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Top 200 rankings at Olympic break

Updated: February 12, 2010, 4:13 PM ET
By Sean Allen, Tim Kavanagh and Victoria Matiash | Special to ESPN.com

With the NHL on hiatus to accommodate the 2010 Olympic hockey tournament, you have the next two weeks or so to prepare your roster for the March-April stretch run. While we provide you with weekly forward, defenseman and goaltender rankings, it's not always obvious how the three would mesh together. How much is Ryan Miller worth versus top defenseman Mike Green? What tier of forward equates a top-20 defenseman?

The following rankings were achieved by having our three weekly rankers combine their lists, and we took the average to gauge the value each assigned to the players, but without altering the specific forward, defenseman or goaltender order, so even if you disagree with who we have as the No. 30 defenseman (Alex Goligoski), you still get the benefit of knowing that a No. 30 defenseman is roughly equal to a No. 70 forward or No. 25 goaltender.

Use these rankings to figure out what you can get with your surplus and what it will cost to fix your shortcomings, and to make sure you're not carrying waiver-wire worthy guys while letting rosterable players wading in the free-agent pool. And in the meantime, make sure to catch some Olympic hockey action, and may your stars all emerge unhurt from the competition.

Top 200 Fantasy Hockey rankings


Rank Name Pos. Rank
1 Alex Ovechkin, LW, Was F001
2 Sidney Crosby, C, Pit F002
3 Dany Heatley, RW, SJ F003
4 Ryan Miller, Buf G01
5 Marian Gaborik, RW, NYR F004
6 Patrick Marleau, C, SJ F005
7 Martin Brodeur, NJ G02
8 Evgeni Malkin, C, Pit F006
9 Mike Green, Was D01
10 Zach Parise, LW, NJ F007
11 Roberto Luongo, Van G03
12 Henrik Sedin, C, Van F008
13 Ilya Kovalchuk, LW, NJ F009
14 Nicklas Backstrom, C, Was F010
15 Evgeni Nabokov, SJ G04
16 Mike Richards, C, Phi F011
17 Joe Thornton, C, SJ F012
18 Duncan Keith, Chi D02
19 Anze Kopitar, C, LA F013
20 Daniel Sedin, LW, Van F014
21 Chris Pronger, Phi D03
22 Corey Perry, RW, Anh F015
23 Craig Anderson, Col G05
24 Jarome Iginla, RW, Cgy F016
25 Steven Stamkos, C, TB F017
26 Dan Boyle, SJ D04
27 Rick Nash, LW, Cls F018
28 Eric Staal, C, Car F019
29 Sergei Gonchar, Pit D05
30 Bobby Ryan, RW, Anh F020
31 Ilya Bryzgalov, Pho G06
32 Patrick Kane, RW, Chi F021
33 Alexander Semin, LW, Was F022
34 Tomas Vokoun, Fla G07
35 Andrei Markov, Mon D06
36 Jeff Carter, C, Phi F023
37 Drew Doughty, LA D07
38 Alex Burrows, C, Van F024
39 Miikka Kiprusoff, Cgy G08
40 Ryan Getzlaf, C, Anh F025
41 Pavel Datsyuk, C, Det F026
42 Zdeno Chara, Bos D08
43 Jonathan Toews, C, Chi F027
44 Henrik Lundqvist, NYR G09
45 Ryan Malone, LW, TB F028
46 Marian Hossa, RW, Chi F029
47 Jimmy Howard, Det G10
48 Nicklas Lidstrom, Det D09
49 Paul Stastny, C, Col F030
50 Henrik Zetterberg, C, Det F031
51 Dion Phaneuf, Tor D10
52 Jaroslav Halak, Mon G11
53 Tobias Enstrom, Atl D11
54 Ryan Kesler, C, Van F032
55 Christian Ehrhoff, Van D12
56 Marc-Andre Fleury, Pit G12
57 Loui Eriksson, LW, Dal F033
58 Brad Richards, C, Dal F034
59 Mikko Koivu, C, Min F035
60 Tuukka Rask, Bos G13
61 Vincent Lecavalier, C, TB F036
62 Mark Streit, NYI D13
63 Brenden Morrow, LW, Dal F037
64 Niklas Backstrom, Min G14
65 Kimmo Timonen, Phi D14
66 Scott Hartnell, RW, Phi F038
67 Brooks Laich, C, Was F039
68 Tim Thomas, Bos G15
69 Martin St. Louis, RW, TB F040
70 Brian Campbell, Chi D15
71 Patrick Sharp, C, Chi F041
72 Brian Rafalski, Det D16
73 Tim Connolly, C, Buf F042
74 Jonas Hiller, Anh G16
75 Olli Jokinen, C, Nyr F043
76 Scott Niedermayer, Anh D17
77 Tomas Plekanec, C, Mon F044
78 Ryan Smyth, LW, LA F045
79 Jonathan Quick, LA G17
80 Marc Savard, C, Bos F046
81 Shea Weber, Nsh D18
82 Dustin Penner, LW, Edm F047
83 Tyler Myers, Buf D19
84 Travis Zajac, C, NJ F048
85 Pekka Rinne, Nsh G18
86 Stephane Robidas, Dal D20
87 Steve Downie, RW, TB F049
88 Shane Doan, RW, Pho F050
89 Tomas Kaberle, Tor D21
90 Mike Knuble, RW, Was F051
91 Cristobal Huet, Chi G19
92 Daniel Alfredsson, RW, Ott F052
93 Mike Fisher, C, Ott F053
94 Lubomir Visnovsky, Edm D22
95 Nathan Horton, RW, Fla F054
96 Martin Havlat, LW, Min F055
97 Jay Bouwmeester, Cgy D23
98 Mason Raymond, LW, Van F056
99 Phil Kessel, RW, Tor F057
100 Erik Johnson, StL D24
101 Joe Pavelski, C, SJ F058
102 Stephen Weiss, C, Fla F059
103 Antti Niemi, Chi G20
104 Bryan McCabe, Fla D25
105 Rob Blake, SJ D26
106 Bill Guerin, RW, Pit F060
107 Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Tor G21
108 Chris Stewart, RW, Col F061
109 Semyon Varlamov, Was G22
110 Mike Cammalleri, LW, Mon F062
111 Brian Elliott, Ott G23
112 Patrik Elias, LW, NJ F063
113 Jamie Langenbrunner, RW, NJ F064
114 Patric Hornqvist, RW, Nsh F065
115 Brent Seabrook, Chi D27
116 Chris Mason, StL G24
117 Marek Zidlicky, Min D28
118 Wojtek Wolski, LW, Col F066
119 Jason Arnott, C, Nsh F067
120 Steve Mason, Cls G25
121 Matt Carle, Phi D29
122 Brian Gionta, RW, Mon F068
123 Alex Goligoski, Pit D30
124 Ryane Clowe, RW, SJ F069
125 Vaclav Prospal, C, NYR F070
126 Ryan Whitney, Anh D31
127 Ray Emery, Phi G26
128 John Tavares, C, NYI F071
129 Ed Jovanovski, Pho D32
130 Jason Spezza, C, Ott F072
131 Joni Pitkanen, Car D33
132 Pavel Kubina, Atl D34
133 Andrew Brunette, LW, Min F073
134 Thomas Vanek, LW, Buf F074
135 Jose Theodore, Was G27
136 Francois Beauchemin, Tor D35
137 Teemu Selanne, RW, Anh F075
138 Antero Niittymaki, TB G28
139 Filip Kuba, Ott D36
140 David Backes, C, StL F076
141 Kyle Quincey, Col D37
142 Kyle Okposo, RW, NYI F077
143 Mikael Samuelsson, RW, Van F078
144 Michael Del Zotto, NYR D38
145 Jussi Jokinen, LW, Car F079
146 Guillaume Latendresse, RW, Min F080
147 Rene Bourque, LW, Cgy F081
148 Dan Ellis, Nsh G29
149 Andy Greene, NJ D39
150 Kris Versteeg, RW, Chi F082
151 Adrian Aucoin, Pho D40
152 Anton Stralman, Cls D41
153 James Neal, LW, Dal F083
154 Dustin Brown, RW, LA F084
155 Kurtis Foster, TB D42
156 Michael Leighton, Phi G30
157 Kris Letang, Pit D43
158 Jason Pominville, RW, Buf F085
159 Maxim Afinogenov, RW, Atl F086
160 Keith Yandle, Pho D44
161 Michael Frolik, C, Fla F087
162 Mark Giordano, Cgy D45
163 Alexei Kovalev, RW, Ott F088
164 Alexei Ponikarovsky, LW, Tor F089
165 Cam Barker, Chi D46
166 Troy Brouwer, RW, Chi F090
167 Carey Price, Mon G31
168 Nik Antropov, RW, Atl F091
169 Ryan Suter, Nsh D47
170 Simon Gagne, LW, Phi F092
171 Alexander Edler, Van D48
172 Johan Hedberg, Atl G32
173 Ryan Callahan, RW, NYR F093
174 Cam Ward, Car G33
175 Jarret Stoll, C, LA F094
176 Zach Bogosian, Atl D49
177 Pascal Leclaire, Ott G34
178 Wayne Simmonds, RW, LA F095
179 Roman Hamrlik, Mon D50
180 Matt Duchene, C, Col F096
181 Braydon Coburn, Phi D51
182 Ray Whitney, LW, Car F097
183 Niklas Kronwall, Det D52
184 Marty Turco, Dal G35
185 James Wisniewski, Anh D53
186 Jordan Staal, C, Pit F098
187 Chris Osgood, Det G36
188 Derek Morris, Bos D54
189 Tomas Fleischmann, RW/C, Was F099
190 Dennis Wideman, Bos D55
191 Craig Rivet, Buf D56
192 Matt Stajan, C, Cgy F100
193 Denis Grebeshkov, Edm D57
194 Jaroslav Spacek, Mon D58
195 Kari Lehtonen, Dal G37
196 Sami Salo, Van D59
197 Brent Burns, Min D60
198 Dennis Seidenberg, Fla D61
199 Tom Poti, Was D62
200 John-Michael Liles, Col D63

Sean Allen, Tim Kavanagh and Victoria Matiash are fantasy hockey analysts for ESPN.com.

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