50 - Chris
Mason - Mason switched to No. 50 when he signed with St.
Louis as a free agent in 2008. Don't be surprised if he keeps it with
his new team, the Atlanta
Thrashers. Mason is coming off the two best seasons of his career, he rallied the Blues to a playoff berth in 2008-09 and nearly did
it again last season while reaching the 30-win mark for the first
time.Runner-up: Antoine Vermette
51 - Brian Campbell - Buffalo took Campbell almost as an afterthought, he was a sixth-round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft, but he's blossomed into one of the NHL's best defensemen. Campbell was a Second-Team All-Star in 2007-08 and played a vital role in Chicago's Stanley Cup victory this past spring.
Runner-up: Francis Bouillon Fedor Tyutin
52 - Adam
Foote - Few players have worn any number as long as Foote
has carried No. 52 on his back, he's done it for 18 seasons and
1,107 games, most of them with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado
Avalanche franchise, for which he now wears the "C."
Foote doesn't score much (66 goals), but he's always been a solid
defender and was a contributor on the Avs' Stanley Cup-winning
teams.
53 - Derek Morris - Morris, now 32, has worn No. 53 more than anyone else, for all but 14 of the 869 games he's played in the NHL. The veteran defenseman, who re-signed with Phoenix this summer, has 80 goals and 369 points in his 12 NHL seasons; the 29 points he put up last season were the most he's had since 2003-04.
54 - Paul Ranger - The 2002 sixth-round pick by Tampa Bay had three solid seasons for the Lightning, including a 10-goal, 31-point performance in 2007-08. He missed much of last season with personal issues and hasn't said whether he'll be back for the 2010-11 season.
Runner-up: David Jones
55 - Larry Murphy - The Hall of Fame defenseman had the most successful seasons of his career wearing No. 55, first for the Pittsburgh Penguins and later for the Detroit Red Wings. Murphy's 1,615 games played are third among NHL defensemen, and his 1,216 points are fifth. He was a key to Pittsburgh's back-to-back Cups in 1991 and '92, as well as Detroit's consecutive championships in 1997 and '98.
Runner-up: Sergei Gonchar Ed Jovanovski, Keith Primeau, Jason Blake
56 - Sergei Zubov - Zubov started his career with a bang, leading the 1993-94 New York Rangers in scoring and helping the Blueshirts end their 54-year Cup drought. But he's best known for his time in Dallas, where he was one of the NHL's best puck-moving defensemen for 12 seasons, helped the Stars win the only Stanley Cup in franchise history in 1999 and holds most of the club's scoring marks for defensemen.
57 - David Perron - Perron, a first-round pick by St. Louis in the 2007 Entry Draft, is off to a solid start. He made it as an NHL regular before his 20th birthday and has 48 goals and 124 points in 225 games entering his age-22 season. He's coming off the first 20-goal season of his career.
Runner-up: Blake Comeau
53 - Derek Morris - Morris, now 32, has worn No. 53 more than anyone else, for all but 14 of the 869 games he's played in the NHL. The veteran defenseman, who re-signed with Phoenix this summer, has 80 goals and 369 points in his 12 NHL seasons; the 29 points he put up last season were the most he's had since 2003-04.
54 - Paul Ranger - The 2002 sixth-round pick by Tampa Bay had three solid seasons for the Lightning, including a 10-goal, 31-point performance in 2007-08. He missed much of last season with personal issues and hasn't said whether he'll be back for the 2010-11 season.
Runner-up: David Jones
55 - Larry Murphy - The Hall of Fame defenseman had the most successful seasons of his career wearing No. 55, first for the Pittsburgh Penguins and later for the Detroit Red Wings. Murphy's 1,615 games played are third among NHL defensemen, and his 1,216 points are fifth. He was a key to Pittsburgh's back-to-back Cups in 1991 and '92, as well as Detroit's consecutive championships in 1997 and '98.
Runner-up: Sergei Gonchar Ed Jovanovski, Keith Primeau, Jason Blake
56 - Sergei Zubov - Zubov started his career with a bang, leading the 1993-94 New York Rangers in scoring and helping the Blueshirts end their 54-year Cup drought. But he's best known for his time in Dallas, where he was one of the NHL's best puck-moving defensemen for 12 seasons, helped the Stars win the only Stanley Cup in franchise history in 1999 and holds most of the club's scoring marks for defensemen.
57 - David Perron - Perron, a first-round pick by St. Louis in the 2007 Entry Draft, is off to a solid start. He made it as an NHL regular before his 20th birthday and has 48 goals and 124 points in 225 games entering his age-22 season. He's coming off the first 20-goal season of his career.
Runner-up: Blake Comeau
58 - Kris
Letang - Sidney
Crosby wasn't all the Pittsburgh
Penguins got from the 2005 Entry Draft. Two rounds after taking
Crosby, the Penguins nabbed Letang, a Montreal native who's on his
way to a solid NHL career. He had a career-high 24 assists last
season and added 5 playoff goals. At 23, he's already got a Stanley
Cup ring after helping the Penguins win in 2009.
Runner-up: Robert Kron
59 - Chad LaRose - Carolina signed LaRose as a free agent in 2003 after he scored 61 goals for Plymouth in his final junior season. Three years later, LaRose was a member of the franchise's first Stanley Cup-winning team. He's never been a big scorer, but LaRose has become a useful third-line forward who can contribute offensively.
Runner-up: David Karpa
Runner-up: Robert Kron
59 - Chad LaRose - Carolina signed LaRose as a free agent in 2003 after he scored 61 goals for Plymouth in his final junior season. Three years later, LaRose was a member of the franchise's first Stanley Cup-winning team. He's never been a big scorer, but LaRose has become a useful third-line forward who can contribute offensively.
Runner-up: David Karpa
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