 99
11. Dany Heatley, SJS: 96
12. Steven Stamkos, TAM: 95
13. Nik Antropov, ATL: 94
14. Marian Gaborik, NYR: 94
15. Anze Kopitar, LAK: 91
16. Alex Burrows, VAN: 85
17. Mike Knuble, WAS: 82
18. Travis Zajac, NJD: 82
19. Ryan Getzlaf, ANA: 80
20. Zach Parise, NJD: 80
21. Daniel Alfredsson, OTT: 77
22. Jonathan Toews, CHI: 77
23. Tomas Plekanec, MON: 76
24. Tim Connolly, BUF: 76
25. Jussi Jokinen, CAR: 75
26. Wojtek Wolski, COL: 71
27. Ilya Kovalchuk, NJD: 71
28. Patrick Sharp, CHI: 69
29. Tomas Fleischmann, WAS: 69
30. Paul Stastny, COL: 68
31. Antoine Vermette, COB: 67
32. Loui Eriksson, DAL: 66
33. Pavel Datsyuk, DET: 66
34. J.P. Dumont, NAS: 66
35. Michael Cammalleri, MON: 65
36. Ray Whitney, CAR: 64
37. Jarome Iginla, CGY: 64
38. Alex Kovalev, OTT: 63
39. Andrew Brunette, MIN: 63
40. Jamie Langenbrunner, NJD: 61
41. Brendan Morrison, WAS: 61
42. Marian Hossa, CHI: 61
43. Vinny Prospal, NYR: 61
44. Brad Richards, DAL: 60
45. Matt Stajan, CGY: 59
46. Nathan Horton, FLA: 58
47. Stephen Weiss, FLA: 57
48. Brooks Laich, WAS: 56
49. Evgeni Malkin, PIT: 55
50. Matt Duchene, COL: 55
Defensemen 1. Mike Green, WAS: 166
2. Duncan Keith, CHI: 139
3. Drew Doughty, LAK: 120
4. Tobias Enstrom, ATL: 109
5. Dan Boyle, SJS: 103
6. Chris Pronger, PHI: 102
7. Tomas Kaberle, TOR: 94
8. Brian Campbell, CHI: 92
9. Tyler Myers, BUF: 84
10. Nicklas Lidstrom, DET: 81
11. Lubomir Visnovsky, EDM: 79
12. Christian Ehrhoff, VAN: 79
13. Sergei Gonchar, PIT: 79
14. Jeff Schultz, WAS: 77
15. Brian Rafalski, DET: 74
16. Keith Yandle, PHO: 70
17. Marek Zidlicky, MIN: 70
18. Kimmo Timonen, PHI: 68
19. Matt Carle, PHI: 67
20. Pavel Kubina, ATL: 65
21. Alex Goligoski, PIT: 65
22. Andy Greene, NJD: 65
23. Shea Weber, NAS: 60
24. Jason Demers, SJS: 59
25. Tom Poti, WAS: 59
26. Ed Jovanovski, PHO: 57
27. Marc Staal, NYR: 55
28. Ryan Suter, NAS: 53
29. Sami Salo, VAN: 52
30. John-Michael Liles, COL: 52
Goalies 1. Tomas Vokoun, FLA: 148
2. Evgeni Nabokov, SJS: 146
3. Ryan Miller, BUF: 144
4. Craig Anderson, COL: 137
5. Miikka Kiprusoff, CGY: 123
6. Ilya Bryzgalov, PHO: 121
7. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR: 112
8. Martin Brodeur, NJD: 111
9. Roberto Luongo, VAN: 109
10. Jimmy Howard, DET: 108
11. Jonas Hiller, ANA: 105
12. Jonathan Quick, LOS: 91
13 Marty Turco, DAL: 88
14. Chris Mason, STL: 79
15. Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT: 79
16. Jaroslav Halak, MON: 78
17. Tuukka Rask, BOS: 72
18. Cam Ward, CAR: 69
19. Antero Niittymaki, TAM: 69
20. Tim Thomas, BOS: 67
21. Brian Elliott, OTT: 65
22. Dwayne Roloson, NYI: 64
23. Johan Hedberg, ATL: 61
24. Carey Price, MON: 61
25. Niklas Backstrom, MIN: 58
26. Cristobal Huet, CHI: 56
27. Jose Theodore, WAS: 54
28. Pekka Rinne, NSH: 53
29. Steve Mason, CLS: 48
30. Ondrej Pavelec, ATL: 47
31. Dan Ellis, NSH: 47
32. Jeff Deslauriers, EDM: 46
33. Antti Niemi, CHI: 45
34. Ray Emery, PHI: 45
35. Mike Smith, TAM: 39
36. Michael Leighton, CAR/PHI: 36
37. Jean-Sebastien Giguere, TOR/ANA: 36
38. Jonas Gustavsson, TOR: 32
39. Mathieu Garon, CLS: 30
40. Alex Auld, DAL: 22
