Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – December 2018

Dobber

2018-12-04

Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your point-only keeper leagues – December edition!

Lots of movement this month as the players start getting settled into their roles and their scoring habits fall into something more consistent. Generally speaking, in points-only leagues I look at how the player can help me in the current year, and I balance that off by looking at the next two to three seasons. Beyond that, anything can happen. And in full keeper leagues I find that roster turnover is a good 70% or 80% in three years so looking four years ahead to me is usually a fool's game. Besides susceptibility to injury and upside, I also look at 3YP (a player's future three-year peak production average) and where the team is going offensively.

As always, players within +/- 5.0 should be considered equal in value and at that point become a matter of personal preference and/or team needs (immediate help versus future help, risk comfort zone, etc.).

Click on any player name to be taken to his player profile, which I custom built to give me all the info I need when evaluating a player for the purpose of trading or other roster decisions. If these profiles could use something else that you need, please let us know and we'll add it.

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Dec	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Nov	Oct	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		257.9	1	1	0
2	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		205.4	3	4	1
3	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		203.8	2	2	-1
4	Mikko Rantanen	COL		181.3	11	28	7
5	Mitchell Marner	TOR		176.6	7	27	2
6	Auston Matthews	TOR		174.3	8	18	2
7	Sidney Crosby	PIT		173.4	5	3	-2
8	John Tavares	TOR		168.7	6	5	-2
9	Mark Scheifele	WPG		164.2	18	11	9
10	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		161.5	4	13	-6
11	Blake Wheeler	WPG		159.2	15	8	4
12	Claude Giroux	PHI		156.7	17	10	5
13	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		156.5	12	9	-1
14	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY		152.6	10	7	-4
15	Jack Eichel	BUF		152.5	16	14	1
16	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		152.3	21	22	5
17	Brad Marchand	BOS		152.1	9	6	-8
18	Patrick Kane	CHI		148.5	20	17	2
19	Phil Kessel	PIT		146.7	13	16	-6
20	Taylor Hall	NJD		146.0	14	15	-6
21	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WAS		143.7	19	24	-2
22	Artemi Panarin	CBJ		140.8	22	20	0
23	Patrik Laine	WPG		134.4	30	25	7
24	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		132.2	28	29	4
25	David Pastrnak	BOS		131.7	25	23	0
26	Tyler Seguin	DAL		130.5	23	21	-3
27	Steven Stamkos	TBL		122.6	26	12	-1
28	Mathew Barzal	NYI		122.6	29	26	1
29	Brayden Point	TBL		120.8	44	62	15
30	Elias Pettersson	VAN		120.1	27	119	-3
31	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		119.3	33	32	2
32	Jakub Voracek	PHI		118.8	24	30	-8
33	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL		117.9	31	36	-2
34	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA		117.2	42	39	8
35	Jamie Benn	DAL		116.7	32	31	-3
36	Mark Stone	OTT		116.0	39	51	3
37	Sean Monahan	CGY		116.0	37	45	0
38	Sebastian Aho	CAR		114.2	43	49	5
39	Mikael Granlund	MIN		113.6	40	41	1
40	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	110.0	48	107	8
41	Jonathan Marchessault	VGK		109.7	35	33	-6
42	Filip Forsberg	NSH		109.7	36	34	-6
43	Brent Burns	SJS	y	108.6	41	48	-2
44	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY		106.3	71	89	27
45	Thomas Chabot	OTT	y	105.7	57	242	12
46	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		104.8	84	88	38
47	Ryan O'Reilly	STL		104.5	51	65	4
48	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA		102.8	47	43	-1
49	Alexander Radulov	DAL		102.1	58	53	9
50	John Carlson	WAS	y	101.5	66	85	16
51	Jake Guentzel	PIT		100.9	64	58	13
52	Kyle Connor	WPG		100.6	75	66	23
53	Anze Kopitar	LAK		100.2	34	19	-19
54	William Karlsson	VGK		100.2	54	46	0
55	Ryan Johansen	NSH		99.1	55	60	0
56	Jonathan Drouin	MON		98.3	93	83	37
57	Alex DeBrincat	CHI		97.8	56	67	-1
58	Nico Hischier	NJD		97.1	50	69	-8
59	Clayton Keller	ARI		96.3	52	50	-7
60	Jeff Skinner	BUF		95.2	77	76	17
61	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG		95.2	73	40	12
62	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	94.9	46	44	-16
63	Sean Couturier	PHI		94.5	68	52	5
64	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		93.6	62	92	-2
65	Logan Couture	SJS		93.2	74	79	9
66	Evgenii Dadonov	FLA		93.0	83	82	17
67	Elias Lindholm	CGY		93.0	76	81	9
68	Yanni Gourde	TBL		92.9	60	104	-8
69	Matt Duchene	OTT		92.2	85	87	16
70	Max Domi	MON		92.1	79	99	9
71	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR		91.4	65	59	-6
72	Rickard Rakell	ANA		91.4	49	42	-23
73	Brock Boeser	VAN		91.3	59	54	-14
74	J.T. Miller	TBL		91.1	53	47	-21
75	Josh Bailey	NYI		90.2	67	75	-8
76	Cam Atkinson	CBJ		89.9	90	77	14
77	Tyson Barrie	COL	y	89.7	119	118	42
78	Mike Hoffman	FLA		89.2	96	94	18
79	John Klingberg	DAL	y	86.8	61	63	-18
80	Erik Karlsson	SJS	y	86.6	78	35	-2
81	Vincent Trocheck	FLA		85.9	38	37	-43
82	Dylan Larkin	DET		85.3	81	78	-1
83	Brayden Schenn	STL		85.2	45	38	-38
84	Timo Meier	SJS		85.2	92	162	8
85	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ		84.9	108	91	23
86	Bo Horvat	VAN		84.5	89	71	3
87	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH		82.9	63	56	-24
88	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		82.6	97	123	9
89	Eric Staal	MIN		82.4	70	64	-19
90	Joe Pavelski	SJS		81.3	111	74	21
91	Kyle Palmieri	NJD		78.6	86	130	-5
92	P.K. Subban	NSH	y	78.3	80	80	-12
93	Sam Reinhart	BUF		78.0	94	68	1
94	Patrice Bergeron	BOS		77.8	69	73	-25
95	Anders Lee	NYI		77.0	98	112	3
96	William Nylander	TOR		76.6	88	55	-8
97	Jaden Schwartz	STL		75.8	82	61	-15
98	Chris Kreider	NYR		75.8	105	127	7
99	Jonathan Toews	CHI		75.2	100	108	1
100	Tyler Johnson	TBL		74.5	99	121	-1
101	Kris Letang	PIT	y	73.2	95	143	-6
102	Alex Galchenyuk	ARI		72.2	87	70	-15
103	Alex Tuch	VGK		71.8	149	158	46
104	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	y	71.3	72	57	-32
105	Travis Konecny	PHI		70.7	120	96	15
106	Tomas Hertl	SJS		69.5	102	135	-4
107	Keith Yandle	FLA	y	68.4	132	141	25
108	Chris Tierney	OTT		68.3	104	219	-4
109	Brady Tkachuk	OTT		67.8	173	230	64
110	Nick Schmaltz	ARI		67.6	112	93	2
111	Kevin Labanc	SJS		67.3	106	116	-5
112	Max Pacioretty	VGK		66.6	110	72	-2
113	Seth Jones	CBJ	y	66.4	115	100	2
114	Nazem Kadri	TOR		66.1	117	110	3
115	Jason Zucker	MIN		65.5	101	84	-14
116	Torey Krug	BOS	y	65.3	113	86	-3
117	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	64.1	109	102	-8
118	Tomas Tatar	MON		62.7	123	159	5
119	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	y	61.8	114	152	-5
120	Zach Werenski	CBJ	y	60.3	136	132	16
121	Ryan Dzingel	OTT		60.2	126	194	5
122	Alexander Kerfoot	COL		60.1	154	160	32
123	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	y	59.3	129	124	6
124	Roman Josi	NSH	y	59.2	130	103	6
125	Jeff Carter	LAK		59.1	116	109	-9
126	Reilly Smith	VGK		58.8	157	90	31
127	Tyler Toffoli	LAK		58.7	118	111	-9
128	Brendan Gallagher	MON		58.7	127	147	-1
129	Kyle Turris	NSH		58.6	125	140	-4
130	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR		57.8	107	101	-23
131	Matt Dumba	MIN	y	57.5	140	129	9
132	Tom Wilson	WAS		57.1	287	239	155
133	Andreas Athanasiou	DET		56.6	169	168	36
134	Kevin Fiala	NSH		56.0	138	106	4
135	Alexander Wennberg	CBJ		55.9	141	139	6
136	Ondrej Palat	TBL		55.1	143	142	7
137	Kevin Hayes	NYR		54.9	134	128	-3
138	Jordan Eberle	NYI		54.9	131	105	-7
139	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA		54.8	121	134	-18
140	Derek Stepan	ARI		54.6	139	113	-1
141	Anthony Mantha	DET		54.5	146	115	5
142	Evander Kane	SJS		53.7	124	120	-18
143	Nino Niederreiter	MIN		52.9	144	117	1
144	James van Riemsdyk	PHI		52.7	128	95	-16
145	David Perron	STL		52.3	103	114	-42
146	Christian Dvorak	ARI		50.9	148	122	2
147	Nick Foligno	CBJ		50.9	155	161	8
148	Nick Ritchie	ANA		50.6	216	218	68
149	Artturi Lehkonen	MON		50.6	150	165	1
150	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	y	49.5	162	148	12
151	David Krejci	BOS		48.5	165	163	14
152	Brandon Saad	CHI		48.5	163	157	11
153	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR		47.4	151	153	-2
154	Colin White	OTT		46.8	192	276	38
155	Ryan Ellis	NSH	y	46.7	142	126	-13
156	Nolan Patrick	PHI		46.6	133	149	-23
157	Mats Zuccarello	NYR		45.9	137	151	-20
158	Zach Parise	MIN		44.5	249	396	91
159	Charlie Coyle	MIN		44.4	145	133	-14
160	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	y	44.4	122	98	-38
161	Casey Mittelstadt	BUF		44.3	161	145	0
162	Gustav Nyquist	DET		44.3	164	171	2
163	Patric Hornqvist	PIT		44.0	187	170	24
164	T.J. Oshie	WAS		43.5	171	210	7
165	Erik Haula	VGK		43.5	168	125	3
166	Wayne Simmonds	PHI		43.4	135	138	-31
167	Jake Gardiner	TOR	y	42.1	160	154	-7
168	Danton Heinen	BOS		41.7	152	131	-16
169	Conor Sheary	BUF		41.3	153	146	-16
170	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ		40.6	156	136	-14
171	Kyle Okposo	BUF		39.1	186	204	15
172	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	y	39.0	158	137	-14
173	Mikko Koivu	MIN		38.3	239	246	66
174	Mikael Backlund	CGY		38.1	167	164	-7
175	Jakub Vrana	WAS		37.5	185	209	10
176	Ryan Suter	MIN	y	37.4	204	251	28
177	Micheal Ferland	CAR		37.3	180	493	3
178	Vinnie Hinostroza	ARI		37.2	174	177	-4
179	Ryan Spooner	EDM		37.2	147	144	-32
180	Sven Baertschi	VAN		37.1	170	186	-10
181	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	y	37.0	210	336	29
182	Jimmy Vesey	NYR		37.0	203	237	21
183	Jacob Trouba	WPG	y	37.0	188	199	5
184	Bryan Little	WPG		36.7	206	183	22
185	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN		36.6	200	259	15
186	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	y	36.1	182	180	-4
187	Dustin Brown	LAK		35.9	197	202	10
188	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	y	35.7	181	197	-7
189	Mark Giordano	CGY	y	35.6	242	377	53
190	Christian Fischer	ARI		35.1	172	176	-18
191	Marcus Johansson	NJD		35.1	179	174	-12
192	Brock Nelson	NYI		35.0	201	253	9
193	Shea Theodore	VGK	y	34.6	198	181	5
194	Ivan Provorov	PHI	y	34.4	176	172	-18
195	J.T. Compher	COL		34.4	240	250	45
196	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI		34.2	178	150	-18
197	Kasperi Kapanen	TOR		34.2	189	310	-8
198	Jesper Bratt	NJD		34.1	231	206	33
199	Adam Henrique	ANA		34.0	190	193	-9
200	Ilya Kovalchuk	LAK		33.8	91	97	-109
201	Craig Smith	NSH		32.8	195	191	-6
202	Bobby Ryan	OTT		32.7	250	348	48
203	Dylan Strome	CHI		32.7	211	222	8
204	Alex Killorn	TBL		32.3	224	189	20
205	Brett Howden	NYR		32.2	191	NR	-14
206	Andre Burakovsky	WAS		31.8	175	167	-31
207	Eeli Tolvanen	NSH		31.6	199	205	-8
208	Tyson Jost	COL		31.5	247	229	39
209	Zach Hyman	TOR		31.4	212	225	3
210	Jack Roslovic	WPG		30.8	193	182	-17
211	Ondrej Kase	ANA		30.1	226	223	15
212	Tyler Bertuzzi	DET		29.9	258	262	46
213	Tanner Pearson	PIT		29.5	232	166	19
214	Jake DeBrusk	BOS		29.5	208	203	-6
215	Sam Bennett	CGY		29.4	209	220	-6
216	Paul Stastny	VGK		29.1	214	196	-2
217	Brendan Perlini	CHI		29.1	194	198	-23
218	Josh Morrissey	WPG	y	28.8	215	241	-3
219	Henrik Borgstrom	FLA		28.7	217	156	-2
220	Phillip Danault	MON		28.4	244	256	24
221	Mark Jankowski	CGY		28.2	237	245	16
222	Vladislav Namestnikov	NYR		28.1	220	188	-2
223	Brandon Montour	ANA	y	28.0	221	195	-2
224	Jason Pominville	BUF		28.0	273	458	49
225	Mikkel Boedker	OTT		27.8	243	261	18
226	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	MON		27.6	223	265	-3
227	Nick Bjugstad	FLA		27.6	184	185	-43
228	Mike Matheson	FLA	y	27.2	257	257	29
229	Robert Thomas	STL		27.2	269	272	40
230	Drake Batherson	OTT		26.9	286	282	56
231	Martin Necas	CAR		26.9	229	212	-2
232	Damon Severson	NJD	y	26.6	268	370	36
233	Connor Brown	TOR		26.4	219	224	-14
234	Jordan Staal	CAR		26.4	207	214	-27
235	Kailer Yamamoto	EDM		25.9	234	232	-1
236	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM		25.8	236	179	0
237	Kevin Shattenkirk	NYR	y	25.7	205	192	-32
238	Alexander Steen	STL		25.5	227	228	-11
239	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	25.1	253	187	14
240	Tage Thompson	BUF		25.0	241	248	1
241	Neal Pionk	NYR	y	24.9	271	501	30
242	Pavel Zacha	NJD		24.5	246	200	4
243	Joonas Donskoi	SJS		24.3	248	263	5
244	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	y	24.2	233	213	-11
245	Charles Hudon	MON		24.1	238	226	-7
246	Richard Panik	ARI		24.1	230	236	-16
247	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	y	24.1	279	332	32
248	Adrian Kempe	LAK		23.8	196	184	-52
249	Boone Jenner	CBJ		23.8	301	293	52
250	Sam Steel	ANA		23.6	255	227	5
251	Andreas Johnsson	TOR		23.5	293	284	42
252	Will Butcher	NJD	y	23.2	218	243	-34
253	Colton Parayko	STL	y	23.2	222	221	-31
254	Samuel Girard	COL	y	23.1	367	349	113
255	Thomas Vanek	DET		23.1	225	217	-30
256	Josh Anderson	CBJ		23.1	294	312	38
257	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		23.0	213	215	-44
258	Noah Hanifin	CGY	y	23.0	259	208	1
259	Lars Eller	WAS		22.7	260	268	1
260	Dominik Kahun	CHI		22.2	261	313	1
261	Blake Coleman	NJD		22.0	NR	NR	NEW
262	Ryan Strome	NYR		21.9	274	173	12
263	Aleksi Heponiemi	FLA		21.9	NR	NR	NEW
264	Anthony Duclair	CBJ		21.7	277	311	13
265	Devin Shore	DAL		21.6	292	207	27
266	Daniel Sprong	ANA		21.6	235	244	-31
267	Dylan Sikura	CHI		21.6	266	264	-1
268	Brett Connolly	WAS		21.5	357	502	89
269	Kristian Vesalainen	WPG		21.2	NR	NR	NEW
270	Drake Caggiula	EDM		21.1	394	378	124
271	Jordan Kyrou	STL		21.0	270	273	-1
272	Adam Lowry	WPG		20.9	256	255	-16
273	Henri Jokiharju	CHI	y	20.9	272	407	-1
274	Tyler Bozak	STL		20.5	254	302	-20
275	Ryan Pulock	NYI	y	20.5	228	201	-47
276	Derick Brassard	PIT		20.2	166	190	-110
277	Joshua Ho-Sang	NYI		20.2	262	249	-15
278	Denis Malgin	FLA		20.1	278	277	0
279	Jeff Petry	MON	y	20.0	304	416	25
280	Nick Merkley	ARI		19.9	280	278	0
281	Filip Zadina	DET		19.7	281	279	0
282	Ryan Donato	BOS		19.7	282	169	0
283	Anthony Cirelli	TBL		19.6	263	231	-20
284	Colin Miller	VGK	y	19.6	284	260	0
285	Vitali Abramov	CBJ		19.5	285	280	0
286	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN		19.4	288	283	2
287	Calle Jarnkrok	NSH		19.2	289	234	2
288	Troy Terry	ANA		19.1	290	267	2
289	Artem Anisimov	CHI		19.1	320	309	31
290	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	y	19.0	291	288	1
291	Logan Brown	OTT		18.9	295	286	4
292	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	y	18.8	307	350	15
293	Evan Bouchard	EDM	y	18.7	296	289	3
294	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY		18.7	297	290	3
295	Nicolas Roy	CAR		18.6	298	322	3
296	Joe Thornton	SJS		18.6	183	175	-113
297	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	y	18.5	299	359	2
298	Boris Katchouk	TBL		18.4	300	292	2
299	Cody Eakin	VGK		18.4	404	422	105
300	Pontus Aberg	ANA		18.2	352	384	52

Dec	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Nov	Oct	Change
340	Alex Chiasson	EDM		15.6	552	593	212
348	Denis Gurianov	DAL		15.2	543	535	195
309	Shea Weber	MON	y	17.3	489	480	180
367	Frans Nielsen	DET		13.8	528	525	161
431	Jason Spezza	DAL		8.9	587	602	156
132	Tom Wilson	WAS		57.1	287	239	155
304	Carl Soderberg	COL		17.8	449	449	145
405	Andrew Shaw	MON		11.1	537	530	132
270	Drake Caggiula	EDM		21.1	394	378	124

Dec	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Nov	Oct	Change
337	Robby Fabbri	STL		15.7	159	155	-178
355	James Neal	CGY		14.9	177	178	-178
460	Jake Muzzin	LAK	y	7.1	308	271	-152
347	Patrick Maroon	STL		15.2	202	211	-145
533	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	y	3.2	400	386	-133
373	Ty Rattie	EDM		13.5	245	252	-128
583	Alexander Edler	VAN	y	-0.1	456	454	-127
494	Milan Lucic	EDM		5.5	368	258	-126

Dec	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Nov	Oct	Change
261	Blake Coleman	NJD		22.0	NR	NR	NEW
263	Aleksi Heponiemi	FLA		21.9	NR	NR	NEW
269	Kristian Vesalainen	WPG		21.2	NR	NR	NEW
361	Jamie Oleksiak	PIT	y	14.3	NR	NR	NEW
498	Lawrence Pilut	BUF	y	5.4	NR	NR	NEW
540	Matt Luff	LAK		2.9	NR	NR	NEW
562	Scott Mayfield	NYI	y	1.7	NR	NR	NEW

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 27 - 19:12	DET	vs	TOR
Dec 27 - 19:12	BUF	vs	CHI
Dec 27 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	BOS
Dec 27 - 19:12	N.J	vs	CAR
Dec 27 - 20:12	DAL	vs	MIN
Dec 27 - 20:12	STL	vs	NSH
Dec 27 - 21:12	UTA	vs	COL
Dec 27 - 22:12	S.J	vs	VGK