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Authentic Aaron Hernandez Jersey. When his turn came, Stewart went to work, skating down the side, cutting over and lining the puck under the pads of Chicago goalie Antti Niemi - just as he envisioned. Josh Morgan Super Bowl Jersey. (AP) - Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron is getting close to returning from a concussion. Jerod Mayo Jersey. The second-seeded Ferrer drilled German Simon Greul 6-3, 6-4, while the former Australian Open runner-up Baghdatis, seeded eighth this week, handled South African wild card Raven Klaasen 6-3, 7-5 at this hardcourt event on the grounds of Montecasino. Tweet With the three-quarter mark of the season officially here and the NHL trade deadline just days away, its time to give fantasy hockey fans our final update of the top 50 overall player rankings. While things can definitely change depending on where certain players might get dealt, these rankings are here to help guide your team to the playoffs and eventually to the fantasy championship. In early January NHL.com provided fans with the midseason top-50 rankings, and to no surprise for many, Sidney Crosby found himself at the top spot. At that time Sid the Kid had just suffered his concussion and we expected him back fairly soon. However, a month and a half later, Crosby is still on the sidelines and theres no telling when hell return. Obviously, he has been dethroned -- in fact hes not only out of the No. 1 rank, but hes completely out of the top 50. Even if he does return for, say, two or three weeks, hes still not as valuable as any of these players for a full six weeks. If you do own Sid, its obviously a tough break, but you should play it safe and prepare as if hes not returning. With that said, read on to find out who is our new No. 1 player for the remainder of the season and how the rest of the top 50 shakes out. These modified rankings are based on expectations of the season going forward (including injuries) in standard fantasy leagues (G, A, plus/minus, PIMs, PPP, SOG, W, GAA, SV percentage and shutouts). The plus or minus for each player signifies the increase or decrease from the midseason rankings (NR indicates not ranked in previous rankings). All-Star break position-by-position rankings 1 Alex Ovechkin, LW (+1) Low-down: Left wing status gives him the edge over Stamkos, plus hes heating up with 3 goals and 3 assists in his previous four games -- the floodgates will open soon enough. We simply believe Ovi will be the best player to own for the remainder of the season. 2 Steven Stamkos, C (+1) Low-down: The 21-year-old phenom has an absurd League-leading 41 goals (eight more than the next highest -- Keslers 33), but his recent slump of just one tally in his last six games has him behind Ovechkin. 3 Daniel Sedin, LW (+2) Low-down: It was a three-man race between Ovi, Stammer and Sedin for the top spot, and while Sedin has the most points in the NHL and definitely could have earned the honor, he falls just short because of fewer penalty minutes (24) and shots (194 -- which is a lot, just not as much as the other two). 4 Corey Perry, RW (+2) Low-down: People continue to think Martin St. Louis deserves the top right wing rank, but its not even close, honestly. Perry has 6 goals and 10 assists in his last nine games and 31 G, 36 A and 90 PIMs overall -- no player comes close to that kind of unique production. 5 Tim Thomas, G (-1) Low-down: Thomas leads the League with a 1.99 GAA, .939 save percentage and is tied for the lead with seven shutouts -- he is the catalyst to Bostons success and he can keep it up for six more weeks. 6 Henrik Zetterberg, C, LW (+4) Low-down: Z-berg might not finish with 30 goals, but hes still having an unbelievable season -- his 66 points are tied for sixth most in the NHL and his 250 shots are fifth most (plus he has C and LW eligibility). 7 Henrik Sedin, C (+1) Low-down: Henrik finds himself behind Z-berg because of his lack of shots in comparison -- Sedin only has 130 on the season! Regardless, hes a stud and could finish the season with the most points in the NHL. 8 Martin St. Louis, RW (-1) Low-down: St. Louis has points in seven straight contests, including a 2-goal, 3-point performance on Wednesday. With exception to his 8 PIMs, St. Louis is a fantasy beast. 9 Pavel Datsyuk, C, LW (+11) Low-down: Datsyuk is slowly climbing his way back to our usual standards since recovering from a broken hand -- he has 5 goals and 5 helpers in nine games since returning. 10 Ryan Kesler, C (+18) Low-down: Its time to give Kesler the respect he deserves. Hes been arguably the biggest and best surprise of the season with 33 G, 24 A, plus-23, 48 PIMs, 21 PPP and 195 SOG. He is officially a top-10 player. 11 Roberto Luongo, G (+14) Low-down: Luongo plays for the Leagues best team, owns a 28-11-7 record, a 2.27 GAA and a .924 save percentage -- what else could you want? How about this: he hasnt allowed more than three goals in 12 straight starts. 12 Eric Staal, C (+10) Low-down: With exception to his minus-14, Staal has been outstanding in every other category, ranking among the top 10 in the NHL in goals (27), points (58), power-play goals (9) and shots (228). 13 Jeff Carter, C, RW (+21) Low-down: Talk about production in every category -- Carter has been a multi-positional standout with 28 G, 27 A, a plus-21, 35 PIMs, 15 PPP and a whopping 252 SOG. 14 Dustin Byfuglien, D (-5) Low-down: Byfuglien remains our top-ranked blueliner despite a recent 13-game goal-scoring drought -- he does have 2 goals and 2 assists in his previous six games and still has 18 goals and 45 points on the campaign. 15 Anze Kopitar, C (+6) Low-down: Kopitar appears headed to come extremely close to matching his 81 points from last year. He might not top the 34 goals, but his plus-21 and 198 shots make up for that. 16 Alexander Semin, RW (+1) Low-down: In seven contests since returning from an injury, Semin has 3 goals (all in one game) and 2 assists. Either way, hell still fire
