Playoff Pool Player Rankings

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Updated on April 14, 2014 3:25PM EST

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.

RK	Player	POS	Team	RK	Player	POS	Team
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.

RK	Player	POS	Team	RK	Player	POS	Team
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
RK	Player	POS	Team	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	RK	Player	POS	Team
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