Predicting the Top 200 NHL Scorers in 2013-14

By Kenneth Laws September 23rd, 2013

The 2013-14 regular season is nearly upon us. While we at THW can hardly contain ourselves, some of us decided to pass the time by compiling our own predictions of the top 200 scorers in the NHL. Four writers submitted their own lists and the final product is an average of their results. With over thirty extra skaters showing up in lists, some got left out. Then again, when choosing 200 scorers, there is bound to be variation!

A special thanks to Chris Wassel, Nathan Kanter, and Andrew Forbes for their contributions!

Rank	Player	Team	Total Points	Goals	Assists
1	Sidney Crosby	PIT	107	38	69
2	Steven Stamkos	TAM	102	57	45
3	Evgeni Malkin	PIT	97	47	50
4	Alexander Ovechkin	WSH	91	51	40
5	Jon Tavares	NYI	89	44	45
6	Martin St. Louis	TAM	85	30	55
7	Patrick Kane	CHI	81	30	51
8	Claude Giroux	PHI	80	28	52
9	Phil Kessel	TOR	79	32	47
10	Pavel Datsyuk	DET	79	31	48
11	Henrik Sedin	VAN	78	29	49
12	Henrik Zetterberg	DET	78	26	52
13	Eric Staal	CAR	77	35	42
14	Anze Kopitar	LAK	76	32	44
15	Daniel Sedin	VAN	76	30	46
16	Jonathan Toews	CHI	75	29	47
17	Nicklas Backstrom	WSH	74	30	44
18	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA	73	25	48
19	Taylor Hall	EDM	72	34	38
20	Jason Spezza	OTT	72	25	47
21	Rick Nash	NYR	72	35	37
22	James Neal	PIT	71	36	35
23	Jordan Eberle	EDM	70	30	40
24	Corey Perry	ANA	68	31	37
25	Logan Couture	SJS	68	38	30
26	Matt Moulson	NYI	68	28	40
27	Zach Parise	MIN	67	26	41
28	Thomas Vanek	BUF	67	25	42
29	Jamie Benn	DAL	66	24	42
30	Tyler Seguin	DAL	65	35	30
31	Erik Karlsson	OTT	65	33	32
32	Joe Thornton	SJS	65	30	35
33	Mike Ribeiro	PHX	64	32	32
34	Matt Duchene	COL	64	32	32
35	Max Pacioretty	MTL	64	30	34
36	Bobby Ryan	OTT	64	28	36
37	Loui Eriksson	BOS	63	29	34
38	Derek Stepan	NYR	63	17	46
39	Marian Gaborik	CLB	63	20	43
40	Patrick Sharp	CHI	63	22	41
41	Evander Kane	WPG	62	20	42
42	Jakub Voracek	PHI	62	21	41
43	Chris Kunitz	PIT	61	20	41
44	Alexander Semin	CAR	61	24	37
45	Mikko Koivu	MIN	61	25	36
46	Joe Pavelski	SJS	61	31	30
47	Andrew Ladd	WPG	60	24	36
48	Kris Letang	PIT	60	25	35
49	Jarome Iginla	BOS	60	30	30
50	Brad Richards	NYR	60	24	36
51	Patrick Marleau	SJS	60	25	35
52	Patrice Bergeron	BOS	59	26	33
53	Marian Hossa	CHI	59	22	37
54	Patrik Elias	NJD	59	25	34
55	PA Parenteau	COL	59	20	39
56	Thomas Plekanec	MTL	59	20	39
57	Justin Williams	LAK	58	28	30
58	Blake Wheeler	WPG	58	27	31
59	Nazem Kadri	TOR	58	25	33
60	David Krejci	BOS	58	20	38
61	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA	58	18	40
62	Ray Whitney	DAL	57	20	37
63	PK Subban	MTL	57	22	35
64	Brent Burns	SJS	57	23	34
65	Thomas Fleischmann	FLA	57	25	32
66	Jason Pominville	MIN	57	25	32
67	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	56	30	26
68	Radim Vrbata	PHX	56	22	34
69	Johan Franzen	DET	56	23	33
70	Milan Lucic	BOS	56	23	33
71	David Backes	STL	55	22	33
72	Jaromir Jagr	NJD	55	24	31
73	Jeff Carter	LAK	55	30	25
74	Teddy Purcell	TAM	55	22	33
75	Ryan Callahan	NYR	54	27	27
76	Brad Marchand	BOS	54	25	29
77	Sam Gagner	EDM	54	22	32
78	Dustin Brown	LAK	53	26	27
79	Ryan O'Reilly	COL	53	21	32
80	Mike Richards	LAK	53	21	32
81	Derek Roy	STL	53	20	33
82	Jordan Staal	CAR	52	22	30
83	Ryan Kesler	VAN	52	21	31
84	Jeff Skinner	CAR	52	23	29
85	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	52	24	28
86	Wayne Simmonds	PHI	51	24	27
87	Nail Yakupov	EDM	51	24	27
88	Alex Galchenyuk	MTL	51	23	28
89	Vincent Lecavalier	PHI	51	20	31
90	Keith Yandle	PHX	50	20	30
91	Paul Stastny	COL	50	22	28
92	Pascal Dupuis	PIT	50	19	31
93	Michael Ryder	NJD	50	25	25
94	Shane Doan	PHX	49	20	29
95	Cody Hodgson	BUF	49	22	27
96	Jiri Tlusty	CAR	49	26	23
97	Dany Heatley	MIN	49	25	24
98	Shea Weber	NSH	49	22	27
99	TJ Oshie	STL	49	20	29
100	Joffrey Lupul	TOR	49	21	28
101	Patric Hornqvist	NSH	48	24	24
102	Alex Tanguay	COL	48	22	26
103	Alexandre Burrows	VAN	48	20	28
104	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	48	21	27
105	David Clarkson	TOR	48	26	22
106	Tyler Ennis	BUF	48	22	26
107	Mike Cammalleri	CAL	48	23	25
108	Bryan Little	WPG	47	21	26
109	Jonathan Drouin	TAM	47	19	28
110	David Perron	EDM	47	18	29
111	David Desharnais	MTL	47	20	27
112	Ryane Clowe	NJD	47	21	26
113	Chris Stewart	STL	47	24	23
114	Kyle Turris	OTT	46	20	26
115	Brian Campbell	FLA	46	19	27
116	Vladamir Tarasenko	STL	46	17	29
117	Ryan Suter	MIN	46	16	30
118	Mark Streit	PHI	45	20	25
119	Frans Nielsen	NYI	45	21	24
120	James van Riemsdyk	TOR	45	19	26
121	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	45	17	28
122	Troy Brouwer	WSH	45	17	28
123	Alexander Steen	STL	44	22	22
124	Martin Erat	WSH	44	18	26
125	Jussi Jokinen	PIT	44	18	26
126	Teemu Selanne	ANA	44	16	28
127	Clarke MacArthur	OTT	44	17	27
128	Derick Brassard	NYR	44	15	29
129	Travis Zajac	NJD	43	23	20
130	Carl Hagelin	NYR	43	20	23
131	Dan Boyle	SJS	43	16	27
132	Mikkel Boedker	PHX	43	19	24
133	Ales Hemsky	EDM	43	20	23
134	Danny Briere	MTL	42	22	20
135	Scott Hartnell	PHI	42	22	20
136	Daniel Alfredsson	DET	42	17	25
137	Curtis Glencross	CAL	42	18	24
138	Alexander Edler	VAN	42	18	24
139	Valterri Filppula	TAM	42	16	26
140	Mikhail Grabovski	WSH	42	15	27
141	Nathan MacKInnon	COL	42	15	27
142	Niklas Kronwall	DET	41	18	23
143	Adam Henrique	NJD	41	21	20
144	Marcus Johansson	WSH	41	20	21
145	Duncan Keith	CHI	41	19	22
146	Jiri Hudler	CAL	41	16	25
147	Drew Stafford	BUF	41	17	24
148	Justin Schultz	EDM	41	15	26
149	Milan Michalek	OTT	41	16	25
150	Brandon Dubinsky	CLB	41	16	25
151	Stephen Weiss	DET	41	14	27
152	Mike Fisher	NSH	41	15	26
153	Brendan Gallagher	MTL	41	21	20
154	Tyler Bozak	TOR	41	15	26
155	Zdeno Chara	BOS	40	20	20
156	Kevin Shattenkirk	STL	40	19	21
157	Patrik Berglund	STL	40	19	21
158	Tobias Enstrom	WPG	40	18	22
159	Christian Ehrhoff	BUF	40	18	22
160	Michael Grabner	NYI	40	25	15
161	Colin Wilson	NSH	40	21	19
162	Lee Stempniak	CAL	40	21	19
163	David Legwand	NSH	40	13	27
164	Aleksander Barkov	FLA	40	13	27
165	Viktor Stalberg	NSH	40	12	28
166	Kimmo Timonen	PHI	40	10	30
167	Dion Phaneuf	TOR	40	11	29
168	Jannik Hansen	VAN	40	12	28
169	Olli Jokinen	WPG	40	13	27
170	Kyle Okposo	NYI	39	16	23
171	Sergei Gonchar	DAL	39	17	22
172	Kyle Palmieri	ANA	39	17	22
173	Brayden Schenn	PHI	39	18	21
174	Drew Doughty	LAK	39	19	20
175	Matt Read	PHI	39	19	20
176	Martin Havlat	SJS	39	19	20
177	Rich Peverley	DAL	39	19	20
178	Brian Gionta	MTL	39	21	18
179	Artem Anisimov	CLB	39	21	18
180	Tomas Hertl	SJS	39	22	17
181	Cam Atkinson	CLB	38	13	25
182	Saku Koivu	ANA	38	14	24
183	Brandon Saad	CHI	38	14	24
184	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA	38	16	22
185	RJ Umberger	CLB	38	16	22
186	Alex Goligoski	DAL	38	17	21
187	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	PHX	38	19	19
188	Devin Setoguchi	WPG	37	11	26
189	Dennis Wideman	CAL	37	11	26
190	Erik Cole	DAL	37	11	26
191	Lars Eller	MTL	37	12	25
192	Jamie McGinn	COL	37	12	25
193	Jack Johnson	CLB	37	12	25
194	Josh Bailey	NYI	37	14	23
195	Nick Foligno	CLB	37	14	23
196	Antoine Vermette	PHX	37	15	22
197	Matt Cullen	NSH	37	15	22
198	Lubomir Visnovsky	NYI	36	13	23
199	Bryan Bickell	CHI	36	13	23
200	Craig Smith	NSH	36	14	22

Stamkos comes up just short of Crosby this year (Photo By Andy Martin Jr)

Fast Facts: Top 200 Scorers

Sidney Crosby returns to the top of the scorers’ table after finally playing a full season. Crosby gets over his nagging injuries and blows the league away. He will lead the Penguins like he always does and the Penguins’ offense will once again be among the best in the NHL
Jon Tavares, wearing the C on his sweater will crack the top five. Following up a breakout year, he will carry the Islanders to a second consecutive playoff birth
The Sedin twins both will fall out of the top 10, but with John Tortorella’s focus on the defense, the Canucks’ famous pair will account for most of the offense on a defensively-minded team
Logan Couture will explode as an elite scorer. He will crack the top 25 as he leads the offensively-challenged Sharks. His captain, Joe Thornton, will slow down substantially in terms of goals, but will provide many assists to young rookie Tomas Hertl, who scrapes his way to top 200 list in his first season
Scoring in Nashville is going to be very hard. The Preds’ top scorer, is Shea Weber. He has only cracked 50 points once in his career, but then again… he is a defenseman.
Third-overall pick, Jonathan Drouin, will be the top scoring rookie from the draft as he makes a decent impact in Tampa Bay. Playing behind offensive giants like Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis has its perks
Speaking of Stamkos, the Lightning’s offensive power plant will lead in goals this season with 57
Bryan Bickell, the man who clinched the Stanley Cup in Chicago, gets a slight reward by scratching together enough points to claim the 199th spot
Steve Ott, Slava Voynov, and Tomas Kopecky find themselves just outside of the list as victims of logistics. They score 36 points, like the bottom-dwellers of the list, but by rule of a “Top 200 Scorers” list cannot be included
Martin Brodeur doesn’t qualify for the list as he only adds up for a meager three points this season. A shameful way for the future Hall-of-Famer to go out

Let us know who we left out! Prove us wrong!