If you had predicted how many games each team really played in the 2004 playoffs, and which team eventually won each series, then you would have gotten the list on the left below. It can take guts to draft from this predicted list, but maybe it helps show you a dark-horse pick you would otherwise overlook? Who knows. It's fun!

Predicted Top 40 Scorers

Player NameTeamExpected PtsGPRSPGAPPSHGW
MARTIN ST. LOUIS TAM23 X 1.146= 2782 94 38 56 8 8 7
JAROME IGINLA CAL26 X 0.901= 2481 73 41 32 8 4 10
BRAD RICHARDS TAM23 X 0.963= 2382 79 26 53 5 1 6
CORY STILLMAN TAM23 X 0.988= 2381 80 25 55 11 1 6
CRAIG CONROY CAL26 X 0.746= 2063 47 8 39 2 0 0
VINCENT LECAVALIER TAM23 X 0.815= 1981 66 32 34 5 2 6
STEVE REINPRECHT CAL26 X 0.659= 1844 29 7 22 3 0 1
MARK RECCHI PHI18 X 0.915= 1782 75 26 49 14 1 5
FREDRIK MODIN TAM23 X 0.695= 1682 57 29 28 5 1 2
PETER FORSBERG COL11 X 1.410= 1639 55 18 37 3 1 5
ALEXEI ZHAMNOV PHI18 X 0.837= 1643 36 11 25 1 0 1
ROBERT LANG DET12 X 1.145= 1469 79 30 49 10 0 3
JOHN LECLAIR PHI18 X 0.733= 1475 55 23 32 8 0 4
JEREMY ROENICK PHI18 X 0.758= 1462 47 19 28 10 1 1
SHEAN DONOVAN CAL26 X 0.512= 1482 42 18 24 3 3 8
MATS SUNDIN TOR13 X 0.926= 1381 75 31 44 11 1 10
PATRICK MARLEAU SJS17 X 0.712= 1380 57 28 29 9 0 5
ALEX TANGUAY COL11 X 1.145= 1369 79 25 54 7 0 5
MICHAL HANDZUS PHI18 X 0.707= 1382 58 20 38 7 1 2
DEAN MCAMMOND CAL26 X 0.469= 1364 30 17 13 4 1 5
JOE SAKIC COL11 X 1.074= 1281 87 33 54 13 1 3
NILS EKMAN SJS17 X 0.671= 1282 55 22 33 1 4 5
TONY AMONTE PHI18 X 0.663= 1280 53 20 33 4 0 3
MARTIN GELINAS CAL26 X 0.461= 1276 35 17 18 5 0 3
RUSLAN FEDOTENKO TAM23 X 0.506= 1277 39 17 22 0 0 3
DAN BOYLE TAM23 X 0.500= 1278 39 9 30 3 0 2
SHANE WILLIS TAM23 X 0.500= 1212 6 0 6 0 0 0
MILAN HEJDUK COL11 X 0.915= 1182 75 35 40 16 0 6
PAVEL DATSYUK DET12 X 0.907= 1175 68 30 38 8 1 4
BRETT HULL DET12 X 0.840= 1181 68 25 43 10 0 6
SIMON GAGNE PHI18 X 0.562= 1180 45 24 21 6 0 6
JOE NIEUWENDYK TOR13 X 0.781= 1164 50 22 28 10 1 5
DAVE ANDREYCHUK TAM23 X 0.476= 1182 39 21 18 10 0 5
MARCO STURM SJS17 X 0.641= 1164 41 21 20 10 2 6
OLEG SAPRYKIN CAL26 X 0.420= 1169 29 12 17 4 0 0
JORDAN LEOPOLD CAL26 X 0.402= 1182 33 9 24 6 0 1
ALEXANDER MOGILNY TOR13 X 0.811= 1137 30 8 22 4 1 1
JONATHAN CHEECHOO SJS17 X 0.580= 1081 47 28 19 8 0 9
ALYN MCCAULEY SJS17 X 0.573= 1082 47 20 27 5 0 4
OWEN NOLAN TOR13 X 0.738= 1065 48 19 29 7 2 3
ALEX KOROLYUK SJS17 X 0.587= 1063 37 19 18 4 0 2
PAVEL KUBINA TAM23 X 0.432= 1081 35 17 18 8 1 4
CHRIS SIMON CAL26 X 0.359= 1078 28 17 11 4 0 0
BRYAN MCCABE TOR13 X 0.707= 1075 53 16 37 8 0 2
MATTHEW LOMBARDI CAL26 X 0.367= 1079 29 16 13 3 2 4
BRIAN LEETCH TOR13 X 0.708= 1072 51 15 36 5 1 2
KIM JOHNSSON PHI18 X 0.525= 1080 42 13 29 4 0 3
CALLE JOHANSSON TOR13 X 0.750= 10 8 6 0 6 0 0 0
GARY ROBERTS TOR13 X 0.667= 972 48 28 20 11 1 7
MICHAEL RYDER MON11 X 0.778= 981 63 25 38 10 0 4

Actual Top 40 Scorers

--------------------              GP  GL  AS PTS PP SH GW GT  S   PCTG  P/G   PIM
  1 C BRAD RICHARDS           TAM 23  12  14  26  7  0  7  1  88  13.6 1.130    4
  2 R MARTIN ST. LOUIS        TAM 23   9  15  24  3  1  3  2  58  15.5 1.043   14
  3 R JAROME IGINLA           CAL 26  13   9  22  4  2  3  0  93  14.0 0.846   45
  4 L FREDRIK MODIN           TAM 23   8  11  19  3  0  2  0  50  16.0 0.826   10
  5 C CRAIG CONROY            CAL 26   6  11  17  2  0  1  0  49  12.2 0.654   12
  6 C KEITH PRIMEAU           PHI 18   9   7  16  0  2  3  0  44  20.5 0.889   22
  7 C VINCENT LECAVALIER      TAM 23   9   7  16  2  0  0  0  76  11.8 0.696   25
  8 L MARTIN GELINAS          CAL 26   8   7  15  2  0  3  2  51  15.7 0.577   35
  9 R DAVE ANDREYCHUK         TAM 23   1  13  14  0  0  0  0  30   3.3 0.609   14
 10 C ALEXEI ZHAMNOV          PHI 18   4  10  14  1  0  1  0  31  12.9 0.778    8
 11 L VINCENT DAMPHOUSSE      SJS 17   7   7  14  3  0  3  0  37  18.9 0.824   20
 12 L RUSLAN FEDOTENKO        TAM 22  12   2  14  5  0  3  0  43  27.9 0.636   14
 13 C JEREMY ROENICK          PHI 18   4   9  13  2  0  1  1  49   8.2 0.722    8
 14 C JOE SAKIC               COL 11   7   5  12  1  1  2  2  35  20.0 1.091    8
 15 C PATRICK MARLEAU         SJS 17   8   4  12  4  1  2  0  45  17.8 0.706    6
 16 C PETER FORSBERG          COL 11   4   7  11  1  0  1  0  16  25.0 1.000   12
 17 L MARCUS NILSON           CAL 26   4   7  11  0  0  1  1  37  10.8 0.423   12
 18 C SAKU KOIVU              MON 11   3   8  11  2  0  0  0  27  11.1 1.000   10
 19 R SAMI KAPANEN            PHI 18   3   7  10  0  1  1  0  24  12.5 0.556    6
 20 R SHEAN DONOVAN           CAL 24   5   5  10  0  0  2  0  43  11.6 0.417   23
 21 D DAN BOYLE               TAM 23   2   8  10  1  0  0  0  25   8.0 0.435   16
 22 R ALEXEI KOVALEV          MON 11   6   4  10  1  0  1  0  29  20.7 0.909    8
 23 C MICHAL HANDZUS          PHI 18   5   5  10  0  0  0  0  23  21.7 0.556   10
 24 R JONATHAN CHEECHOO       SJS 17   4   6  10  1  0  0  0  34  11.8 0.588   10
 25 D JORDAN LEOPOLD          CAL 26   0  10  10  0  0  0  0  34   0.0 0.385    6
 26 C ROBERT LANG             DET 12   4   5   9  0  0  0  0  20  20.0 0.750    6
 27 C MATS SUNDIN             TOR  9   4   5   9  0  0  1  0  19  21.1 1.000    8
 28 L MARKUS NASLUND          VAN  7   2   7   9  2  0  0  0  32   6.3 1.286    2
 29 L SIMON GAGNE             PHI 18   5   4   9  0  0  1  1  44  11.4 0.500   12
 30 D ROBYN REGEHR            CAL 26   2   7   9  0  0  0  0  29   6.9 0.346   20
 31 R NICHOLAS DIMITRAKOS     SJS 15   1   8   9  0  0  1  1  22   4.5 0.600    8
 32 L GARY ROBERTS            TOR 13   4   4   8  2  0  1  0  19  21.1 0.615   10
 33 R TONY AMONTE             PHI 18   3   5   8  2  0  0  0  26  11.5 0.444    6
 34 D BRYAN MCCABE            TOR 13   3   5   8  2  0  0  0  26  11.5 0.615   14
 35 D BRIAN LEETCH            TOR 13   0   8   8  0  0  0  0  23   0.0 0.615    6
 36 D KIM JOHNSSON            PHI 15   2   6   8  0  0  1  0  22   9.1 0.533    8
 37 R VILLE NIEMINEN          CAL 24   4   4   8  1  0  0  0  41   9.8 0.333   55
 38 L SERGEI SAMSONOV         BOS  7   2   5   7  0  0  0  0  13  15.4 1.000    0
 39 L CORY STILLMAN           TAM 21   2   5   7  0  1  0  0  35   5.7 0.333   15
 40 R MILAN HEJDUK            COL 11   5   2   7  2  0  0  0  30  16.7 0.636    0