Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – October 2016

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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!

 

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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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8 Comments

  1. Jay 2016-10-01 at 15:13

    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

  2. Steve Poland 2016-10-02 at 22:09

    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 22:09

      (in bold are still avail in my league)

    • Tom Collins 2016-10-04 at 09:58

      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.

  3. leafer80 2016-10-05 at 10:32

    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 01:45

      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).

  4. Dave 2016-10-12 at 18:38

    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 19:03

      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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