1.   Among this group are elite players who are available to any team.

2.   And here I am now, in the NHL, playing with the elite players in the game.

3.   As the Kings found out Tuesday, this supposedly struggling version of Lemieux still ranks among the elite players in the NHL.

4.   Bears have one elite player, forward Sean Lampley, and a slew of talented freshmen.

5.   Before last winter, Phillips had consistently taken risks and landed elite players in trades.

6.   But Johnson established in Dallas not only a legacy of success, but a reputation as a coach that elite players seek.

7.   But the dispersal of elite players remains hopelessly skewed.

8.   But the solution to their problems, the co-owner Fred Wilpon suggested Wednesday, is more complicated than simply signing an elite player.

9.   But within the ranks, and from elite players, criticism of Upshaw has been bitter and personal.

10.   Defensive tackle Jeremy Caudill from Prestonsburg, Ky., is an elite player, as is safety Antwoine Lias of Memphis.