Playoff Pool Player Rankings

Playoff Pool Player Rankings

Here are my 2014 playoff rankings, based on a final four of Montreal-New York and Colorado-San Jose, with a finals of Montreal-Colorado, and Stanley Cup champ of Colorado.

My rankings are based on games played and expected points per game, PPP, +/- and PIMs by skaters and wins/shutouts by goalies. If your quarters, semis and finals differ, adjust rankings accordingly.

RKPlayerPOSTeamRKPlayerPOSTeam
1 P.Stastny C COL 1 N.MacKinnon W COL
2 J.Thornton C SJ 2 M.Pacioretty W MON
3 S.Crosby C PIT 3 G.Landeskog W COL
4 R.O'Reilly C COL 4 T.Vanek W MON
5 R.Getzlaf C ANA 5 J.Pavelski W SJ
6 D.Stepan C NYR 6 P.Marleau W SJ
7 L.Couture C SJ 7 M.Zuccarello W NYR
8 D.Krejci C BOS 8 R.Nash W NYR
9 D.Desharnais C MON 9 C.Perry W ANA
10 D.Brassard C NYR 10 P.Kane W CHI
11 J.Toews C CHI 11 B.Gallagher W MON
12 D. Briere C MON 12 M.St. Louis W NYR
13 M.Duchene C COL 13 J.Neal W PIT
14 T.Plekanec C MON 14 B.Burns W SJ
15 E.Malkin C PIT 15 T.Hertl W SJ
16 P.Bergeron C BOS 16 J.Iginla W BOS
17 J.Mitchell C COL 17 P.Sharp W CHI
18 B.Richards C NYR 18 C.Kunitz W PIT
19 T.Seguin C DAL 19 M.Hossa W CHI
20 C.Giroux C PHI 20 M.Lucic W BOS
21 S.Stamkos C TB 21 J.McGinn W COL
22 A.Kopitar C LA 22 B.Gionta W MON
23 C.Soderberg C
Here are my 2014 playoff rankings, based on a final four of Montreal-New York and Colorado-San Jose, with a finals of Montreal-Colorado, and Stanley Cup champ of Colorado.

My rankings are based on games played and expected points per game, PPP, +/- and PIMs by skaters and wins/shutouts by goalies. If your quarters, semis and finals differ, adjust rankings accordingly.

RKPlayerPOSTeamRKPlayerPOSTeam
1 P.Stastny C COL 1 N.MacKinnon W COL
2 J.Thornton C SJ 2 M.Pacioretty W MON
3 S.Crosby C PIT 3 G.Landeskog W COL
4 R.O'Reilly C COL 4 T.Vanek W MON
5 R.Getzlaf C ANA 5 J.Pavelski W SJ
6 D.Stepan C NYR 6 P.Marleau W SJ
7 L.Couture C SJ 7 M.Zuccarello W NYR
8 D.Krejci C BOS 8 R.Nash W NYR
9 D.Desharnais C MON 9 C.Perry W ANA
10 D.Brassard C NYR 10 P.Kane W CHI
11 J.Toews C CHI 11 B.Gallagher W MON
12 D. Briere C MON 12 M.St. Louis W NYR
13 M.Duchene C COL 13 J.Neal W PIT
14 T.Plekanec C MON 14 B.Burns W SJ
15 E.Malkin C PIT 15 T.Hertl W SJ
16 P.Bergeron C BOS 16 J.Iginla W BOS
17 J.Mitchell C COL 17 P.Sharp W CHI
18 B.Richards C NYR 18 C.Kunitz W PIT
19 T.Seguin C DAL 19 M.Hossa W CHI
20 C.Giroux C PHI 20 M.Lucic W BOS
21 S.Stamkos C TB 21 J.McGinn W COL
22 A.Kopitar C LA 22 B.Gionta W MON
23 C.Soderberg C BOS 23 N.Bonino W ANA
24 M.Perreault C ANA 24 B.Marchand W BOS
25 A.Shaw C CHI 25 Ja.Benn W DAL
26 P. Datsyuk C DET 26 A.Steen W STL
27 M.Richards C LA 27 R.Johansen W CBJ
28 M.Koivu C MIN 28 G.Nyquist W DET
29 B.Dubinsky C CBJ 29 Z.Parise W MIN
30 J.Carter C LA 30 B.Saad W CHI
31 V.Filppula C TB 31 P.A. Parenteau W COL
32 S.Koivu C ANA 32 B.Pouliot W NYR
33 D.Backes C STL 33 W.Simmonds W PHI
34 V.Lecavalier C PHI 34 T.Oshie W STL
35 B.Boyle C NYR 35 J.Voracek W PHI
36 A.Anisimov C CBJ 36 K.Palmieri W ANA
37 D.Moore C NYR 37 L.Eriksson W BOS
38 M.Granlund C MIN 38 T.Wingels W SJ
39 B.Schenn C PHI 39 T.Selanne W ANA
40 D.Legwand C DET 40 M.Gaborik W LA
41 J.Sheppard C SJ 41 T.Tatar W DET
42 D.Roy C STL 42 C.Hagelin W NYR
43 B.Sutter C PIT 43 O.Palat W TB
44 V.Sobotka C STL 44 R.Smith W BOS
45 P.Berglund C STL 45 J.Franzen W DET
46 G.Campbell C BOS 46 J.Pominville W MIN
47 C.Eakin C DAL 47 P.Maroon W ANA
48 R.Sheahan C DET 48 B.Bickell W CHI
49 M. Handzus C CHI 49 M.Talbot W COL
50 D.Helm C DET 50 L.Eller W MON
51 R.Spooner C BOS 51 J.Jokinen W PIT
52 V.Fiddler C DAL 52 C.Atkinson W CBJ
53 J.Stoll C LA 53 B.Bennett W PIT
54 K.Brodziak C MIN 54 M.Havlat W SJ
55 M.Goc C PIT 55 J.Silfverberg W ANA
56 H.Zetterberg C DET 56 T.Kennedy W SJ
57 J.Miller C NYR 57 L.Stempniak W PIT
58 D.Cleary C DET 58 T.Toffoli W LA
59 S.Weiss C DET 59 M.Moulson W MIN
60 V.Tarasenko C STL 60 R.Callahan W TB
61 S.Hartnell W PHI
62 A.Galchenyuk W MON
RKPlayerPOSTeam 63 J.Schwartz W STL
1 P.K. Subban D MON 64 T.Johnson W TB
2 T.Barrie D COL 65 K.Versteeg W CHI
3 A.Markov D MON 66 V.Nichushkin W DAL
4 R.McDonagh D NYR 67 B.Jenner W CBJ
5 D.Keith D CHI 68 R.Garbutt W DAL
6 D.Boyle D SJ 69 C.Kreider W NYR
7 C.Fowler D ANA 70 D.Alfredsson W DET
8 K.Letang D PIT 71 C.Coyle W MIN
9 E.Johnson D COL 72 D.Brown W LA
10 T.Krug D BOS 73 N.Niederreiter W MIN
11 N.Holden D COL 74 T.Purcell W TB
12 J.Demers D SJ 75 C.Coyle W MIN
13 P.Martin D PIT 76 M.Kruger W CHI
14 V.Hedman D TB 77 B.Gibbons W PIT
15 D.Doughty D LA 78 C.Kelly W BOS
16 A.Benoit D COL 79 J.Morin W CHI
17 M.Niskanen D PIT 80 D.Winnik W ANA
18 Z.Chara D BOS 81 B.Smith W CHI
19 S.Voynov D LA 82 C.McLeod W COL
20 R.Suter D MIN 83 B.Malone W COL
21 B.Seabrook D CHI 84 C.Sceviour W DAL
22 A.Pietrangelo D STL 85 J.Williams W LA
23 A.Goligoski D DAL 86 D.Weise W MON
24 N.Kronwall D DET 87 M.Read W PHI
25 H.Lindholm D ANA 88 N.Kucherov W TB
26 M.Vlasic D SJ 89 B.Prust W MON
27 J.Wisniewski D CBJ 90 D.Paille W BOS
28 F.Beauchemin D ANA 91 R.Bourque W MON
29 N.Leddy D CHI 92 A.Chiasson W DAL
30 K.Shattenkirk D STL 93 A.Killorn W TB
31 D.Hamilton D BOS 94 S.Couturier W PHI
32 M.Streit D PHI 95 D.Smith-Pelly W ANA
33 M.Irwin D SJ 96 N.Foligno W CBJ
34 A.Meszaros D BOS 97 M.Calvert W CBJ
35 D.Girardi D NYR 98 A.Desjardins W SJ
36 N.Hjalmarsson D CHI 99 E.Cole W DAL
37 A.Emelin D MON 100 A.Roussel W DAL
38 J.Moore D NYR 101 J.Abdelkader W DET
39 T.Daley D DAL 102 T.Jurco W DET
40 S.Robidas D ANA 103 D.King W LA
41 J.Brodin D MIN 104 M.Beleskey W ANA
42 O.Maatta D PIT 105 T.Moen W MON
43 Jo.Benn D DAL 106 D.Dorsett W NYR
44 S.Vatanen D ANA 107 D.Carcillo W NYR
45 C.Sarich D COL 108 S.Downie W PHI
46 R.Wilson D COL 109 J.Vitale W PIT
47 J.Braun D SJ 110 T.Glass W PIT
48 J.Hejda D COL 111 B.Morrow W STL
49 B.Stuart D SJ 112 S.Ott W STL
50 J.Boychuk D BOS 113 T.Jackman W ANA
51 K.Timonen D PHI 114 R.Rakell W ANA
52 M.Carle D TB 115 S.Thornton W BOS
53 M.Staal D NYR 116 N.Horton W CBJ
54 J.Kindl D DET 117 R.Umberger W CBJ
55 J.Bouwmeester D STL 118 M.Letestu W CBJ
56 J.Spurgeon D MIN 119 D.MacKenzie W CBJ
57 J.Gorges D MON 120 B.Comeau W CBJ
58 B.Lovejoy D ANA 121 P.Bouchard W CHI
59 L.Sbisa D ANA 122 P.Regin W CHI
60 A.McQuaid D BOS 123 P.Bordeleau W COL
61 J.Johnson D CBJ 124 M.Cliche W COL
62 F.Tyutin D CBJ 125 D.Heatley W MIN
63 J.Oduya D CHI 126 R.Whitney W DAL
64 N.Guenin D COL 127 S.Horcoff W DAL
65 M.Bartkowski D BOS 128 J.Andersson W DET
66 S.Hannan D SJ 129 T.Bertuzzi W DET
67 A.Martinez D LA 130 T.Lewis W LA
68 A.Stralman D NYR 131 M.Cooke W MIN
69 C. Folin D MIN 132 J.Fontaine W MIN
70 M.Weaver D MON 133 M.Bournival W MON
71 E.Gustafsson D PHI 134 R.White W MON
72 A.MacDonald D PHI 135 M.Raffl W PHI
73 R.Diaz D NYR 136 J.Megna W PIT
74 J.Muzzin D LA 137 C.Adams W PIT
75 R.Gudas D TB 138 M.Brown W SJ
76 S.Gonchar D DAL 139 J.Brown W TB
77 B.Allen D ANA 140 R.Malone W TB
78 F.Bouillon D MON 141 E.Etem W ANA
79 M.Scandella D MIN 142 J.Boll W CBJ
80 M.Fistric D ANA 143 B.Bollig W CHI
81 S.Despres D PIT 144 D.Miller W DET
82 D.DeKeyser D DET 145 L.Glendening W DET
83 K.Miller D BOS 146 T.Pearson W LA
84 R.Murray D CBJ 147 J.Nolan W LA
85 N.Nikitin D CBJ 148 K.Clifford W LA
86 B.Dillon D DAL 149 E.Haula W MIN
87 K.Klein D NYR 150 C.McCormick W MIN
88 B.Smith D DET 151 T.Pyatt W PIT
89 R.Bortuzzo D PIT 152 C.Conner W PIT
90 N.Beaulieu D MON 153 R.Torres W SJ
91 B.Orpik D PIT 154 B.Kearns W SJ
92 D.Engelland D PIT 155 M.Paajarvi W STL
93 J.Leopold D STL 156 M.Lapierre W STL
94 I.Cole D STL 157 A.Cracknell W STL
95 S.Salo D TB 158 R.Reaves W STL
96 C.Potter D BOS 159 N.Thompson W TB
97 D.Warsofsky D BOS 160 B.Crombeen W TB
98 D.Savard D CBJ 161 J.Florek W BOS
99 D.Prout D CBJ 162 J.Caron W BOS
100 N.Schultz D CBJ 163 M.Frattin W CBJ
101 M.Rozsival D CHI 164 J.Nordstrom W CHI
102 S.Brookbank D CHI 165 A.Tanguay W COL
103 K.Connauton D DAL 166 R.Peverley W DAL
104 K.Quincey D DET 167 D.Jeffrey W DAL
105 R.Regehr D LA 168 M.Samuelsson W DET
106 W.Mitchell D LA 169 L.Vey W LA
107 M.Greene D LA 170 J.Zucker W MIN
108 N.Prosser D MIN 171 T.McGinn W PHI
109 C.Stoner D MIN 172 A.Hall W PHI
110 B.Coburn D PHI 173 Z.Rinaldo W PHI
111 N.Grossmann D PHI 174 J.Rosehill W PHI
112 L.Schenn D PHI 175 C.Kobasew W PIT
113 R.Scuderi D PIT 176 P.Dupuis W PIT
114 C.Colaiacovo D STL 177 J.McCarthy W SJ
115 B.Jackman D STL 178 D.Jaskin W STL
116 R.Polak D STL  
117 M.Kostka D TB
118 E.Brewer D TB RKPlayerPOSTeam
119 M.Barberio D TB 1 S. Varlamov G COL
120 A.Sustr D TB 2 C. Price G MON
121 D.Seidenberg D BOS 3 H. Lundqvist G NYR
122 J.Ericsson D DET 4 A. Niemi G SJ
122 K.Ballard D MIN 5 T. Rask G BOS
6 C. Crawford G CHI
7 M-A. Fleury G PIT
8 S. Bobrovsky G CBJ
9 J. Hiller G ANA
10 J. Quick G LA
11 R. Miller G STL
12 K. Lehtonen G DAL
13 A. Lindback G TB
14 J. Howard G DET
15 I. Bryzgalov G MIN
16 S. Mason G PHI
17 J. Gibson G ANA
18 A. Stalock G SJ
19 B. Bishop G TB
20 F. Andersen G ANA
21 C. Talbot G NYR
22 T. Vokoun G PIT
23 C. Johnson G BOS
24 A. Raanta G CHI
25 J. Gustavsson G DET
26 J. Zatkoff G PIT
27 C. McElhinney G CBJ
28 J-S. Giguere G COL
29 T. Thomas G DAL
30 M. Jones G LA
31 J. Harding G MIN
32 R. Emery G PHI
33 B. Elliott G STL
34 D. Kuemper G MIN
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