Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – January 2022

Alexander MacLean

2022-01-25

In this month's cap league skater rankings, I went through and did a full review of players, their numbers in the system, and making sure that I wasn't missing any rookies, free agents, or other. A few risers in the rankings this time around, with Matthew Boldy, Tanner Jeannot, and Joe Veleno making their debuts in the rankings (among others) while we also see the return of injured players such as Jack Eichel, Alex Tuch, and Max Comtois.

Getting Eichel and Comtois back to full form will be huge for some teams, though those teams may be too far behind this season to be able to reap the full benefits. Don't worry, they'll still be key pieces next year.  

One other name to keep an eye on is Alexander Romanov. The Montreal prospect is going to be a key piece of that blueline very soon, and will be a huge asset to fantasy teams that are looking for both points and peripherals.

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.

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.

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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$925,0001462.181
2Jason Robertson22F$795,0001380.402
3Connor McDavid25F$12,500,0005304.804
4Carter Verhaeghe26F$1,000,0001302.5411
5Martin Necas23F$863,3331301.476
6Nick Suzuki22F$863,3331289.057
7Leon Draisaitl26F$8,500,0004288.709
8Alexis Lafreniere20F$925,0002287.973
9Tim Stützle20F$925,0002275.258
10Nathan MacKinnon26F$6,300,0002274.6212
11Quinton Byfield19F$925,0003260.765
12Ty Smith21D$863,3332256.0010
13Jonathan Huberdeau28F$5,900,0002252.6921
14Joshua Norris22F$925,0001250.3623
15Joel Farabee21F$925,0001248.4115
16Anthony DeAngelo26D$1,000,0001245.5632
17Tyson Barrie30D$4,500,0003245.1713
18Trevor Zegras20F$925,0002240.7218
19Roope Hintz25F$3,150,0002237.1420
20Jordan Kyrou23F$2,800,0002233.7133
21Cole Caufield21F$880,8332233.3314
22Jack Hughes20F$925,0001233.3117
23Shea Theodore26D$5,200,0004230.6826
24Troy Terry24F$1,450,0002229.1687
25Tanner Jeannot24F$800,0002227.47NR
26Cale Makar23D$9,000,0006227.2937
27Mikko Rantanen25F$9,250,0004226.6034
28Aleksander Barkov26F$5,900,0001221.6130
29Brad Marchand33F$6,125,0004221.2231
30Dylan Cozens20F$925,0002220.4319
31MacKenzie Weegar28D$3,250,0002219.3438
32Jake Guentzel27F$6,000,0003218.5540
33Mark Scheifele28F$6,125,0003215.3729
34Victor Hedman31D$7,875,0004211.2651
35Nils Hoglander21F$891,6672210.1736
36Nikita Kucherov28F$9,500,0006208.3228
37Keith Yandle35D$900,0001206.9939
38Morgan Rielly27D$5,000,0001204.4760
39Quinn Hughes22D$7,850,0006203.7847
40Matt Boldy20F$880,8332203.25NR
41Alex Newhook20F$908,3332202.0825
42Connor McMichael21F$863,3333201.89113
43David Pastrnak25F$6,666,6662201.4746
44Alex DeBrincat24F$6,400,0002199.7450
45Devon Toews27D$4,100,0003198.8081
46Chandler Stephenson27F$2,750,0003197.5794
47Philip Tomasino20F$863,3333197.51NR
48Jakob Chychrun23D$4,600,0004197.2427
49Moritz Seider20D$863,3333197.0880
50Evan Bouchard22D$863,3332196.1258
51Jamie Drysdale19D$925,0002196.1045
52Adam Boqvist21D$894,1671195.8555
53Cole Sillinger18F$925,0003195.71NR
54John Klingberg29D$4,250,0001195.5649
55Eeli Tolvanen22F$1,450,0003194.6243
56John Carlson32D$8,000,0005194.6152
57Arthur Kaliyev20F$894,1663193.95NR
58J.T. Miller28F$5,250,0002192.5274
59Auston Matthews24F$11,640,2503192.4469
60Elias Lindholm27F$4,850,0003191.4561
61Lucas Raymond19F$925,0003190.8922
62Mika Zibanejad28F$5,350,0001190.8576
63Jason Spezza38F$750,0001190.6478
64Oliver Wahlstrom21F$894,1672190.6124
65Mason Appleton26F$900,0001190.0766
66Kailer Yamamoto23F$1,175,0001189.0635
67Pavel Buchnevich26F$5,800,0004188.77115
68Max Comtois23F$2,037,5002188.64NR
69Sebastian Aho24F$8,460,2503188.2377
70Bryan Rust29F$3,500,0001187.83122
71Marco Rossi20F$925,0003186.7516
72David Perron33F$4,000,0001183.1063
73Yegor Sharangovich23F$2,000,0002183.0862
74Mitch Marner24F$10,903,0004182.9359
75Anthony Duclair26F$3,000,0003182.93136
76William Eklund19F$925,0003182.81NR
77Bowen Byram20D$925,0002182.1748
78Nicolas Hague23D$791,6671181.78110
79Mikhail Sergachev23D$4,800,0002181.3173
80Filip Zadina22F$894,1671181.2641
81Anton Lundell20F$925,0003181.26174
82Kyle Connor25F$7,142,8575181.10107
83Roman Josi31D$9,059,0007180.68165
84Alexandre Carrier25D$733,3332179.99NR
85Charlie McAvoy24D$4,900,0001179.58124
86Jesper Bratt23F$2,750,0001179.57160
87Johnny Gaudreau28F$6,750,0001179.5368
88Ryan Strome28F$4,500,0001179.4792
89Samuel Girard23D$5,000,0006179.4785
90Kris Letang34D$7,250,0001179.2295
91Mason McTavish18F$925,0003178.82NR
92Michael Bunting26F$950,0002178.37137
93Noah Dobson22D$894,1671178.2591
94Brandon Hagel23F$1,500,0003178.19104
95K’Andre Miller22D$925,0002177.2557
96Kirill Kaprizov24F$9,000,0005176.09123
97Dougie Hamilton28D$9,000,0007175.5879
98Gabriel Landeskog29F$7,000,0008175.35117
99Jesse Puljujarvi23F$1,175,0001174.75133
100Denis Gurianov24F$2,550,0001174.5975
101Artemi Panarin30F$11,642,8575172.7293
102Colin Blackwell28F$725,0001172.39162
103William Nylander25F$6,962,3663172.14185
104Nikolaj Ehlers25F$6,000,0004171.7084
105Joe Veleno22F$894,1672171.44NR
106Seth Jarvis19F$894,166.003171.12NR
107Yegor Chinakhov20F$925,0002171.11NR
108Oliver Bjorkstrand26F$5,400,0005170.88101
109Tomas Hertl28F$5,625,0001170.07100
110Tage Thompson24F$1,400,0002169.49NR
111Erik Brannstrom22D$863,3331168.1390
112Mark Stone29F$9,500,0006167.71103
113Jack Roslovic24F$1,838,3621167.2656
114Nazem Kadri31F$4,500,0001166.76NR
115Darnell Nurse26D$5,600,0001166.5597
116Brayden Point25F$6,750,0001165.82120
117Ryan Nugent-Hopkins28F$5,125,0008165.64109
118Brock Boeser24F$5,875,0001165.4589
119Mike Reilly28D$3,000,0003165.20NR
120Aaron Ekblad25D$7,500,0004164.34179
121Tyler Toffoli29F$4,250,0003163.79112
122Andre Burakovsky26F$4,900,0001163.72148
123Drake Batherson23F$4,975,0006163.70186
124Nolan Patrick23F$1,200,0002163.68NR
125Andrew Mangiapane26F$2,425,0001163.12150
126Dawson Mercer20F$894,1663163.01NR
127Torey Krug30D$6,500,0006162.88127
128Teuvo Teravainen27F$5,400,0003162.58134
129Kaapo Kakko20F$925,0001162.3354
130Rasmus Dahlin21D$6,000,0003162.24126
131Logan O’Connor25F$725,0001162.09NR
132Patrick Kane33F$10,500,0002161.6499
133Ryan Hartman27F$1,700,0003161.47NR
134Sonny Milano25F$1,700,0001161.19NR
135Robert Thomas22F$2,800,0002161.04152
136Thomas Chabot24D$8,000,0007160.8553
137Jonathan Marchessault31F$5,000,0003160.53132
138Timo Meier25F$6,000,0002160.13NR
139Neal Pionk26D$5,850,0004159.53129
140Sam Reinhart26F$6,500,0003159.31188
141Ross Colton25F$1,125,0002159.29182
142Mathew Barzal24F$7,000,0002157.65NR
143Seth Jones27D$5,400,0001157.56192
144Sean Couturier29F$4,333,3331157.08106
145Alexandre Texier22F$1,525,0002156.71128
146Ondrej Palat30F$5,300,0001156.71145
147Jack Eichel25F$10,000,0005156.59NR
148Ryan O’Reilly30F$7,500,0002156.30NR
149Conor Garland25F$4,950,0005156.17144
150Shayne Gostisbehere28D$4,500,0002156.07NR
151Kevin Fiala25F$5,100,0001156.03102
152Oliver Kylington24D$750,0001155.80NR
153Adrian Kempe25F$2,000,0001155.58194
154Mario Ferraro23D$925,0001155.44149
155Alexander Romanov22D$925,0002155.37NR
156Andrei Svechnikov21F$7,750,0008154.96159
157Gustav Forsling25D$2,666,6673154.10NR
158Filip Hronek24D$4,400,0003153.76NR
159Dylan Coghlan23D$762,5002153.54NR
160Andrew Copp27F$3,640,0001153.14NR
161Alex Barre-Boulet24F$758,3333152.99172
162Nicolas Roy24F$750,0001152.9898
163Kasperi Kapanen25F$3,200,0001152.66NR
164Cole Perfetti20F$894,1663151.81130
165Sidney Crosby34F$8,700,0004151.74NR
166Mathieu Joseph24F$737,5001151.66138
167Kirby Dach21F$925,0001151.4164
168Corey Perry36F$1,000,0002150.4772
169Daniel Sprong24F$725,0001149.66NR
170Victor Olofsson26F$3,050,0001149.4865
171Matt Grzelcyk28D$3,687,5003149.23156
172Matthew Tkachuk24F$7,000,0001149.03NR
173Sam Bennett25F$4,425,0004149.00141
174Alex Killorn32F$4,450,0002148.73187
175Travis Konecny24F$5,500,0004147.77NR
176Steven Stamkos31F$8,500,0003146.96135
177Jared McCann25F$2,940,0001146.76NR
178Ryan Donato25F$750,0001146.7483
179Pavel Zacha24F$2,250,0001145.82NR
180Dominik Kubalík26F$3,700,0001145.7767
181Max Pacioretty33F$7,000,0002145.09140
182Calle Jarnkrok30F$2,000,0001145.00NR
183Jordan Greenway24F$2,100,0001144.92178
184Miro Heiskanen22D$8,450,0008144.87139
185Zach Werenski24D$5,000,0001144.53NR
186Bo Horvat26F$5,500,0002144.45131
187Taylor Raddysh23F$758,3333143.74184
188Zach Whitecloud25D$725,0001143.62NR
189Alexander Barabanov27F$1,000,0001143.25NR
190Joe Pavelski37F$7,000,0001142.75119
191Andreas Athanasiou27F$2,700,0001142.63NR
192Brett Pesce27D$4,025,0003142.43NR
193Conor Sheary29F$1,500,0002141.96NR
194Juuso Valimaki23D$1,550,0002141.91199
195Vincent Trocheck29F$4,750,0001141.53NR
196Eric Robinson26F$975,0001141.09NR
197Alex Tuch25F$4,750,0005140.31NR
198Mikael Granlund29F$5,000,0004140.01NR
199Evgeni Malkin35F$9,500,0001139.63NR
200Filip Forsberg27F$6,000,0001139.48NR

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