Top 300 Keeper League Players – May 2017

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2017-05-03

The Top 300 skaters to own in a points-only fantasy hockey league, May edition

Positions are irrelevant, strictly points. Factored in are upside, three-year likelihood, proneness to injury, depth chart. Click on a player name to be taken to his profile for recommendations and game logs (and more). Check back tomorrow for the Top 100 Defensemen.

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May	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Apr	Mar	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		201.9	1	1	0
2	Sidney Crosby	PIT		180.3	2	2	0
3	Patrick Kane	CHI		161.1	3	3	0
4	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		144.8	4	7	0
5	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		144.2	5	6	0
6	Mark Scheifele	WPG		139.7	6	11	0
7	Jack Eichel	BUF		137.8	7	23	0
8	Tyler Seguin	DAL		136.7	8	5	0
9	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		134.8	9	8	0
10	John Tavares	NYI		133.6	10	13	0
11	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		129.9	14	21	3
12	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL		129.1	12	12	0
13	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		126.1	11	4	-2
14	Erik Karlsson	OTT	y	125.1	13	18	-1
15	Patrik Laine	WPG		123.3	17	16	2
16	Auston Matthews	TOR		122.3	16	19	0
17	Jamie Benn	DAL		121.5	18	10	1
18	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY		120.4	19	28	1
19	Phil Kessel	PIT		120	20	14	1
20	Artemi Panarin	CHI		119.4	15	17	-5
21	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG		116.7	21	24	0
22	Brad Marchand	BOS		116.5	22	20	0
23	Blake Wheeler	WPG		112.2	24	26	1
24	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WAS		111.9	25	15	1
25	Steven Stamkos	TBL		110.7	27	53	2
26	Mitch Marner	TOR		110	23	29	-3
27	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA		105.6	28	31	1
28	Brent Burns	SJS	y	105.2	26	9	-2
29	Mikael Granlund	MIN		104.1	29	27	0
30	Joe Pavelski	SJS		103.5	30	22	0
31	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA		101	31	86	0
32	Jonathan Drouin	TBL		100.5	32	47	0
33	Sean Monahan	CGY		99.6	33	46	0
34	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		99.6	34	33	0
35	Ryan Johansen	NSH		97.5	35	32	0
36	Anze Kopitar	LAK		97.4	46	50	10
37	David Pastrnak	BOS		96.2	36	44	-1
38	Filip Forsberg	NSH		96	37	34	-1
39	Mark Stone	OTT		95.9	38	37	-1
40	Taylor Hall	NJD		95.2	39	41	-1
41	Max Pacioretty	MON		94.1	40	35	-1
42	Alexander Wennberg	CBJ		92.7	41	36	-1
43	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	92.6	43	39	0
44	Jonathan Toews	CHI		90.7	44	38	0
45	Cam Atkinson	CBJ		89.8	45	30	0
46	William Nylander	TOR		89.6	42	72	-4
47	Jakub Voracek	PHI		87.4	47	25	0
48	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		86.6	48	60	0
49	Mike Hoffman	OTT		86.4	49	59	0
50	Alex Galchenyuk	MON		85.9	50	56	0
51	Logan Couture	SJS		85.5	51	52	0
52	Jake Guentzel	PIT		85.5	99	196	47
53	James van Riemsdyk	TOR		84.4	53	42	0
54	Alexander Radulov	MON		82.3	55	48	1
55	Matt Duchene	COL		81.8	56	43	1
56	Tyler Toffoli	LAK		81.7	80	101	24
57	J.T. Miller	NYR		81.6	57	51	0
58	Claude Giroux	PHI		80.7	54	40	-4
59	Jeff Skinner	CAR		79.7	58	87	-1
60	Brayden Schenn	PHI		79.7	59	71	-1
61	Nino Niederreiter	MIN		79.1	60	61	-1
62	Chris Kreider	NYR		79	61	63	-1
63	Nazem Kadri	TOR		78.4	62	55	-1
64	Corey Perry	ANA		77.4	63	54	-1
65	Ryan O'Reilly	BUF		77.1	64	64	-1
66	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH		76.4	69	78	3
67	Vincent Trocheck	FLA		76.2	65	82	-2
68	Kyle Turris	OTT		75.7	68	68	0
69	P.K. Subban	NSH	y	75.5	90	93	21
70	Robby Fabbri	STL		75.2	70	96	0
71	Conor Sheary	PIT		75.1	52	109	-19
72	Derek Stepan	NYR		75	66	49	-6
73	Henrik Zetterberg	DET		75	71	85	-2
74	Jaden Schwartz	STL		74.4	72	90	-2
75	Jeff Carter	LAK		74.1	67	45	-8
76	Tyler Johnson	TBL		73.2	73	58	-3
77	Mats Zuccarello	NYR		73.1	78	75	1
78	Charlie Coyle	MIN		72.3	76	69	-2
79	Marcus Johansson	WAS		72.2	77	76	-2
80	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		72.1	95	126	15
81	Sam Reinhart	BUF		71.8	79	70	-2
82	John Klingberg	DAL	y	71	81	74	-1
83	Jonathan Marchessault	FLA		70.7	82	103	-1
84	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		70.6	83	104	-1
85	Eric Staal	MIN		70.1	85	97	0
86	Dylan Larkin	DET		70	86	152	0
87	Elias Lindholm	CAR		70	88	118	1
88	Jordan Eberle	EDM		69.3	84	67	-4
89	T.J. Oshie	WAS		68.9	87	73	-2
90	Bryan Little	WPG		68.3	89	98	-1
91	Bo Horvat	VAN		68.2	91	83	0
92	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR		68.1	92	107	0
93	Anders Lee	NYI		67.9	132	154	39
94	Brandon Saad	CBJ		67.4	94	57	0
95	Kyle Okposo	BUF		66.5	74	65	-21
96	Gustav Nyquist	DET		66.5	93	142	-3
97	Wayne Simmonds	PHI		65.7	97	77	0
98	Ryan Strome	NYI		65.1	98	145	0
99	Sam Bennett	CGY		64.7	100	110	1
100	Tanner Pearson	LAK		63.6	125	120	25
101	Sebastian Aho	CAR		63.2	102	133	1
102	Ondrej Palat	TBL		62.9	101	129	-1
103	Derick Brassard	OTT		62.8	118	119	15
104	Kevin Shattenkirk	WAS	y	61.7	75	66	-29
105	Patrice Bergeron	BOS		61.5	103	88	-2
106	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA		61.3	104	95	-2
107	Kevin Hayes	NYR		60.7	96	81	-11
108	Roman Josi	NSH	y	60.7	112	94	4
109	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	y	60.5	105	89	-4
110	Rickard Rakell	ANA		60.3	106	100	-4
111	Mikko Rantanen	COL		60.2	107	156	-4
112	Nick Foligno	CBJ		59.6	108	62	-4
113	Kyle Palmieri	NJD		59.5	109	108	-4
114	Anthony Mantha	DET		58.6	111	128	-3
115	Ryan Spooner	BOS		58.2	110	127	-5
116	Bobby Ryan	OTT		58.2	124	140	8
117	Ryan Kesler	ANA		57.7	113	99	-4
118	Tomas Tatar	DET		57.2	115	143	-3
119	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	56.7	143	102	24
120	Joe Thornton	SJS		56.4	114	79	-6
121	Victor Rask	CAR		56	117	106	-4
122	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	y	55.2	121	116	-1
123	Duncan Keith	CHI	y	54.9	119	92	-4
124	Tyler Bozak	TOR		54.8	120	121	-4
125	Andre Burakovsky	WAS		54.5	122	117	-3
126	David Krejci	BOS		54.5	123	113	-3
127	John Carlson	WAS	y	53.9	158	123	31
128	Max Domi	ARI		52.3	126	115	-2
129	Josh Bailey	NYI		52.1	156	150	27
130	Clayton Keller	ARI		51.6	127	230	-3
131	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	y	51.5	128	176	-3
132	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	y	51.3	129	80	-3
133	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY		51.1	136	111	3
134	Zach Parise	MIN		50.9	130	146	-4
135	Christian Dvorak	ARI		50.8	131	170	-4
136	Tyson Barrie	COL	y	50.3	133	147	-3
137	Patric Hornqvist	PIT		50.1	134	105	-3
138	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	y	50	135	153	-3
139	Artturi Lehkonen	MON		48.7	153	227	14
140	Vladimir Sobotka	STL		48.7	425	499	285
141	Sam Gagner	CBJ		48.2	137	132	-4
142	Mikko Koivu	MIN		48.1	138	114	-4
143	Tomas Hertl	SJS		48	139	178	-4
144	Kris Letang	PIT	y	47.8	147	84	3
145	Milan Lucic	EDM		47.6	116	91	-29
146	Torey Krug	BOS	y	47.5	140	125	-6
147	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR		47.1	141	240	-6
148	James Neal	NSH		47.1	149	134	1
149	Jason Spezza	DAL		46.9	142	122	-7
150	Patrick Maroon	EDM		46.7	144	185	-6
151	Brayden Point	TBL		46.5	169	212	18
152	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ		46.4	146	198	-6
153	Seth Jones	CBJ	y	46.1	148	136	-5
154	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		45.5	145	112	-9
155	Zach Werenski	CBJ	y	45.3	150	138	-5
156	Mathieu Perreault	WPG		45.1	151	163	-5
157	Mikael Backlund	CGY		45.1	152	149	-5
158	Brendan Gallagher	MON		43.9	154	184	-4
159	Pavel Zacha	NJD		43.5	190	243	31
160	Artem Anisimov	CHI		42.9	155	130	-5
161	Nick Schmaltz	CHI		42.8	157	211	-4
162	Sean Couturier	PHI		42.8	159	203	-3
163	Justin Schultz	PIT	y	42.7	160	141	-3
164	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	42.6	161	187	-3
165	Andreas Athanasiou	DET		42.2	162	204	-3
166	Jason Zucker	MIN		41.7	163	131	-3
167	Evander Kane	BUF		40.7	164	148	-3
168	Ryan Ellis	NSH	y	40.7	176	194	8
169	Brock Boeser	VAN		40.7	165	260	-4
170	Richard Panik	CHI		40.2	167	171	-3
171	Sven Bärtschi	VAN		40.1	168	157	-3
172	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	OTT		39.6	233	192	61
173	Jake Gardiner	TOR	y	39.3	170	167	-3
174	Vladislav Namestnikov	TBL		38.9	192	166	18
175	Dylan Strome	ARI		38.9	171	169	-4
176	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	y	38.1	172	139	-4
177	Shea Weber	MON	y	37.8	173	124	-4
178	Keith Yandle	FLA	y	37.6	174	159	-4
179	Kevin Labanc	SJS		37.4	175	234	-4
180	Connor Brown	TOR		37.1	166	179	-14
181	Jimmy Vesey	NYR		35.5	177	217	-4
182	Alexander Steen	STL		35.2	178	155	-4
183	Nick Leddy	NYI	y	35.2	191	174	8
184	Thomas Vanek	FLA		35	179	144	-5
185	Brock Nelson	NYI		34.3	180	162	-5
186	Alex Killorn	TBL		34.3	181	177	-5
187	Colin Wilson	NSH		34.1	182	172	-5
188	Jacob Trouba	WPG	y	34	183	208	-5
189	Henrik Sedin	VAN		33.6	185	161	-4
190	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI		33.5	203	303	13
191	Rick Nash	NYR		33.4	186	165	-5
192	Matt Dumba	MIN	y	33.1	187	224	-5
193	Travis Konecny	PHI		32.9	188	201	-5
194	David Perron	STL		32.9	184	173	-10
195	Jason Pominville	MIN		32.6	189	160	-6
196	Justin Faulk	CAR	y	32.1	193	182	-3
197	Daniel Sedin	VAN		31.9	194	180	-3
198	Paul Stastny	STL		31.8	195	168	-3
199	Erik Haula	MIN		31.8	196	242	-3
200	Radim Vrbata	ARI		31.7	197	135	-3
201	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM		31.6	198	137	-3
202	Martin Hanzal	MIN		31.5	199	207	-3
203	Michael Frolik	CGY		30.9	200	175	-3
204	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	y	30.9	201	164	-3
205	Adam Henrique	NJD		30.8	202	151	-3
206	Brady Skjei	NYR	y	30.3	204	273	-2
207	Devin Shore	DAL		29.7	205	210	-2
208	Kevin Fiala	NSH		29.6	232	220	24
209	Cam Fowler	ANA	y	29.5	206	191	-3
210	Nick Bonino	PIT		29.4	207	213	-3
211	Drake Caggiula	EDM		28.8	208	246	-3
212	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	y	28.7	209	225	-3
213	Loui Eriksson	VAN		28.6	210	369	-3
214	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	28.5	211	206	-3
215	Nick Ritchie	ANA		28.4	212	222	-3
216	Mark Giordano	CGY	y	27.4	214	205	-2
217	David Backes	BOS		27.3	215	195	-2
218	Jordan Staal	CAR		27.3	216	188	-2
219	Ryan Dzingel	OTT		27.3	217	183	-2
220	Mikhail Grigorenko	COL		27	213	193	-7
221	Valtteri Filppula	PHI		27	218	189	-3
222	Ryan Suter	MIN	y	26.6	219	158	-3
223	Mathew Barzal	NYI		25.6	220	197	-3
224	Nikita Gusev	TBL		25.4	NR	NR	NEW
225	Ivan Barbashev	STL		25.3	221	282	-4
226	Tyler Ennis	BUF		25.3	222	236	-4
227	Anthony Duclair	ARI		25.3	223	202	-4
228	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ		24.6	224	209	-4
229	Ryan Hartman	CHI		24.5	240	319	11
230	Colton Parayko	STL	y	24.1	226	226	-4
231	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN		24	NR	NR	NEW
232	Cody Eakin	DAL		24	227	351	-5
233	Nail Yakupov	STL		23.8	225	231	-8
234	Brett Ritchie	DAL		23.8	228	253	-6
235	TJ Brodie	CGY	y	23.7	229	292	-6
236	Bryan Rust	PIT		23.7	230	214	-6
237	Brent Seabrook	CHI	y	23.6	231	215	-6
238	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI		23.2	248	290	10
239	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	y	23.2	235	239	-4
240	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	y	23.2	241	261	1
241	Ivan Provorov	PHI	y	23	236	265	-5
242	Kyle Connor	WPG		22.9	237	221	-5
243	Mikkel Boedker	SJS		22.4	234	295	-9
244	Markus Granlund	VAN		22.2	238	312	-6
245	Matt Niskanen	WAS	y	22.2	239	186	-6
246	Jakub Vrana	WAS		21.7	242	232	-4
247	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		21.7	243	233	-4
248	Justin Williams	WAS		21.6	244	199	-4
249	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN		21.5	245	229	-4
250	Alexander Burmistrov	ARI		21.5	246	434	-4
251	Tobias Rieder	ARI		21.1	247	228	-4
252	Calle Jarnkrok	NSH		20.7	249	356	-3
253	Marian Hossa	CHI		20.4	250	181	-3
254	Frans Nielsen	DET		20	252	219	-2
255	Sven Andrighetto	COL		20	253	237	-2
256	Zach Hyman	TOR		19.8	254	238	-2
257	Brendan Perlini	ARI		19.6	255	245	-2
258	Timo Meier	SJS		19.6	256	247	-2
259	Alexander Nylander	BUF		19.6	261	277	2
260	Reilly Smith	FLA		18.9	257	223	-3
261	Adam Lowry	WPG		18.9	258	329	-3
262	Nicolas Petan	WPG		18.8	259	254	-3
263	Colin White	OTT		18.3	262	258	-1
264	Evgeny Svechnikov	DET		18.2	263	284	-1
265	Charles Hudon	MON		17.9	265	252	0
266	Denis Malgin	FLA		17.8	266	249	0
267	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	y	17.7	267	331	0
268	Nick Bjugstad	FLA		17.7	268	216	0
269	Damon Severson	NJD	y	17.7	269	244	0
270	Sami Vatanen	ANA	y	17.6	270	280	0
271	Daniel O'Regan	SJS		17.6	NR	NR	NEW
272	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	y	17.5	271	283	-1
273	Lawson Crouse	ARI		17.4	272	257	-1
274	Ilya Kovalchuk	UFA		17.3	327	314	53
275	Paul Byron	MON		17.3	273	272	-2
276	Scott Hartnell	CBJ		17.3	274	235	-2
277	Brandon Sutter	VAN		17.2	275	256	-2
278	Nathan Beaulieu	MON	y	17.1	276	289	-2
279	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS		17	277	299	-2
280	Christian Fischer	ARI		16.8	NR	NR	NEW
281	Austin Czarnik	BOS		16.7	278	263	-3
282	Sonny Milano	CBJ		16.6	279	264	-3
283	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	y	16.6	297	419	14
284	Vladislav Kamenev	NSH		16.4	281	310	-3
285	Chris Tierney	SJS		16.4	283	294	-2
286	Riley Barber	WAS		16.1	282	301	-4
287	Mike Cammalleri	NJD		15.8	286	262	-1
288	Patrick Marleau	SJS		15.8	260	218	-28
289	Shea Theodore	ANA	y	15.7	303	338	14
290	Alex Tuch	MIN		15.7	280	250	-10
291	Patrick Eaves	ANA		15.6	290	281	-1
292	Jordan Weal	PHI		15.6	289	467	-3
293	Patrik Berglund	STL		15.6	291	328	-2
294	Boone Jenner	CBJ		15.5	292	278	-2
295	Tyler Myers	WPG	y	15.5	293	355	-2
296	Mike Green	DET	y	15.5	294	279	-2
297	Valeri Nichushkin	DAL		15.3	264	241	-33
298	Tomas Plekanec	MON		15.2	284	248	-14
299	Taylor Raddysh	TBL		14.8	NR	NR	NEW
300	Jussi Jokinen	FLA		14.7	338	350	38


May	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Apr	Mar	Change
140	Vladimir Sobotka	STL		48.7	425	499	285
172	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	OTT		39.6	233	192	61
274	Ilya Kovalchuk	UFA		17.3	327	314	53
52	Jake Guentzel	PIT		85.5	99	196	47
360	Jake Muzzin	LAK	y	10.7	407	395	47
93	Anders Lee	NYI		67.9	132	154	39
300	Jussi Jokinen	FLA		14.7	338	350	38
127	John Carlson	WAS	y	53.9	158	123	31
159	Pavel Zacha	NJD		43.5	190	243	31

May	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Apr	Mar	Change
497	Kevin Roy	ANA		2.8	315	311	-182
456	Hudson Fasching	BUF		4.5	307	332	-149
457	Rocco Grimaldi	COL		4.4	316	296	-141
423	Jason Dickinson	DAL		6.3	288	318	-135
361	Carl Soderberg	COL		10.6	251	259	-110
441	Craig Smith	NSH		5.3	393	385	-48
324	Francis Perron	OTT		13.6	285	271	-39
297	Valeri Nichushkin	DAL		15.3	264	241	-33

May	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Apr	Mar	Change
224	Nikita Gusev	TBL		25.4	NR	NR	NEW
231	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN		24.0	NR	NR	NEW
271	Daniel O'Regan	SJS		17.6	NR	NR	NEW
280	Christian Fischer	ARI		16.8	NR	NR	NEW
299	Taylor Raddysh	TBL		14.8	NR	NR	NEW
303	Sam Steel	ANA		14.6	NR	NR	NEW
318	Troy Terry	ANA		14.0	NR	NR	NEW
333	Cliff Pu	BUF		13.2	NR	NR	NEW
338	Nicolas Roy	CAR		12.5	NR	NR	NEW
344	Henrik Borgstrom	FLA		12.0	NR	NR	NEW
349	Luke Kunin	MIN		11.6	NR	NR	NEW
371	Tage Thompson	STL		9.8	NR	NR	NEW
383	Max Jones	ANA		8.8	NR	NR	NEW
385	Julien Gauthier	CAR		8.7	NR	NR	NEW
406	Will Butcher	COL	y	7.3	NR	NR	NEW
412	Kyle Wood	ARI	y	7.1	NR	NR	NEW
488	Jeremy Roy	SJS	y	3.1	NR	NR	NEW
499	Nikita Soshnikov	TOR		2.6	NR	NR	NEW
527	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	y	0.4	NR	NR	NEW
537	Jake Bean	CAR	y	-0.6	NR	NR	NEW

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Stinkyllama 2017-05-03 at 22:40Log in to Reply

Where would nico and Nolan Patrick end up given projected landing spots
Mathieu 2017-05-04 at 07:09Log in to Reply

Thanks for the new rankings.

Since it seems like many NHL teams are after Vadim Shipachyov, where would you fit him in there as a UFA?
Phatsy 2017-05-26 at 13:16Log in to Reply

Weber seems low … below Gardiner?
- Phatsy 2017-05-26 at 13:18Log in to Reply
  
  points only I guess, ok

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 05 - 19:11	CAR	vs	PHI
Nov 05 - 19:11	MTL	vs	CGY
Nov 05 - 19:11	BUF	vs	OTT
Nov 05 - 19:11	TOR	vs	BOS
Nov 05 - 19:11	NYI	vs	PIT
Nov 05 - 20:11	MIN	vs	L.A
Nov 05 - 20:11	STL	vs	T.B
Nov 05 - 20:11	WPG	vs	UTA
Nov 05 - 21:11	COL	vs	SEA
Nov 05 - 22:11	ANA	vs	VAN
Nov 05 - 22:11	S.J	vs	CBJ