2002
Media rates the best players in the league
GOALTENDER
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Martin Brodeur A- A- A- 29 New Jersey Devils
Patrick Roy 90 90 89 35 Colorado Avalanche
Nikolai Khabibulin B B A- 28 Tampa Bay Lightning
Dominik Hasek B B B 36 Detroit Red Wings
Ed Belfour B B B 36 Dallas Stars
Curtis Joseph B B B 34 Toronto Maple Leafs
Evgeni Nabokov B B B 26 San Jose Sharks
Chris Osgood B B B 28 New York Islanders
Olaf Kolzig B B B 31 Washington Capitals
Mike Richter B- B- B 35 New York Rangers
DEFENSEMAN
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Rob Blake 84 88 85 31 Colorado Avalanche
Nicklas Lidstrom A- B B 31 Detroit Red Wings
Scott Niedermayer B- B B 28 New Jersey Devils
Chris Pronger B- A- B 26 St. Louis Blues
Sergei Zubov B B- B 31 Dallas Stars
Brian Leetch B B- B 33 New York Rangers
Al MacInnis A- B- B 38 St. Louis Blues
Sandis Ozolinsh B C B- 29 Florida Panthers
Brian Rafalski B B- B- 28 New Jersey Devils
Dan Boyle B B- B- 25 Tampa Bay Lightning
LEFT WING
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Paul Kariya A C B 26 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Ryan Smyth B B- B 25 Edmonton Oilers
Jere Lehtinen B- B B 28 Dallas Stars
Patrik Elias A- B- B 25 New Jersey Devils
Markus Naslund A- C B 28 Vancouver Canucks
Bill Guerin B B- B- 30 Boston Bruins
Andrew Brunette B- C B- 28 New York Islanders
Sergei Samsonov B C B- 22 Boston Bruins
Alex Tanguay 79 70 79 21 Colorado Avalanche
Brendan Shanahan B B- B- 32 Detroit Red Wings
CENTER
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Joe Sakic A B- A- 32 Vancouver Canucks
Joe Thornton A- B- B 22 Boston Bruins
Peter Forsberg 89 83 85 28 Colorado Avalanche
Ron Francis B B- B 38 Carolina Hurricanes
Sergei Fedorov A- B- B 31 Detroit Red Wings
Michael Peca B- B B 27 New York Islanders
Rod Brind'Amour B- B B 31 Carolina Hurricanes
Mike Modano A- B- B 31 Dallas Stars
Adam Oates B- B- B 39 Washington Capitals
Mario Lemieux A C B 35 Pittsburgh Penguins
RIGHT WING
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Jaromir Jagr A C B 29 Washington Capitals
Brett Hull B C B 37 Detroit Red Wings
Teemu Selanne A- C B 31 San Jose Sharks
Jarome Iginla B B- B 24 Calgary Flames
Pavel Bure A C B 30 Florida Panthers
Shane Doan B B B 24 Phoenix Coyotes
Martin St. Louis A- B- B 26 Tampa Bay Lightning
Daniel Alfredsson A- B- B- 28 Ottawa Senators
Marian Hossa A- B- B- 22 Ottawa Senators
Mark Recchi B B- B- 33 Philadelphia Flyers