Top 300 Keeper League Players – January 2017 Edition

Dobber

2017-01-03

McDavid and Crosby continue to pull away from the pack, Kucherov creeping upward, Malkin returns to the Top 10…

These rankings are for points-only keeper leagues that don't count positions. If your league is different you can still use this list, but simply take that into consideration. It gives you an idea of their immediate and long-term production. But as always, a player's value in trade talks depends on your immediate needs. If you're gunning for first place you have less interest in Steven Stamkos than you would be if you were rebuilding for the future. If you're going for it here and now, then you'd value Sam Gagner's points a lot more than a team in the basement looking ahead to next year (when is current production rate is not as certain to continue).

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Jan	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Dec	Nov	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		190.8	1	1	0
2	Sidney Crosby	PIT		188.4	2	2	0
3	Patrick Kane	CHI		153.4	3	3	0
4	Tyler Seguin	DAL		149.3	5	7	1
5	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		142.7	12	13	7
6	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL		141.4	9	11	3
7	Jamie Benn	DAL		138.9	4	4	-3
8	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		134.8	10	14	2
9	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		129.4	6	5	-3
10	John Tavares	NYI		127.9	7	6	-3
11	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		127.0	8	8	-3
12	Artemi Panarin	CHI		124.9	19	22	7
13	Phil Kessel	PIT		121.2	17	26	4
14	Erik Karlsson	OTT	y	120.5	11	9	-3
15	Auston Matthews	TOR		117.5	18	21	3
16	Mark Scheifele	WPG		113.7	15	34	-1
17	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA		113.4	16	15	-1
18	Brent Burns	SJS	y	113.1	30	30	12
19	Claude Giroux	PHI		112.9	13	12	-6
20	Joe Pavelski	SJS		111.0	21	20	1
21	Patrik Laine	WPG		110.6	37	39	16
22	Jakub Voracek	PHI		110.2	26	27	4
23	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY		108.3	24	10	1
24	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		107.5	41	43	17
25	Jack Eichel	BUF		105.9	14	19	-11
26	Blake Wheeler	WPG		102.7	20	18	-6
27	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WAS		102.6	23	16	-4
28	Matt Duchene	COL		102.0	25	23	-3
29	Cam Atkinson	CBJ		99.7	54	91	25
30	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG		99.1	40	71	10
31	Corey Perry	ANA		99.0	31	32	0
32	Steven Stamkos	TBL		98.5	32	17	0
33	Ryan Johansen	NSH		97.5	28	28	-5
34	Anze Kopitar	LAK		97.1	29	25	-5
35	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		96.6	27	29	-8
36	Taylor Hall	NJD		95.4	22	24	-14
37	Mark Stone	OTT		92.9	39	42	2
38	Alexander Wennberg	CBJ		92.9	52	89	14
39	Mitch Marner	TOR		90.3	70	85	31
40	Derek Stepan	NYR		90.2	74	77	34
41	Nick Foligno	CBJ		89.1	59	84	18
42	Max Pacioretty	MON		89.0	44	44	2
43	Filip Forsberg	NSH		88.5	34	33	-9
44	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		88.1	38	41	-6
45	Brandon Saad	CBJ		86.7	77	82	32
46	Alex Galchenyuk	MON		86.4	33	35	-13
47	James van Riemsdyk	TOR		85.1	50	55	3
48	Jordan Eberle	EDM		84.8	35	36	-13
49	Mikael Granlund	MIN		84.2	85	109	36
50	Alexander Radulov	MON		81.6	45	49	-5
51	Joe Thornton	SJS		81.5	43	37	-8
52	Brayden Schenn	PHI		81.1	51	51	-1
53	Jonathan Drouin	TBL		80.2	69	67	16
54	Logan Couture	SJS		79.7	49	50	-5
55	Brad Marchand	BOS		77.0	60	69	5
56	Mike Hoffman	OTT		76.7	55	66	-1
57	Jeff Carter	LAK		76.0	92	98	35
58	Ryan O'Reilly	BUF		75.1	36	31	-22
59	Tyler Toffoli	LAK		75.1	42	40	-17
60	Wayne Simmonds	PHI		75.0	61	74	1
61	Sean Monahan	CGY		74.7	47	38	-14
62	David Pastrnak	BOS		74.2	84	130	22
63	Kyle Okposo	BUF		74.0	46	45	-17
64	Kris Letang	PIT	y	73.8	65	56	1
65	Chris Kreider	NYR		73.4	99	65	34
66	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA		73.0	56	57	-10
67	Jeff Skinner	CAR		72.5	58	95	-9
68	Charlie Coyle	MIN		72.2	112	117	44
69	Rickard Rakell	ANA		72.0	83	144	14
70	Mats Zuccarello	NYR		71.6	91	90	21
71	Tyler Johnson	TBL		71.5	57	58	-14
72	Robby Fabbri	STL		70.3	106	88	34
73	Sam Bennett	CGY		69.9	63	60	-10
74	Milan Lucic	EDM		69.8	72	70	-2
75	J.T. Miller	NYR		69.8	78	81	3
76	Kyle Turris	OTT		69.6	80	68	4
77	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	69.2	108	119	31
78	Nazem Kadri	TOR		69.1	68	75	-10
79	Sam Reinhart	BUF		69.0	81	86	2
80	Jonathan Toews	CHI		67.8	53	46	-27
81	Eric Staal	MIN		67.8	132	150	51
82	Jonathan Marchessault	FLA		67.0	76	106	-6
83	Kevin Hayes	NYR		66.8	115	116	32
84	Patric Hornqvist	PIT		66.7	75	76	-9
85	Marcus Johansson	WAS		66.6	86	87	1
86	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		65.8	71	62	-15
87	P.K. Subban	NSH	y	65.5	48	47	-39
88	Kevin Shattenkirk	STL	y	64.9	88	93	0
89	Nino Niederreiter	MIN		64.5	97	113	8
90	Victor Rask	CAR		64.3	90	100	0
91	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		63.8	67	48	-24
92	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR		63.1	95	104	3
93	William Nylander	TOR		61.5	114	118	21
94	Jaden Schwartz	STL		61.2	62	64	-32
95	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	y	60.5	82	54	-13
96	Bo Horvat	VAN		60.5	105	142	9
97	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	y	59.3	103	101	6
98	Roman Josi	NSH	y	58.9	73	63	-25
99	Sam Gagner	CBJ		58.7	236	316	137
100	Artem Anisimov	CHI		58.4	116	147	16
101	Jason Spezza	DAL		58.3	121	83	20
102	Ryan Kesler	ANA		58.1	156	197	54
103	T.J. Oshie	WAS		58.0	102	110	-1
104	Henrik Zetterberg	DET		57.9	142	173	38
105	Brendan Gallagher	MON		57.6	94	105	-11
106	John Klingberg	DAL	y	57.6	79	53	-27
107	John Carlson	WAS	y	57.5	110	102	3
108	Ondrej Palat	TBL		57.5	89	79	-19
109	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	57.2	107	97	-2
110	Vincent Trocheck	FLA		57.0	93	94	-17
111	Daniel Sedin	VAN		57.0	100	92	-11
112	Henrik Sedin	VAN		57.0	101	103	-11
113	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA		55.8	126	143	13
114	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		55.5	98	78	-16
115	Duncan Keith	CHI	y	54.9	134	140	19
116	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM		54.7	113	107	-3
117	Gustav Nyquist	DET		54.2	64	59	-53
118	James Neal	NSH		53.5	122	126	4
119	Rick Nash	NYR		53.0	87	80	-32
120	Shea Weber	MON	y	52.4	118	121	-2
121	Anthony Mantha	DET		52.4	209	234	88
122	Max Domi	ARI		52.3	66	72	-56
123	Conor Sheary	PIT		52.2	258	280	135
124	Zach Werenski	CBJ	y	51.3	154	207	30
125	Derick Brassard	OTT		51.3	111	73	-14
126	Zach Parise	MIN		51.0	120	112	-6
127	Keith Yandle	FLA	y	50.2	104	108	-23
128	Kyle Palmieri	NJD		50.1	123	124	-5
129	Dylan Larkin	DET		50.0	117	99	-12
130	Andre Burakovsky	WAS		49.9	109	111	-21
131	Tomas Tatar	DET		49.6	128	96	-3
132	David Krejci	BOS		48.4	127	131	-5
133	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	y	48.4	138	135	5
134	Bobby Ryan	OTT		48.2	119	52	-15
135	Bryan Little	WPG		48.1	136	141	1
136	Tyson Barrie	COL	y	47.8	130	123	-6
137	Alex Killorn	TBL		46.1	140	149	3
138	Adam Henrique	NJD		45.9	143	137	5
139	Jimmy Vesey	NYR		45.9	125	129	-14
140	Alexander Steen	STL		45.3	160	170	20
141	Vladislav Namestnikov	TBL		45.3	135	136	-6
142	Ryan Strome	NYI		45.2	133	122	-9
143	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	45.0	145	152	2
144	Ryan Spooner	BOS		44.9	148	133	4
145	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	y	44.5	166	166	21
146	Tyler Bozak	TOR		44.5	151	200	5
147	Seth Jones	CBJ	y	44.3	167	167	20
148	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH		43.6	210	414	62
149	Tanner Pearson	LAK		42.5	150	161	1
150	Sebastian Aho	CAR		41.8	155	165	5
151	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	y	41.6	149	134	-2
152	Brock Nelson	NYI		41.4	168	174	16
153	Patrice Bergeron	BOS		41.0	96	61	-57
154	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	y	40.7	189	189	35
155	Thomas Vanek	DET		40.7	164	181	9
156	Ryan Suter	MIN	y	39.8	158	168	2
157	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	y	39.5	161	171	4
158	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY		39.4	229	276	71
159	Elias Lindholm	CAR		39.1	141	148	-18
160	Sven Bärtschi	VAN		38.7	188	196	28
161	Mikko Koivu	MIN		38.5	197	154	36
162	Jason Zucker	MIN		38.2	222	236	60
163	Travis Konecny	PHI		38.0	195	209	32
164	Valtteri Filppula	TBL		37.7	174	223	10
165	Boone Jenner	CBJ		37.4	159	153	-6
166	Scott Hartnell	CBJ		37.2	185	192	19
167	Tomas Hertl	SJS		37.2	152	138	-15
168	Christian Dvorak	ARI		36.5	173	185	5
169	Justin Faulk	CAR	y	36.2	163	151	-6
170	Cam Fowler	ANA	y	36.0	186	202	16
171	Mikko Rantanen	COL		35.9	187	248	16
172	Evander Kane	BUF		35.4	181	186	9
173	Nick Bonino	PIT		35.3	169	172	-4
174	Jake Gardiner	TOR	y	34.3	232	216	58
175	Colin Wilson	NSH		34.1	177	182	2
176	Loui Eriksson	VAN		33.7	146	125	-30
177	Justin Schultz	PIT	y	33.5	370	375	193
178	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ		32.5	180	188	2
179	Dylan Strome	ARI		32.4	192	177	13
180	Radim Vrbata	ARI		32.4	193	198	13
181	Mikael Backlund	CGY		32.3	249	252	68
182	Frans Nielsen	DET		32.1	184	158	2
183	Sean Couturier	PHI		32.1	139	120	-44
184	Ryan Dzingel	OTT		32.0	227	230	43
185	Josh Bailey	NYI		31.5	218	227	33
186	Anders Lee	NYI		31.2	205	162	19
187	David Backes	BOS		31.0	144	127	-43
188	Paul Stastny	STL		30.6	129	132	-59
189	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	OTT		30.5	170	164	-19
190	Michael Frolik	CGY		30.4	203	206	13
191	Tomas Plekanec	MON		30.3	179	145	-12
192	Reilly Smith	FLA		30.3	157	159	-35
193	Carl Soderberg	COL		30.0	124	114	-69
194	David Perron	STL		29.8	165	187	-29
195	Marian Hossa	CHI		29.7	199	212	4
196	Torey Krug	BOS	y	29.5	235	240	39
197	Sami Vatanen	ANA	y	29.5	182	178	-15
198	Mark Giordano	CGY	y	29.1	171	139	-27
199	Martin Hanzal	ARI		29.0	201	193	2
200	Anthony Duclair	ARI		28.3	176	176	-24
201	Nick Bjugstad	FLA		28.2	131	128	-70
202	Brent Seabrook	CHI	y	27.7	212	237	10
203	Curtis Lazar	OTT		27.7	200	194	-3
204	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	27.1	147	155	-57
205	Paul Byron	MON		26.9	NR	NR	NEW
206	Mike Cammalleri	NJD		26.6	202	333	-4
207	Mikhail Grigorenko	COL		26.5	207	221	0
208	Brayden Point	TBL		26.2	204	263	-4
209	Mathew Barzal	NYI		25.9	213	217	4
210	Andrew Ladd	NYI		25.9	137	115	-73
211	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ		25.8	215	208	4
212	Nick Leddy	NYI	y	25.5	191	191	-21
213	Damon Severson	NJD	y	25.3	196	203	-17
214	Nail Yakupov	STL		25.1	175	163	-39
215	Kyle Connor	WPG		25.1	221	215	6
216	Connor Brown	TOR		24.9	270	288	54
217	Alec Martinez	LAK	y	24.4	308	451	91
218	Travis Zajac	NJD		24.0	224	391	6
219	Andreas Athanasiou	DET		23.8	225	231	6
220	Mike Ribeiro	NSH		23.6	220	213	0
221	Shane Prince	NYI		23.4	228	233	7
222	Colton Parayko	STL	y	23.2	214	238	-8
223	Jordan Staal	CAR		23.2	223	228	0
224	Michael Grabner	NYR		22.8	234	500	10
225	Jake Guentzel	PIT		22.6	244	260	19
226	Kevin Fiala	NSH		22.5	237	244	11
227	Patrick Maroon	EDM		22.5	256	264	29
228	Tyler Ennis	BUF		22.5	238	175	10
229	Nick Ritchie	ANA		22.3	247	254	18
230	Ryan Ellis	NSH	y	22.3	211	219	-19
231	Zach Hyman	TOR		21.7	342	352	111
232	Adam Lowry	WPG		21.2	219	220	-13
233	Nikolay Goldobin	SJS		21.1	250	257	17
234	Mathieu Perreault	WPG		21.1	183	157	-51
235	Troy Brouwer	CGY		21.0	206	199	-29
236	Joonas Donskoi	SJS		21.0	198	184	-38
237	Clayton Keller	ARI		21.0	251	258	14
238	Jakub Vrana	WAS		20.7	254	259	16
239	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		20.7	194	190	-45
240	Kevin Labanc	SJS		20.7	255	304	15
241	Brandon Dubinsky	CBJ		20.0	253	214	12
242	Bryan Rust	PIT		20.0	505	508	263
243	Valeri Nichushkin	DAL		19.9	246	229	3
244	Artturi Lehkonen	MON		19.9	257	265	13
245	Pavel Zacha	NJD		19.8	190	180	-55
246	Chris Kunitz	PIT		19.7	240	246	-6
247	Timo Meier	SJS		19.6	259	266	12
248	Matt Dumba	MIN	y	19.6	278	261	30
249	Brandon Sutter	VAN		19.5	241	302	-8
250	Jason Pominville	MIN		19.4	178	183	-72
251	Nicolas Petan	WPG		19.3	262	327	11
252	Sven Andrighetto	MON		19.0	268	274	16
253	Jacob Trouba	WPG	y	18.7	261	270	8
254	Noah Hanifin	CAR	y	18.7	272	253	18
255	Tobias Rieder	ARI		18.5	239	245	-16
256	Brett Ritchie	DAL		18.5	273	279	17
257	Drake Caggiula	EDM		18.5	280	290	23
258	Alex Tuch	MIN		18.4	275	281	17
259	Devin Shore	DAL		18.4	283	283	24
260	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR		18.3	277	285	17
261	Erik Haula	MIN		18.2	217	218	-44
262	Denis Malgin	FLA		18.2	265	NR	3
263	Tyler Motte	CHI		18.1	266	204	3
264	Charles Hudon	MON		18.0	279	287	15
265	Frank Vatrano	BOS		17.8	291	289	26
266	TJ Brodie	CGY	y	17.7	243	226	-23
267	Kris Versteeg	CGY		17.6	396	396	129
268	Lawson Crouse	ARI		17.4	282	291	14
269	Francis Perron	OTT		17.3	284	294	15
270	Colin White	OTT		17.3	286	296	16
271	Nick Schmaltz	CHI		17.3	287	297	16
272	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	y	17.2	380	383	108
273	Brock Boeser	VAN		17.1	288	299	15
274	Matt Niskanen	WAS	y	16.8	306	298	32
275	Austin Czarnik	BOS		16.7	293	NR	18
276	Sonny Milano	CBJ		16.6	248	255	-28
277	Jared McCann	FLA		16.6	281	256	4
278	Mike Green	DET	y	16.5	230	235	-48
279	William Karlsson	CBJ		16.5	231	268	-48
280	Alexander Nylander	BUF		16.0	285	295	5
281	Danton Heinen	BOS		16.0	267	273	-14
282	Hudson Fasching	BUF		15.8	303	313	21
283	Hunter Shinkaruk	CGY		15.8	309	320	26
284	Jayce Hawryluk	FLA		15.8	304	314	20
285	Brendan Leipsic	TOR		15.7	312	322	27
286	Michael Dal Colle	NYI		15.6	302	312	16
287	Brendan Perlini	ARI		15.6	313	323	26
288	J.T. Compher	COL		15.4	316	326	28
289	Ivan Provorov	PHI	y	15.4	357	239	68
290	Ivan Barbashev	STL		15.3	319	330	29
291	Justin Williams	WAS		15.2	336	224	45
292	Alan Quine	NYI		15.2	290	301	-2
293	Evgeny Svechnikov	DET		15.2	322	334	29
294	Anton Rodin	VAN		15.1	301	311	7
295	Jaromir Jagr	FLA		15.0	317	328	22
296	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI		14.8	332	343	36
297	Nick Cousins	PHI		14.6	335	286	38
298	Richard Panik	CHI		14.5	208	211	-90
299	Chris Tierney	SJS		14.4	296	308	-3
300	Rocco Grimaldi	COL		14.4	337	348	37


Jan	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Dec	Nov	Change
242	Bryan Rust	PIT		20.0	505	508	263
329	Nick Holden	NYR	y	13.0	535	563	206
177	Justin Schultz	PIT	y	33.5	370	375	193
359	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	y	11.4	497	471	138
99	Sam Gagner	CBJ		58.7	236	316	137
123	Conor Sheary	PIT		52.2	258	280	135
267	Kris Versteeg	CGY		17.6	396	396	129
318	Andrej Sekera	EDM	y	13.8	433	433	115
231	Zach Hyman	TOR		21.7	342	352	111

Jan	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Dec	Nov	Change
475	Patrick Sharp	DAL		4.5	216	179	-259
371	Jussi Jokinen	FLA		10.4	153	156	-218
463	Teemu Pulkkinen	MIN		4.9	264	272	-199
517	Teddy Purcell	LAK		2.8	324	195	-193
469	Daniel Carr	MON		4.7	298	309	-171
459	Jake Virtanen	VAN		5.2	289	300	-170
339	Craig Smith	NSH		12.2	172	169	-167
376	Benoit Pouliot	EDM		9.9	226	201	-150

Jan	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Dec	Nov	Change
205	Paul Byron	MON		26.9	NR	NR	NEW
403	Derek Ryan	CAR		8.2	NR	NR	NEW
477	Brad Hunt	STL	y	4.4	NR	NR	NEW
490	Troy Stecher	VAN	y	4.0	NR	NR	NEW
532	Vinnie Hinostroza	CHI		2.0	NR	NR	NEW

jerrodedson99 2017-01-03 at 17:05Log in to Reply

Ristolainen gets no respect at 145….He’s 22 years old, quarterbacks an up-and-coming PP, solid in SOG and hits…He’s my locked-in keeper D for years to come.
- Dobber 2017-01-03 at 17:10Log in to Reply
  
  You truly believe that’s no respect? Ranked 20th among D? Let me ask you something – will he ever get 65 points? So, in a points-only league where positions don’t matter, can a defenseman who will never get 65 points compete with 200 forwards who possibly could?
  - jerrodedson99 2017-01-03 at 17:29Log in to Reply
    
    I think approaching 65pts isn’t impossible in the near future. Especially once Eichel and Reinhart mature. In 2-3 years he could be in the discussion for top-five D-men. He’s already got 25pts in 36 games this year, which, if he continues, will put him in the 50pt range already. 65 ain’t that far off. (Positions count in my pool so I’m coming in from that perspective.)
    - jerrodedson99 2017-01-03 at 17:34Log in to Reply
      
      Also, in a non-position pool, he still gets a ton of shots, PP, and hits; he’s the complete package. So, in my mind, he should be placed among (and above many) of the 200 other players. But in a pts only pool I see your point.
      - Dobber 2017-01-03 at 17:47
        
        I think you might be right, I adjusted his upside a little and adjusted his 3YP some more. But it only moves him to 130 and maybe three more spots on the D list. Basically because Buffalo sucks this year, the team isn’t scoring, and next year may be more of the same. So he won’t bear fruit for two years. If they were doing it now, then he’d be Top 10 D. But they’aren’t.
      - jerrodedson99 2017-01-03 at 17:49
        
        Good point. Thanks for chatting. I love your site.
Triscuit_and_cheese 2017-01-03 at 23:02Log in to Reply

You think Kuznetsov will really live up to what he did last year? My keeper league only has 12 teams with 5 keeper slots and I am really torn about what to do with Kuznetsov. The guys on my roster that I am considering are:

Benn
Seguin
Scheifele
Voracek
Barkov

Kuznetsov
Ehlers
matt 2017-01-14 at 13:55Log in to Reply

So I’m in a 16 team league with 6 keepers each, who would you keep of the following?

Koivu
Draisaitl
Mantha
Tarasenko
Forsberg
Hornqvist
Werenski
Ekman-Larsson
Kuznetsov
O’Reilly
Subban
Laine

Allen
Vasilevskiy

I’m looking to deal for some picks for next year.
- Dobber 2017-01-14 at 14:07Log in to Reply
  
  Draisaitl, Tarasenko, Werenski, OEL, Kuznetsov, Laine.
  
  Use Subban and Vas as a package to acquire a proven goalie. Use Forsberg and Allen to land draft picks

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