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Fantasy Preview 2008-09: Centers
by Kevin Greenstein
September 30, 2008 @ 10:27 AM ET
We've broken down our fantasy projections, position-by-position. Leading things off are the centers, and not surprisingly, we've got Sidney Crosby leading the way with 130 points. Here's how it all shakes out...
| First | Last | Team | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney | Crosby | PIT | 48 | 82 | 130 | 16 | 46 | 61 |
| Vincent | Lecavalier | TB | 48 | 58 | 106 | -6 | 37 | 71 |
| Joe | Thornton | SJ | 31 | 75 | 106 | 11 | 37 | 70 |
| Evgeni | Malkin | PIT | 51 | 53 | 104 | 14 | 36 | 79 |
| Pavel | Datsyuk | DET | 31 | 63 | 94 | 24 | 33 | 21 |
| Jason | Spezza | OTT | 31 | 63 | 94 | 9 | 33 | 53 |
| Ryan | Getzlaf | ANA | 34 | 57 | 91 | 23 | 32 | 76 |
| Olli | Jokinen | PHO | 41 | 44 | 85 | 4 | 30 | 76 |
| Nicklas | Backstrom | WAS | 24 | 58 | 82 | 12 | 29 | 26 |
| Eric | Staal | CAR | 39 | 43 | 82 | -3 | 29 | 66 |
| Anze | Kopitar | LA | 38 | 43 | 81 | 2 | 28 | 25 |
| Mike | Richards | PHI | 28 | 53 | 81 | 0 | 28 | 23 |
| Marc | Savard | BOS | 23 | 58 | 81 | -5 | 28 | 81 |
| Daniel | Briere | PHI | 31 | 49 | 80 | -7 | 28 | 60 |
| Scott | Gomez | NYR | 23 | 52 | 75 | 4 | 26 | 37 |
| Mike | Ribeiro | DAL | 26 | 48 | 74 | 8 | 26 | 40 |
| Henrik | Sedin | VAN | 31 | 43 | 74 | 11 | 26 | 42 |
| Patrick | Marleau | SJ | 33 | 40 | 73 | 3 | 26 | 33 |
| Jonathan | Toews | CHI | 34 | 39 | 73 | 12 | 26 | 54 |
| Jason | Arnott | NSH | 29 | 43 | 72 | 8 | 25 | 61 |
| Patrice | Bergeron | BOS | 28 | 44 | 72 | -5 | 25 | 23 |
| Kyle | Turris | PHO | 24 | 46 | 70 | -12 | 25 | 38 |
| Joe | Sakic | COL | 27 | 41 | 68 | 1 | 24 | 35 |
| Daymond | Langkow | CGY | 33 | 35 | 68 | 14 | 24 | 28 |
| Paul | Stastny | COL | 24 | 43 | 67 | 15 | 23 | 21 |
| Peter | Mueller | PHO | 28 | 39 | 67 | -2 | 23 | 41 |
| Derek | Roy | BUF | 26 | 40 | 66 | 10 | 23 | 51 |
| Jeff | Carter | PHI | 31 | 33 | 64 | 3 | 22 | 51 |
| Sam | Gagner | EDM | 24 | 40 | 64 | -10 | 22 | 30 |
| Brad | Boyes | STL | 32 | 31 | 63 | -1 | 22 | 29 |
| Tomas | Plekanec | MON | 26 | 37 | 63 | 11 | 22 | 37 |
| Brad | Richards | DAL | 26 | 37 | 63 | 2 | 22 | 75 |
| Chris | Drury | NYR | 26 | 36 | 62 | 0 | 22 | 42 |
| Shawn | Horcoff | EDM | 24 | 37 | 61 | -3 | 21 | 56 |
| Rod | Brind'Amour | CAR | 26 | 34 | 60 | 4 | 21 | 47 |
| David | Legwand | NSH | 25 | 34 | 59 | 5 | 21 | 44 |
| Saku | Koivu | MON | 21 | 38 | 59 | 9 | 21 | 49 |
| Robert | Lang | MON | 22 | 36 | 58 | 9 | 20 | 50 |
| Steven | Stamkos | TB | 24 | 34 | 58 | -14 | 20 | 57 |
| R.J. | Umberger | CLB | 24 | 34 | 58 | -5 | 20 | 36 |
| Mikko | Koivu | MIN | 19 | 38 | 57 | -2 | 20 | 59 |
| Jarret | Stoll | LA | 24 | 33 | 57 | -6 | 20 | 64 |
| Patrick | O'Sullivan | LA | 25 | 31 | 56 | -8 | 20 | 33 |
| Phil | Kessel | BOS | 27 | 29 | 56 | -5 | 20 | 28 |
| Tim | Connolly | BUF | 18 | 37 | 55 | 2 | 19 | 17 |
| Valtteri | Filppula | DET | 28 | 27 | 55 | 8 | 19 | 29 |
| Michael | Nylander | WAS | 18 | 36 | 54 | 2 | 19 | 48 |
| Andrew | Cogliano | EDM | 22 | 32 | 54 | 0 | 19 | 23 |
| Sergei | Fedorov | WAS | 21 | 33 | 54 | 12 | 19 | 21 |
| Joe | Pavelski | SJ | 23 | 31 | 54 | 2 | 19 | 32 |
| Jordan | Staal | PIT | 31 | 23 | 54 | 4 | 19 | 48 |
| Mike | Comrie | NYI | 24 | 29 | 53 | -9 | 19 | 66 |
| Mike | Modano | DAL | 22 | 31 | 53 | 4 | 19 | 39 |
| Mats | Sundin | TOR | 24 | 28 | 52 | 4 | 18 | 28 |
| Ryan | Kesler | VAN | 24 | 28 | 52 | 1 | 18 | 73 |
| Andy | McDonald | STL | 21 | 31 | 52 | -4 | 18 | 23 |
| Nik | Antropov | TOR | 24 | 26 | 50 | 4 | 18 | 82 |
| Matt | Cullen | VAN | 19 | 30 | 49 | 1 | 17 | 43 |
| Derick | Brassard | CLB | 19 | 29 | 48 | -3 | 17 | 22 |
| Keith | Tkachuk | STL | 24 | 24 | 48 | 1 | 17 | 80 |
| Stephen | Weiss | FLA | 19 | 29 | 48 | -2 | 17 | 41 |
| Brendan | Morrison | ANA | 18 | 29 | 47 | 1 | 16 | 56 |
| Dainius | Zubrus | NJ | 18 | 29 | 47 | -3 | 16 | 50 |
| Mike | Fisher | OTT | 21 | 24 | 45 | 4 | 16 | 64 |
| Matthew | Lombardi | CGY | 18 | 27 | 45 | -1 | 16 | 27 |
| Erik | Christensen | ATL | 23 | 21 | 44 | -3 | 15 | 28 |
| Dan | Fritsche | NYR | 19 | 25 | 44 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Doug | Weight | NYI | 13 | 30 | 43 | -14 | 15 | 15 |
| T.J. | Hensick | COL | 17 | 26 | 43 | -1 | 15 | 6 |
| Eric | Perrin | ATL | 16 | 27 | 43 | -2 | 15 | 14 |
| Rob | Schremp | EDM | 16 | 27 | 43 | -1 | 15 | 15 |
| Travis | Zajac | NJ | 21 | 22 | 43 | -1 | 15 | 16 |
| Steve | Reinprecht | PHO | 17 | 24 | 41 | -1 | 14 | 15 |
| Todd | White | ATL | 13 | 28 | 41 | -4 | 14 | 17 |
| Brandon | Dubinsky | NYR | 16 | 24 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 36 |
| John | Madden | NJ | 22 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| James | Sheppard | MIN | 16 | 24 | 40 | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| Mike | Sillinger | NYI | 18 | 22 | 40 | -3 | 14 | 23 |
| Paul | Gaustad | BUF | 16 | 23 | 39 | 1 | 14 | 39 |
| Brad | Richardson | LA | 18 | 21 | 39 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Tyler | Arnason | COL | 14 | 23 | 37 | -1 | 13 | 17 |
| Dave | Bolland | CHI | 10 | 26 | 36 | 4 | 13 | 34 |
| Martin | Hanzal | PHO | 12 | 22 | 34 | -2 | 12 | 16 |
| Craig | Conroy | CGY | 10 | 23 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 29 |