The UPDATE! panel of experts recently took part in its annual preseason ritual: the NHL mock fantasy draft. The results posted here are a good indictor of how a normal 12-team draft will break down. Everyone has their own favorite or sleeper they target, so players rankings can often go out the window. Read on to see how our league broke down:


1. Sidney Crosby (C PIT)
2. Joe Thornton (C SJ)
3. Roberto Luongo (G VAN)
4.Alex Ovechkin (W WAS)
5. Martin Brodeur (G NJ)
6. Miikka Kiprusoff (G CGY)
7. Marian Hossa (W ATL)
8. Dany Heatley (W OTT)
9. Tomas Vokoun (G FLA)
10. Nicklas Lidstrom (D DET)
11. Ryan Miller (G BUF)
12. Evgeni Nabokov (G SJ)

13. Martin St. Louis (W TB)
14. Jonathan Cheechoo (W SJ)
15. Jaromir Jagr (W NYR)
16. Sergei Gonchar (D PIT)
17. Vincent Lecavalier (C TB)
18. Jason Spezza (C OTT)
19. Daniel Alfredsson (W OTT)
20. Bryan McCabe (D TOR)
21. Henrik Lundqvist (G NYR)
22. Thomas Vanek (W BUF)
23. Chris Pronger (D ANA)
24. Jarome Iginla (W CGY)

25. Marc-Andre Fleury (G PIT)
26. Ilya Kovalchuk (W ATL)
27. Olli Jokinen (C FLA)
28. Pavel Datsyuk (C DET)
29. Henrik Zetterberg (W DET)
30. Evgeni Malkin (C PIT)
31. Tomas Kaberle (D TOR)
32. Marty Turco (G DAL)
33. Ryan Whitney (D PIT)
34. Daniel Briere (C PHI)
35. Lubomir Visnovsky (D LA)
36. Dion Phaneuf (D CGY)

37. Joe Sakic (C COL)
38. Sergei Zubov (D DAL)
39. Simon Gagne (W PHI)
40. Daniel Sedin (W VAN)
41. Brian Rafalski (D DET)
42. Kari Lehtonen (G ATL)
43. Alex Tanguay (W CGY)
44. Mathieu Schneider (D ANA)
45. Tomas Holmstrom (W DET)
46. Rob Blake (D LA)
47. Shea Weber (D NSH)
48. Paul Kariya (W STL)

49. Zdeno Chara (D BOS)
50. Marc Savard (C BOS)
51. Andrei Markov (D MON)
52. John-Michael Liles (D COL)
53. Michael Cammalleri (C LA)
54. Sheldon Souray (D EDM)
55. Alexander Frolov (W LA)
56. Markus Naslund (W VAN)
57. Eric Staal (C CAR)
58. Kimmo Timonen (D PHI)
59. Chris Mason (G NSH)
60. Scott Niedermayer (D ANA)

61. Martin Havlat (W CHI)
62. Alexander Semin (W WAS)
63. Martin Biron (G PHI)
64. Teemu Selanne (W ANA)
65. Jay Bouwmeester (D FLA)
66. Brian Campbell (D BUF)
67. Marek Zidlicky (D NSH)
68. Justin Williams (W CAR)
69. Jean-Sebastien Giguere (G ANA)
70. Brendan Shanahan (W NYR)
71. Ray Emery (G OTT)
72. Ed Jovanovski (D PHO)

73. Brad Richards (C TB)
74. Marian Gaborik (W MIN)
75. Rick DiPietro (G NYI)
76. Milan Hejduk (W COL)
77. Dan Boyle (D TB)
78. Patrik Elias (W NJ)
79. Ryan Smyth (W COL)
80. Martin Straka (W NYR)
81. Dominik Hasek (G DET)
82. Wade Redden (D OTT)
83. Jason Pominville (W BUF)
84. Niklas Backstrom (G MIN)

85. Keith Tkachuk (W STL)
86. Patrick Marleau (C SJ)
87. Chris Drury (C NYR)
88. Paul Stastny (C COL)
89. Henrik Sedin (C VAN)
90. Daymond Langkow (C CGY)
91. Brian Rolston (C MIN)
92. Chris Kunitz (W ANA)
93. Michael Nylander (C WAS)
94. Slava Kozlov (W ATL)
95. Johan Holmqvist (G TB)
96. Philippe Boucher (D DAL)

97. Nikolai Khabibulin (G CHI)
98. Michal Rozsival (D NYR)
99. Brenden Morrow (W DAL)
100. Andrew Brunette (W COL)
101. Matt Carle (D SJ)
102. Erik Cole (W CAR)
103. Cam Ward (G CAR)
104. Tom Preissing (D LA)
105. Kevin Bieksa (D VAN)
106. Scott Gomez (C NYR)
107. Mark Recchi (W PIT)
108. Joni Pitkanen (D EDM)

109. Jason Blake (W TOR)
110. Vesa Toskala (G TOR)
111. Brian Gionta (W NJ)
112. Ladislav Nagy (W LA)
113. Peter Budaj (G COL)
114. Marc-Andre Bergeron (D NYI)
115. Andrej Meszaros (D OTT)
116. Mike Knuble (W PHI)
117. Milan Michalek (W SJ)
118. Rick Nash (W CLB)
119. Joe Corvo (D OTT)
120. Chris Clark (W WAS)

121. Tuomo Ruutu (C CHI)
122. Todd Bertuzzi (W ANA)
123. Mats Sundin (C TOR)
124. Chris Phillips (D OTT)
125. Dainius Zubrus (W NJ)
126. Jack Johnson (D LA)
127. Maxim Afinogenov (W BUF)
128. Kristian Huselius (W CGY)
129. Olaf Kolzig (G WAS)
130. Manny Fernandez (G BOS)
131. Bill Guerin (W NYI)
132. Brett Clark (D COL)

133. Darcy Tucker (W TOR)
134. Jason Arnott (C NSH)
135. Petr Sykora (W PIT)
136. Michael Ryder (W MON)
137. Tom Poti (D WAS)
138. Paul Martin (D NJ)
139. Dwayne Roloson (G EDM)
140. Rod Brind'Amour (C CAR)
141. Francois Beauchemin (D ANA)
142. Sami Salo (D VAN)
143. Derek Roy (C BUF)
144. Vaclav Prospal (W TB)