Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – August 2022

Dobber

2022-08-04

Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – August edition!

ANNOUNCEMENT: The 17th (!) Annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is NOW OUT. This thing sells itself, I don’t have to sell you on it. If you want to keep up with the other GMs in your league, simply pick it up here (immediate download).

And speaking of awesome fantasy guides, these rankings reflect those projections, upsides and 3YP estimates. A full audit of every player, so you will see a lot of movement here. Furthermore – the 2022 draftees are in!

As always, players ranked between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and would depend on your league’s specific format, your team needs and your personal preference.

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Aug	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Jul	Jun	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		434.3	1	1	0
2	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		289.8	2	2	0
3	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		249.2	3	3	0
4	Jonathan Huberdeau	CGY		231.6	5	5	1
5	Auston Matthews	TOR		229.0	7	7	2
6	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN		222.9	6	6	0
7	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		220.5	4	4	-3
8	Mitchell Marner	TOR		202.6	8	8	0
9	Johnny Gaudreau	CBJ		202.4	9	9	0
10	Artemi Panarin	NYR		202.4	10	10	0
11	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		178.7	14	14	3
12	Mikko Rantanen	COL		176.3	11	11	-1
13	Kyle Connor	WPG		167.0	22	22	9
14	Cale Makar	COL	y	166.0	13	13	-1
15	J.T. Miller	VAN		165.5	19	19	4
16	Matthew Tkachuk	FLA		161.9	15	15	-1
17	David Pastrnak	BOS		155.5	12	12	-5
18	Alex DeBrincat	OTT		151.5	25	25	7
19	Sebastian Aho	CAR		150.8	21	21	2
20	Patrick Kane	CHI		149.6	16	16	-4
21	Mark Scheifele	WPG		147.6	20	20	-1
22	Steven Stamkos	TBL		142.2	17	17	-5
23	Sidney Crosby	PIT		141.4	28	28	5
24	Jason Robertson	DAL		140.1	24	24	0
25	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR		138.7	38	38	13
26	Jake Guentzel	PIT		137.4	26	26	0
27	Jack Eichel	VGK		137.0	18	18	-9
28	Kevin Fiala	LAK		135.7	30	32	2
29	Roman Josi	NSH	y	133.7	36	37	7
30	Jack Hughes	NJD		133.1	39	39	9
31	Elias Pettersson	VAN		130.2	31	31	0
32	Adam Fox	NYR	y	130.1	33	34	1
33	Elias Lindholm	CGY		129.6	29	29	-4
34	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		129.0	23	23	-11
35	John Tavares	TOR		128.9	34	35	-1
36	Sam Reinhart	FLA		128.2	32	33	-4
37	William Nylander	TOR		120.0	42	42	5
38	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		118.9	35	36	-3
39	Jesper Bratt	NJD		117.3	45	45	6
40	Clayton Keller	ARI		117.0	52	52	12
41	Timo Meier	SJS		116.8	41	41	0
42	Mathew Barzal	NYI		116.6	56	56	14
43	Robert Thomas	STL		116.6	57	57	14
44	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		115.8	43	43	-1
45	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG		115.0	46	46	1
46	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	114.6	47	48	1
47	Brayden Point	TBL		114.0	27	27	-20
48	Pavel Buchnevich	STL		112.7	62	62	14
49	Jordan Kyrou	STL		111.5	54	54	5
50	Patrik Laine	CBJ		110.7	90	91	40
51	Filip Forsberg	NSH		110.2	53	53	2
52	Brady Tkachuk	OTT		109.3	80	81	28
53	Brad Marchand	BOS		108.3	37	30	-16
54	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	107.4	59	59	5
55	Cole Caufield	MON		107.1	63	63	8
56	Quinn Hughes	VAN	y	106.1	69	68	13
57	Anze Kopitar	LAK		104.3	65	69	8
58	Tim Stutzle	OTT		103.8	67	66	9
59	Dylan Larkin	DET		103.6	51	51	-8
60	Lucas Raymond	DET		103.6	49	50	-11
61	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL		103.5	48	49	-13
62	John Carlson	WAS	y	102.9	58	58	-4
63	Alexis Lafreniere	NYR		102.9	50	47	-13
64	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR		102.8	44	44	-20
65	Nick Suzuki	MON		102.0	84	85	19
66	Nazem Kadri	UFA		100.6	55	55	-11
67	Roope Hintz	DAL		100.3	60	60	-7
68	Mark Stone	VGK		98.5	40	40	-28
69	Drake Batherson	OTT		98.5	87	88	18
70	Jonathan Marchessault	VGK		97.4	73	73	3
71	Josh Norris	OTT		97.0	89	90	18
72	Trevor Zegras	ANA		96.6	61	61	-11
73	Mats Zuccarello	MIN		95.1	97	98	24
74	Tage Thompson	BUF		94.7	76	76	2
75	Anton Lundell	FLA		94.0	68	67	-7
76	David Perron	DET		92.4	75	75	-1
77	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WAS		92.2	66	65	-11
78	Chris Kreider	NYR		92.1	91	92	13
79	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	90.8	78	78	-1
80	Matt Duchene	NSH		90.6	81	82	1
81	Tyler Seguin	DAL		90.0	64	64	-17
82	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		89.4	70	70	-12
83	Ryan O’Reilly	STL		87.6	83	84	0
84	Tomas Hertl	SJS		86.9	72	72	-12
85	Oliver Bjorkstrand	SEA		86.1	74	74	-11
86	Matt Boldy	MIN		86.0	114	113	28
87	Shea Theodore	VGK	y	85.5	92	93	5
88	Pierre-Luc Dubois	WPG		84.8	77	77	-11
89	Devon Toews	COL	y	83.8	111	111	22
90	Claude Giroux	OTT		83.7	82	83	-8
91	Conor Garland	VAN		83.6	125	124	34
92	Joe Pavelski	DAL		83.4	104	105	12
93	Brock Boeser	VAN		83.2	79	80	-14
94	Carter Verhaeghe	FLA		82.5	128	128	34
95	Sean Couturier	PHI		82.0	86	87	-9
96	Evander Kane	EDM		81.4	120	118	24
97	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	y	81.3	98	99	1
98	Seth Jarvis	CAR		81.2	124	150	26
99	Nick Schmaltz	ARI		80.4	123	123	24
100	Michael Bunting	TOR		79.6	101	102	1
101	Jakub Vrana	DET		79.0	71	71	-30
102	Blake Wheeler	WPG		78.2	95	96	-7
103	Bo Horvat	VAN		78.1	99	100	-4
104	Bryan Rust	PIT		77.7	93	94	-11
105	Thomas Chabot	OTT	y	77.5	118	116	13
106	Nico Hischier	NJD		77.2	88	89	-18
107	Tony DeAngelo	PHI	y	76.6	108	108	1
108	Jack Roslovic	CBJ		75.9	148	148	40
109	Vincent Trocheck	NYR		75.8	141	140	32
110	Moritz Seider	DET	y	75.6	112	112	2
111	Chandler Stephenson	VGK		75.6	109	109	-2
112	Max Pacioretty	CAR		75.5	85	86	-27
113	Tyler Bertuzzi	DET		75.2	103	104	-10
114	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	y	74.5	136	135	22
115	Travis Konecny	PHI		74.2	96	97	-19
116	Ryan Hartman	MIN		73.5	185	188	69
117	Tyler Toffoli	CGY		73.2	126	126	9
118	Kris Letang	PIT	y	72.4	132	132	14
119	Matty Beniers	SEA		71.9	113	125	-6
120	Sam Bennett	FLA		71.8	152	154	32
121	Valeri Nichushkin	COL		71.6	149	149	28
122	Troy Terry	ANA		71.0	94	95	-28
123	Zach Werenski	CBJ	y	70.9	140	139	17
124	Kailer Yamamoto	EDM		70.0	117	152	-7
125	Kaapo Kakko	NYR		69.7	134	134	9
126	Brayden Schenn	STL		69.4	129	129	3
127	Martin Necas	CAR		69.3	139	138	12
128	Ryan Strome	ANA		69.0	105	106	-23
129	Jared McCann	SEA		68.9	142	142	13
130	Mikael Granlund	NSH		68.8	119	117	-11
131	Evan Bouchard	EDM	y	68.7	176	178	45
132	Taylor Hall	BOS		68.2	106	107	-26
133	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		67.8	102	103	-31
134	Andre Burakovsky	SEA		67.6	100	101	-34
135	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM		66.3	131	131	-4
136	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY		65.3	127	127	-9
137	Andrew Copp	DET		65.1	137	136	0
138	Adrian Kempe	LAK		64.1	166	179	28
139	Philip Tomasino	NSH		63.5	162	163	23
140	Jakub Voracek	CBJ		63.4	115	114	-25
141	Marco Rossi	MIN		62.7	196	198	55
142	Brock Nelson	NYI		62.0	147	147	5
143	Viktor Arvidsson	LAK		61.8	146	153	3
144	Dylan Cozens	BUF		61.1	151	176	7
145	Dylan Strome	WAS		60.3	133	133	-12
146	Pavel Zacha	BOS		60.2	175	175	29
147	Alex Killorn	TBL		60.1	122	122	-25
148	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI		58.8	160	161	12
149	Logan Couture	SJS		58.5	110	110	-39
150	Brandon Hagel	TBL		58.3	171	172	21
151	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	58.0	155	167	4
152	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	y	57.8	116	115	-36
153	Noah Dobson	NYI	y	57.7	208	207	55
154	Alex Newhook	COL		57.4	184	187	30
155	Seth Jones	CHI	y	57.3	121	121	-34
156	Jeff Skinner	BUF		56.7	173	173	17
157	Torey Krug	STL	y	55.6	157	158	0
158	Alex Tuch	BUF		55.2	130	130	-28
159	John Klingberg	ANA	y	54.4	145	146	-14
160	Dawson Mercer	NJD		54.4	163	164	3
161	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		53.9	170	171	9
162	Victor Olofsson	BUF		53.1	181	184	19
163	Ryan Johansen	NSH		53.0	138	137	-25
164	Cam Atkinson	PHI		52.8	143	143	-21
165	Trevor Moore	LAK		52.7	205	219	40
166	Cole Perfetti	WPG		52.5	178	181	12
167	Zach Hyman	EDM		51.9	164	165	-3
168	Rickard Rakell	PIT		51.6	156	157	-12
169	Yegor Sharangovich	NJD		51.5	169	170	0
170	Dominik Kubalik	DET		51.0	220	218	50
171	Yanni Gourde	SEA		50.2	180	183	9
172	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	y	49.3	194	141	22
173	Tyson Barrie	EDM	y	49.3	212	212	39
174	Anders Lee	NYI		49.1	177	180	3
175	Peyton Krebs	BUF		48.7	150	151	-25
176	Alexander Holtz	NJD		47.9	216	224	40
177	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	CAR		47.5	192	195	15
178	Quinton Byfield	LAK		47.4	186	189	8
179	Patrice Bergeron	UFA		46.2	189	192	10
180	Max Domi	CHI		46.0	213	213	33
181	Ondrej Palat	NJD		46.0	183	186	2
182	Connor McMichael	WAS		45.9	179	182	-3
183	Casey Mittelstadt	BUF		45.6	167	168	-16
184	Cole Sillinger	CBJ		45.2	228	227	44
185	Jonathan Toews	CHI		45.1	188	191	3
186	Kirby Dach	MON		44.9	158	159	-28
187	Kent Johnson	CBJ		44.8	202	209	15
188	Christian Dvorak	MON		44.3	159	160	-29
189	Ivan Barbashev	STL		44.2	144	145	-45
190	Samuel Girard	COL	y	44.1	187	190	-3
191	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	y	44.1	236	235	45
192	Jake DeBrusk	BOS		44.0	261	260	69
193	William Karlsson	VGK		43.5	168	169	-25
194	Ilya Mikheyev	VAN		42.7	197	199	3
195	Darnell Nurse	EDM	y	42.1	210	210	15
196	Brent Burns	CAR	y	41.9	251	248	55
197	Noah Hanifin	CGY	y	41.2	222	220	25
198	Jordan Greenway	MIN		41.1	263	263	65
199	Anthony Mantha	WAS		40.9	154	156	-45
200	Erik Karlsson	SJS	y	40.9	174	174	-26
201	William Eklund	SJS		40.8	172	177	-29
202	Connor Brown	WAS		40.7	223	221	21
203	Eeli Tolvanen	NSH		40.0	211	211	8
204	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	y	39.2	232	232	28
205	Reilly Smith	VGK		39.1	161	162	-44
206	Joel Farabee	PHI		38.3	135	120	-71
207	Oliver Wahlstrom	NYI		38.1	235	261	28
208	Damon Severson	NJD	y	38.0	269	268	61
209	Alexander Kerfoot	TOR		37.9	200	202	-9
210	Filip Chytil	NYR		37.8	262	262	52
211	Jonathan Drouin	MON		37.7	224	222	13
212	Evan Rodrigues	UFA		37.6	191	194	-21
213	Ivan Provorov	PHI	y	37.5	226	225	13
214	Phillip Danault	LAK		37.4	221	229	7
215	Kevin Hayes	PHI		37.0	204	205	-11
216	Gustav Forsling	FLA	y	36.7	288	287	72
217	Filip Hronek	DET	y	36.3	217	215	0
218	Morgan Frost	PHI		36.0	218	216	0
219	Kevin Labanc	SJS		35.8	209	208	-10
220	Mason McTavish	ANA		35.6	303	300	83
221	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	y	35.5	203	204	-18
222	Barrett Hayton	ARI		35.3	250	247	28
223	Anthony Duclair	FLA		35.1	207	119	-16
224	Jordan Eberle	SEA		34.6	193	196	-31
225	Phil Kessel	UFA		34.5	230	230	5
226	Mike Hoffman	MON		34.3	253	250	27
227	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	y	34.0	195	197	-32
228	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	y	33.9	258	257	30
229	Anthony Cirelli	TBL		33.8	153	155	-76
230	Dillon Dube	CGY		33.7	229	228	-1
231	James van Riemsdyk	PHI		33.7	225	223	-6
232	Logan Cooley	ARI		33.6	NR	NR	NEW
233	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	y	33.2	239	238	6
234	Denis Gurianov	DAL		33.2	199	201	-35
235	Josh Morrissey	WPG	y	33.2	259	258	24
236	Juraj Slafkovsky	MON		32.9	NR	NR	NEW
237	Jack Quinn	BUF		32.8	277	281	40
238	Mathieu Joseph	OTT		32.7	165	166	-73
239	Vasily Podkolzin	VAN		32.6	237	236	-2
240	Arthur Kaliyev	LAK		32.4	247	244	7
241	Nicolas Roy	VGK		30.8	244	241	3
242	Kasperi Kapanen	PIT		30.7	249	246	7
243	Brandon Saad	STL		30.6	245	242	2
244	Max Comtois	ANA		30.5	227	226	-17
245	Jaden Schwartz	SEA		30.3	182	185	-63
246	Shane Wright	SEA		30.1	NR	NR	NEW
247	Alexandre Texier	CBJ		30.0	282	278	35
248	Filip Zadina	DET		29.8	198	200	-50
249	Nino Niederreiter	NSH		29.7	284	282	35
250	Mavrik Bourque	DAL		29.7	291	290	41
251	Jamie Benn	DAL		29.6	233	233	-18
252	Josh Bailey	NYI		29.6	272	271	20
253	Pierre Engvall	TOR		29.6	270	269	17
254	Shayne Gostisbehere	ARI	y	29.1	265	264	11
255	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	y	29.0	248	245	-7
256	Jakob Pelletier	CGY		28.9	274	279	18
257	Nils Hoglander	VAN		28.8	206	206	-51
258	Mason Marchment	DAL		28.4	214	214	-44
259	Artturi Lehkonen	COL		28.3	289	288	30
260	Bowen Byram	COL	y	28.3	267	266	7
261	Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	y	28.1	240	239	-21
262	Thomas Bordeleau	SJS		27.8	334	330	72
263	Gustav Nyquist	CBJ		27.8	190	193	-73
264	Charlie Coyle	BOS		27.7	255	253	-9
265	Conor Sheary	WAS		27.5	352	352	87
266	Jonatan Berggren	DET		27.4	283	289	17
267	Tanner Jeannot	NSH		27.2	256	254	-11
268	Scott Perunovich	STL	y	27.2	276	274	8
269	Dylan Guenther	ARI		27.0	286	293	17
270	Tom Wilson	WAS		26.8	215	144	-55
271	Hendrix Lapierre	WAS		26.8	290	280	19
272	Frank Vatrano	ANA		26.8	278	275	6
273	Neal Pionk	WPG	y	26.6	219	217	-54
274	Andreas Athanasiou	CHI		26.5	246	243	-28
275	Nathan Smith	ARI		25.9	332	329	57
276	Brendan Brisson	VGK		25.9	314	325	38
277	Jonathan Dahlen	UFA		25.7	238	237	-39
278	Jacob Trouba	NYR	y	25.3	243	240	-35
279	Rudolfs Balcers	FLA		25.3	401	405	122
280	Colin Blackwell	CHI		25.2	428	428	148
281	Colin White	FLA		25.2	231	231	-50
282	Ross Colton	TBL		24.9	300	296	18
283	Nicholas Paul	TBL		24.9	295	409	12
284	Xavier Bourgault	EDM		24.9	322	319	38
285	Philipp Kurashev	CHI		24.8	311	309	26
286	Alex Turcotte	LAK		24.8	297	298	11
287	Brendan Gallagher	MON		23.9	201	203	-86
288	Owen Tippett	PHI		23.4	254	251	-34
289	Owen Power	BUF	y	23.2	292	285	3
290	Taylor Raddysh	CHI		23.0	306	302	16
291	Mikael Backlund	CGY		23.0	287	286	-4
292	Lawson Crouse	ARI		22.9	305	301	13
293	Alex Iafallo	LAK		22.9	242	256	-51
294	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		22.6	107	79	-187
295	Nicholas Robertson	TOR		22.5	315	313	20
296	Dylan Holloway	EDM		22.5	310	307	14
297	Connor Zary	CGY		22.5	349	348	52
298	Frank Nazar	CHI		22.5	NR	NR	NEW
299	Danton Heinen	PIT		22.4	326	321	27
300	Alexander Barabanov	SJS		22.3	268	267	-32


Aug	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Jul	Jun	Change
579	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA		2.6	342	342	-237
537	Ondrej Kase	CAR		5.1	301	297	-236
482	Andreas Johnsson	NJD		7.1	280	277	-202
505	Jason Zucker	PIT		6.0	316	314	-189
294	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		22.6	107	79	-187
553	Robby Fabbri	DET		4.3	369	336	-184
613	Logan Brown	STL		0.4	439	436	-174
522	Joonas Donskoi	SEA		5.5	372	374	-150
538	Tyler Johnson	CHI		5.0	394	397	-144
436	Rem Pitlick	MON		10.6	299	371	-137

Aug	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Jul	Jun	Change
358	Jeff Petry	PIT	y	17.3	546	534	188
280	Colin Blackwell	CHI		25.2	428	428	148
279	Rudolfs Balcers	FLA		25.3	401	405	122
499	Simon Edvinsson	DET	y	6.1	610	633	111
486	Yegor Zamula	PHI	y	6.7	585	578	99
370	Brady Skjei	CAR	y	16.4	464	462	94
498	Scott Morrow	CAR	y	6.1	587	NR	89
265	Conor Sheary	WAS		27.5	352	352	87
368	Denis Malgin	TOR		16.4	455	453	87
410	Teddy Blueger	PIT		13.27556	494	618	84


Aug	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Jul	Jun	Change
232	Logan Cooley	ARI		33.6	NR	NR	NEW
236	Juraj Slafkovsky	MON		32.9	NR	NR	NEW
246	Shane Wright	SEA		30.1	NR	NR	NEW
298	Frank Nazar	CHI		22.5	NR	NR	NEW
325	Simon Nemec	NJD	y	19.5	NR	NR	NEW
363	Andrei Kuzmenko	VAN		16.7	NR	NR	NEW
412	Matthew Savoie	BUF		12.9	NR	NR	NEW
413	Noah Ostlund	BUF		12.9	NR	NR	NEW
417	Jonathan Lekkerimaki	VAN		12.5	NR	NR	NEW
459	Marco Kasper	DET		8.7	NR	NR	NEW
478	David Jiricek	CBJ	y	7.2	NR	NR	NEW
526	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	y	5.4	NR	NR	NEW
532	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	y	5.2	NR	NR	NEW
578	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	y	2.7	NR	NR	NEW

Steve Roberts 2022-08-04 at 18:15Log in to Reply

How can Huberdeau who moved to a worse offensive team with worse line mates be ranked ahead of Matthews Marner Kaprizov when they are all at least 3 to five years younger?
- Dobber 2022-08-08 at 01:04Log in to Reply
  
  Thanks for your feedback. Addressing first issue – Huberdeau is not ranked ahead of Matthews. As per my intro, they are within +/-5.0 ratings of each other. Meaning their value is equal.
  Huberdeau, in my opinion better offensively than Gaudreau, had 115 points with Bennett and Duclair, and is moving to a team that already had a 115-point player. So he’s not going to get worse. He stays healthy, and has consistently produced at (four straight seasons!) a 91-point pace or BETTER. None of those other guys can say this. They’re not money in the bank like this. What’s the upside with taking Marner or Kaprizov over Huberdeau? 5 more points? Maybe? And what’s the downside? Marner gets hurt again? Because I’m comfortable with Huberdeau not getting hurt. Kaprizov is also elite, but not a lengthy track record yet. And listen – five years younger doesn’t matter if it’s a top star who is only 29. In keeper leagues you look at three things: How will he do this year? How will he do the following year? And how will he do the year after that? Answer – he’ll maintain his pace, while rarely getting injured. Money.
Steve Roberts 2022-08-04 at 18:16Log in to Reply

McKinnon for that matter as well
- Dobber 2022-08-08 at 01:05Log in to Reply
  
  You mean that guy who has missed at least eight games for two straight seasons?

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