2006-2007 Playoff Pool Rankings

The playoffs are coming up in a few days, and here's a prequel to the projections Matthew and I will make of the winners soon.

Here's my top 20 for forwards and defencemen heading into this year's playoffs.

Note: These are my personal opinion and they should be taken with a grain of salt.

FORWARDS
1. CROSBY PGH
2. THORNTON SJS
3. HEATLEY OTT
4. BRIERE BUF
5. SELANNE ANA
6. LECAVALIER TAM
7. ST. LOUIS TAM
8. HOSSA ATL
9. JAGR NYR
10. IGINLA CGY
11. ALFREDSSON OTT
12. DATSYUK DET
13. SPEZZA OTT
14. MALKIN PGH
15. NYLANDER NYR
16. SEDIN, D VAN
17. SEDIN, H VAN
18. VANEK BUF
19. KOVALCHUK ATL
20. KARIYA NAS

Not in the top 20, but close.
-LANGKOW CGY
-KOZLOV ATL
-GABORIK MIN
-McDONALD ANA
-MARLEAU SJS

DEFENCEMEN
1. GONCHAR PGH
2. NIERDERMAYER ANA
3. LIDSTROM DET
4. BOYLE TAM
5. PRONGER ANA
6. WHITNEY PGH
7. RAFALSKI NJD
8. BOUCHER DAL
9. TIMMONEN NAS
10. ZUBOV DAL
11. SCHNEIDER DET
12. PHANEUF CGY
13. CAMPBELL BUF
14. POTI NYI
15. BERGERON NYI
16. CARLE SJS
17. BIEKSA VAN
18. ZHITNIK ATL
19. WEBER NAS
20. ROZSIVAL NYR

Comments and suggestions are always very appreciated.



P.S. Looks for Matthew and I to offer you our quarter-final predictions soon.