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Fantasy Forecheckers Flying High

Sure, now that the All-Star Weekend is behind us, there are plenty of features out today looking at how various NHL teams will fare the rest of the regular season. But instead, let's take a look at something really important: Fantasy Hockey Standings.

Fantasy Hockey Standings, 2008 Blogger Invitational

There's still a lot of work to be done, as the playoffs don't begin until March 10, but I have to give some credit this morning to the 2007-8 Fab Forecheckers (current roster):

Centers: Jason Arnott, Olli Jokinen, Vaclav Prospal, Bryan Smolinski
Left Wings: Jason Blake, Richard Zednick, Cory Stillman, Vern Fiddler
Right Wings: Markus Naslund, Dustin Penner, Fernando Pisani, Joordin Tootoo
Defence: Marek Zidlicky, Zdeno Chara, Sergei Gonchar, Fedor Tyutin, Ville Koistinen, Mattias Ohlund
Goaltenders: Tomas Vokoun, Rick DiPietro, Jose Theodore
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