The Kings took care of some business on Saturday, signing Mikey Anderson to a one-year contract worth $1 million. Anderson recorded eight points in 57 games for Los Angeles last season. That means eight RFAs that played games last season remain unsigned, according to Chris Johnston.

According to Cap Friendly, those RFAs include the following players: Rasmus Sandin, Barrett Hayton, Ryan McLeod, Sean Durzi, Adam Ruzicka, Jason Robertson, Nicolas Hague, and Alex Formenton. Of course, the most notable one to fantasy teams is Robertson. This is something to keep an eye on with training camps set to start less than two weeks from now.

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The Top 100 Roto Rankings will be updated for September later this week. In the meantime, feel free to leave any feedback on the rankings, particularly if you've participated in any drafts. If not, send me any comments anyway and I'll take them into account as I update the rankings.

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For my Ramblings this weekend, the theme is power-play points. Yesterday I took inspiration from a Twitter post to examine power-play shots on goal. Today I'm heading back to Frozen Tools to check for power-play performers by efficiency. This might help to find players who might be due for an uptick in power-play time, as well as players who might just be clinging on to first-unit power-play time.

To help me find this data on power-play performance, I'm using categories power-play points, power-play time on ice, and power-play points per 60 minutes.

Efficient

Nikita Kucherov – If Kucherov slips out of the top 10 in your fantasy draft, don't wait on him. Despite missing nearly half the 2021-22 season (47 GP), Kucherov finished in the top 20 in power-play points (30 PPP). Prorated over 82 games, Kucherov would have finished with 52 power-play points, which would have led the league (Connor McDavid actually led with 44 PPP). Among players who had at least 100 total power-play minutes, Kucherov finished with a 9.8 PPP/60PPMIN, which was only bettered by Artemi Panarin. If he can put together a full season for the first time in three seasons, Kucherov could lead the league in power-play points.

David Perron – The Red Wings' free agent signing finished within the top 50 in power-play points (26 PPP). Yet most notably, he reached that number with under 200 power-play minutes, a number that just over 100 players reached. The Blues featured a fairly evenly distributed power play in 2021-22, with Torey Krug the only player to appear in over 60% of the power-play minutes that were available. Unfortunately, the Wings weren't that much different under Jeff Blashill, but the coaching change to Derek Lalonde could represent a change in that area. Perron should be a part of that first unit.

Roope Hintz – The Stars were another example of a team where the first and second power-play units weren't much different in terms of power-play icetime. That being said, Rick Bowness has been replaced by Peter DeBoer. As a result, Hintz and other top-line Stars could see an uptick in power-play icetime and thus power-play points. Hintz finished in the top 50 in power-play points (24 PPP) with barely over 200 power-play minutes.

Jordan Kyrou – Even though he averaged what amounted to second-unit power-play minutes (40.2% PP%), Kyrou finished tied for third on the Blues with 19 power-play points. St. Louis features a fairly deep forward group, so giving everyone a nearly equal slice of the power-play pie seems to make sense anyway. There isn't a first-unit player on the Blues that jumps to mind as being inefficient, so Kyrou will just have to scratch and claw his way to more minutes. Maybe he gets bumped up in the event of an injury.

Not Efficient

Alex Killorn – In spite of finishing in the top 30 in terms of total power-play time on ice, Killorn recorded just 14 power-play points. Unless Tampa fans can explain otherwise, I'm not sure how stable Killorn's spot should be on the first-unit power play. Every other first-unit regular on that team had at least 20 power-play points. Killorn doesn't fill a spot as a faceoff specialist either. Although he might be an easy candidate to get bumped, Killorn might be secure anyway with the departure of Ondrej Palat. Someone like Anthony Cirelli (4.4 PPP/60PPMIN) might be worth an audition on there over Killorn (3.2 PPP/60PPMIN).

Vincent Trocheck – Last season, Trocheck finished with 12 power-play points while regularly playing on the Hurricanes' top power-play unit. Each of the other four regulars on that unit finished with at least 20 power-play points. Trocheck is known for other non-scoring stats such as faceoffs and hits, so he may not be completely scoring-focused even on the power play. It remains to be seen whether he serves a similar role for the Rangers, although centering Panarin in both even-strength and power-play situations could be beneficial for his fantasy value.  

Jeff Skinner – The Sabres finally gave their $9 million player a healthy dose of power-play time again in 2021-22, but did he make the most of it? Skinner finished with 11 power-play points, which isn't far off from other Sabres' first-line options but it isn't great. Victor Olofsson, who was mentioned yesterday, shoots more frequently, which might help his cause over Skinner. Yet Olofsson was also cited as not being an effective power-play option by Cam Charron. So maybe the Sabres have to consider a younger left shot for the first unit like Peyton Krebs. 

Alex Iafallo – Following LA's offseason acquisition of Kevin Fiala, Iafallo seems like the obvious choice to be bumped off the first unit. He has averaged at least half of his team's available power-play minutes for the past three seasons, yet he has never reached double-digits in power-play points in a season. Anze Kopitar was the only King to reach 20 power-play points, which isn't that surprising if you consider the Kings' relatively low power-play effectiveness (16.1 PP%). Iafallo seems like an obvious choice to start the season on the second unit.

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