Fantasy Hockey Preview: 2008-09 Chicago Blackhawks

We are now about a month away from the start of training camp for the 2008-09 NHL season, and my hockey-crazed brother and I have begun work on our own fantasy hockey magazine, predicting the stats for every player on the starting roster of an NHL team.

We hope we can accurately predict most players' statistics, and we hope to help you with your fantasy hockey teams. A new article will be posted every couple of days at the most, and some teams will come even sooner. We will be doing this in alphabetical order.

Chicago Blackhawks

2008-09 Projected Lineup

Patrick Sharp-Jonathan Toews-Patrick Kane
Dustin Byfuglien-Robert Lang-Martin Havlat
Andrew Ladd-David Bolland-Kevyn Adams
Ben Eager-Adam Burish-Jack Skille

Brian Campbell-Duncan Keith
Brent Seabrook-Brent Sopel
James Wisniewski-Cam Barker

Cristobal Huet
Nikolai Khabibulin

Fantasy Stud

Jonathan Toews

Toews would have won the Calder Trophy for best rookie last year if not for an unfortunate injury—and I expect him to have a huge sophomore season.

Watch Out For

Martin Havlat

This guy has all the tools to be a point-per-game player in the NHL, but injuries have been a big problem throughout his stay in Chicago.

Individual Scoring Predictions for 2008-09

Player                        GP-G-A-P
1. Jonathan Toews       80-38-46-84
2. Patrick Kane            82-29-51-80
3. Patrick Sharp           77-29-29-58
4. Brian Campbell         82-10-48-58
5. Dustin Byfuglien       73-20-30-50
6. Robert Lang            76-19-27-46
7. David Bolland          78-14-27-41
8. Martin Havlat          42-16-24-40
9. Andrew Ladd          77-17-20-37
10. Brent Seabrook     82-10-25-35
11. Duncan Keith        80-13-21-34
12. Cam Barker          74-8-16-24
13. James Wisniewski    80-4-19-23
14. Jack Skille            76-6-14-20
15. Brent Sopel          73-4-16-20
16. Kevyn Adams       70-4-6-10
17. Ben Eager           64-1-4-5
18. Adam Burish        76-2-2-4

Goalies

Cristobal Huet 39-24-5 .918 SVP 2.30 GAA
Nikolai Khabibulin 6-6-2 .907 SVP 2.55 GAA