Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – September 2022

Alexander MacLean

2022-09-25

The last cap rankings before the season begins comes just as we are starting to see line combinations. It's easy to get overwhelmed and overreact to them, so make sure you're checking back in on all the DobberHockey rankings to keep your feet on the ground. Better yet, keep downloading that guide, which is getting updated multiple times a day right now.

That all being said, you're here for your cap leagues, and some input on how to value the star players on various contracts, weighing them against the young players on bargain contracts, and how they all fit in against the depth players that can help you fill out your roster.

Devon Toews had some numbers adjusted and he rightfully moves up into the top-25, but aside from that, there hasn't been a lot of movement at the top. The extensions to Jordan Kyrou, Robert Thomas, and Tage Thompson were projected with varying degrees of accuracy. Thomas' was almost dead on his projection, while Kyrou's actual number came in a little higher than projected, but his current cap hit and expected projection keep him afloat in the meantime anyways. Thompson's number came in one and a half times higher than projected, but he doesn't slip too far down the rankings due to his current cap hit being half that of the Blues' players.

A few bargain contracts to Phil Kessel, Noah Dobson, and Sean Durzi shake up the rankings a little more. Free agency didn't have too many crazy stories, and most of them were accounted for in the last update. This time around we're catching the stragglers and the extensions. The offseason moves and adjustments to projections account for the rest of the fluctuations in the rankings.

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. The assumed league setup is for points-only leagues, and I have made an effort to balance it for a range of league and roster sizes. 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.

Comments help with optimizing the values, because they're not perfect and they never will be.

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.

RankNameAgePosCap HitYrsRatingPrev Rank
1Moritz Seider21D$863,3332308.601
2Lucas Raymond20F$925,0002278.332
3Trevor Zegras21F$925,0001273.303
4Michael Bunting27F$950,0001271.994
5Evan Bouchard22D$863,3331258.825
6Jonathan Huberdeau29F$5,900,0001255.246
7Troy Terry25F$1,450,0001254.167
8Tim Stutzle20F$925,0001242.818
9Cale Makar23D$9,000,0005235.4610
10Leon Draisaitl27F$8,500,0003230.1411
11Ryan Hartman28F$1,700,0002228.8312
12Connor McDavid25F$12,500,0004227.5114
13Robert Thomas23F$2,800,0001226.5415
14Matt Boldy21F$880,8331223.4716
15Roman Josi32D$9,059,0006221.8017
16Jordan Kyrou24F$2,800,0001221.3913
17J.T. Miller29F$5,250,0001219.7618
18Victor Hedman31D$7,875,0003216.4920
19Cole Caufield21F$880,8331213.8321
20Kirill Kaprizov25F$9,000,0004213.2922
21Nathan MacKinnon27F$6,300,0001211.9319
22Devon Toews28D$4,100,0002210.6224
23Johnny Gaudreau29F$9,750,0007209.4823
24Quinton Byfield20F$925,0002207.4025
25Cole Sillinger19F$925,0002203.2826
26Tage Thompson24F$1,400,0001201.569
27Roope Hintz25F$3,150,0001201.3727
28Adam Fox24D$9,500,0007199.8528
29Kyle Connor25F$7,142,8574196.9329
30Quinn Hughes22D$7,850,0005196.5230
31Matty Beniers19F$897,5002194.9631
32Auston Matthews25F$11,640,2502194.8933
33Elias Lindholm27F$4,850,0002194.8532
34Tony DeAngelo26D$5,000,0002192.5034
35Jake Guentzel27F$6,000,0002191.8235
36Morgan Rielly28D$7,500,0008188.3739
37Jamie Drysdale20D$925,0001187.5337
38Tanner Jeannot25F$800,0001187.3738
39Noah Dobson22D$4,000,0003187.1764
40Mikko Rantanen25F$9,250,0003184.7940
41Matthew Tkachuk24F$9,500,0008184.3241
42Jason Robertson23F$00183.7936
43Kent Johnson19F$925,0002182.7243
44Chandler Stephenson28F$2,750,0002182.3044
45John Carlson32D$8,000,0004180.9347
46Aaron Ekblad26D$7,500,0003180.9148
47Steven Stamkos32F$8,500,0002179.2950
48Mitchell Marner25F$10,903,0003178.7651
49Alexis Lafreniere20F$925,0001177.5742
50Marco Rossi20F$863,3333176.8745
51Ivan Barbashev26F$2,250,0001176.7652
52David Pastrnak26F$6,666,6661175.9946
53Sam Reinhart26F$6,500,0002175.1455
54Shea Theodore27D$5,200,0003174.6654
55Pavel Buchnevich27F$5,800,0003174.5456
56Nazem Kadri31F$7,000,0007174.2874
57William Eklund19F$894,1673173.4957
58Mason McTavish19F$894,1673173.4349
59Rasmus Dahlin22D$6,000,0002172.8060
60Anton Lundell20F$925,0002172.5461
61Rasmus Andersson25D$4,550,0004172.4262
62Aleksander Barkov27F$10,000,0008172.2758
63Timo Meier25F$6,000,0001171.7968
64Jesper Bratt24F$5,450,0001171.2353
65Rem Pitlick25F$1,100,0002170.5565
66William Nylander26F$6,962,3662169.9666
67Brandon Hagel24F$1,500,0002169.79NR
68Alex DeBrincat24F$6,400,0001168.8159
69Dylan Cozens21F$925,0001168.6663
70Vladimir Tarasenko30F$7,500,0001166.4867
71Filip Forsberg28F$8,500,0008164.9970
72Kevin Fiala26F$7,875,0007164.9076
73MacKenzie Weegar28D$3,250,0001164.7773
74Shayne Gostisbehere29D$4,500,0001164.7271
75Mark Scheifele29F$6,125,0002163.8478
76Anthony Duclair27F$3,000,0002163.7877
77Trevor Moore27F$1,875,0001163.5572
78Nikita Kucherov29F$9,500,0005162.7381
79Noah Hanifin25D$4,950,0002160.5382
80Artemi Panarin30F$11,642,8574159.5583
81Sebastian Aho25F$8,460,2502158.6886
82Frederick Gaudreau29F$1,200,0001157.7475
83Sean Durzi23D$1,700,0002156.75125
84Dawson Mercer20F$894,1662156.6888
85Seth Jarvis20F$894,1662156.2190
86Corey Perry37F$1,000,0001155.5491
87Yegor Sharangovich24F$2,000,0001155.3485
88Ross Colton26F$1,125,0001154.2087
89Brad Marchand34F$6,125,0003153.7693
90Dylan Larkin26F$6,100,0001153.0779
91Tyson Barrie31D$4,500,0002152.8089
92Owen Power19D$925,0002152.4795
93Scott Perunovich24D$750,0001152.4480
94Sonny Milano26FUFA0152.1969
95Matt Duchene31F$8,000,0004151.1198
96Teuvo Teravainen28F$5,400,0002151.0596
97Bowen Byram21D$925,0001150.8394
98Phil Kessel34F$1,500,0001150.79135
99Mika Zibanejad29F$8,500,0008150.30100
100Elias Pettersson23F$7,350,0002149.67102
101Cole Perfetti20F$894,1662149.03105
102Oliver Kylington25D$2,500,0002148.2092
103Philip Tomasino21F$863,3332148.17103
104Ty Smith22D$863,3331148.0899
105Charlie McAvoy24D$9,500,0008148.05107
106Bryan Rust30F$5,125,0006145.88109
107Patrick Kane33F$10,500,0001145.88104
108Kris Letang35D$6,100,0006145.43110
109Andrei Svechnikov22F$7,750,0007144.24112
110Dylan Guenther19F$894,1673143.94113
111Mikael Granlund30F$5,000,0003143.56115
112Jonathan Marchessault31F$5,000,0002143.01117
113Evgeny Kuznetsov30F$7,800,0003141.96119
114Danton Heinen27F$1,000,0001141.9597
115John Klingberg30D$7,000,0001140.26114
116Tyler Bertuzzi27F$4,750,0001140.15118
117Chris Kreider31F$6,500,0005139.89126
118Shane Wright18F$950,0003139.79128
119Nick Schmaltz26F$5,850,0004139.72142
120Zach Werenski25D$9,583,3336139.66129
121Carter Verhaeghe27F$4,166,6673139.06127
122Ryan Nugent-Hopkins29F$5,125,0007138.92133
123Juraj Slafkovsky18F$950,0003138.84134
124K’Andre Miller22D$925,0001138.41120
125Dylan Strome25F$3,500,0001138.14123
126Conor Sheary30F$1,500,0001138.12122
127Clayton Keller24F$7,150,0006138.10137
128Logan Cooley18FRFA0138.07136
129Ryan Donato26F$1,200,0001137.81108
130Colin White25F$1,200,0001137.77106
131Jaccob Slavin28D$5,300,0003136.70138
132Sam Bennett26F$4,425,0003136.25139
133Alexandre Carrier25D$733,3331135.57140
134Jack Hughes21F$8,000,0008135.31141
135Bo Horvat27F$5,500,0001134.98132
136Alex Killorn33F$4,450,0001134.50124
137Torey Krug31D$6,500,0005134.40145
138Nikolaj Ehlers26F$6,000,0003134.18146
139Gabriel Landeskog29F$7,000,0007133.09148
140Seth Jones27D$9,500,0008132.84149
141Mason Marchment27F$4,500,0004132.59150
142Alexander Holtz20F$894,1673131.78167
143Taylor Hall30F$6,000,0003131.35151
144Ville Heinola21D$863,3332131.14152
145Thomas Chabot24D$8,000,0006131.10153
146Alexander Kerfoot28F$3,500,0001130.91143
147Drake Batherson24F$4,975,0005130.77154
148Oliver Bjorkstrand27F$5,400,0004130.28156
149Evan Rodrigues29F$2,000,0001130.25185
150Simon Nemec18D$950,0003129.36159
151Taylor Raddysh24F$758,3332129.05160
152Travis Konecny25F$5,500,0003128.97161
153Pierre-Luc Dubois24F$6,000,0001128.69155
154Adam Boqvist22D$2,600,0003128.44166
155Patrice Bergeron37F$2,500,0001128.18NR
156Mikhail Sergachev24D$4,800,0001127.98164
157David Krejci36F$1,000,0001127.66121
158Jakob Chychrun24D$4,600,0003127.54165
159Brady Tkachuk23F$8,208,5716127.21176
160Peyton Krebs21F$863,3332126.92169
161Andre Burakovsky27F$5,500,0005126.75170
162Dominik Kubalik27F$2,500,0002126.47171
163Mark Giordano38D$800,0002125.97174
164Paul Stastny36F$1,500,0001125.70116
165Nico Hischier23F$7,250,0005125.43180
166Brandt Clarke19D$894,1673125.39181
167Sam Gagner33F$750,0001124.85158
168Tyler Toffoli30F$4,250,0002124.74NR
169Rasmus Asplund24F$825,0001124.69163
170Ryan Merkley22D$863,3331124.32144
171Arthur Kaliyev21F$894,1662124.32184
172Alex Ovechkin37F$9,500,0004124.28186
173Nils Lundkvist22D$925,0002124.22187
174Joe Pavelski38F$5,500,0001124.13168
175Max Domi27F$3,000,0001124.12111
176Mathew Barzal25F$7,000,0001123.84131
177Sam Steel24F$825,0001123.29179
178Patrik Laine24F$8,700,0004122.62194
179Alexander Barabanov28F$2,500,0002122.47195
180Adrian Kempe26F$5,500,0004122.13196
181Conor Garland26F$4,950,0004121.92198
182Erik Haula31F$2,375,0001121.33173
183Victor Olofsson27F$4,750,0002121.11200
184Ryan Strome29F$5,000,0005120.95NR
185Kaapo Kakko21F$2,100,0002120.72NR
186Tomas Hertl28F$8,137,5008120.70NR
187Sidney Crosby35F$8,700,0003120.68147
188Jesse Puljujarvi24F$3,000,0001120.1484
189Ryan O’Reilly31F$7,500,0001120.10188
190Viktor Arvidsson29F$4,250,0002119.85NR
191Denis Gurianov25F$2,900,0001119.83NR
192Alex Newhook21F$908,3331119.73193
193Vinnie Hinostroza28F$1,700,0001119.69NR
194Matt Dumba28D$6,000,0001119.38192
195Alex Tuch26F$4,750,0004119.24NR
196Juuso Valimaki23D$1,550,0001119.21197
197David Perron34F$4,750,0002119.06NR
198Valeri Nichushkin27F$6,125,0008118.81NR
199Evgeni Malkin36F$6,100,0004118.39NR
200Miro Heiskanen23D$8,450,0007118.32NR

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