Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – October 2016

Dobber

2016-10-01

The Top 300 skaters to own in a fantasy hockey keeper league – October edition (to kick off the 16-17 NHL season)

This month includes injury adjustments, a couple of key prospects stepping up, and some further tweaking to the bottom end of the defensement (you'll see that impact more clearly in Sunday's Top 100 Defensemen list)

Rankings are for points-only keeper leagues, where positions do not matter. So defensemen get hit a little hard here, which is why I break them out in their own ranking. Also factor proneness to injury, style of team play, player's upside, player's 3YP (likely three-year peak average) and of course his projected points for the season ahead. Because as much as we like to set up our team long term, we can't lose focus on the year ahead!

For more on upsides (for all players), 3YP (for all players), projections that are so updated that they even have new projected Dallas line combinations after Mattias Janmark's injury (which was only announced yesterday!) – and all the latest cuts – check out Dobber's 11 annual Fantasy Hockey Guide HERE! An Instant Download

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Oct	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Sept	Aug	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		179.8	1	1	0
2	Sidney Crosby	PIT		175.3	2	2	0
3	Patrick Kane	CHI		163.5	3	3	0
4	Jamie Benn	DAL		160.5	4	4	0
5	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		157.5	5	5	0
6	John Tavares	NYI		149.1	6	6	0
7	Tyler Seguin	DAL		141.7	7	7	0
8	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		139.7	8	8	0
9	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY		132.8	9	9	0
10	Erik Karlsson	OTT	y	132.4	10	10	0
11	Jack Eichel	BUF		131.6	11	11	0
12	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL		130.5	12	12	0
13	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WAS		124.0	13	13	0
14	Blake Wheeler	WPG		122.6	14	14	0
15	Claude Giroux	PHI		118.8	15	15	0
16	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		117.2	16	16	0
17	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		115.9	17	17	0
18	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA		115.0	18	18	0
19	Steven Stamkos	TBL		113.3	19	19	0
20	Artemi Panarin	CHI		112.6	22	22	2
21	Joe Pavelski	SJS		112.6	20	20	-1
22	Anze Kopitar	LAK		112.2	21	21	-1
23	Ryan Johansen	NSH		106.7	23	23	0
24	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		106.5	24	24	0
25	Filip Forsberg	NSH		105.2	25	26	0
26	Taylor Hall	NJD		105.0	26	27	0
27	Phil Kessel	PIT		104.4	27	25	0
28	Sean Monahan	CGY		104.2	28	28	0
29	Jakub Voracek	PHI		104.1	29	29	0
30	Corey Perry	ANA		103.6	30	30	0
31	Brent Burns	SJS	y	103.4	31	31	0
32	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA		101.8	32	32	0
33	Jordan Eberle	EDM		100.7	33	33	0
34	Joe Thornton	SJS		96.8	35	35	1
35	Tyler Toffoli	LAK		95.4	36	36	1
36	Mark Scheifele	WPG		94.5	37	37	1
37	Alex Galchenyuk	MON		94.4	39	39	2
38	Tyler Johnson	TBL		93.7	38	38	0
39	Mark Stone	OTT		92.9	34	34	-5
40	Auston Matthews	TOR		92.6	43	43	3
41	Matt Duchene	COL		92.6	40	40	-1
42	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		91.7	41	41	-1
43	Patrik Laine	WPG		90.3	42	42	-1
44	Derek Stepan	NYR		89.9	44	44	0
45	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		89.6	45	45	0
46	Ryan O'Reilly	BUF		89.5	46	46	0
47	Max Pacioretty	MON		89.5	50	50	3
48	P.K. Subban	NSH	y	89.2	47	47	-1
49	Jonathan Toews	CHI		89.2	48	48	-1
50	John Klingberg	DAL	y	88.3	49	49	-1
51	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		86.9	51	51	0
52	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR		85.3	52	52	0
53	Bobby Ryan	OTT		84.4	53	53	0
54	Logan Couture	SJS		83.8	54	54	0
55	Kyle Okposo	BUF		82.9	55	55	0
56	Kris Letang	PIT	y	81.2	57	57	1
57	Brayden Schenn	PHI		80.7	59	59	2
58	Alexander Radulov	MON		80.3	61	60	3
59	Roman Josi	NSH	y	78.9	60	63	1
60	James van Riemsdyk	TOR		77.7	62	61	2
61	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		77.3	56	56	-5
62	Mike Hoffman	OTT		76.0	63	62	1
63	Jaden Schwartz	STL		75.8	58	58	-5
64	Ondrej Palat	TBL		75.7	64	64	0
65	Jason Spezza	DAL		75.2	65	65	0
66	Patrice Bergeron	BOS		74.9	66	66	0
67	Sam Bennett	CGY		74.2	67	67	0
68	Derick Brassard	OTT		73.8	68	68	0
69	Jonathan Drouin	TBL		73.6	69	69	0
70	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	y	73.4	70	70	0
71	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG		72.3	71	71	0
72	Kyle Turris	OTT		72.1	72	72	0
73	Zach Parise	MIN		71.8	73	73	0
74	Gustav Nyquist	DET		71.5	74	74	0
75	Milan Lucic	EDM		71.3	75	75	0
76	Daniel Sedin	VAN		71.2	76	76	0
77	Andrew Ladd	NYI		71.1	77	77	0
78	Mitch Marner	TOR		69.1	78	78	0
79	Sam Reinhart	BUF		69.0	79	79	0
80	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM		68.5	80	80	0
81	Bryan Little	WPG		68.4	81	81	0
82	Cam Atkinson	CBJ		68.3	82	82	0
83	Rick Nash	NYR		68.3	83	83	0
84	Brandon Saad	CBJ		68.1	84	84	0
85	Robby Fabbri	STL		67.4	85	85	0
86	Jeff Carter	LAK		67.4	86	86	0
87	Tomas Tatar	DET		67.3	87	87	0
88	Brad Marchand	BOS		67.1	88	88	0
89	Nazem Kadri	TOR		67.0	89	89	0
90	T.J. Oshie	WAS		66.9	90	90	0
91	John Carlson	WAS	y	66.7	91	91	0
92	Vincent Trocheck	FLA		66.4	92	92	0
93	Max Domi	ARI		66.3	93	93	0
94	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	65.7	95	95	1
95	Mats Zuccarello	NYR		65.4	96	96	1
96	Dylan Larkin	DET		65.4	97	97	1
97	Keith Yandle	FLA	y	65.1	98	98	1
98	Wayne Simmonds	PHI		65.0	99	99	1
99	Kevin Shattenkirk	STL	y	64.9	100	100	1
100	Henrik Sedin	VAN		64.2	101	101	1
101	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		64.1	102	102	1
102	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	y	63.9	103	103	1
103	Chris Kreider	NYR		63.3	104	104	1
104	Nino Niederreiter	MIN		63.1	105	105	1
105	Mikkel Boedker	SJS		62.9	106	106	1
106	Mikael Granlund	MIN		62.2	107	107	1
107	Andre Burakovsky	WAS		60.9	108	108	1
108	Patric Hornqvist	PIT		60.6	109	109	1
109	Carl Soderberg	COL		59.5	111	111	2
110	Nick Foligno	CBJ		59.1	112	112	2
111	Brendan Gallagher	MON		59.0	120	120	9
112	Marcus Johansson	WAS		59.0	113	113	1
113	Ryan Spooner	BOS		58.8	114	114	1
114	Kyle Palmieri	NJD		58.6	115	115	1
115	Adam Henrique	NJD		58.4	116	116	1
116	Sean Couturier	PHI		58.2	118	118	2
117	Nick Bjugstad	FLA		58.0	119	119	2
118	J.T. Miller	NYR		57.3	121	121	3
119	Alexander Wennberg	CBJ		57.2	122	122	3
120	David Krejci	BOS		57.1	123	123	3
121	Loui Eriksson	VAN		56.7	124	124	3
122	Anders Lee	NYI		55.3	125	125	3
123	James Neal	NSH		55.2	126	126	3
124	Elias Lindholm	CAR		55.1	127	127	3
125	Ryan Strome	NYI		55.0	110	110	-15
126	Tomas Plekanec	MON		55.0	131	131	5
127	Mark Giordano	CGY	y	54.9	128	128	1
128	Tyson Barrie	COL	y	54.5	129	129	1
129	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	y	54.2	130	130	1
130	Patrick Sharp	DAL		53.4	117	117	-13
131	David Backes	BOS		53.3	132	132	1
132	Charlie Coyle	MIN		53.0	133	133	1
133	Rickard Rakell	ANA		52.7	134	134	1
134	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	52.6	135	135	1
135	Kevin Hayes	NYR		52.4	136	136	1
136	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	y	51.5	137	137	1
137	Jeff Skinner	CAR		51.4	138	138	1
138	Jiri Hudler	DAL		51.3	139	174	1
139	Vladislav Namestnikov	TBL		51.2	140	139	1
140	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA		51.1	141	140	1
141	Paul Stastny	STL		50.9	142	141	1
142	Bo Horvat	VAN		49.7	143	142	1
143	Nail Yakupov	EDM		49.4	144	143	1
144	Mathieu Perreault	WPG		48.9	145	144	1
145	Victor Rask	CAR		48.4	146	145	1
146	Shea Weber	MON	y	48.1	150	149	4
147	Reilly Smith	FLA		47.3	148	147	1
148	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	46.9	147	146	-1
149	Jussi Jokinen	FLA		46.7	149	148	0
150	Tomas Hertl	SJS		46.5	151	150	1
151	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	OTT		46.3	152	151	1
152	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	46.3	153	152	1
153	Dylan Strome	ARI		46.1	154	153	1
154	Boone Jenner	CBJ		45.7	155	154	1
155	Mikko Koivu	MIN		45.7	156	155	1
156	Duncan Keith	CHI	y	44.8	157	156	1
157	William Nylander	TOR		44.6	158	157	1
158	Evander Kane	BUF		44.0	159	158	1
159	Alex Killorn	TBL		43.9	160	159	1
160	Tyler Ennis	BUF		43.8	161	160	1
161	Anthony Duclair	ARI		43.7	162	161	1
162	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	y	43.7	163	162	1
163	Henrik Zetterberg	DET		43.4	164	163	1
164	Frans Nielsen	DET		43.1	165	164	1
165	Seth Jones	CBJ	y	42.9	166	165	1
166	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ		42.6	167	166	1
167	Sebastian Aho	CAR		41.8	168	167	1
168	David Pastrnak	BOS		41.5	169	168	1
169	Craig Smith	NSH		41.3	170	169	1
170	Justin Faulk	CAR	y	40.9	171	170	1
171	Nick Bonino	PIT		40.9	172	171	1
172	Eric Staal	MIN		39.4	173	172	1
173	Pavel Zacha	NJD		39.3	174	173	1
174	Colin Wilson	NSH		38.6	175	175	1
175	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ		38.4	176	176	1
176	David Perron	STL		38.4	177	177	1
177	Jason Pominville	MIN		37.8	178	178	1
178	Brock Nelson	NYI		37.2	179	179	1
179	Ryan Kesler	ANA		37.2	180	180	1
180	Tanner Pearson	LAK		37.1	181	181	1
181	Alexander Steen	STL		36.9	182	182	1
182	Artem Anisimov	CHI		36.8	183	183	1
183	Joonas Donskoi	SJS		36.6	184	184	1
184	Mike Cammalleri	NJD		36.3	185	185	1
185	Sven Bärtschi	VAN		36.0	186	186	1
186	Ryan Suter	MIN	y	35.5	187	187	1
187	Christian Dvorak	ARI		35.3	188	188	1
188	Jimmy Vesey	NYR		34.6	189	189	1
189	Nick Leddy	NYI	y	34.1	191	191	2
190	Sami Vatanen	ANA	y	33.8	192	192	2
191	Martin Hanzal	ARI		33.8	193	193	2
192	Curtis Lazar	OTT		33.8	190	190	-2
193	Chris Kunitz	PIT		33.2	194	194	1
194	Teddy Purcell	LAK		33.2	195	195	1
195	Benoit Pouliot	EDM		33.0	196	196	1
196	Scott Hartnell	CBJ		32.5	197	197	1
197	Troy Brouwer	CGY		32.1	198	198	1
198	Tyler Bozak	TOR		31.9	199	199	1
199	Calle Jarnkrok	NSH		31.9	200	200	1
200	TJ Brodie	CGY	y	31.6	201	201	1
201	Jordan Staal	CAR		31.6	202	202	1
202	Brandon Dubinsky	CBJ		30.8	204	204	2
203	Tyler Motte	CHI		30.1	205	205	2
204	Jonathan Marchessault	FLA		29.4	207	207	3
205	Justin Williams	WAS		29.1	208	208	3
206	Drew Stafford	WPG		29.1	209	209	3
207	Patrick Marleau	SJS		28.5	211	211	4
208	Mike Ribeiro	NSH		28.2	212	212	4
209	Joe Colborne	COL		28.0	213	213	4
210	Thomas Vanek	DET		27.9	214	214	4
211	Carl Hagelin	PIT		27.8	215	215	4
212	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	y	27.8	216	216	4
213	Chris Tierney	SJS		27.7	217	217	4
214	Adam Larsson	EDM	y	27.5	218	218	4
215	Brett Connolly	WAS		26.8	219	219	4
216	Anton Stralman	TBL	y	26.4	220	220	4
217	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	y	26.1	221	221	4
218	Mathew Barzal	NYI		25.9	222	222	4
219	Erik Haula	MIN		25.7	223	223	4
220	Ryan Ellis	NSH	y	25.5	224	224	4
221	Torey Krug	BOS	y	25.4	225	225	4
222	Adam Lowry	WPG		25.4	226	226	4
223	Kyle Connor	WPG		25.1	227	227	4
224	Michael Frolik	CGY		24.7	228	228	4
225	Colton Parayko	STL	y	24.6	239	239	14
226	Jake Muzzin	LAK	y	24.3	229	229	3
227	Travis Konecny	PHI		24.3	253	252	26
228	Mikhail Grigorenko	COL		24.2	230	230	2
229	Jori Lehtera	STL		24.2	231	231	2
230	Valeri Nichushkin	DAL		24.1	94	94	-136
231	Andreas Athanasiou	DET		23.8	232	232	1
232	Anthony Mantha	DET		23.4	234	234	2
233	David Desharnais	MON		22.7	203	203	-30
234	Patrick Maroon	EDM		22.7	241	241	7
235	Kevin Fiala	NSH		22.5	235	235	0
236	Mikko Rantanen	COL		22.3	244	244	8
237	Cody Eakin	DAL		22.2	210	210	-27
238	Peter Holland	TOR		22.2	246	246	8
239	Josh Bailey	NYI		21.9	236	236	-3
240	Cody Ceci	OTT	y	21.4	249	249	9
241	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	y	21.4	250	250	9
242	Nick Ritchie	ANA		21.3	252	251	10
243	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	y	21.3	254	253	11
244	Sonny Milano	CBJ		21.2	248	248	4
245	Valtteri Filppula	TBL		21.2	255	255	10
246	Tobias Rieder	ARI		21.1	243	243	-3
247	Jared McCann	FLA		21.1	242	242	-5
248	Nikolay Goldobin	SJS		21.1	256	256	8
249	Clayton Keller	ARI		21.0	257	254	8
250	Shane Prince	NYI		20.9	247	247	-3
251	Teemu Pulkkinen	DET		20.8	258	257	7
252	Jakub Vrana	WAS		20.7	259	258	7
253	Radim Vrbata	ARI		20.7	251	437	-2
254	Matt Dumba	MIN	y	20.6	260	259	6
255	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	y	20.6	261	260	6
256	Brent Seabrook	CHI	y	20.6	262	261	6
257	Kerby Rychel	TOR		20.1	263	262	6
258	Sven Andrighetto	MON		20.0	237	237	-21
259	Jaromir Jagr	FLA		19.6	265	264	6
260	Timo Meier	SJS		19.6	266	265	6
261	William Karlsson	CBJ		19.6	267	266	6
262	Jacob Trouba	WPG	y	19.4	268	267	6
263	Ty Rattie	STL		19.3	269	268	6
264	Jason Zucker	MIN		19.2	270	269	6
265	Danton Heinen	BOS		19.0	NR	NR	NEW
266	Mike Matheson	FLA	y	19.0	272	271	6
267	Cam Fowler	ANA	y	18.9	273	272	6
268	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY		18.9	274	273	6
269	Artturi Lehkonen	MON		18.9	332	331	63
270	Brett Ritchie	DAL		18.5	276	275	6
271	Conor Sheary	PIT		18.5	295	295	24
272	Alex Tuch	MIN		18.4	275	274	3
273	Nick Cousins	PHI		18.1	278	277	5
274	Jake Gardiner	TOR	y	18.1	279	278	5
275	Charles Hudon	MON		18.0	280	279	5
276	Jake Virtanen	VAN		17.9	281	280	5
277	Connor Brown	TOR		17.8	283	282	6
278	Justin Abdelkader	DET		17.8	284	283	6
279	Frank Vatrano	BOS		17.8	206	206	-73
280	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		17.7	282	281	2
281	Devante Smith-Pelly	NJD		17.5	287	286	6
282	Lawson Crouse	ARI		17.4	289	288	7
283	Devin Shore	DAL		17.4	286	285	3
284	Jimmy Hayes	BOS		17.3	285	284	1
285	Francis Perron	OTT		17.3	290	289	5
286	Alexander Nylander	BUF		17.3	291	290	5
287	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR		17.3	292	291	5
288	Colin White	OTT		17.3	293	292	5
289	Nick Schmaltz	CHI		17.3	294	293	5
290	Marian Hossa	CHI		17.1	296	315	6
291	Alan Quine	NYI		16.9	297	311	6
292	Reid Boucher	NJD		16.7	299	297	7
293	Kevin Labanc	SJS		16.7	301	300	8
294	Riley Barber	WAS		16.6	302	301	8
295	Brock Boeser	VAN		16.6	305	304	10
296	Kalle Kossila	ANA		16.4	288	287	-8
297	Seth Griffith	BOS		16.4	307	306	10
298	Daniel Carr	MON		16.3	303	302	5
299	Anton Rodin	VAN		16.2	308	294	9
300	Brayden Point	TBL		16.1	309	299	9


Oct	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Sept	Aug	Change
394	Kris Versteeg	UFA		10.0	547	549	153
269	Artturi Lehkonen	MON		18.9	332	331	63
476	Mark Streit	PHI	y	4.6	522	544	46
305	Andrew Shaw	MON		16.0	342	340	37
430	Chris Terry	MON		7.0	462	463	32
367	Michael Stone	ARI	y	12.6	398	397	31
374	Noah Hanifin	CAR	y	12.2	404	403	30
465	Mark Barberio	MON	y	5.4	494	495	29
227	Travis Konecny	PHI		24.3	253	252	26

Oct	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Sept	Aug	Change
542	Clarke MacArthur	OTT		0.6	271	270	-271
491	Vladimir Sobotka	STL		4.1	233	233	-258
482	Tomas Jurco	DET		4.4	264	263	-218
377	Dmitrij Jaskin	STL		12.0	240	240	-137
230	Valeri Nichushkin	DAL		24.1	94	94	-136
480	Griffin Reinhart	EDM	y	4.5	379	378	-101
330	Mikael Backlund	CGY		15.0	238	238	-92
570	Stefan Elliott	NSH	y	-2.8	492	493	-78

Oct	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Sept	Aug	Change
265	Danton Heinen	BOS		19.0	NR	NR	NEW
427	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	y	7.2	NR	NR	NEW

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Jay 2016-10-01 at 15:13Log in to Reply

I play in a 12 team league where each team keeps 5 players. I have first overall pick this year. According to these rankings Auston Matthews would be ranked as #10 on the list of available players in my league… However I have a hard time not taking Matthews at #1 considering his long term upside. What would you do if in my position? (My current 5 keepers below.)

Alex Ovechkin
John Tavares
Anze Kopitar
Tyler Johnson
Tuukka Rask
Steve Poland 2016-10-02 at 22:09Log in to Reply

Keeper league draft just occurred; we lacked bench spots, GM going to correct this, so still lots of value hanging out there. Anyhow, this was my draft. Yahoo says I suck, but according to your list I did OK :) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5bc8c7b669c870ee0e48e0ece97bf6b8d0dda4d6b9f445be4ab717d47be0202e.png
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/32fad0fdc20343242e60329a9aa234d9d41137d67139f5e6abe2b6afaa55bc8a.png https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/abe328292b6ce8a7662d72213d58923efe241e7b4e61d1bedc63926226472eb5.png
- Steve Poland 2016-10-02 at 22:09Log in to Reply
  
  (in bold are still avail in my league)
- Tom Collins 2016-10-04 at 09:58Log in to Reply
  
  The thing with Yahoo is that they go on their projections. So if everyone one of their projections come true, then you are last. But if you believe some players will outperform their Yahoo projections, then you’ll obviously be higher up the list.
leafer80 2016-10-05 at 10:32Log in to Reply

Rick Nash vs Milan Lucic ?

Who do I keep?

I already have McDavid, and I am lined up to draft Jesse Puljujarvi
so I am concerned about going too heavy with the e oilers.
Thanks
- Scott McGruer 2016-10-07 at 01:45Log in to Reply
  
  Nash appears to still be on the decline and Lucic gets minutes with McDavid. Definitely go with Lucic. If you’re too concerned about going too heavy with the Oilers by drafting Puljujarvi, then draft another rookie close in ranking (assuming that you have to draft a rookie here).
Dave 2016-10-12 at 18:38Log in to Reply

Can someone please explain to me why on the top prospects list Puljujarvi is ranked ahead of Marner but not in this list? More NHL ready? Seems odd. Marner is too small.
- Dobber 2016-10-12 at 19:03Log in to Reply
  
  This list factors in immediate dividends. My money is on Marner getting at least 6 more points this season.
  
  That being said, in my intro note I stated that I won’t be arguing players within 5.0 rating points of each other, and these guys are 0.6 apart. So it’s like arguing porsche vs ferrari.

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