Top 100 Roto Rankings – April 2020

Ian Gooding

2020-04-15

The season might be at a standstill with no return date in sight, but the Roto Rankings will continue to be updated.

Most notably, injured players who would have been on the verge of returning have been added back to the rankings. When reports surface of more players close to being fully healed, we will add those players back to the rankings. So treat these rankings as if hockey were still being played right now, as difficult as that may be. If the season is cancelled, then we will turn our attention to rankings for next season.

Keep in mind that these are single-season rankings for a head-to-head or rotisserie league using the following settings: G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HIT, W, GAA, SV%. In other words, this list is focused on the 2019-20 season, but not beyond. This list could also be used by keeper owners with a "win now" mentality.

Are there any players that you believe are ranked too high or too low? Did we miss anyone in the top 100, or is there a player there that probably shouldn't be? Let us know in the comments below, and we will consider your feedback when compiling next month's rankings.

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Rank	Name	Mar-20	Comments
1	David Pastrnak	1	2/20 – Seems like a lock for 50 goals at this point
2	Leon Draisaitl	2	3/20 – Plus/minus might be all that keeps him from #1?
3	Connor McDavid	3	3/20 – Back from quad injury
4	Nathan MacKinnon	4	1/20 – Potential Art Ross and Hart Trophy candidate
5	Alex Ovechkin	5	2/20 – Showing no age-related decline in goals
6	John Carlson	6	12/19 – Running away with points lead among defensemen
7	Nikita Kucherov	7	2/20 – Player, team recovering after slow start
8	Auston Matthews	9	2/20 – Pushing for the Rocket Richard Trophy
9	Brad Marchand	8	2/20 – Along for ride with huge year from Pastrnak
10	Patrick Kane	10	3/20 – Was on pace for nearly 100 points again
11	Roman Josi	11	1/20 – In the Norris Trophy conversation
12	Artemi Panarin	12	1/20 – Scorching hot since Christmas
13	Jack Eichel	13	3/20 – Extended slump, worries about playing through injury
14	John Tavares	14	11/19 – Returned from broken finger
15	Jonathan Huberdeau	15	12/19 – He and Barkov piling up the points
16	Sidney Crosby	16	1/20 – Returned from hernia surgery
17	Tuukka Rask	17	11/19 – Sparkling ratios make up for lack of starts
18	Mika Zibanejad	24	3/20 – Scoring at a goal-per-game pace in Feb/Mar
19	Andrei Vasilevskiy	18	2/20 – Back in the Vezina conversation
20	Patrice Bergeron	19	11/19 – Centering the league’s top line
21	Matthew Tkachuk	20	3/20 – Must-own in bangers leagues
22	Sebastian Aho	21	11/19 – Trying to rebound from frigid start
23	Elias Pettersson	22	11/19 – No sophomore slump, scoring alone bumps him up
24	Mitch Marner	23	12/19 – Recently returned from ankle injury
25	Evgeni Malkin	25	3/20 – As long as he doesn’t get injured
26	Patrik Laine	26	3/20 – You’ve been rewarded if you took a chance
27	Steven Stamkos	NR	4/20 – Would be ready to play soon
28	Mark Scheifele	27	12/19 – A center who is a better points league option
29	Ben Bishop	28	3/20 – Losing starts to Khudobin
30	Johnny Gaudreau	29	1/20 – January an improvement over so-so first half
31	Aleksander Barkov	30	3/20 – Won’t meet last season’s numbers
32	Brayden Point	31	11/19 – Lightning’s slow start affecting Point
33	Victor Hedman	32	3/20 – Day-to-day with lower-body injury
34	Brent Burns	33	12/19 – Numbers across the board are down, especially plus minus
35	Tyler Seguin	34	3/20 – SOG total props up declining scoring numbers
36	Taylor Hall	35	4/20 – Value unchanged with trade
37	Kris Letang	36	12/19 – Back in business again
38	Claude Giroux	37	3/20 – Benefitting from Flyers’ win streak
39	Evander Kane	38	11/19 – Double-digit goals and great peripherals
40	Blake Wheeler	39	12/19 – Age-related decline begun?
41	J.T. Miller	40	3/20 – Now a top-20 scorer at over a point per game
42	Andrei Svechnikov	45	4/20 – Contributes to a ton of roto categories when not scoring
43	Dougie Hamilton	NR	4/20 – Would be ready to play soon
44	Jake Guentzel	NR	4/20 – Would be ready to play soon
45	Gabriel Landeskog	41	3/20 – Not his best season, but top-10 option over past month
46	Connor Hellebuyck	42	12/19 – Exceeded expectations behind Jets depleted D
47	Jordan Binnington	43	12/19 – Picked up where he left off from last season
48	Teuvo Teravainen	44	3/20 – On pace to match last season’s total
49	Alex Pietrangelo	46	1/20 – Important cog on a Blues machine
50	Vladimir Tarasenko	NR	4/20 – Would be ready to play now
51	Erik Karlsson	NR	4/20 – Would be ready to play now
52	Brady Tkachuk	59	1/20 – On pace to be 1st member of 300 HIT/300 SOG club
53	Kyle Connor	56	2/20 – Place on the list for Jets leading scorer long overdue
54	Evgeny Kuznetsov	48	3/20 – On pace for a downturn
55	Jonathan Marchessault	49	3/20 – Propped up by high shot total
56	Frederik Andersen	47	3/20 – Ratios down from previous seasons
57	Keith Yandle	51	12/19 – Continues to be power-play dynamo
58	Carey Price	52	12/19 – Numbers do not reflect an elite goalie
59	Filip Forsberg	53	3/20 – Drop to ranking with more comparable scorers
60	Sean Couturier	54	3/20 – On pace for just under last season’s total
61	Sean Monahan	55	12/19 – Trying to get back on track after slow start
62	Mike Hoffman	58	3/20 – Consistent as they come as a goal scorer
63	Tom Wilson	60	11/19 – Scoring and hitting – what more do you want?
64	Carter Hart	61	3/20 – Benefitting from Flyers’ win streak
65	Cale Makar	62	2/20 – Calder favorite with near point-per-game numbers
66	Quinn Hughes	63	1/20 – Pushing Makar in Calder Trophy race
67	David Perron	64	12/19 – Benefitting from Tarasenko injury
68	Shea Weber	65	3/20 – Return was earlier than expected
69	Anze Kopitar	66	9/19 – Veteran C being drafted well after pick 100 in Yahoo
70	Morgan Rielly	91	3/20 – Returned, but well off last season’s pace
71	Elias Lindholm	68	3/20 – On pace to finish below last season’s total
72	Nicklas Backstrom	50	4/20 – Assist-heavy totals, which are down slightly
73	Drew Doughty	69	3/20 – Still a strong contributor, but dragged down by +/-
74	Torey Krug	70	3/20 – Day-to-day with upper-body injury
75	Rasmus Ristolainen	72	2/20 – Value hurt a little by Buffalo woes
76	Alex DeBrincat	73	3/20 – Scoring down, but strong rebound candidate
77	Jamie Benn	74	3/20 – Hits total, not scoring, keeping him afloat here
78	Marc-Andre Fleury	67	3/20 – Lehner will cut into starts
79	Robin Lehner	78	3/20 – Will battle Fleury for starts
80	Ilya Samsonov	79	2/20 – Wrestling starting job away from struggling Holtby
81	Neal Pionk	80	1/20 – Leaned on heavily and contributing as a result
82	Dylan Larkin	81	12/19 – Not even leading last-place Wings in scoring
83	Darcy Kuemper	82	3/20 – Finally returned from injury
84	Tony DeAngelo	83	3/20 – Top-5 scoring blueliner as of early March
85	Kevin Fiala	84	3/20 – On a tear and shooting a ton
86	Brendan Gallagher	71	4/20 – Shot totals keep him on this list
87	Bryan Rust	86	1/20 – Picking up the scoring slack with injuries
88	Timo Meier	75	3/20 – Decent peripherals, if you don’t include plus/minus
89	Oscar Klefbom	88	2/20 – Showing what he is capable of on PP1
90	Jeff Petry	89	2/20 – Player of interest: Weber injury and trade rumors
91	Shea Theodore	90	2/20 – Already surpassed career best numbers
92	Ryan O’Reilly	57	4/20 – Assist-heavy total brings down ranking
93	Pierre-Luc Dubois	76	3/20 – CBJ offense doesn’t have much else at the moment
94	Jakub Voracek	NR	4/20 – Very similarly ranked to O’Reilly
95	Juuse Saros	99	3/20 – Taken the starting goalie job away from Rinne
96	Brock Boeser	96	3/20 – Returned from rib injury
97	Jacob Markstrom	NR	4/20 – Should be ready to play when season resumes
98	Seth Jones	NR	4/20 – Should be ready to play when season resumes
99	Pavel Francouz	93	3/20 – Filling in admirably for Grubauer
100	Brayden Schenn	100	3/20 – Providing balanced scoring and hit totals

Out	Matt Murray	97	4/20 – Ratios only league average
	Ondrej Palat	87	4/20 – Only 3 points in last 9 games
	Tyson Barrie	92	4/20 – Toronto trade has hurt his value
	Elvis Merzlikins	85	4/20 – Only one win since Feb 7
	Tristan Jarry	77	4/20 – Splitting starts with Murray
	Ryan Strome	94	4/20 – One point in last seven games before pause
	Joonas Korpisalo	95	4/20 – Last handful of starts not very strong
	Dominik Kubalik	98	4/20 – Repeating in 2020-21 will be a tall order

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 05 - 19:11	CAR	vs	PHI
Nov 05 - 19:11	MTL	vs	CGY
Nov 05 - 19:11	BUF	vs	OTT
Nov 05 - 19:11	TOR	vs	BOS
Nov 05 - 19:11	NYI	vs	PIT
Nov 05 - 20:11	MIN	vs	L.A
Nov 05 - 20:11	STL	vs	T.B
Nov 05 - 20:11	WPG	vs	UTA
Nov 05 - 21:11	COL	vs	SEA
Nov 05 - 22:11	ANA	vs	VAN
Nov 05 - 22:11	S.J	vs	CBJ