Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – August 2016
Dobber
2016-08-03
The Top 300 skaters to own in fantasy hockey keeper leagues – August edition. Guess where Connor McFirstPlace ranks?
This month, all of my projections for the 11th annual Fantasy Guide were uploaded into these rankings. So this is my annual 'audit' of the rankings, in that sense. In keeper leagues, you have to balance the long-term value of players with immediate playoff. This is why a player like Mitch Marner moves up so many spots. I had initially felt that he would not make the team. However, if he does the make the team as I now project, then the immediate payoff for fantasy teams is great. If he gets cut from training camp, then he'll tumble all the way back to 200th spot in October.
So now there is a new king. Connor McDavid ascends to the top of this list for the very first time. And it works out very nicely (not planned, I swear) that the two cover boys of this year's Fantasy Guide are one-two on this list. To take a look at the Fantasy Guide and what is included – click here.
As always, the rankings consider points this year, their 3YP (likelihood points when they peak), their upside, proneness to injury, how their depth chart looks now and in the future (who is ahead of them/who they play with/coaching style). These are for points-only, and of course – positions are not factored (i.e. a defenseman's offensive upside isn't as high as a forward's).
Note: +/- 5.0 rating points – consider them equal. Tomato/Tomatto – their respective owners probably rate the one they own higher.
Aug | Player | Team | DEF? | Rating | July | June | Change |
1 | Connor McDavid | EDM | 179.8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
2 | Sidney Crosby | PIT | 170.6 | 1 | 1 | -1 | |
3 | Patrick Kane | CHI | 163.5 | 2 | 2 | -1 | |
4 | Jamie Benn | DAL | 160.5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
5 | Alex Ovechkin | WAS | 157.5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
6 | John Tavares | NYI | 149.1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
7 | Tyler Seguin | DAL | 141.7 | 5 | 5 | -2 | |
8 | Nicklas Backstrom | WAS | 139.7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
9 | Johnny Gaudreau | CGY | 132.8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | |
10 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | y | 132.4 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
11 | Jack Eichel | BUF | 131.6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | |
12 | Vladimir Tarasenko | STL | 130.5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | |
13 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | WAS | 124.0 | 9 | 9 | -4 | |
14 | Blake Wheeler | WPG | 122.6 | 25 | 25 | 11 | |
15 | Claude Giroux | PHI | 118.8 | 13 | 14 | -2 | |
16 | Nikita Kucherov | TBL | 117.2 | 22 | 23 | 6 | |
17 | Evgeni Malkin | PIT | 115.9 | 10 | 10 | -7 | |
18 | Ryan Getzlaf | ANA | 115.0 | 19 | 18 | 1 | |
19 | Steven Stamkos | TBL | 113.3 | 16 | 17 | -3 | |
20 | Joe Pavelski | SJS | 112.6 | 15 | 16 | -5 | |
21 | Anze Kopitar | LAK | 112.2 | 21 | 19 | 0 | |
22 | Artemi Panarin | CHI | 107.6 | 36 | 35 | 14 | |
23 | Ryan Johansen | NSH | 106.7 | 33 | 33 | 10 | |
24 | Nathan MacKinnon | COL | 106.5 | 24 | 24 | 0 | |
25 | Phil Kessel | PIT | 105.9 | 23 | 21 | -2 | |
26 | Filip Forsberg | NSH | 105.2 | 37 | 38 | 11 | |
27 | Taylor Hall | NJD | 105.0 | 17 | 13 | -10 | |
28 | Sean Monahan | CGY | 104.2 | 44 | 47 | 16 | |
29 | Jakub Voracek | PHI | 104.1 | 20 | 20 | -9 | |
30 | Corey Perry | ANA | 103.6 | 26 | 26 | -4 | |
31 | Brent Burns | SJS | y | 103.4 | 31 | 29 | 0 |
32 | Jonathan Huberdeau | FLA | 101.8 | 42 | 41 | 10 | |
33 | Jordan Eberle | EDM | 100.7 | 35 | 36 | 2 | |
34 | Mark Stone | OTT | 97.1 | 30 | 31 | -4 | |
35 | Joe Thornton | SJS | 96.8 | 32 | 30 | -3 | |
36 | Tyler Toffoli | LAK | 95.4 | 43 | 44 | 7 | |
37 | Mark Scheifele | WPG | 94.5 | 53 | 56 | 16 | |
38 | Tyler Johnson | TBL | 93.7 | 34 | 34 | -4 | |
39 | Alex Galchenyuk | MON | 93.0 | 50 | 52 | 11 | |
40 | Matt Duchene | COL | 92.6 | 27 | 27 | -13 | |
41 | Aleksander Barkov | FLA | 91.7 | 40 | 42 | -1 | |
42 | Patrik Laine | WPG | 91.5 | 46 | NR | 4 | |
43 | Auston Matthews | TOR | 91.4 | 41 | NR | -2 | |
44 | Derek Stepan | NYR | 89.9 | 58 | 49 | 14 | |
45 | Gabriel Landeskog | COL | 89.6 | 54 | 53 | 9 | |
46 | Ryan O'Reilly | BUF | 89.5 | 57 | 59 | 11 | |
47 | P.K. Subban | NSH | y | 89.2 | 47 | 50 | 0 |
48 | Jonathan Toews | CHI | 89.2 | 38 | 37 | -10 | |
49 | John Klingberg | DAL | y | 88.3 | 29 | 28 | -20 |
50 | Max Pacioretty | MON | 88.0 | 51 | 51 | 1 | |
51 | Leon Draisaitl | EDM | 86.9 | 28 | 32 | -23 | |
52 | Teuvo Teravainen | CAR | 85.3 | 92 | 113 | 40 | |
53 | Bobby Ryan | OTT | 84.4 | 49 | 46 | -4 | |
54 | Logan Couture | SJS | 83.8 | 39 | 39 | -15 | |
55 | Kyle Okposo | BUF | 82.9 | 52 | 40 | -3 | |
56 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | EDM | 82.3 | 45 | 43 | -11 | |
57 | Kris Letang | PIT | y | 81.2 | 64 | 61 | 7 |
58 | Jaden Schwartz | STL | 81.2 | 83 | 77 | 25 | |
59 | Brayden Schenn | PHI | 80.7 | 48 | 45 | -11 | |
60 | Alexander Radulov | MON | 78.8 | 115 | 214 | 55 | |
61 | James van Riemsdyk | TOR | 77.7 | 67 | 63 | 6 | |
62 | Mike Hoffman | OTT | 76.0 | 62 | 60 | 0 | |
63 | Roman Josi | NSH | y | 75.9 | 78 | 79 | 15 |
64 | Ondrej Palat | TBL | 75.7 | 71 | 69 | 7 | |
65 | Jason Spezza | DAL | 75.2 | 63 | 58 | -2 | |
66 | Patrice Bergeron | BOS | 74.9 | 60 | 55 | -6 | |
67 | Sam Bennett | CGY | 74.2 | 102 | 106 | 35 | |
68 | Derick Brassard | OTT | 73.8 | 69 | 62 | 1 | |
69 | Jonathan Drouin | TBL | 73.6 | 94 | 93 | 25 | |
70 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | y | 73.4 | 59 | 57 | -11 |
71 | Nikolaj Ehlers | WPG | 72.3 | 70 | 72 | -1 | |
72 | Kyle Turris | OTT | 72.1 | 108 | 107 | 36 | |
73 | Zach Parise | MIN | 71.8 | 79 | 75 | 6 | |
74 | Gustav Nyquist | DET | 71.5 | 91 | 87 | 17 | |
75 | Milan Lucic | EDM | 71.3 | 124 | 132 | 49 | |
76 | Daniel Sedin | VAN | 71.2 | 56 | 48 | -20 | |
77 | Andrew Ladd | NYI | 71.1 | 89 | 92 | 12 | |
78 | Mitch Marner | TOR | 69.1 | 201 | 202 | 123 | |
79 | Sam Reinhart | BUF | 69.0 | 77 | 85 | -2 | |
80 | Jesse Puljujarvi | EDM | 68.5 | 55 | NR | -25 | |
81 | Bryan Little | WPG | 68.4 | 80 | 82 | -1 | |
82 | Cam Atkinson | CBJ | 68.3 | 114 | 111 | 32 | |
83 | Rick Nash | NYR | 68.3 | 88 | 74 | 5 | |
84 | Brandon Saad | CBJ | 68.1 | 116 | 116 | 32 | |
85 | Robby Fabbri | STL | 67.4 | 68 | 64 | -17 | |
86 | Jeff Carter | LAK | 67.4 | 73 | 70 | -13 | |
87 | Tomas Tatar | DET | 67.3 | 101 | 98 | 14 | |
88 | Brad Marchand | BOS | 67.1 | 86 | 81 | -2 | |
89 | Nazem Kadri | TOR | 67.0 | 93 | 90 | 4 | |
90 | T.J. Oshie | WAS | 66.9 | 74 | 71 | -16 | |
91 | John Carlson | WAS | y | 66.7 | 120 | 115 | 29 |
92 | Vincent Trocheck | FLA | 66.4 | 82 | 83 | -10 | |
93 | Max Domi | ARI | 66.3 | 66 | 65 | -27 | |
94 | Valeri Nichushkin | DAL | 65.8 | 105 | 102 | 11 | |
95 | Drew Doughty | LAK | y | 65.7 | 99 | 96 | 4 |
96 | Mats Zuccarello | NYR | 65.4 | 85 | 76 | -11 | |
97 | Dylan Larkin | DET | 65.4 | 90 | 89 | -7 | |
98 | Keith Yandle | FLA | y | 65.1 | 107 | 99 | 9 |
99 | Wayne Simmonds | PHI | 65.0 | 111 | 105 | 12 | |
100 | Kevin Shattenkirk | STL | y | 64.9 | 96 | 88 | -4 |
101 | Henrik Sedin | VAN | 64.2 | 61 | 54 | -40 | |
102 | Mika Zibanejad | NYR | 64.1 | 103 | 104 | 1 | |
103 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | y | 63.9 | 97 | 97 | -6 |
104 | Chris Kreider | NYR | 63.3 | 126 | 118 | 22 | |
105 | Nino Niederreiter | MIN | 63.1 | 87 | 86 | -18 | |
106 | Mikkel Boedker | SJS | 62.9 | 65 | 67 | -41 | |
107 | Mikael Granlund | MIN | 62.2 | 133 | 128 | 26 | |
108 | Andre Burakovsky | WAS | 60.9 | 132 | 129 | 24 | |
109 | Patric Hornqvist | PIT | 60.6 | 76 | 73 | -33 | |
110 | Ryan Strome | NYI | 60.0 | 84 | 84 | -26 | |
111 | Carl Soderberg | COL | 59.5 | 118 | 112 | 7 | |
112 | Nick Foligno | CBJ | 59.1 | 113 | 109 | 1 | |
113 | Marcus Johansson | WAS | 59.0 | 106 | 101 | -7 | |
114 | Ryan Spooner | BOS | 58.8 | 109 | 108 | -5 | |
115 | Kyle Palmieri | NJD | 58.6 | 119 | 117 | 4 | |
116 | Adam Henrique | NJD | 58.4 | 152 | 149 | 36 | |
117 | Patrick Sharp | DAL | 58.4 | 81 | 80 | -36 | |
118 | Sean Couturier | PHI | 58.2 | 131 | 126 | 13 | |
119 | Nick Bjugstad | FLA | 58.0 | 128 | 123 | 9 | |
120 | Brendan Gallagher | MON | 57.6 | 100 | 100 | -20 | |
121 | J.T. Miller | NYR | 57.3 | 127 | 120 | 6 | |
122 | Alexander Wennberg | CBJ | 57.2 | 95 | 94 | -27 | |
123 | David Krejci | BOS | 57.1 | 135 | 127 | 12 | |
124 | Loui Eriksson | VAN | 56.7 | 75 | 68 | -49 | |
125 | Anders Lee | NYI | 55.3 | 117 | 114 | -8 | |
126 | James Neal | NSH | 55.2 | 110 | 103 | -16 | |
127 | Elias Lindholm | CAR | 55.1 | 136 | 133 | 9 | |
128 | Mark Giordano | CGY | y | 54.9 | 123 | 122 | -5 |
129 | Tyson Barrie | COL | y | 54.5 | 129 | 124 | 0 |
130 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | y | 54.2 | 165 | 166 | 35 |
131 | Tomas Plekanec | MON | 53.5 | 122 | 121 | -9 | |
132 | David Backes | BOS | 53.3 | 149 | 130 | 17 | |
133 | Charlie Coyle | MIN | 53.0 | 139 | 137 | 6 | |
134 | Rickard Rakell | ANA | 52.7 | 150 | 148 | 16 | |
135 | Victor Hedman | TBL | y | 52.6 | 138 | 135 | 3 |
136 | Kevin Hayes | NYR | 52.4 | 167 | 160 | 31 | |
137 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | y | 51.5 | 137 | 134 | 0 |
138 | Jeff Skinner | CAR | 51.4 | 148 | 144 | 10 | |
139 | Vladislav Namestnikov | TBL | 51.2 | 162 | 159 | 23 | |
140 | Jakob Silfverberg | ANA | 51.1 | 169 | 164 | 29 | |
141 | Paul Stastny | STL | 50.9 | 140 | 131 | -1 | |
142 | Bo Horvat | VAN | 49.7 | 170 | 167 | 28 | |
143 | Nail Yakupov | EDM | 49.4 | 112 | 119 | -31 | |
144 | Mathieu Perreault | WPG | 48.9 | 144 | 142 | 0 | |
145 | Victor Rask | CAR | 48.4 | 154 | 152 | 9 | |
146 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | y | 48.2 | 175 | 174 | 29 |
147 | Reilly Smith | FLA | 47.3 | 160 | 156 | 13 | |
148 | Jussi Jokinen | FLA | 46.7 | 141 | 136 | -7 | |
149 | Shea Weber | MON | y | 46.7 | 121 | 110 | -28 |
150 | Tomas Hertl | SJS | 46.5 | 125 | 125 | -25 | |
151 | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | OTT | 46.3 | 173 | 173 | 22 | |
152 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | y | 46.3 | 164 | 162 | 12 |
153 | Dylan Strome | ARI | 46.1 | 196 | 198 | 43 | |
154 | Boone Jenner | CBJ | 45.7 | 143 | 140 | -11 | |
155 | Mikko Koivu | MIN | 45.7 | 145 | 138 | -10 | |
156 | Duncan Keith | CHI | y | 45.1 | 98 | 91 | -58 |
157 | William Nylander | TOR | 44.6 | 197 | 195 | 40 | |
158 | Evander Kane | BUF | 44.0 | 166 | 165 | 8 | |
159 | Alex Killorn | TBL | 43.9 | 147 | 143 | -12 | |
160 | Tyler Ennis | BUF | 43.8 | 158 | 157 | -2 | |
161 | Anthony Duclair | ARI | 43.7 | 142 | 141 | -19 | |
162 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | y | 43.7 | 198 | 187 | 36 |
163 | Henrik Zetterberg | DET | 43.4 | 104 | 95 | -59 | |
164 | Frans Nielsen | DET | 43.1 | 161 | 151 | -3 | |
165 | Seth Jones | CBJ | y | 42.9 | 202 | 200 | 37 |
166 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | CBJ | 42.6 | 208 | 210 | 42 | |
167 | Sebastian Aho | CAR | 41.8 | 247 | 258 | 80 | |
168 | David Pastrnak | BOS | 41.5 | 212 | 219 | 44 | |
169 | Craig Smith | NSH | 41.3 | 159 | 153 | -10 | |
170 | Justin Faulk | CAR | y | 40.9 | 174 | 171 | 4 |
171 | Nick Bonino | PIT | 40.9 | 190 | 185 | 19 | |
172 | Eric Staal | MIN | 39.4 | 155 | 147 | -17 | |
173 | Pavel Zacha | NJD | 39.3 | 268 | 288 | 95 | |
174 | Jiri Hudler | UFA | 39.2 | 130 | 78 | -44 | |
175 | Colin Wilson | NSH | 38.6 | 178 | 172 | 3 | |
176 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | CBJ | 38.4 | 134 | NR | -42 | |
177 | David Perron | STL | 38.4 | 187 | 161 | 10 | |
178 | Jason Pominville | MIN | 37.8 | 156 | 150 | -22 | |
179 | Brock Nelson | NYI | 37.2 | 157 | 154 | -22 | |
180 | Ryan Kesler | ANA | 37.2 | 179 | 180 | -1 | |
181 | Tanner Pearson | LAK | 37.1 | 172 | 170 | -9 | |
182 | Alexander Steen | STL | 36.9 | 72 | 66 | -110 | |
183 | Artem Anisimov | CHI | 36.8 | 192 | 186 | 9 | |
184 | Joonas Donskoi | SJS | 36.6 | 184 | 182 | 0 | |
185 | Mike Cammalleri | NJD | 36.3 | 153 | 146 | -32 | |
186 | Sven Bärtschi | VAN | 36.0 | 229 | 223 | 43 | |
187 | Ryan Suter | MIN | y | 35.5 | 163 | 158 | -24 |
188 | Christian Dvorak | ARI | 35.3 | 203 | 201 | 15 | |
189 | Jimmy Vesey | BUF | 34.6 | 239 | 243 | 50 | |
190 | Curtis Lazar | OTT | 34.5 | 185 | 189 | -5 | |
191 | Nick Leddy | NYI | y | 34.1 | 183 | 178 | -8 |
192 | Sami Vatanen | ANA | y | 33.8 | 182 | 176 | -10 |
193 | Martin Hanzal | ARI | 33.8 | 171 | 163 | -22 | |
194 | Chris Kunitz | PIT | 33.2 | 199 | 190 | 5 | |
195 | Teddy Purcell | LAK | 33.2 | 168 | 155 | -27 | |
196 | Benoit Pouliot | EDM | 33.0 | 189 | 191 | -7 | |
197 | Scott Hartnell | CBJ | 32.5 | 177 | 169 | -20 | |
198 | Troy Brouwer | CGY | 32.1 | 337 | 253 | 139 | |
199 | Tyler Bozak | TOR | 31.9 | 176 | 168 | -23 | |
200 | Calle Jarnkrok | NSH | 31.9 | 328 | 318 | 128 | |
201 | TJ Brodie | CGY | y | 31.6 | 200 | 183 | -1 |
202 | Jordan Staal | CAR | 31.6 | 209 | 199 | 7 | |
203 | David Desharnais | MON | 31.4 | 194 | 194 | -9 | |
204 | Brandon Dubinsky | CBJ | 30.8 | 188 | 181 | -16 | |
205 | Tyler Motte | CHI | 30.1 | NR | NR | NEW | |
206 | Frank Vatrano | BOS | 30.1 | 280 | 291 | 74 | |
207 | Jonathan Marchessault | FLA | 29.4 | 252 | 275 | 45 | |
208 | Justin Williams | WAS | 29.1 | 191 | 179 | -17 | |
209 | Drew Stafford | WPG | 29.1 | 207 | 203 | -2 | |
210 | Cody Eakin | DAL | 28.8 | 205 | 197 | -5 | |
211 | Patrick Marleau | SJS | 28.5 | 146 | 139 | -65 | |
212 | Mike Ribeiro | NSH | 28.2 | 274 | 259 | 62 | |
213 | Joe Colborne | COL | 28.0 | 283 | 277 | 70 | |
214 | Thomas Vanek | DET | 27.9 | 151 | 145 | -63 | |
215 | Carl Hagelin | PIT | 27.8 | 237 | 220 | 22 | |
216 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | y | 27.8 | 235 | 235 | 19 |
217 | Chris Tierney | SJS | 27.7 | 180 | 177 | -37 | |
218 | Adam Larsson | EDM | y | 27.5 | 213 | 384 | -5 |
219 | Brett Connolly | WAS | 26.8 | 222 | 250 | 3 | |
220 | Anton Stralman | TBL | y | 26.4 | 220 | 215 | 0 |
221 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | y | 26.1 | 193 | 193 | -28 |
222 | Mathew Barzal | NYI | 25.9 | 232 | 242 | 10 | |
223 | Erik Haula | MIN | 25.7 | 186 | 175 | -37 | |
224 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | y | 25.5 | 225 | 221 | 1 |
225 | Torey Krug | BOS | y | 25.4 | 266 | 268 | 41 |
226 | Adam Lowry | WPG | 25.4 | 226 | 233 | 0 | |
227 | Kyle Connor | WPG | 25.1 | 214 | 227 | -13 | |
228 | Michael Frolik | CGY | 24.7 | 181 | 184 | -47 | |
229 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | y | 24.3 | 219 | 216 | -10 |
230 | Mikhail Grigorenko | COL | 24.2 | 210 | 207 | -20 | |
231 | Jori Lehtera | STL | 24.2 | 217 | 208 | -14 | |
232 | Andreas Athanasiou | DET | 23.8 | 242 | 244 | 10 | |
233 | Vladimir Sobotka | STL | 23.5 | 408 | 405 | 175 | |
234 | Anthony Mantha | DET | 23.4 | 228 | 229 | -6 | |
235 | Kevin Fiala | NSH | 23.3 | 231 | 230 | -4 | |
236 | Josh Bailey | NYI | 23.2 | 255 | 248 | 19 | |
237 | Sven Andrighetto | MON | 23.0 | 224 | 217 | -13 | |
238 | Mikael Backlund | CGY | 23.0 | 261 | 269 | 23 | |
239 | Colton Parayko | STL | y | 22.8 | 273 | 280 | 34 |
240 | Dmitrij Jaskin | STL | 22.8 | 216 | 204 | -24 | |
241 | Patrick Maroon | EDM | 22.7 | 227 | 213 | -14 | |
242 | Jared McCann | FLA | 22.7 | 234 | 238 | -8 | |
243 | Tobias Rieder | ARI | 22.5 | 195 | 192 | -48 | |
244 | Mikko Rantanen | COL | 22.3 | 230 | 239 | -14 | |
245 | Martin Reway | MON | 22.3 | NR | NR | NEW | |
246 | Peter Holland | TOR | 22.2 | 206 | 196 | -40 | |
247 | Shane Prince | NYI | 22.2 | 215 | 218 | -32 | |
248 | Sonny Milano | CBJ | 21.7 | 240 | 247 | -8 | |
249 | Cody Ceci | OTT | y | 21.4 | 358 | 370 | 109 |
250 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | y | 21.4 | 218 | 212 | -32 |
251 | Nick Ritchie | ANA | 21.3 | 236 | 241 | -15 | |
252 | Travis Konecny | PHI | 21.3 | 244 | 256 | -8 | |
253 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | y | 21.3 | 267 | 266 | 14 |
254 | Clayton Keller | ARI | 21.3 | 245 | NR | -9 | |
255 | Valtteri Filppula | TBL | 21.2 | 288 | 205 | 33 | |
256 | Nikolay Goldobin | SJS | 21.1 | 248 | 252 | -8 | |
257 | Teemu Pulkkinen | DET | 20.8 | 238 | 231 | -19 | |
258 | Jakub Vrana | WAS | 20.7 | 250 | 254 | -8 | |
259 | Matt Dumba | MIN | y | 20.6 | 289 | 299 | 30 |
260 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | y | 20.6 | 329 | 328 | 69 |
261 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | y | 20.6 | 204 | 188 | -57 |
262 | Kerby Rychel | TOR | 20.1 | 223 | 225 | -39 | |
263 | Tomas Jurco | DET | 19.8 | 258 | 255 | -5 | |
264 | Jaromir Jagr | FLA | 19.6 | 298 | 273 | 34 | |
265 | Timo Meier | SJS | 19.6 | 260 | 276 | -5 | |
266 | William Karlsson | CBJ | 19.6 | 299 | 305 | 33 | |
267 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | y | 19.4 | 284 | 306 | 17 |
268 | Ty Rattie | STL | 19.3 | 264 | 264 | -4 | |
269 | Jason Zucker | MIN | 19.2 | 398 | 386 | 129 | |
270 | Clarke MacArthur | OTT | 19.1 | 432 | 434 | 162 | |
271 | Mike Matheson | FLA | y | 19.0 | 412 | 416 | 141 |
272 | Cam Fowler | ANA | y | 18.9 | 339 | 332 | 67 |
273 | Matthew Tkachuk | CGY | 18.9 | 265 | NR | -8 | |
274 | Alex Tuch | MIN | 18.6 | 313 | 292 | 39 | |
275 | Brett Ritchie | DAL | 18.5 | 270 | 274 | -5 | |
276 | Matt Nieto | SJS | 18.3 | 368 | 358 | 92 | |
277 | Nick Cousins | PHI | 18.1 | NR | NR | NEW | |
278 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | y | 18.1 | 262 | 257 | -16 |
279 | Charles Hudon | MON | 18.0 | 277 | 270 | -2 | |
280 | Jake Virtanen | VAN | 17.9 | 279 | 294 | -1 | |
281 | Joel Eriksson Ek | MIN | 17.9 | 249 | 263 | -32 | |
282 | Connor Brown | TOR | 17.8 | 269 | 265 | -13 | |
283 | Justin Abdelkader | DET | 17.8 | 211 | 209 | -72 | |
284 | Jimmy Hayes | BOS | 17.8 | 241 | 234 | -43 | |
285 | Devin Shore | DAL | 17.7 | 281 | 287 | -4 | |
286 | Devante Smith-Pelly | NJD | 17.5 | 406 | 401 | 120 | |
287 | Kalle Kossila | ANA | 17.5 | NR | NR | NEW | |
288 | Lawson Crouse | FLA | 17.4 | 330 | 342 | 42 | |
289 | Francis Perron | OTT | 17.3 | NR | NR | NEW | |
290 | Alexander Nylander | BUF | 17.3 | 287 | NR | -3 | |
291 | Pavel Buchnevich | NYR | 17.3 | 272 | 301 | -19 | |
292 | Colin White | OTT | 17.3 | 334 | 347 | 42 | |
293 | Nick Schmaltz | CHI | 17.3 | 335 | 341 | 42 | |
294 | Anton Rodin | VAN | 17.2 | NR | NR | NEW | |
295 | Conor Sheary | PIT | 17.1 | 257 | 260 | -38 | |
296 | Mattias Janmark | DAL | 16.9 | 253 | 251 | -43 | |
297 | Reid Boucher | NJD | 16.7 | 282 | 283 | -15 | |
298 | Justin Schultz | PIT | y | 16.7 | 394 | 309 | 96 |
299 | Brayden Point | TBL | 16.7 | 292 | 279 | -7 | |
300 | Kevin Labanc | SJS | 16.7 | 293 | 298 | -7 | |
Aug | Player | Team | DEF? | Rating | July | June | Change |
233 | Vladimir Sobotka | STL | 23.5 | 408 | 405 | 175 | |
330 | Mike Green | DET | y | 15.1 | 504 | 521 | 174 |
270 | Clarke MacArthur | OTT | 19.1 | 432 | 434 | 162 | |
271 | Mike Matheson | FLA | y | 19.0 | 412 | 416 | 141 |
198 | Troy Brouwer | CGY | 32.1 | 337 | 253 | 139 | |
269 | Jason Zucker | MIN | 19.2 | 398 | 386 | 129 | |
200 | Calle Jarnkrok | NSH | 31.9 | 328 | 318 | 128 | |
78 | Mitch Marner | TOR | 69.1 | 201 | 202 | 123 | |
286 | Devante Smith-Pelly | NJD | 17.5 | 406 | 401 | 120 | |
Aug | Player | Team | DEF? | Rating | July | June | Change |
549 | Kris Versteeg | UFA | 0.0 | 365 | 272 | -184 | |
471 | Shane Doan | ARI | 5.1 | 290 | 237 | -181 | |
492 | Leo Komarov | TOR | 4.1 | 318 | 303 | -174 | |
384 | Marian Gaborik | LAK | 11.2 | 221 | 211 | -163 | |
555 | Mikhail Grabovski | NYI | -0.5 | 392 | 371 | -163 | |
578 | Joffrey Lupul | TOR | -3.0 | 423 | 404 | -155 | |
455 | Niklas Kronwall | DET | y | 5.7 | 308 | 289 | -147 |
446 | Anton Slepyshev | EDM | 6.0 | 303 | 302 | -143 | |
Aug | Player | Team | DEF? | Rating | July | June | Change |
205 | Tyler Motte | CHI | 30.1 | NR | NR | NEW | |
245 | Martin Reway | MON | 22.3 | NR | NR | NEW | |
277 | Nick Cousins | PHI | 18.1 | NR | NR | NEW | |
287 | Kalle Kossila | ANA | 17.5 | NR | NR | NEW | |
289 | Francis Perron | OTT | 17.3 | NR | NR | NEW | |
294 | Anton Rodin | VAN | 17.2 | NR | NR | NEW | |
311 | Alan Quine | NYI | 15.9 | NR | NR | NEW | |
322 | J.T. Compher | COL | 15.4 | NR | NR | NEW | |
332 | Drake Caggiula | EDM | 15.0 | NR | NR | NEW | |
349 | Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson | BOS | 14.0 | NR | NR | NEW | |
352 | Jean-Christophe Beaudin | COL | 13.6 | NR | NR | NEW | |
391 | Anthony Beauvillier | NYI | 10.8 | NR | NR | NEW | |
402 | Nick Shore | LAK | 9.6 | NR | NR | NEW | |
427 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | y | 7.3 | NR | NR | NEW |
438 | Linus Hultstrom | FLA | y | 6.4 | NR | NR | NEW |
452 | Laurent Dauphin | ARI | 5.9 | NR | NR | NEW | |
518 | Jake Walman | STL | y | 2.5 | NR | NR | NEW |
528 | Josh Anderson | CBJ | 1.8 | NR | NR | NEW | |
540 | Michal Kempny | CHI | y | 0.7 | NR | NR | NEW |
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I would love to know the reason of the drop (110) of Alex Steen… just ahead of Sven Baertschi ??
Are you in any points-only keeper leagues?
yeah (goal = 1pts, pass = 1pts for forwards) but still !
Obvioulsy a ranking like that is always subject to discussions and im ok with that :-)
But just another one for the road, Atkinson before Jenner and Saad ?
Otherwise i really appreciate your work ;-)
I have Atkinson, no way I’d trade him for Jenner the plugger (Foligno Part 2?), or Saad who I don’t believe has Atkinson’s upside.
Steen – So he’s out to start much of this year, and so he’s pretty useless in points-only leagues (42 points? Wouldn’t even make my pro team). So now you own him for future years – and next year he’s 33. How much will he get at 33 in what is now more of a depth role with the Blues? Pass.
come on… you can’t compare Jenner with Foligno.
Atkinson is a good little player but you already see the best of him… Jenner as way more potential than Atkinson, maybe not upsides but potential.
Steen 52 pts, not 42, in 67 games. he will be ready for the start of the season and should be the linemate of tarasenko for few years
You’re right – what Foligno did shocked the hell out of me. Jenner could never do that.
Then again, I only live near Oshawa and watched Jenner grow up with Generals so what do I know? ;)
If Steen is ready to start the season, then yes he would have some value. But he won’t be. Otherwise you would have said something after you read it in my Fantasy Guide, right?
I bet my annual subscription to your guides that Jenner will hit the 35 goals – 60 pts this year if healthy and Cam will be near of this… only if he can stay on the 1st line with Jenner :-)
Steen is a warrior… fuck the world cup but he will be there for the 1st game
Well, I don’t agree. So you’ll have to like my Rankings except for the Steen, Jenner and Atkinson parts.
Jenner is a third-liner and he gets hurt too much to ever see that bet through (your words “if healthy” will probably void the bet). But he won’t do that if he’s healthy. Cam drags up Jenner’s offense, not the other way around. Why won’t people in my leagues think as you do? I could never get Atkinson by offering up Jenner…I wish
So… free lifetime subscription if Jenner hit the 60 pts ? ;-)
Not if I don’t get anything. That’s not a bet, that’s what we call ‘a gift’
‘a gift’. Dobber you crack me up.
Made my day. Thanks
If you think we’ve seen the best of Atkinson, then you’ll be in for a surprise shortly. Do yourself a favor and have a little faith. Steady SOG and S% increase, consistent pts/gp increase, about to hit his prime. He’s right on target, watch
Not difficult, he play with way better player in Columbus then few years ago :-)
52 seems awfully high for Teravainen, he hasn’t really done much with the chances he has had. He’s certainly a player I would target in keeper leagues but not over some of the names below him.
You can get a guy after he breaks out for 55+ points, or you can get the guy before then. Your call, I’m just here to help ;)
Ha ha, fair enough. I already hold Teuvo in my league so I hope you’re right.
What’s with the 11 rank jump from Wheeler? Did the rankings not change a lot in July after the Draft? Not sure of this affected other guys a lot too, he’s just the first one I noticed to be surprisingly high with a big positive change in rank
Wheeler should be at this spot for a while… agreed on this one :-)
I explained the big changes in the intro
Maybe I’m just not reading it right when I read it but I still don’t get why Wheeler had such a big bump. Laine was already in the July rankings so it’s not like your projections didn’t involve him and it doesn’t seem like you really updated it unless you shifted all the A’s for Laine’s goals from someone else. Meanwhile I don’t know what happened that could have pushed Giroux, Malkin and Stamkos down recently while also moving Wheeler so far up that couldn’t have been considered in July
Well, I said in the intro that I imported my projections for this season. That this is my yearly ‘audit’. So these are the projections most accurate for the year. Then each of the next 11 months, my ‘tweaks’ start getting used again. And by the 11th month, all that tweaking made a few of the players a little inaccurate. And then – bam, I have my August ‘audit’ and the players reset properly.
So in July, when I ‘ballparked’ the 16-17 projection for Wheeler, I was obviously 7 or 8 points lower than what the projection actually ended up at.
And in July my ‘ballpark’ had overshot Malkin, Giroux and Stamkos when in fact thorough analysis and the use of my formula gave me a 16-17 number that was somewhat lower.
I am posting this as someone who believes McDavid should’ve won the Calder over Panarin. I do not think that after 45 games, McDavid deserves to be crowned best fantasy player in hockey. Just my opinion, but it seems like he is being given the shiny new toy treatment.
Solid point, but answer me this – if you owned McDavid, would you trade him for Crosby? POINTS ONLY.
I wouldn’t (and as a Crosby owner, I would trade him for McDavid). So I guess that pretty much puts him on top (I wouldn’t trade Crosby for Kane in a million years, just to cut off any rebuttal involving Kane…)
That question would depend on whether I was rebuilding or contending. If I was rebuilding then Crosby’s age comes into play, hence I would go with McDavid. If I was contending, I would stick with Crosby, Kane or Ovechkin over McDavid. I am not saying McDavid won’t get there…I am a big fan…just not after 45 games.
So there’s your answer.
1. I wouldn’t trade McDavid for Crosby. But I would trade Crosby for McDavid.
2. The guy in my league who owns McDavid said “no” when I offered him Crosby.
3. The guy in my other league who owns McDavid said “no” when I offered him Malkin and Kucherov.
4. You would trade McDavid for Crosby – some of the time.
Conclusion – most people would trade McDavid in most situations, but not in all. Therefore, McDavid should be ranked first…but only by a slim margin. Like 179.8 to 170.6 ;)
If the league counts other categories (which is not about these rankings, this is points-only), then Ovechkin should be king.
Kane I’m still not sold on last year. At all. I wouldn’t even trade my Tavares for him (even though the formula has Kane ranked above Tavares).
I know Klefbom have had his fair share of injuries, but shouldn’t the #1 D on the Oilers, the guy who will most likely play with McDavid, Lucic, and Eberle on the PP, be on this list? Over guys such as Justin Schulz?
Larsson is on the list already, way ahead of Schultz
He sure is, but what about Klefbom? I think we can safely assume that without injuries, he will be their number 1 choice.
A LH shot D I don’t believe will part of what they picture for their power play. At least their top one. That’s why they paid out the butt for Larsson. Klef will be a middle-of-the road two-way D who misses 10-15 games per year with injuries.
Huberdeau over Barkov? Is it because it is harder to get a good scoring LW than a C? Also, you think that Johasen will outscore Scheifele? I can see it happening this year,but if we consider long-term upside (as I think we should for keeper leagues) I was thinking that Scheifele will maybe be better surounded than Johansen (Wheeler, Laine, Ehlers vs Forsberg, Neal, Wilson or Jarnkrok). What do you think?
Hi Anthony, positions don’t factor into this. Huberdeau is above Barkov because Barkov gets injured a lot. At this point I rate him a high likelihood of missing over a dozen games this year.
Scheifele over Johansen – that’s a tough one, I would still prefer Johansen at this point
That’s a good point, I knew Barkov missed nearly 20 games this year, but I forgot he also got injured (especially in his first season).
Also, if postions do not factor, you rank Huberdeau over Scheifele? Is it because of injuries as well? He missed just 11 games this year and none the previous season.
Thanks, always great reading you
Josi has to be higher; him and Eberle need to swap he is too valuable only 4 defenders posted sixty plus points last season and he is one that should vault him higher than 63.
Marian Hossa isnt ranked in the top 300?
Nope! I had kind of mixed feelings when I saw that. I drafted him as an 18 year old!
He’s 315. Out of curiosity, how many points do you see him getting this year? (and it’s only going to get worse from there)
I know his production has dropped, but he is still a great…ish player.
Lining up with Toews of course helps, I think his production is really going to depend on his health and who the else is on the 2nd line. If he can play 75-82 games and gets good chemistry I think he will be a great bounce back player. I would like to see him line up with Motte, or Vesey if they can sign him. Time will tell.
He’s 37 and will never get 50 points again. He’s a dropsy in all three of my keeper leagues (one league he may be worthy as a waiver pickup at a few points during the season, but not draftable) and playing with a promising rookie would make the outlook worse, not better. I like Vesey and Motte, but Hossa should be helping them not the other way around.
Valid, that’s why it’s your website. I guess I’m trying to justify for drafting him in one keeper league. I’ll give him a try out and drop if needed. Cheers
What are your other options? There has to be a better player you can roll the dice on, unless this is the 26th round and your league has more than 12 teams
Well there were other options (draft is 2 weeks past) but its a 12 team keeper league carry over 24 players (12 fwd, 5 D, 2 G) plus there is a separate prospect roster. League is 15+ years going, So there is a lot of players gone already. The draft is usually 1st and 2nd round prospects and fillers. I have a pretty solid team, and decent prospect roster already. I rolled the dice on him thinking he would be a decent filler on wing, cap hit is high ( we are a cap league) but I figure I can always drop. I drafted him higher than I should have, but the real deal was getting Mathews (I had the 1st overall). So in short, I would have got a late NHL 1st rounder or 2nd round draft player.
How in the world do you have Backstrom over Tarasenko on a keeper league?? Are you high or just out of your mind. A 29 year old that showed injury problems last year vs. the next Ovechkin who is 24
^ What does everybody else think of this comment? Curious if there is a single person on Planet Earth who feels the same way?
Javin, you speak of 29 as if he’s ready for the old-age home instead of at the heart of his prime, and you speak of the 7 games he missed last year as this serious problem that he has – when he hasn’t missed a game in any of the three prior years. The guy had an Iron Man streak going. And truth be told, Tarasenko is lower in small part because of is mild injury risk (missed 2, 5, and 18 games over last three years versus Backstrom missing 7, 0, and 0)
Tarasenko’s best season is 74 points, Backstrom (who is only 28) beat that four times (and counting).
You have Radulov and Brassard over guys like OEL and Sam Bennett. How is this a keeper league ranking?
^ is to point out some more idiotic offenses you made in this list. In terms of the subject at hand, Tarasenko has 1 less point in the last 2 years than Backstrom and he’s 4 years younger. You need to get off the drugs man. Backstrom has played with Ovi his whole career (I love Backstrom btw, he is just way too high on this list) versus Tarasenko has played with nobody near his talent level, albeit guys like Fabbri look pretty good. Don’t even get me started on the fact you have a 31 year old Ryan Getzlaf in the top 20.
Oh wow…whoa. You’d get absolutely massacred in my league.
I hope the reason for your being so far off base is because you didn’t read the note at the top describing what keeper league this list is for. Yikes. I can’t even rebut this – it would be like trying to explain to someone that the sky isn’t purple.
In my current keeper league, you have to start 6 f, 3 d, 1 goalie. I can keep 8 guys. Right now I am keeping 7 forwards and 1 goalie. But I have a chance to pickup doughty but would have to drop either Nugent-Hopkins, Turris, or Tyler Johnson…. What should I do!?
I’d drop RNH and pick up Doughty
Thank you!!
One more quick question. Just joined a new keeper league. I was able to draft pacioretty. I have a potential opportunity to trade him for Scheifele 1 for 1. Should I do this? And if I can do this, if possible should I trade Scheifele 1 for 1 for Ryan Johansen? Im torn… Thanks!
I would trade Pacioretty for Scheifele and I would be tempted to flip him for RyJo – but I’ll leave the latter decision up to you