FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume III, Issue XXIV

Welcome to our 89th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's edition, we bring you the 2010-2011 fantasy hockey “Ultimate Stat” numbers.

2010-2011 Fantasy Hockey “Ultimate Stat” numbers

This is the FantasyDrafthelp.com statistic, the Ultimate Quantitative Baseline, based on the statistical principle of standard deviation from the mean. For defensemen and forwards, the relevant statistics are points, goals, assists, penalty minutes and plus-minus. For goalies, the relevant statistics are wins, shutouts, goals against average and save percentage (with the categories being weighted extra since there is one less). In each category, a spectrum is calculated from the best performance to the worst (on a per-game basis for forwards and defensemen). The numbers in each category are added together to create our statistic. An additional equalizer is injected to apply more points to each player at the positions of scarcer depth. What this stat truly does is to quantify beyond doubt how the stronger and weaker performances in each category add up to the absolute fantasy value for each player. As such, it establishes a baseline for performance that is more comprehensive than anything ever developed. A number over 300 is considered elite and 375 constitutes a perfect score. We have listed below the top 15 rankings at each position for last season as well as the top 30 overall.


Left Wings
UQB
1
Alex Ovechkin
375
2
Daniel Sedin
353
3
Alexander Semin
340
4
Ilya Kovalchuk
295
5
Alexandre Burrows
294
6
Zach Parise
282
7
Patrick Marleau
278
8T
Henrik Zetterberg
245
8T
Patrik Elias
245
10
Rene Bourque
244
11
Patrick Sharp
236
12
Wojtek Wolski
232
13
Ryan Smyth
224
14
Ryane Clowe
223
15
Thomas Vanek
221


Centers
UQB
1
Henrik Sedin
337
2
Sidney Crosby
333
3
Nicklas Backstrom
321
4
Evgeni Malkin
282
5
Joe Thornton
272
6
Steven Stamkos
268
7
Ryan Getzlaf
260
8
Eric Staal
253
9
Jonathan Toews
243
10
Ryan Kesler
238
11
Anze Kopitar
229
12
Nik Antropov
227
13
Paul Stastny
226
14
Brad Richards
224
15
Pavel Datsyuk
221


Right Wings
UQB
1
Marian Gaborik
307
2
Dany Heatley
286
3
Patrick Kane
281
4
Corey Perry
269
5
Steve Downie
268
6
Marian Hossa
267
7
Mike Knuble
262
8
Martin St Louis
259
9
Daniel Alfredsson
258
10
Bobby Ryan
253
11
Chris Stewart
248
12
Rick Nash
247
13
Teemu Selanne
243
14T
Mikael Samuelsson
236
14T
Jarome Iginla
236


Defensemen
UQB
1
Mike Green
354
2
Duncan Keith
287
3T
Drew Doughty
263
3T
Dan Boyle
263
5
Chris Pronger
260
6
Sergei Gonchar
254
7
Christian Ehrhoff
243
8
Zdeno Chara
233
9
Nicklas Lidstrom
223
10
Tyler Myers
214
11
Brian Rafalski
213
12
Joni Pitkanen
212
13
Brian Campbell
208
14T
Mark Streit
206
14T
Keith Yandle
206



Goalies
UQB
1T
Martin Brodeur
375
1T
Ilya Bryzgalov
375
1T
Ryan Miller
375
1T
Tuukka Rask
375
5
Craig Anderson
359
6
Evgeni Nabokov
358
7
Jimmy Howard
357
8
Tomas Vokoun
351
9
Miikka Kiprusoff
350
10T
Antti Niemi
348
10T
Henrik Lundqvist
348
12
Jaroslav Halak
343
13
Pekka Rinne
340
14
Roberto Luongo
326
15
Jonathan Quick
309


Top 30 Overall
UQB
1T
Alex Ovechkin
375
1T
Martin Brodeur
375
1T
Ilya Bryzgalov
375
1T
Ryan Miller
375
1T
Tuukka Rask
375
6
Craig Anderson
359
7
Evgeni Nabokov
358
8
Jimmy Howard
357
9
Mike Green
354
10
Daniel Sedin
353
11
Tomas Vokoun
351
12
Miikka Kiprusoff
350
13T
Antti Niemi
348
13T
Henrik Lundqvist
348
15
Jaroslav Halak
343

16T
Pekka Rinne
340
16T
Alexander Semin
340
18
Henrik Sedin
337
19
Sidney Crosby
333
20
Roberto Luongo
326
21
Nicklas Backstrom
321
22
Jonathan Quick
309
23
Marian Gaborik
307
24
Brian Elliott
298
25
Ilya Kovalchuk
295
26
Alexandre Burrows
294
27
Duncan Keith
287
28
Dany Heatley
286
29
Tim Thomas
283
30
Evgeni Malkin
282