Best Fantasy Players in December

In keeping with the first post, this is meant to be a public record of each month's leading fantasy point getters. If someone starts trying to trade you Sheldon Souray in February, you'll be able to look back and see the month where he got all his points. Below are your outliers for December.

Top 12 Fantasy Point Totals:

Michael Del Zotto (32.3) (no, seriously)

Erik Karlsson (31.6)

Evgeni Malkin (30.8)

Marian Hossa (29.2)

Henrik Sedin (28.6)

Kevin Bieksa (28.5)

Daniel Alfredsson (27.4)

Daniel Sedin (27.4)

Ryan Kesler (27)

Pavel Datsyuk (26.8)

Steven Stamkos (26.4)

Jarome Iginla (25.5)

Second month in a row that one of Neil's defencemen was at the top of the list (Chara in November). Also, Hossa improved his monthly points by just 0.8 this month over last. That's right, he's awesome. Remember when Bay tried to trade Ryan Miller for him every week? Lastly, Alfredsson = D. Sedin. Eat it Shawn (for this month)!

Top 12 Fantasy Point Averages:

Evgeni Malkin (2.8) ** Only 11 games played

Claude Giroux (2.6) **Only 8 games played

Shea Weber (2.6) ** Only 9 games played

Marian Hossa (2.4)

Michael Del Zotto (2.3)

Erik Karlsson (2.3)

Steven Stamkos (2.2)

Dennis Wideman (2.1)

Martin St. Louis (2.0) ** Only 7 games played

Daniel Alfredsson (2.0)

Daniel Sedin (2.0)

Mikko Koivu (1.9) ** Only 10 games played

(Also at 1.9: Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Sedin, Scott Harnell, Kevin Bieksa, Taylor Hall, Zach Parise)

Only 11 players at 2.0+ (14 last month), but way higher numbers at the top (last month #3 was Malkin at 2.2).

Top 5 Goalies:

Henrik Lundqvist (30.1 / 3.0)

Roberto Luongo (34.5 / 2.7)

Jimmy Howard (27.9 / 2.3)

Ondrej Pavelec (23.6 / 2.6) ** Only played 9 games

Tim Thomas (22.9/3.3) ** Only played 7 games

Jonathan Quick (24.7/2.1)

Last month Lundqvist was fourth on this list with that same average of 3.0. Quick is actually stellar with a 2.1 average. The goalies had a rough month (funny how the players surged while the goalies sagged - scoring system is doing well, I think). Nik Backstrom and Brian Elliot both dropped hard off this list after playing limited games to get on it. Same in store for Pavelec who only had 5 wins on the month?

Lupul finally fell off these lists with a meager 1.5 average in December. The only player or goalie to show up in all three months? Evgeni Malkin. Lot of Canucks on this list. Surprisingly few Bruins given they have lost 3 times in regulation in 2 months.