Here are the 10 best right wingers for fantasy hockey in 2008-2009.

1. Jarome Iginla - Flames - Iginla is probably the most solid RW at this point in time in the entire league. Look for his numbers to stay rather similar to the past couple years, notching at least 90+ points. Although he hasn’t yet broken the 100 point barrier, he still has the potential to do so this season, if he can get off to a quick start. Iginla has been somewhat of a slow starter in the past but if he’s paired with newcomer Cammalleri, they can make for a very nice line along with Langkow.
2. Marian Hossa - Red Wings - Hossa is in his prime right now and he’s looking for a Cup in Detroit. He’ll probably do a one and done in Detroit and then leave as a free agent next summer. However, for this season, Hossa is a very good bet playing with the deep talent pool in Detroit. Although Hossa can himself be inconsistent sometimes, he’ll most likely get points simply by osmosis in Detroit. If he can really get hot, though, he has a shot at getting up over 100 points.
3. Daniel Alfredsson - Senators - Alfy is getting older but you wouldn’t be able to tell from looking at his stat line the past several years. Alfredsson seems to be getting better with age, actually. He put up his first 100+ point season in 05-06 and then followed up with a solid 87 point effort the next year. Then just last year, he again put up 89 points in only 70 games played. Look for him to duplicate his efforts with a similar point total this year. He will easily be point-per-game.
4. Marian Gaborik - Wild - Marian Gaborik is a real wild card in fantasy hockey. Last season, playing with his good friend Demitra, they were expected to really light it up, with Gabby finally having a comparably skilled player on his line, but it wasn’t meant to be. Demitra had a somewhat disappointing performance for the Wild but Gaborik himself had an injury-free season and notched 42 goals along with 41 assists. Gabby even put up a 5 goal game, the first in a while in the NHL. If Gaborik is traded, which is a definitely possibility due to his unrestricted free agency status this season, his stock could rise, especially if he’s dealt to a more offensive minded team. In fact, because of the Wild’s defense first philosophy, many fantasy managers believe that Gabby could elevate his game to another level if he were on an offense first team. The major knock on Gabby is his injury proneness. However, if he can stay healthy, expect another good performance this season as the Wild have a pretty decent squad again this season.
5. Martin St. Louis - Lightning - If you look at St. Louis point totals for the previous 4 years you’ll see some clear inconsistency: 94 points in 03-04, 61 in 05-06, 104 in 06-07, and finally 83 in 07-08. All those years were played injury free, as well, as St. Louis only missed 2 games total in the stretch and both were in the 05-06 season. Obviously, St. Louis has proven he’s got the talent to put up some very nice numbers and along with linemate Lecavalier, who is a fellow elite player, they carry the Tampa Bay offense on their backs. Hopefully highly touted rookie Steven Stamkos, taken #1 overall in the most recent draft, can develop quickly and take some pressure off the top line and St. Louis and Lecavalier perform like we know they can.
6. Patrick Kane - Blackhawks - Kane was the #1 overall pick in the 2007 NHL entry draft, and he definitely delivered in his first pro year. Not that many people expected Kane to produce as effectively as he did, especially with him being a smaller player. But he stepped into the emerging Chicago squad and contributed right away. Kane’s 9 game tryout ended up turning into the Calder trophy. Along with fellow 2nd year pro, Toews, who was named captain recently, they’ll be helping Chicago return to the forefront in the NHL for years to come.
7. Teemu Selanne - Ducks - The Selanne/Niedermayer signing situation last season was probably annoying for fantasy managers. They both decided to sign a bit later in the season and they had to take some more time to adjust to the rigors of the NHL season because they had missed camp and pre-season. However, this time around, both of them committed early and Selanne himself had a fantastic pre-season. In the early drafts, before Selanne was technically signed, if you were savvy enough to take a gamble and grab him, then it’s paid off big time. Even though Selanne is getting older, he still put up 90 point seasons the past couple years and last season, even in a shortened season, he still had a very solid 23 points in 26 games. Selanne could be in for another very good year if pre-season was any indicator of his readiness.
8. Alexei Kovalev - Canadiens - Kovalev was a bit of a surprise last year, in terms of his production. He put up 84 points and was +18 on a very solid Montreal team. In 2006-2007, he only had 47 points in 73 games played and was a -19. This season, Montreal looks even better with some of their younger players getting one more year of experience under their belts. Look for Kovalev to have a relatively similar season points-wise, assuming he stays healthy.
9. Shane Doan - Coyotes - The most recent line combinations has Phoenix head coach Gretzky putting Doan on the second line with rookie-of-the-year candidate Kyle Turris. Initially, the first line had Doan playing left wing with Jokinen as the center and Peter Mueller shifting to right wing. Now, rookie Boedker has taken the top line LW slot with Doan moving back to RW but on the second line. It seems that Gretzky wants to protect his rookies a bit with some strong veteran presence on each of the top two lines. This isn’t really a bad thing, as Turris is a very talented player himself and Doan can surely help bring him along. Doan will still be on the first power play unit, and if at any point he goes back to the originally envisioned line of Doan-Jokinen-Mueller, they could cause fireworks. Also, consider that Doan (and Alfredsson and St. Louis, too) puts up a decent amount of shorthanded points, which are pretty rare. If your league counts SHP, Doan is as good a bet as any, as he was one of the league leaders in scoring while on the PK in 2007-2008.
10. Jason Pominville - Sabres - Pominville sometimes gets underrated because he doesn’t yet have the marquee name value that some of the other players on this list have. However, make no mistake about Pommer’s scoring ability, as he’s improved every year he’s been in the league so far and now is counted on for a fair share of the Sabres’ overall scoring. Buffalo does tend to roll 4 lines who have scoring ability, so Pominville may not see as much ice time as some of his counterparts on this list, but he will surely contribute plenty. Look for him to be at or around a point-per-game pace again.