Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – February 2018

Dobber

2018-02-04

Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only keeper league, February edition.

Remember, this is a points-only format ranking and while I try to properly blend immediate results with long-term potential, individual team needs are going to be different. I would suggest using the +/- 5.0 rating points format – players within +/- 5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal and would depend on your needs and preferences.

If you're looking to see a ranking of one-year roto-leagues for the season, click here. Check back on Monday for the Top 100 defensemen.

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Feb	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Jan	Dec	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		201.0	1	1	0
2	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		199.6	2	2	0
3	Sidney Crosby	PIT		159.3	3	4	0
4	John Tavares	NYI		157.0	4	7	0
5	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY		153.7	8	6	3
6	Steven Stamkos	TBL		150.0	6	8	0
7	Jack Eichel	BUF		148.3	13	12	6
8	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		146.1	9	24	1
9	Patrick Kane	CHI		145.8	7	3	-2
10	Blake Wheeler	WPG		145.5	12	19	2
11	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		143.0	10	11	-1
12	Phil Kessel	PIT		135.4	16	27	4
13	Claude Giroux	PHI		133.2	19	39	6
14	Tyler Seguin	DAL		131.5	14	13	0
15	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL		130.5	11	9	-4
16	Jakub Voracek	PHI		129.3	24	34	8
17	Mark Scheifele	WPG		129.0	5	5	-12
18	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		125.9	25	23	7
19	Taylor Hall	NJD		124.8	28	26	9
20	Brad Marchand	BOS		124.7	22	21	2
21	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WAS		123.5	18	17	-3
22	Auston Matthews	TOR		120.9	15	10	-7
23	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		120.8	17	15	-6
24	Jamie Benn	DAL		120.3	21	18	-3
25	Patrik Laine	WPG		119.1	20	20	-5
26	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		118.1	23	14	-3
27	Josh Bailey	NYI		117.5	40	74	13
28	Mathew Barzal	NYI		115.2	49	79	21
29	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA		113.7	30	29	1
30	David Pastrnak	BOS		112.4	31	32	1
31	Sean Monahan	CGY		112.2	27	22	-4
32	Mikko Rantanen	COL		111.7	39	63	7
33	Anze Kopitar	LAK		111.5	29	30	-4
34	Brock Boeser	VAN		110.1	36	55	2
35	Jonathan Marchessault	VGK		109.0	38	62	3
36	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG		108.0	32	25	-4
37	Alexander Radulov	DAL		107.4	41	43	4
38	John Klingberg	DAL	y	107.1	46	48	8
39	Brayden Schenn	STL		105.7	34	33	-5
40	Erik Karlsson	OTT	y	105.4	26	16	-14
41	Mark Stone	OTT		104.0	33	31	-8
42	Brent Burns	SJS	y	103.2	48	57	6
43	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		102.2	35	35	-8
44	Artemi Panarin	CBJ		101.0	37	36	-7
45	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA		100.0	42	53	-3
46	Sean Couturier	PHI		97.4	51	69	5
47	Filip Forsberg	NSH		97.0	44	28	-3
48	Brayden Point	TBL		96.0	53	50	5
49	Mikael Granlund	MIN		94.8	45	40	-4
50	Vincent Trocheck	FLA		94.6	56	61	6
51	Mitch Marner	TOR		92.0	47	42	-4
52	Jaden Schwartz	STL		91.5	43	37	-9
53	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR		90.0	52	45	-1
54	Anders Lee	NYI		89.3	54	54	0
55	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	87.9	50	44	-5
56	William Karlsson	VGK		87.4	71	100	15
57	William Nylander	TOR		85.9	65	66	8
58	Ryan Johansen	NSH		85.4	59	38	1
59	Logan Couture	SJS		85.0	55	46	-4
60	Patrice Bergeron	BOS		85.0	72	104	12
61	Sebastian Aho	CAR		84.4	63	67	2
62	Vladislav Namestnikov	TBL		83.7	64	86	2
63	P.K. Subban	NSH	y	83.6	69	68	6
64	Dylan Larkin	DET		83.4	62	83	-2
65	Joe Pavelski	SJS		83.1	60	49	-5
66	Tyler Johnson	TBL		82.2	77	105	11
67	Rickard Rakell	ANA		81.2	68	70	1
68	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	y	81.1	61	96	-7
69	Jonathan Drouin	MON		80.8	58	41	-11
70	Eric Staal	MIN		79.7	73	77	3
71	Reilly Smith	VGK		77.0	87	152	16
72	Clayton Keller	ARI		76.1	70	64	-2
73	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		76.0	82	102	9
74	Tyler Toffoli	LAK		75.2	67	81	-7
75	Jordan Eberle	NYI		74.7	75	73	0
76	David Perron	VGK		74.7	130	171	54
77	Kyle Turris	NSH		73.9	83	84	6
78	Nico Hischier	NJD		73.5	80	60	2
79	J.T. Miller	NYR		73.2	74	65	-5
80	Mike Hoffman	OTT		73.0	57	47	-23
81	Ryan O'Reilly	BUF		72.5	81	75	0
82	Jonathan Toews	CHI		72.2	76	82	-6
83	Nick Schmaltz	CHI		72.1	110	165	27
84	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH		71.3	88	72	4
85	John Carlson	WAS	y	70.2	93	118	8
86	Jeff Skinner	CAR		70.2	79	76	-7
87	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		69.3	66	51	-21
88	Mats Zuccarello	NYR		69.1	86	89	-2
89	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY		68.7	112	114	23
90	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR		68.4	91	85	1
91	Max Pacioretty	MON		67.0	92	87	1
92	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		67.0	90	94	-2
93	Erik Haula	VGK		66.1	111	178	18
94	James van Riemsdyk	TOR		65.5	78	52	-16
95	Ondrej Palat	TBL		65.4	95	101	0
96	Alexander Wennberg	CBJ		65.3	97	56	1
97	Nazem Kadri	TOR		65.1	85	59	-12
98	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	64.9	89	113	-9
99	Jake Guentzel	PIT		63.6	94	58	-5
100	Elias Lindholm	CAR		63.6	101	107	1
101	Roman Josi	NSH	y	63.4	104	98	3
102	Evander Kane	BUF		63.1	96	99	-6
103	Henrik Zetterberg	DET		63.1	99	108	-4
104	Anthony Mantha	DET		61.9	103	97	-1
105	Matt Duchene	OTT		61.9	84	71	-21
106	Bryan Little	WPG		61.6	116	128	10
107	Alex DeBrincat	CHI		61.2	107	117	0
108	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	y	60.8	100	103	-8
109	Alex Galchenyuk	MON		59.6	108	129	-1
110	Corey Perry	ANA		58.8	109	92	-1
111	Mathieu Perreault	WPG		58.8	127	147	16
112	James Neal	VGK		58.8	113	133	1
113	Derek Stepan	ARI		58.4	105	106	-8
114	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	57.6	102	119	-12
115	Kyle Connor	WPG		56.8	121	126	6
116	Bo Horvat	VAN		56.6	115	95	-1
117	Wayne Simmonds	PHI		56.4	117	122	0
118	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	y	55.8	119	80	1
119	Nino Niederreiter	MIN		55.6	98	93	-21
120	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA		55.2	114	116	-6
121	T.J. Oshie	WAS		55.1	106	88	-15
122	Evgeny Dadonov	FLA		55.1	122	109	0
123	Tyson Barrie	COL	y	54.8	129	111	6
124	David Krejci	BOS		53.9	120	125	-4
125	Danton Heinen	BOS		53.2	134	226	9
126	Kevin Fiala	NSH		52.7	139	177	13
127	Derick Brassard	OTT		52.3	124	124	-3
128	Christian Dvorak	ARI		52.3	131	110	3
129	Seth Jones	CBJ	y	52.3	142	145	13
130	Max Domi	ARI		51.2	123	90	-7
131	Alexander Kerfoot	COL		51.2	147	174	16
132	Kris Letang	PIT	y	51.1	136	137	4
133	Tomas Hertl	SJS		51.1	135	140	2
134	Kyle Okposo	BUF		49.5	169	149	35
135	Tanner Pearson	LAK		49.0	133	155	-2
136	Charlie Coyle	MIN		48.8	132	135	-4
137	Zach Werenski	CBJ	y	48.3	141	115	4
138	Jason Zucker	MIN		48.1	137	120	-1
139	Milan Lucic	EDM		47.6	138	134	-1
140	Cam Atkinson	CBJ		47.0	143	91	3
141	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ		46.8	145	163	4
142	Jesper Bratt	NJD		45.6	155	166	13
143	Kevin Shattenkirk	NYR	y	45.5	125	112	-18
144	Jeff Carter	LAK		45.5	128	121	-16
145	Torey Krug	BOS	y	45.1	152	146	7
146	Gustav Nyquist	DET		44.3	144	150	-2
147	Kevin Labanc	SJS		44.0	164	193	17
148	Brandon Saad	CHI		44.0	126	132	-22
149	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	y	43.8	151	127	2
150	Alex Killorn	TBL		42.9	148	158	-2
151	Sam Reinhart	BUF		42.5	153	136	2
152	Tomas Tatar	DET		42.0	157	138	5
153	Brendan Gallagher	MON		41.4	159	160	6
154	Joe Thornton	SJS		41.1	118	123	-36
155	Ryan Strome	EDM		39.9	149	131	-6
156	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	y	39.9	140	144	-16
157	Victor Rask	CAR		39.8	161	167	4
158	Keith Yandle	FLA	y	39.5	165	161	7
159	Thomas Vanek	VAN		39.4	166	227	7
160	Nick Leddy	NYI	y	39.3	150	159	-10
161	Kyle Palmieri	NJD		39.1	154	130	-7
162	Mikael Backlund	CGY		38.8	168	172	6
163	Sven Bärtschi	VAN		37.5	162	142	-1
164	Marcus Johansson	NJD		37.0	158	148	-6
165	Yanni Gourde	TBL		36.7	186	291	21
166	Jordan Staal	CAR		36.7	175	187	9
167	Paul Stastny	STL		36.4	177	189	10
168	Patric Hornqvist	PIT		36.3	146	143	-22
169	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	y	36.1	173	164	4
170	Conor Sheary	PIT		36.1	171	151	1
171	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ		36.1	174	237	3
172	Andreas Athanasiou	DET		36.1	183	209	11
173	Henrik Sedin	VAN		35.8	160	214	-13
174	Jake Gardiner	TOR	y	35.6	195	196	21
175	Phillip Danault	MON		35.5	156	154	-19
176	Sam Bennett	CGY		35.4	176	185	0
177	Kevin Hayes	NYR		34.3	163	156	-14
178	Alexander Steen	STL		34.0	187	200	9
179	Travis Konecny	PHI		33.2	227	192	48
180	Dylan Strome	ARI		33.0	185	195	5
181	Ryan Spooner	BOS		32.6	216	282	35
182	Nick Foligno	CBJ		32.5	191	157	9
183	Ryan Suter	MIN	y	32.4	189	207	6
184	Josh Anderson	CBJ		32.3	193	244	9
185	Dustin Brown	LAK		32.1	199	245	14
186	Craig Smith	NSH		32.1	202	286	16
187	Chris Kreider	NYR		32.0	179	78	-8
188	Devin Shore	DAL		32.0	180	188	-8
189	Micheal Ferland	CGY		31.9	223	275	34
190	Bobby Ryan	OTT		31.8	178	175	-12
191	Daniel Sedin	VAN		31.5	172	215	-19
192	Justin Williams	CAR		31.5	194	204	2
193	Adam Henrique	ANA		31.4	198	184	5
194	Mattias Janmark	DAL		31.3	221	265	27
195	Ivan Provorov	PHI	y	31.3	200	194	5
196	Alex Tuch	VGK		31.0	201	235	5
197	Patrick Maroon	EDM		30.6	192	141	-5
198	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	y	30.2	188	186	-10
199	Will Butcher	NJD	y	30.2	203	205	4
200	Anthony Duclair	CHI		29.5	212	201	12
201	Derek Ryan	CAR		29.2	207	316	6
202	Connor Brown	TOR		29.0	182	173	-20
203	Christian Fischer	ARI		28.5	228	231	25
204	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	y	28.4	233	234	29
205	Colin Miller	VGK	y	28.2	229	242	24
206	Duncan Keith	CHI	y	28.0	181	153	-25
207	Jakub Vrana	WAS		27.9	197	199	-10
208	Mikko Koivu	MIN		27.9	190	139	-18
209	Brandon Montour	ANA	y	27.8	210	216	1
210	Tyler Bozak	TOR		27.7	167	179	-43
211	Andre Burakovsky	WAS		27.2	170	162	-41
212	Noah Hanifin	CAR	y	27.2	217	229	5
213	Ryan Kesler	ANA		26.9	219	225	6
214	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI		26.7	184	181	-30
215	Tyler Myers	WPG	y	26.6	243	271	28
216	Calle Jarnkrok	NSH		26.4	246	310	30
217	Matt Dumba	MIN	y	26.3	220	240	3
218	Colton Parayko	STL	y	26.2	209	223	-9
219	Richard Panik	ARI		26.0	222	168	3
220	Artturi Lehkonen	MON		25.9	211	176	-9
221	Brendan Perlini	ARI		25.8	214	197	-7
222	Zach Hyman	TOR		25.8	231	251	9
223	Robby Fabbri	STL		25.7	225	238	2
224	Adrian Kempe	LAK		24.8	206	211	-18
225	TJ Brodie	CGY	y	24.6	205	198	-20
226	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM		24.5	232	241	6
227	Sven Andrighetto	COL		24.5	196	190	-31
228	Brett Ritchie	DAL		24.4	234	236	6
229	Jacob Trouba	WPG	y	24.3	208	228	-21
230	Drake Caggiula	EDM		23.9	224	218	-6
231	Kailer Yamamoto	EDM		23.7	239	248	8
232	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI		23.7	236	210	4
233	Sam Steel	ANA		23.6	261	264	28
234	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	y	23.4	235	246	1
235	Joonas Donskoi	SJS		22.9	240	230	5
236	Charles Hudon	MON		22.7	258	263	22
237	Cam Fowler	ANA	y	22.7	242	250	5
238	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	22.6	226	183	-12
239	Artem Anisimov	CHI		22.5	241	203	2
240	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	y	22.4	249	252	9
241	Ryan Hartman	CHI		22.1	204	208	-37
242	Jake Muzzin	LAK	y	22.0	260	288	18
243	Chris Tierney	SJS		21.9	324	375	81
244	Timo Meier	SJS		21.9	248	260	4
245	Mike Green	DET	y	21.7	250	254	5
246	Nick Bjugstad	FLA		20.9	237	258	-9
247	Jimmy Vesey	NYR		20.7	230	232	-17
248	Michael Frolik	CGY		20.6	245	233	-3
249	Bryan Rust	PIT		20.6	255	249	6
250	Pavel Zacha	NJD		20.5	218	206	-32
251	Dylan Sikura	CHI		20.1	NR	NR	NEW
252	Tyson Jost	COL		20.1	253	222	1
253	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		20.0	251	221	-2
254	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	y	20.0	275	281	21
255	Casey Mittelstadt	BUF		19.9	291	294	36
256	Nick Merkley	ARI		19.9	267	299	11
257	Shea Weber	MON	y	19.8	213	170	-44
258	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN		19.7	252	257	-6
259	Ivan Barbashev	STL		19.7	263	267	4
260	Ryan Dzingel	OTT		19.6	247	247	-13
261	Jake DeBrusk	BOS		19.4	362	467	101
262	Vladimir Sobotka	STL		19.2	215	191	-47
263	Ryan Ellis	NSH	y	19.2	286	290	23
264	Ondrej Kase	ANA		18.9	270	277	6
265	Daniel Sprong	PIT		18.8	283	334	18
266	Shea Theodore	VGK	y	18.8	271	278	5
267	Colin White	OTT		18.6	273	280	6
268	Nolan Patrick	PHI		18.4	269	169	1
269	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN		18.4	264	269	-5
270	Rick Nash	NYR		18.4	257	262	-13
271	David Backes	BOS		18.3	292	380	21
272	Joel Armia	WPG		18.3	347	372	75
273	Carl Soderberg	COL		18.3	254	418	-19
274	Ilya Kovalchuk	UFA		18.2	276	326	2
275	Mark Jankowski	CGY		18.2	293	296	18
276	Nick Ritchie	ANA		18.2	277	270	1
277	Vitali Abramov	CBJ		18.2	305	306	28
278	Michael McLeod	NJD		18.2	278	283	0
279	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY		18.1	NR	NR	NEW
280	Denis Malgin	FLA		18.1	279	284	-1
281	Daniel O'Regan	SJS		18.1	280	274	-1
282	Anders Bjork	BOS		17.8	265	217	-17
283	Esa Lindell	DAL	y	17.7	312	348	29
284	Eeli Tolvanen	NSH		17.6	313	NR	29
285	Logan Brown	OTT		17.6	285	289	0
286	Adam Lowry	WPG		17.5	308	338	22
287	Sam Gagner	VAN		17.3	274	319	-13
288	Elias Pettersson	VAN		17.3	300	307	12
289	Sonny Milano	CBJ		17.1	287	259	-2
290	Brock Nelson	NYI		17.1	256	213	-34
291	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS		16.6	281	285	-10
292	Cody Glass	VGK		16.6	288	287	-4
293	Owen Tippett	FLA		16.5	290	293	-3
294	Troy Terry	ANA		16.5	311	313	17
295	Jason Pominville	BUF		16.5	238	202	-57
296	Taylor Raddysh	TBL		16.4	298	301	2
297	Jason Spezza	DAL		16.4	268	182	-29
298	Justin Faulk	CAR	y	16.4	295	243	-3
299	Mark Giordano	CGY	y	16.3	326	383	27
300	Brian Gibbons	NJD		16.1	297	NR	-3


Feb	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Jan	Dec	Change
310	Lars Eller	WAS		15.4	440	470	130
261	Jake DeBrusk	BOS		19.4	362	467	101
243	Chris Tierney	SJS		21.9	324	375	81
272	Joel Armia	WPG		18.3	347	372	75
437	Erik Johnson	COL	y	5.2	509	552	72
361	Paul Byron	MON		10.2	420	366	59
444	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	y	5.0	502	454	58
76	David Perron	VGK		74.7	130	171	54


Feb	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Jan	Dec	Change
578	Mike Cammalleri	EDM		-0.8	346	256	-232
568	Tomas Plekanec	MON		-0.2	404	401	-164
458	Nicholas Baptiste	BUF		4.3	301	303	-157
471	Hudson Fasching	BUF		4.0	317	320	-154
587	Radim Vrbata	FLA		-1.3	433	239	-154
565	Zack Smith	OTT		0.0	414	402	-151
480	Nick Cousins	ARI		3.7	335	332	-145
401	Andrew Ladd	NYI		7.1	259	276	-142

Feb	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Jan	Dec	Change
251	Dylan Sikura	CHI		20.1	NR	NR	NEW
279	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY		18.1	NR	NR	NEW
332	Josh Manson	ANA	y	12.8	NR	NR	NEW
382	Samuel Girard	COL	y	8.3	NR	NR	NEW
394	Jordan Oesterle	CHI	y	7.4	NR	NR	NEW
415	Travis Dermott	TOR	y	6.2	NR	NR	NEW

Zuuuuuc 2018-02-27 at 14:52Log in to Reply

You seem low on both Barkov and Trocheck to me. Both are about PPG producers this season, have done that or close to it for two or more seasons, and are around the age of 25. Yet they barely crack your top 50 overall, and are ranked below several significantly older players (4-5 years or more). They seem to be producing at very similar rates of production right now compared to the players above them, outside of the elite guys at the top. Care to share your rationale?
- Dobber 2018-02-27 at 15:09Log in to Reply
  
  Trocheck – He just keeps surprising. Nobody saw this kind of upside and every time I move him higher, he keeps exceeding expectations. I originally, as a prospect, had him at 65 point upside! The more he does, the higher he moves.
  
  Barkov – well, these points-only leagues count injuries. So playing 60 games and getting 60 points means you’re a 60-point guy. There’s no IR. So that hurts him.
  - Zuuuuuc 2018-02-27 at 21:46Log in to Reply
    
    Makes sense. Thank you!
    
    Trocheck surprised me too tbh. I own both him and Barkov in a keeper league with lots of peripheral stats, and he has been very useful for those. But I don’t think anyone expected this level of point production until now… Fair point on Barkov. If he can stay healthy he could be an 80 – 85 point player. But we haven’t really seen that yet.

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 23 - 13:12	N.J	vs	NYR
Dec 23 - 14:12	TOR	vs	WPG
Dec 23 - 19:12	DET	vs	STL
Dec 23 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	MTL
Dec 23 - 19:12	BOS	vs	WSH
Dec 23 - 19:12	FLA	vs	T.B
Dec 23 - 19:12	PIT	vs	PHI
Dec 23 - 19:12	NYI	vs	BUF
Dec 23 - 20:12	NSH	vs	CAR
Dec 23 - 20:12	MIN	vs	CHI
Dec 23 - 21:12	UTA	vs	DAL
Dec 23 - 21:12	VAN	vs	S.J
Dec 23 - 22:12	VGK	vs	ANA