Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – April 2017

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2017-04-06

The Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only keeper leagues, April edition

The Rules: These are for points-only leagues, and so this is both a long-term and short-term projection of upside measured against immediate dividends. Generally speaking, a rating of two players that are within +/- 5.0 rating points is an indication of equal value, and at that point you would need to consider your own needs and goals when comparing the two. Considered are depth chart, proneness to injury, upside, three-year-likely average, immediate season, and team direction.

This Month: I wiped this season clean and look ahead to next year and beyond. I did player-by-player look and – only off the top of my head – I tweaked the numbers. This means that current injuries are wiped out (i.e. Stamkos), and inflated 2016-17 numbers are also wiped out (i.e. Burns and Marchand), as well as some prospects who are going to see a bit of action next year. This is not a full analysis with careful study – an analysis like that takes me nearly two months and I do that for the Fantasy Guide (so the August 1st rankings). This is only "eyeballing" it for each player.

Tomorrow I will post the Top 100 Defensemen list, curated from this list.

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April	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	March	Feb	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		201.9	1	2	0
2	Sidney Crosby	PIT		191.2	2	1	0
3	Patrick Kane	CHI		161.1	3	3	0
4	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		144.8	7	10	3
5	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		144.2	6	6	1
6	Mark Scheifele	WPG		139.7	11	11	5
7	Jack Eichel	BUF		137.8	23	29	16
8	Tyler Seguin	DAL		136.7	5	7	-3
9	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		134.8	8	5	-1
10	John Tavares	NYI		133.6	13	12	3
11	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		132.6	4	4	-7
12	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL		129.1	12	8	0
13	Erik Karlsson	OTT	y	125.1	18	17	5
14	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		124.2	21	18	7
15	Artemi Panarin	CHI		123.9	17	16	2
16	Auston Matthews	TOR		123.8	19	19	3
17	Patrik Laine	WPG		123.3	16	20	-1
18	Jamie Benn	DAL		123.2	10	9	-8
19	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY		120.4	28	24	9
20	Phil Kessel	PIT		120.0	14	13	-6
21	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG		116.7	24	26	3
22	Brad Marchand	BOS		116.5	20	42	-2
23	Mitch Marner	TOR		113.1	29	30	6
24	Blake Wheeler	WPG		112.2	26	27	2
25	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WAS		108.9	15	15	-10
26	Brent Burns	SJS	y	108.5	9	14	-17
27	Steven Stamkos	TBL		107.6	53	37	26
28	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA		105.6	31	23	3
29	Mikael Granlund	MIN		104.1	27	45	-2
30	Joe Pavelski	SJS		103.5	22	22	-8
31	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA		101.0	86	88	55
32	Jonathan Drouin	TBL		100.5	47	47	15
33	Sean Monahan	CGY		99.6	46	61	13
34	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		99.6	33	31	-1
35	Ryan Johansen	NSH		97.5	32	34	-3
36	David Pastrnak	BOS		96.2	44	57	8
37	Filip Forsberg	NSH		96.0	34	46	-3
38	Mark Stone	OTT		95.9	37	35	-1
39	Taylor Hall	NJD		95.2	41	43	2
40	Max Pacioretty	MON		94.1	35	36	-5
41	Alexander Wennberg	CBJ		92.7	36	32	-5
42	William Nylander	TOR		92.6	72	90	30
43	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	92.6	39	48	-4
44	Jonathan Toews	CHI		90.7	38	56	-6
45	Cam Atkinson	CBJ		89.8	30	28	-15
46	Anze Kopitar	LAK		88.9	50	44	4
47	Jakub Voracek	PHI		87.4	25	21	-22
48	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		86.6	60	60	12
49	Mike Hoffman	OTT		86.4	59	54	10
50	Alex Galchenyuk	MON		85.9	56	51	6
51	Logan Couture	SJS		85.5	52	53	1
52	Conor Sheary	PIT		85.4	109	112	57
53	James van Riemsdyk	TOR		84.4	42	41	-11
54	Claude Giroux	PHI		82.7	40	25	-14
55	Alexander Radulov	MON		82.3	48	50	-7
56	Matt Duchene	COL		81.8	43	33	-13
57	J.T. Miller	NYR		81.6	51	65	-6
58	Jeff Skinner	CAR		79.7	87	68	29
59	Brayden Schenn	PHI		79.7	71	62	12
60	Nino Niederreiter	MIN		79.1	61	75	1
61	Chris Kreider	NYR		79.0	63	64	2
62	Nazem Kadri	TOR		78.4	55	59	-7
63	Corey Perry	ANA		77.4	54	40	-9
64	Ryan O'Reilly	BUF		77.1	64	58	0
65	Vincent Trocheck	FLA		76.2	82	94	17
66	Derek Stepan	NYR		76.0	49	38	-17
67	Jeff Carter	LAK		75.8	45	52	-22
68	Kyle Turris	OTT		75.7	68	69	0
69	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH		75.6	78	117	9
70	Robby Fabbri	STL		75.2	96	86	26
71	Henrik Zetterberg	DET		75.0	85	106	14
72	Jaden Schwartz	STL		74.4	90	80	18
73	Tyler Johnson	TBL		73.2	58	77	-15
74	Kyle Okposo	BUF		73.0	65	66	-9
75	Kevin Shattenkirk	WAS	y	72.9	66	78	-9
76	Charlie Coyle	MIN		72.3	69	63	-7
77	Marcus Johansson	WAS		72.2	76	82	-1
78	Mats Zuccarello	NYR		72.0	75	71	-3
79	Sam Reinhart	BUF		71.8	70	72	-9
80	Tyler Toffoli	LAK		71.4	101	104	21
81	John Klingberg	DAL	y	71.0	74	83	-7
82	Jonathan Marchessault	FLA		70.7	103	92	21
83	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		70.6	104	98	21
84	Jordan Eberle	EDM		70.3	67	55	-17
85	Eric Staal	MIN		70.1	97	73	12
86	Dylan Larkin	DET		70.0	152	126	66
87	T.J. Oshie	WAS		68.9	73	76	-14
88	Elias Lindholm	CAR		68.8	118	133	30
89	Bryan Little	WPG		68.3	98	103	9
90	P.K. Subban	NSH	y	68.2	93	100	3
91	Bo Horvat	VAN		68.2	83	95	-8
92	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR		68.1	107	84	15
93	Gustav Nyquist	DET		67.4	142	118	49
94	Brandon Saad	CBJ		67.4	57	49	-37
95	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		67.0	126	114	31
96	Kevin Hayes	NYR		66.3	81	85	-15
97	Wayne Simmonds	PHI		65.7	77	67	-20
98	Ryan Strome	NYI		65.1	145	148	47
99	Jake Guentzel	PIT		64.3	196	201	97
100	Sam Bennett	CGY		63.0	110	89	10
101	Ondrej Palat	TBL		62.9	129	132	28
102	Sebastian Aho	CAR		62.8	133	150	31
103	Patrice Bergeron	BOS		61.5	88	153	-15
104	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA		61.3	95	101	-9
105	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	y	60.5	89	97	-16
106	Rickard Rakell	ANA		60.3	100	70	-6
107	Mikko Rantanen	COL		60.2	156	163	49
108	Nick Foligno	CBJ		59.6	62	39	-46
109	Kyle Palmieri	NJD		59.5	108	116	-1
110	Ryan Spooner	BOS		59.0	127	141	17
111	Anthony Mantha	DET		58.6	128	127	17
112	Roman Josi	NSH	y	57.8	94	110	-18
113	Ryan Kesler	ANA		57.7	99	96	-14
114	Joe Thornton	SJS		57.3	79	74	-35
115	Tomas Tatar	DET		57.2	143	131	28
116	Milan Lucic	EDM		57.0	91	87	-25
117	Victor Rask	CAR		56.0	106	79	-11
118	Derick Brassard	OTT		55.8	119	122	1
119	Duncan Keith	CHI	y	54.9	92	108	-27
120	Tyler Bozak	TOR		54.8	121	123	1
121	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	y	54.7	116	121	-5
122	Andre Burakovsky	WAS		54.5	117	107	-5
123	David Krejci	BOS		54.5	113	134	-10
124	Bobby Ryan	OTT		53.0	140	125	16
125	Tanner Pearson	LAK		52.8	120	149	-5
126	Max Domi	ARI		52.3	115	120	-11
127	Clayton Keller	ARI		51.6	230	235	103
128	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	y	51.5	176	159	48
129	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	y	51.3	80	91	-49
130	Zach Parise	MIN		50.9	146	128	16
131	Christian Dvorak	ARI		50.8	170	183	39
132	Anders Lee	NYI		50.7	154	171	22
133	Tyson Barrie	COL	y	50.3	147	144	14
134	Patric Hornqvist	PIT		50.1	105	81	-29
135	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	y	50.0	153	154	18
136	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY		48.3	111	113	-25
137	Sam Gagner	CBJ		48.2	132	109	-5
138	Mikko Koivu	MIN		48.1	114	147	-24
139	Tomas Hertl	SJS		48.0	178	160	39
140	Torey Krug	BOS	y	47.5	125	161	-15
141	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR		47.1	240	229	99
142	Jason Spezza	DAL		46.9	122	111	-20
143	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	46.7	102	105	-41
144	Patrick Maroon	EDM		46.7	185	190	41
145	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		46.5	112	93	-33
146	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ		46.4	198	203	52
147	Kris Letang	PIT	y	46.2	84	99	-63
148	Seth Jones	CBJ	y	46.1	136	129	-12
149	James Neal	NSH		45.6	134	136	-15
150	Zach Werenski	CBJ	y	45.3	138	135	-12
151	Mathieu Perreault	WPG		45.1	163	232	12
152	Mikael Backlund	CGY		45.1	149	164	-3
153	Artturi Lehkonen	MON		44.6	227	221	74
154	Brendan Gallagher	MON		43.9	184	139	30
155	Artem Anisimov	CHI		42.9	130	102	-25
156	Josh Bailey	NYI		42.9	150	158	-6
157	Nick Schmaltz	CHI		42.8	211	269	54
158	John Carlson	WAS	y	42.8	123	130	-35
159	Sean Couturier	PHI		42.8	203	199	44
160	Justin Schultz	PIT	y	42.7	141	142	-19
161	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	42.6	187	169	26
162	Andreas Athanasiou	DET		42.2	204	198	42
163	Jason Zucker	MIN		41.7	131	151	-32
164	Evander Kane	BUF		40.7	148	152	-16
165	Brock Boeser	VAN		40.7	260	270	95
166	Connor Brown	TOR		40.5	179	180	13
167	Richard Panik	CHI		40.2	171	300	4
168	Sven Bärtschi	VAN		40.1	157	146	-11
169	Brayden Point	TBL		39.6	212	208	43
170	Jake Gardiner	TOR	y	39.3	167	167	-3
171	Dylan Strome	ARI		38.9	169	181	-2
172	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	y	38.1	139	140	-33
173	Shea Weber	MON	y	37.8	124	119	-49
174	Keith Yandle	FLA	y	37.6	159	170	-15
175	Kevin Labanc	SJS		37.4	234	240	59
176	Ryan Ellis	NSH	y	35.8	194	214	18
177	Jimmy Vesey	NYR		35.5	217	178	40
178	Alexander Steen	STL		35.2	155	156	-23
179	Thomas Vanek	FLA		35.0	144	143	-35
180	Brock Nelson	NYI		34.3	162	184	-18
181	Alex Killorn	TBL		34.3	177	172	-4
182	Colin Wilson	NSH		34.1	172	185	-10
183	Jacob Trouba	WPG	y	34.0	208	210	25
184	David Perron	STL		33.7	173	177	-11
185	Henrik Sedin	VAN		33.6	161	138	-24
186	Rick Nash	NYR		33.4	165	124	-21
187	Matt Dumba	MIN	y	33.1	224	225	37
188	Travis Konecny	PHI		32.9	201	166	13
189	Jason Pominville	MIN		32.6	160	248	-29
190	Pavel Zacha	NJD		32.4	243	245	53
191	Nick Leddy	NYI	y	32.4	174	189	-17
192	Vladislav Namestnikov	TBL		32.3	166	182	-26
193	Justin Faulk	CAR	y	32.1	182	188	-11
194	Daniel Sedin	VAN		31.9	180	115	-14
195	Paul Stastny	STL		31.8	168	175	-27
196	Erik Haula	MIN		31.8	242	250	46
197	Radim Vrbata	ARI		31.7	135	168	-62
198	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM		31.6	137	137	-61
199	Martin Hanzal	MIN		31.5	207	247	8
200	Michael Frolik	CGY		30.9	175	187	-25
201	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	y	30.9	164	162	-37
202	Adam Henrique	NJD		30.8	151	145	-51
203	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI		30.5	303	308	100
204	Brady Skjei	NYR	y	30.3	273	372	69
205	Devin Shore	DAL		29.7	210	238	5
206	Cam Fowler	ANA	y	29.5	191	173	-15
207	Nick Bonino	PIT		29.4	213	186	6
208	Drake Caggiula	EDM		28.8	246	255	38
209	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	y	28.7	225	319	16
210	Loui Eriksson	VAN		28.6	369	228	159
211	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	28.5	206	209	-5
212	Nick Ritchie	ANA		28.4	222	222	10
213	Mikhail Grigorenko	COL		27.5	193	197	-20
214	Mark Giordano	CGY	y	27.4	205	193	-9
215	David Backes	BOS		27.3	195	200	-20
216	Jordan Staal	CAR		27.3	188	194	-28
217	Ryan Dzingel	OTT		27.3	183	174	-34
218	Valtteri Filppula	PHI		27.0	189	157	-29
219	Ryan Suter	MIN	y	26.6	158	155	-61
220	Mathew Barzal	NYI		25.9	197	202	-23
221	Ivan Barbashev	STL		25.3	282	290	61
222	Tyler Ennis	BUF		25.3	236	219	14
223	Anthony Duclair	ARI		25.3	202	206	-21
224	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ		24.6	209	211	-15
225	Nail Yakupov	STL		24.5	231	223	6
226	Colton Parayko	STL	y	24.1	226	227	0
227	Cody Eakin	DAL		24.0	351	343	124
228	Brett Ritchie	DAL		23.8	253	264	25
229	TJ Brodie	CGY	y	23.7	292	298	63
230	Bryan Rust	PIT		23.7	214	207	-16
231	Brent Seabrook	CHI	y	23.6	215	213	-16
232	Kevin Fiala	NSH		23.5	220	218	-12
233	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	OTT		23.5	192	192	-41
234	Mikkel Boedker	SJS		23.2	295	302	61
235	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	y	23.2	239	195	4
236	Ivan Provorov	PHI	y	23.0	265	249	29
237	Kyle Connor	WPG		22.9	221	220	-16
238	Markus Granlund	VAN		22.2	312	367	74
239	Matt Niskanen	WAS	y	22.2	186	196	-53
240	Ryan Hartman	CHI		21.9	319	360	79
241	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	y	21.9	261	287	20
242	Jakub Vrana	WAS		21.7	232	237	-10
243	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		21.7	233	239	-10
244	Justin Williams	WAS		21.6	199	233	-45
245	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN		21.5	229	231	-16
246	Alexander Burmistrov	ARI		21.5	434	442	188
247	Tobias Rieder	ARI		21.1	228	230	-19
248	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI		20.9	290	295	42
249	Calle Jarnkrok	NSH		20.7	356	366	107
250	Marian Hossa	CHI		20.4	181	176	-69
251	Carl Soderberg	COL		20.1	259	258	8
252	Frans Nielsen	DET		20.0	219	179	-33
253	Sven Andrighetto	COL		20.0	237	243	-16
254	Zach Hyman	TOR		19.8	238	212	-16
255	Brendan Perlini	ARI		19.6	245	254	-10
256	Timo Meier	SJS		19.6	247	256	-9
257	Reilly Smith	FLA		18.9	223	224	-34
258	Adam Lowry	WPG		18.9	329	333	71
259	Nicolas Petan	WPG		18.8	254	251	-5
260	Patrick Marleau	SJS		18.6	218	362	-42
261	Alexander Nylander	BUF		18.6	277	288	16
262	Colin White	OTT		18.3	258	268	-4
263	Evgeny Svechnikov	DET		18.2	284	292	21
264	Valeri Nichushkin	DAL		18.1	241	244	-23
265	Charles Hudon	MON		17.9	252	263	-13
266	Denis Malgin	FLA		17.8	249	260	-17
267	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	y	17.7	331	336	64
268	Nick Bjugstad	FLA		17.7	216	215	-52
269	Damon Severson	NJD	y	17.7	244	253	-25
270	Sami Vatanen	ANA	y	17.6	280	216	10
271	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	y	17.5	283	324	12
272	Lawson Crouse	ARI		17.4	257	267	-15
273	Paul Byron	MON		17.3	272	217	-1
274	Scott Hartnell	CBJ		17.3	235	165	-39
275	Brandon Sutter	VAN		17.2	256	242	-19
276	Nathan Beaulieu	MON	y	17.1	289	259	13
277	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS		17.0	299	306	22
278	Austin Czarnik	BOS		16.7	263	274	-15
279	Sonny Milano	CBJ		16.6	264	276	-15
280	Alex Tuch	MIN		16.6	250	262	-30
281	Vladislav Kamenev	NSH		16.4	310	314	29
282	Riley Barber	WAS		16.4	301	307	19
283	Chris Tierney	SJS		16.4	294	301	11
284	Tomas Plekanec	MON		16.1	248	204	-36
285	Francis Perron	OTT		15.9	271	271	-14
286	Mike Cammalleri	NJD		15.8	262	191	-24
287	Johan Larsson	BUF		15.8	340	349	53
288	Jason Dickinson	DAL		15.8	318	323	30
289	Jordan Weal	PHI		15.7	467	533	178
290	Patrick Eaves	ANA		15.6	281	275	-9
291	Patrik Berglund	STL		15.6	328	352	37
292	Boone Jenner	CBJ		15.5	278	234	-14
293	Tyler Myers	WPG	y	15.5	355	363	62
294	Mike Green	DET	y	15.5	279	241	-15
295	Mark Jankowski	CGY		15.3	324	277	29
296	Danton Heinen	BOS		15.2	270	282	-26
297	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	y	15.1	419	407	122
298	Ryan Callahan	TBL		15.1	402	384	104
299	Brandon Dubinsky	CBJ		15.0	342	266	43
300	Frank Vatrano	BOS		15.0	255	265	-45


April	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	March	Feb	Change
246	Alexander Burmistrov	ARI		21.5	434	442	188
334	Derek Ryan	CAR		12.5	515	346	181
289	Jordan Weal	PHI		15.7	467	533	178
363	Patrick Sharp	DAL		9.7	529	396	166
210	Loui Eriksson	VAN		28.6	369	228	159
227	Cody Eakin	DAL		24.0	351	343	124
297	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	y	15.1	419	407	122
428	Lukas Sedlak	CBJ		5.3	539	539	111
249	Calle Jarnkrok	NSH		20.7	356	366	107

April	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	March	Feb	Change
451	Mike Fisher	NSH		3.8	268	281	-183
335	Travis Zajac	NJD		12.5	190	246	-145
486	Jaromir Jagr	FLA		2.3	347	334	-139
336	Michael Grabner	NYR		12.4	200	205	-136
537	Mark Streit	PIT	y	-3.7	405	543	-132
415	Nick Holden	NYR	y	6.1	286	294	-129
527	PA Parenteau	NSH		-1.9	401	361	-126
356	Alec Martinez	LAK	y	10.3	251	226	-105

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