The numbers in brackets is the position the player was in for 2008-09.
On this list, we care about who the best players in the league are, with a heavy emphasis on right here and right now. We don't care how good they are in the room or whether or not they're pillars of the community. It's their on ice contributions that we measure-THN
1. Sidney Crosby (2)
2. Alex Ovechkin (1)
3. Ryan Miller (NR)
4. Pavel Datsyuk (4)
5. Jonathan Toews (NR)
6. Henrik Sedin (20)
7. Duncan Keith (37)
8. Evgeni Malkin (3)
9. Nicklas Backstrom (27)
10. Steven Stamkos (NR)
11. Daniel Sedin (19)
12.Patrick Kane (34)
13. Martin St-Louis (33)
14. Drew Doughty (NR)
15. Zach Parise (16)
16. Chris Pronger (23)
17. Nicklas Lidstrom (10)
18. Marian Gaborik (42)
19. Ilya Kovalchuk (17)
20. Ilya Bryzgalov (NR)
21. Anze Kopitar (NR)
22. Henrik Zetterberg (9)
23. Mike Richards (28)
24. Mike Green (22)
25. Joe Thornton (18)
26. Martin Brodeur (15)
27. Marian Hossa (30)
28. Brad Richards (NR)
29. Ryan Getzlaf (7)
30. Roberto Luongo (6)
31. Ryan Kesler (NR)
32. Alexander Semin (40)
33. Eric Staal (8)
34. Dan Boyle (NR)
35. Shea Weber (35)
36. Rick Nash (38)
37. Zdeno Chara (5)
38. Dany Heatley (43)
39. Miikka Kiprussoff (36)
40. Henrik Lundqvist (24)
41. Jarome Iginla (11)
42. Patrick Marleau (50)
43. Daniel Alfredsson (NR)
44. Corey Perry (31)
45. Jaroslav Halak (NR)
46. Alex Burrows (NR)
47. Tuukka Rask (NR)
48. Tyler Myers (NR)
49. Mike Cammalleri (NR)
50. Vincent Lecavalier (12)
My take on it is that it's a very terrible list.
The numbers in brackets is the position the player was in for 2008-09.
St. Louis at 13? No way.
I think the top 5 is pretty spot on but I agree the rest of the list is pretty bad.
Toews too high? All he did was lead his team to the cup...win the conn smythe...win a gold medal and win olympic mvp.