Draft Guide

Outliers - Centers

by Ryan Dadoun

August 19, 2014, 9:35 am ET

Updated On: October 4, 2018, 4:09 pm ET

Rotoworld's Michael Finewax, Brian Rosenbaum, Ryan Dadoun and Corey Abbott rank the top 50 centers in the NHL.

Michael Finewax	Brian Rosenbaum	Ryan Dadoun	Corey Abbott

Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby
Steve Stamkos	Steve Stamkos	Steve Stamkos	Steve Stamkos
Evgeni Malkin	John Tavares	John Tavares	John Tavares
John Tavares	Evgeni Malkin	Claude Giroux	Evgeni Malkin
Anze Kopitar	Anze Kopitar	Evgeni Malkin	Anze Kopitar
Tyler Seguin	Tyler Seguin	Tyler Seguin	Tyler Seguin
Claude Giroux	Jonathan Toews	Ryan Getzlaf	Ryan Getzlaf
Jonathan Toews	Claude Giroux	Anze Kopitar	Jonathan Toews
Ryan Getzlaf	Ryan Getzlaf	Joe Pavelski	Claude Giroux
David Krejci	David Krejci	Matt Duchene	David Krejci
Paul Stastny	Paul Stastny	Jonathan Toews	Paul Stastny
Patrice Bergeron	Pavel Datsyuk	Nicklas Backstrom	Pavel Datsyuk
Ryan Kesler	Ryan Kesler	Eric Staal	Patrice Bergeron
Pavel Datsyuk	Patrice Bergeron	David Krejci	Ryan Kesler
Matt Duchene	Matt Duchene	Pavel Datsyuk	Matt Duchene
David Backes	David Backes	Nathan MacKinnon	Nathan MacKinnon
Nathan MacKinnon	Nathan MacKinnon	Henrik Sedin	David Backes
Joe Pavelski	Jason Spezza	Ryan Kesler	Joe Pavelski
Jason Spezza	Logan Couture	Patrice Bergeron	Jason Spezza
Logan Couture	Joe Pavelski	Jason Spezza	Logan Couture
Eric Staal	Eric Staal	Derek Stepan	Eric Staal
Nicklas Backstrom	Derek Stepan	Ryan Johansen	Nicklas Backstrom
Derek Stepan	Kyle Turris	Paul Stastny	Kyle Turris
Kyle Turris	Nicklas Backstrom	Mikko Koivu	Derek Stepan
Miiko Koivu	Miiko Koivu	David Backes	Carl Soderberg
Henrik Sedin	Henrik Sedin	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Mikko Koivu
Carl Soderberg	Brandon Dubinsky	Kyle Turris	Henrik Sedin
Brandon Dubinsky	Andrew Shaw	Patrik Elias	Joe Thornton
Brad Richards	Carl Soderberg	Logan Couture	Brandon Dubinsky
Andrew Shaw	Brad Richards	Tyler Bozak	Andrew Shaw
Joe Thornton	Joe Thornton	Brad Richards	Brad Richards
Patrik Elias	Patrik Elias	Carl Soderberg	Patrik Elias
Ryan Johansen	Ryan Johansen	Joe Thornton	David Desharnais
Mike Richards	Mike Richards	Bryan Little	Mike Richards
Jordan Staal	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Brandon Dubinsky	Jordan Staal
David Desharnais	Antoine Vermette	Nazem Kadri	Evgeny Kuznetsov
Antoine Vermette	Jordan Staal	David Desharnais	Antoine Vermette
Evgeny Kuznetsov	David Desharnais	Tyler Johnson	Ryan Johansen
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Mike Ribeiro	Martin Hanzal
Mike Ribeiro	Mike Ribeiro	Brayden Schenn	Mike Ribeiro
Martin Hanzal	Martin Hanzal	Mikael Granlund	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Tomas Plekanec	Tyler Bozak	Mikhail Grabovski	Tomas Plekanec
Brayden Schenn	Vincent Lecavalier	Sam Gagner	Brayden Schenn
Tyler Bozak	Brayden Schenn	Sean Monahan	Tyler Bozak
Vincent Lecavalier	Tomas Plekanec	Sean Couturier	Ryan Strome
Nazem Kadri	Nazem Kadri	Tomas Plekanec	Nazem Kadri
Tyler Johnson	Mikael Granlund	Alexander Barkov	Jori Lehtera
Stephen Weiss	Derek Brassard	Mark Scheifele	Stephen Weiss
Frans Nielsen	Mika Zibanejad	Travis Zajac	Sean Couturier
Aleksander Barkov	Tyler Johnson	Mike Richards	David Legwand

Eric Staal – (Ryan) Eric Staal’s traditionally been arguably the safest bet in the league to get you at least 70 points every season and one down campaign isn't enough to make me lose confidence in him when he’s still just 29 (30 on Oct. 29). I’m looking for 25-30 goals and 70-80 points out of Staal in 2014-15 and I’d pick him above others in that range because I view him as a safe bet despite his down season.