Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – September 2021

Alexander MacLean

2021-09-25

In this month's cap league skater rankings, the 2020 draft class continues to dominate the top-10 with their remaining term at a bargain price. New contracts to Anthony DeAngelo (although still a risky option), Eeli Tolvanen, Nolan Patrick, and Kailer Yamamoto, sees them as the biggest risers. Also re-signed to a fair contract was Rasmus Dahlin, but it did drop him down the rankings from the last list as he came in a bit above projected. An offer sheet for Jesperi Kotkaniemi and a formula correction on Justin Holl dropped them down the list.

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There remain a few high-profile RFAs, including Brady Tkachuk, and a pair of Canucks. It sounds as though all three may end up around the three-to-five-year range, which would likely put them closer to Dahlin's number than to Kirill Kaprizov's.

One name that may climb a lot higher by the time the next edition comes out in November is Arthur Kaliyev. The Kings' winger is brimming with offensive potential on a team that is lacking an elite trigger-man on the power play. He has NHL size, and his offensive instincts are already above-average for the show. He should make the team this fall, so this is your last warning on the buy-low window.

Standard pre-rankings note:

This isn't meant to be a be-all and end-all rating system for you to use without thinking and just trade your players for anyone above them on the list that you can find, but used with some foresight for managing salaries, I'm hoping that the list can help you mine value in trades, and at the draft table.

The assumed league setup is for points-only leagues, with a salary allotment of approximately $73 million per team (10% of the NHL's $81.5 million being allocated for goalies), for 12 forwards and six defencemen per roster, amongst a range from eight to 14 teams (completely covered by the top 200 list). Cap hit is used for the player cost, so if your league uses salary or AAV, please account for that, as it can greatly change the impact of rookies. The rankings are set up so as to provide the most value in the current season, while providing some value in future years, based on modeling for predicted salary increases and production growth.

For those of you with variations from this setup, whether in terms of number of teams, salary space, roster positions, or scoring categories, you can make your own personal tweaks to move players up or down as necessary. This list is made to be a baseline guide for player evaluation, and to promote discussion and understanding of how to optimize rosters in a cap league setting.

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If you note a mistake, or have any further questions about the ranking system, please let me know. You can find me on Twitter here @alexdmaclean.

I'm not perfect, and the rankings won't be either. Comments help with optimizing the values.

We're sticking with the +/- 5.0 rating that Dobber uses on all of his rating schemes as the range for approximately equivalent value. The skater and goalie rankings are synched so that the value of a skater against a goalie can be compared, though the scale of the ratings has changed a little since the last update.

All salary info is courtesy of capfriendly. Without further ado, the rankings:

RankNameAgePosCap HitYrsRatingPrev Rank
1Adam Fox23D$925,0001315.731
2Jason Robertson22F$795,0001271.752
3Alexis Lafreniere19F$925,0002245.913
4Connor McDavid24F$12,500,0005236.074
5Quinton Byfield19F$925,0003236.077
6Martin Necas22F$863,3331233.645
7Nick Suzuki22F$863,3331229.616
8Tim Stützle19F$925,0002222.088
9Leon Draisaitl26F$8,500,0004215.139
10Ty Smith21D$863,3332212.4410
11Carter Verhaeghe26F$1,000,0001207.6111
12Nathan MacKinnon26F$6,300,0002206.6212
13Tyson Barrie30D$4,500,0003202.5814
14Cole Caufield20F$880,8332201.5413
15Joel Farabee21F$925,0001195.5115
16Marco Rossi19F$925,0003186.7516
17Jack Hughes20F$925,0001185.7718
18Trevor Zegras20F$925,0002185.5817
19Dylan Cozens20F$925,0002181.6719
20Roope Hintz24F$3,150,0002180.9432
21Jonathan Huberdeau28F$5,900,0002179.2620
22Lucas Raymond19F$925,0003178.6821
23Joshua Norris22F$925,0001177.5123
24Oliver Wahlstrom21F$894,1672175.1222
25Alex Newhook20F$908,3332172.6725
26Shea Theodore26D$5,200,0004172.6124
27Jakob Chychrun23D$4,600,0004171.9226
28Nikita Kucherov28F$9,500,0006171.2527
29Mark Scheifele28F$6,125,0003171.2329
30Aleksander Barkov26F$5,900,0001168.0435
31Brad Marchand33F$6,125,0004167.6530
32Anthony DeAngelo25D$1,000,0001166.74109
33Jordan Kyrou23F$2,800,0002165.6933
34Mikko Rantanen24F$9,250,0004165.1531
35Kailer Yamamoto22F$1,175,0001164.22162
36Nils Hoglander20F$891,6672163.9428
37Cale Makar22D$9,000,0006163.8838
38MacKenzie Weegar27D$3,250,0002163.5034
39Keith Yandle35D$900,0001162.4756
40Jake Guentzel26F$6,000,0003161.9336
41Filip Zadina21F$894,1671161.4537
42Max Comtois22F$2,037,5002159.9457
43Eeli Tolvanen22F$1,450,0003159.46132
44Nicholas Robertson20F$821,6673159.0139
45Jamie Drysdale19D$925,0002156.1142
46David Pastrnak25F$6,666,6662155.2240
47Quinn Hughes21D0155.1644
48Bowen Byram20D$925,0002155.0145
49John Klingberg29D$4,250,0001154.3341
50Alex DeBrincat23F$6,400,0002153.3847
51Victor Hedman30D$7,875,0004151.9048
52John Carlson31D$8,000,0005151.7046
53Cole Perfetti19F$894,1663151.4849
54Kaapo Kakko20F$925,0001151.4650
55Adam Boqvist21D$894,1671150.5552
56Jack Roslovic24F$1,838,3621149.0051
57K’Andre Miller21D$925,0002148.0153
58Evan Bouchard21D$863,3332147.5455
59Mitch Marner24F$10,903,0004146.7958
60Morgan Rielly27D$5,000,0001146.1760
61Elias Lindholm26F$4,850,0003145.6359
62Yegor Sharangovich23F$2,000,0002145.6174
63David Perron33F$4,000,0001145.4265
64Mathieu Joseph24F$737,5001144.3363
65Daniel Sprong24F$725,0001144.1464
66Mason Appleton25F$900,0001143.6267
67Pavel Zacha24F$2,250,0001143.5468
68Johnny Gaudreau28F$6,750,0001143.2466
69Auston Matthews24F$11,640,2503143.2469
70Morgan Frost22F$863,3331141.7470
71Nolan Patrick23F$1,200,0002141.57191
72Kirby Dach20F$925,0001140.0272
73Mikhail Sergachev23D$4,800,0002139.7473
74J.T. Miller28F$5,250,0002139.4875
75Denis Gurianov24F$2,550,0001139.1576
76Mika Zibanejad28F$5,350,0001138.8771
77Sebastian Aho24F$8,460,2503138.1778
78Jason Spezza38F$750,0001138.1177
79Dougie Hamilton28D$9,000,0007137.9086
80Moritz Seider20D$863,3333137.5679
81Devon Toews27D$4,100,0003136.6680
82Gabriel Vilardi22F$894,1671136.4384
83Jared McCann25F$2,940,0001136.4081
84Nikolaj Ehlers25F$6,000,0004135.9185
85Samuel Girard23D$5,000,0006135.9083
86Mike Reilly28D$3,000,0003135.7561
87Troy Terry24F$1,450,0002134.1887
88Conor Timmins23D$850,0002134.11NR
89Brock Boeser24F$5,875,0001133.9892
90Erik Brannstrom22D$863,3331132.9396
91Noah Dobson21D$894,1671132.4390
92Ryan Strome28F$4,500,0001132.3998
93Artemi Panarin29F$11,642,8575132.2793
94Chandler Stephenson27F$2,750,0003132.2494
95Kris Letang34D$7,250,0001131.8897
96Alexander Romanov21D$925,0002131.5488
97Darnell Nurse26D$5,600,0001131.4389
98Alex Barre-Boulet24F$758,3333131.40130
99Patrick Kane32F$10,500,0002131.20101
100Tomas Hertl27F$5,625,0001131.03104
101Oliver Bjorkstrand26F$5,400,0005130.7599
102Kevin Fiala25F$5,100,0001130.5895
103Mark Stone29F$9,500,0006130.14108
104Brandon Hagel23F$1,500,0003129.85121
105Vitali Kravtsov21F$925,0001129.78106
106Sean Couturier28F$4,333,3331129.76115
107Kyle Connor24F$7,142,8575129.27103
108Nicolas Beaudin21D$863,3332129.17107
109Ryan Nugent-Hopkins28F$5,125,0008129.07102
110Nicolas Hague22D$791,6671128.59110
111Cody Glass22F$863,3331127.80112
112Tyler Toffoli29F$4,250,0003127.30114
113Connor McMichael20F$863,3333126.96116
114Jeff Petry33D$6,250,0004126.72118
115Pavel Buchnevich26F$5,800,0004126.61126
116Alexander Holtz19F$925,0003126.57119
117Gabriel Landeskog28F$7,000,0008126.45172
118Ross Colton25F$1,125,0002125.98181
119Thomas Chabot23D$8,000,0007125.95120
120Brayden Point25F$6,750,0001125.59105
121Rasmus Sandin21D$894,1671125.05123
122Bryan Rust29F$3,500,0001124.84124
123Kirill Kaprizov24F$9,000,0005124.4662
124Charlie McAvoy23D$4,900,0001124.29127
125Grigori Denisenko21F$925,0002124.07128
126Rasmus Dahlin21D$6,000,0003123.9282
127Torey Krug30D$6,500,0006123.77129
128Mathew Barzal24F$7,000,0002123.74122
129Neal Pionk26D$5,850,0004123.51113
130Kasperi Kapanen25F$3,200,0001123.51131
131Alexandre Texier22F$1,525,0002122.63NR
132Jonathan Marchessault30F$5,000,0003122.43148
133Jesse Puljujarvi23F$1,175,0001122.09136
134Teuvo Teravainen27F$5,400,0003122.09134
135Juuso Valimaki22D$1,550,0002121.73NR
136Anthony Duclair26F$3,000,0003121.61137
137Michael Bunting26F$950,0002121.61173
138Sidney Crosby34F$8,700,0004121.59111
139Jordan Greenway24F$2,100,0001121.48138
140Dominik Kubalík26F$3,700,0001121.24139
141Matthew Tkachuk23F$7,000,0001121.06135
142Ryan O’Reilly30F$7,500,0002120.93141
143David Farrance22D$925,0001120.07142
144Conor Garland25F$4,950,0005120.05133
145Ondrej Palat30F$5,300,0001119.63150
146Shane Pinto20F$925,0002119.25145
147Max Pacioretty32F$7,000,0002118.99151
148Andre Burakovsky26F$4,900,0001118.88146
149Mario Ferraro23D$925,0001118.69155
150Andrew Mangiapane25F$2,425,0001118.54147
151Jakub Vrana25F$5,250,0003118.47117
152Robert Thomas22F$2,800,0002118.39179
153Elias Pettersson22F0117.97143
154Eric Robinson26F$975,0001117.85152
155Morgan Geekie23F$750,0001117.66NR
156Victor Olofsson26F$3,050,0001117.65153
157Thomas Harley20D$863,3333117.62NR
158Travis Konecny24F$5,500,0004117.46154
159Andrei Svechnikov21F$7,750,0008117.17144
160Jesper Bratt23F$2,750,0001117.01140
161Matt Grzelcyk27D$3,687,5003116.68159
162Colin Blackwell28F$725,0001116.62160
163Liam Foudy21F$863,3332116.11161
164Kale Clague23D$761,2501116.03164
165Roman Josi31D$9,059,0007115.76171
166Pierre-Olivier Joseph22D$863,3331115.56163
167Barrett Hayton21F$894,1671115.42165
168Craig Smith32F$3,100,0002114.67166
169Anders Bjork25F$1,600,0002114.32197
170Joel Kiviranta25F$1,050,0002114.15168
171Filip Chytil22F$2,300,0002113.83NR
172Andrew Copp27F$3,640,0001113.35NR
173Brady Tkachuk22F0113.33NR
174Anton Lundell19F$925,0003113.08170
175Owen Tippett22F$863,3331113.06174
176Anthony Beauvillier24F$4,150,0003112.71175
177Alexander Radulov35F$6,250,0001112.59125
178Calle Jarnkrok29F$2,000,0001111.98178
179Vincent Trocheck28F$4,750,0001111.97192
180Justin Schultz31D$4,000,0001111.87182
181Sam Bennett25F$4,425,0004111.83183
182Filip Hronek23D$4,400,0003111.73NR
183Justin Holl29D$2,000,0002111.7054
184Bo Horvat26F$5,500,0002111.66177
185William Nylander25F$6,962,3663111.62184
186Drake Batherson23F$4,975,0006111.51186
187Jesperi Kotkaniemi22F   $6,000,0001111.0843
188Sam Reinhart25F$6,500,0003111.05188
189Miro Heiskanen22D$8,450,0008110.93NR
190Peyton Krebs20F$863,3333110.89190
191Arthur Kaliyev20F$894,1663110.56NR
192Seth Jones26D$5,400,0001110.15167
193Jack Studnicka22F$769,1671110.07185
194Aaron Ekblad25D$7,500,0004109.96193
195Jake Bean23D$2,333,3333109.80196
196Jaret Anderson-Dolan22F$747,5001109.54195
197Brett Pesce26D$4,025,0003108.71199
198Matthew Boldy20F$880,8333108.65200
199Filip Forsberg27F$6,000,0001108.63NR
200Kyle Capobianco24F$775,0001108.48NR

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