Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – November 2022
Alexander MacLean
2022-11-25
New rankings are updated below, and there are some fun movers due to new contracts, early season results, and a few other minor edits.
The Injury to Aaron Ekblad has bumped up both Brandon Montour and Gustav Forsling, and even with Ekblad's return, both should be able to hold onto fantasy relevance, though maybe not quite at this peak. Both are also on very team-friendly deals, for this season and next. If the Panthers can move out Sergei Bobrovsky's contract, then they will be in an excellent position financially.
On the ice, they're starting to turn things around, and more scoring overall should help keep the hot-starters afloat as any early deployment or percentages normalize.
One other name I want to point out is J.J. Moser. He has five points in his last six games coming into Wednesday, but with the return of Jakob Chychrun Moser has been demoted off the top power play unit. In Chychrun's first game back, Moser saw a season-low share of power play time, and a season-high on the penalty kill. In spite of that, he still went plus-two, with an assist at even strength, and racked up some peripherals to boot. His scoring won't drop off a cliff, especially since Nick Schmaltz also returned to help the offence, but while Chychrun is active and on the team Moser will have his ceiling capped.
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.
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.
Rank | Name | Age | Pos | Cap Hit | Yrs | Rating | Prev Rank |
1 | Moritz Seider | 21 | D | $863,333 | 2 | 320.60 | 1 |
2 | Trevor Zegras | 21 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 302.01 | 3 |
3 | Lucas Raymond | 20 | F | $925,000 | 2 | 297.25 | 2 |
4 | Troy Terry | 25 | F | $1,450,000 | 1 | 289.68 | 7 |
5 | Tim Stutzle | 20 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 281.24 | 8 |
6 | Michael Bunting | 27 | F | $950,000 | 1 | 278.13 | 4 |
7 | Evan Bouchard | 23 | D | $863,333 | 1 | 269.70 | 5 |
8 | Tage Thompson | 25 | F | $1,400,000 | 1 | 262.05 | 26 |
9 | Leon Draisaitl | 27 | F | $8,500,000 | 3 | 261.91 | 10 |
10 | Cale Makar | 24 | D | $9,000,000 | 5 | 259.67 | 9 |
11 | Connor McDavid | 25 | F | $12,500,000 | 4 | 259.27 | 12 |
12 | Jonathan Huberdeau | 29 | F | $5,900,000 | 1 | 256.96 | 6 |
13 | Anton Lundell | 21 | F | $925,000 | 2 | 256.96 | 60 |
14 | Cole Caufield | 21 | F | $880,833 | 1 | 252.72 | 19 |
15 | Robert Thomas | 23 | F | $2,800,000 | 1 | 247.44 | 13 |
16 | Nathan MacKinnon | 27 | F | $6,300,000 | 1 | 243.50 | 21 |
17 | Dawson Mercer | 21 | F | $894,166 | 2 | 239.88 | 84 |
18 | J.T. Miller | 29 | F | $5,250,000 | 1 | 239.08 | 17 |
19 | Jordan Kyrou | 24 | F | $2,800,000 | 1 | 236.10 | 16 |
20 | Ryan Hartman | 28 | F | $1,700,000 | 2 | 235.26 | 11 |
21 | Matt Boldy | 21 | F | $880,833 | 1 | 234.38 | 14 |
22 | Roman Josi | 32 | D | $9,059,000 | 6 | 233.77 | 15 |
23 | Roope Hintz | 26 | F | $3,150,000 | 1 | 230.55 | 27 |
24 | Kirill Kaprizov | 25 | F | $9,000,000 | 4 | 229.98 | 20 |
25 | Seth Jarvis | 20 | F | $894,166 | 2 | 229.41 | 85 |
26 | Adam Fox | 24 | D | $9,500,000 | 7 | 227.39 | 28 |
27 | Devon Toews | 28 | D | $4,100,000 | 2 | 225.69 | 22 |
28 | Quinn Hughes | 23 | D | $7,850,000 | 5 | 223.07 | 30 |
29 | Victor Hedman | 31 | D | $7,875,000 | 3 | 222.83 | 18 |
30 | Johnny Gaudreau | 29 | F | $9,750,000 | 7 | 221.34 | 23 |
31 | David Pastrnak | 26 | F | $6,666,666 | 1 | 212.61 | 52 |
32 | Elias Lindholm | 27 | F | $4,850,000 | 2 | 211.81 | 33 |
33 | Mikko Rantanen | 26 | F | $9,250,000 | 3 | 211.15 | 40 |
34 | Chandler Stephenson | 28 | F | $2,750,000 | 2 | 210.67 | 44 |
35 | Auston Matthews | 25 | F | $11,640,250 | 2 | 210.00 | 32 |
36 | Kyle Connor | 25 | F | $7,142,857 | 4 | 209.64 | 29 |
37 | Jake Guentzel | 28 | F | $6,000,000 | 2 | 209.58 | 35 |
38 | Matthew Tkachuk | 24 | F | $9,500,000 | 8 | 209.52 | 41 |
39 | Noah Dobson | 22 | D | $4,000,000 | 3 | 209.19 | 39 |
40 | Quinton Byfield | 20 | F | $925,000 | 2 | 208.36 | 24 |
41 | Rasmus Dahlin | 22 | D | $6,000,000 | 2 | 208.09 | 59 |
42 | Morgan Rielly | 28 | D | $7,500,000 | 8 | 206.81 | 36 |
43 | Matty Beniers | 20 | F | $897,500 | 2 | 203.53 | 31 |
44 | Tony DeAngelo | 27 | D | $5,000,000 | 2 | 202.19 | 34 |
45 | Arthur Kaliyev | 21 | F | $894,166 | 2 | 199.67 | 171 |
46 | Mitchell Marner | 25 | F | $10,903,000 | 3 | 198.09 | 48 |
47 | Jason Robertson | 23 | F | $7,750,000 | 4 | 196.35 | 42 |
48 | Steven Stamkos | 32 | F | $8,500,000 | 2 | 195.35 | 47 |
49 | Rasmus Andersson | 26 | D | $4,550,000 | 4 | 194.17 | 61 |
50 | Shea Theodore | 27 | D | $5,200,000 | 3 | 194.14 | 54 |
51 | Brandon Hagel | 24 | F | $1,500,000 | 2 | 193.38 | 67 |
52 | Cole Sillinger | 19 | F | $925,000 | 2 | 193.25 | 25 |
53 | Jesper Bratt | 24 | F | $5,450,000 | 1 | 193.17 | 64 |
54 | John Carlson | 32 | D | $8,000,000 | 4 | 191.48 | 45 |
55 | William Nylander | 26 | F | $6,962,366 | 2 | 191.04 | 66 |
56 | Gustav Forsling | 26 | D | $2,666,667 | 2 | 190.41 | NR |
57 | Nikita Kucherov | 29 | F | $9,500,000 | 5 | 189.52 | 78 |
58 | Dylan Cozens | 21 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 188.33 | 69 |
59 | Kent Johnson | 20 | F | $925,000 | 2 | 187.91 | 43 |
60 | Pavel Buchnevich | 27 | F | $5,800,000 | 3 | 187.07 | 55 |
61 | Peyton Krebs | 21 | F | $863,333 | 2 | 186.26 | 160 |
62 | Kevin Fiala | 26 | F | $7,875,000 | 7 | 184.34 | 72 |
63 | Aaron Ekblad | 26 | D | $7,500,000 | 3 | 183.56 | 46 |
64 | Timo Meier | 26 | F | $6,000,000 | 1 | 183.32 | 63 |
65 | Aleksander Barkov | 27 | F | $10,000,000 | 8 | 182.50 | 62 |
66 | Filip Forsberg | 28 | F | $8,500,000 | 8 | 181.88 | 71 |
67 | Trevor Moore | 27 | F | $1,875,000 | 1 | 181.87 | 77 |
68 | Sebastian Aho | 25 | F | $8,460,250 | 2 | 180.34 | 81 |
69 | Martin Necas | 23 | F | $3,000,000 | 2 | 178.96 | NR |
70 | Brandon Montour | 28 | D | $3,500,000 | 2 | 178.89 | NR |
71 | Tanner Jeannot | 25 | F | $800,000 | 1 | 178.88 | 38 |
72 | Ivan Barbashev | 26 | F | $2,250,000 | 1 | 178.69 | 51 |
73 | Nazem Kadri | 32 | F | $7,000,000 | 7 | 177.99 | 56 |
74 | Sean Durzi | 24 | D | $1,700,000 | 2 | 177.21 | 83 |
75 | Sam Reinhart | 27 | F | $6,500,000 | 2 | 176.77 | 53 |
76 | Mark Scheifele | 29 | F | $6,125,000 | 2 | 176.56 | 75 |
77 | Mason McTavish | 19 | F | $894,167 | 3 | 176.27 | 58 |
78 | Shayne Gostisbehere | 29 | D | $4,500,000 | 1 | 175.47 | 74 |
79 | Marco Rossi | 21 | F | $863,333 | 3 | 175.08 | 50 |
80 | J.J. Moser | 22 | D | $886,667 | 2 | 174.82 | NR |
81 | Alex DeBrincat | 24 | F | $6,400,000 | 1 | 174.47 | 68 |
82 | Elias Pettersson | 24 | F | $7,350,000 | 2 | 173.83 | 100 |
83 | William Eklund | 19 | F | $894,167 | 3 | 173.49 | 57 |
84 | Alex Newhook | 21 | F | $908,333 | 1 | 172.59 | 192 |
85 | Dylan Larkin | 26 | F | $6,100,000 | 1 | 172.17 | 90 |
86 | Jamie Drysdale | 20 | D | $925,000 | 1 | 170.96 | 37 |
87 | Mika Zibanejad | 29 | F | $8,500,000 | 8 | 170.70 | 99 |
88 | Artemi Panarin | 31 | F | $11,642,857 | 4 | 170.54 | 80 |
89 | Tyson Barrie | 31 | D | $4,500,000 | 2 | 170.53 | 91 |
90 | Vladimir Tarasenko | 30 | F | $7,500,000 | 1 | 168.30 | 70 |
91 | Noah Hanifin | 25 | D | $4,950,000 | 2 | 168.29 | 79 |
92 | Alexis Lafreniere | 21 | F | $925,000 | 1 | 167.69 | 49 |
93 | MacKenzie Weegar | 28 | D | $3,250,000 | 1 | 166.06 | 73 |
94 | Carter Verhaeghe | 27 | F | $4,166,667 | 3 | 165.68 | 121 |
95 | Brad Marchand | 34 | F | $6,125,000 | 3 | 165.17 | 89 |
96 | Frederick Gaudreau | 29 | F | $1,200,000 | 1 | 164.33 | 82 |
97 | Ross Colton | 26 | F | $1,125,000 | 1 | 164.20 | 88 |
98 | Anthony Duclair | 27 | F | $3,000,000 | 2 | 163.78 | 76 |
99 | Andrei Svechnikov | 22 | F | $7,750,000 | 7 | 163.08 | 109 |
100 | Bowen Byram | 21 | D | $925,000 | 1 | 162.83 | 97 |
101 | Matt Duchene | 31 | F | $8,000,000 | 4 | 162.21 | 95 |
102 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 29 | F | $5,125,000 | 7 | 161.72 | 122 |
103 | Charlie McAvoy | 24 | D | $9,500,000 | 8 | 161.70 | 105 |
104 | Mikhail Sergachev | 24 | D | $4,800,000 | 1 | 160.96 | 156 |
105 | Sonny Milano | 26 | F | $750,000 | 1 | 160.77 | 94 |
106 | Yegor Sharangovich | 24 | F | $2,000,000 | 1 | 160.51 | 87 |
107 | Damon Severson | 28 | D | $4,166,666 | 1 | 159.48 | NR |
108 | Owen Power | 20 | D | $925,000 | 2 | 159.21 | 92 |
109 | Jack Quinn | 21 | F | $863,333 | 3 | 158.98 | NR |
110 | Mikael Granlund | 30 | F | $5,000,000 | 3 | 158.66 | 111 |
111 | Filip Hronek | 25 | D | $4,400,000 | 2 | 158.58 | NR |
112 | Jonathan Marchessault | 31 | F | $5,000,000 | 2 | 157.42 | 112 |
113 | Clayton Keller | 24 | F | $7,150,000 | 6 | 157.18 | 127 |
114 | Rem Pitlick | 25 | F | $1,100,000 | 2 | 156.40 | 65 |
115 | Teuvo Teravainen | 28 | F | $5,400,000 | 2 | 156.07 | 96 |
116 | Chris Kreider | 31 | F | $6,500,000 | 5 | 155.74 | 117 |
117 | Cole Perfetti | 20 | F | $894,166 | 2 | 155.67 | 101 |
118 | Jack Hughes | 21 | F | $8,000,000 | 8 | 154.97 | 134 |
119 | Dominik Kubalik | 27 | F | $2,500,000 | 2 | 153.54 | 162 |
120 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 30 | F | $7,800,000 | 3 | 153.17 | 113 |
121 | Sam Bennett | 26 | F | $4,425,000 | 3 | 153.06 | 132 |
122 | Bo Horvat | 27 | F | $5,500,000 | 1 | 153.04 | 135 |
123 | Dylan Guenther | 19 | F | $894,167 | 3 | 153.02 | 110 |
124 | Bryan Rust | 30 | F | $5,125,000 | 6 | 152.73 | 106 |
125 | Kris Letang | 35 | D | $6,100,000 | 6 | 152.60 | 108 |
126 | Nicholas Robertson | 21 | F | $821,667 | 2 | 152.18 | NR |
127 | Gabriel Vilardi | 23 | F | $825,000 | 1 | 150.27 | NR |
128 | Travis Konecny | 25 | F | $5,500,000 | 3 | 150.08 | 152 |
129 | Brady Tkachuk | 23 | F | $8,208,571 | 6 | 150.01 | 159 |
130 | Nico Hischier | 23 | F | $7,250,000 | 5 | 149.93 | 165 |
131 | Dylan Strome | 25 | F | $3,500,000 | 1 | 149.45 | 125 |
132 | Mathew Barzal | 25 | F | $7,000,000 | 1 | 148.98 | 176 |
133 | Zach Werenski | 25 | D | $9,583,333 | 6 | 148.43 | 120 |
134 | Vasily Podkolzin | 21 | F | $925,000 | 2 | 148.34 | NR |
135 | Tyler Bertuzzi | 27 | F | $4,750,000 | 1 | 148.22 | 116 |
136 | Andre Burakovsky | 27 | F | $5,500,000 | 5 | 148.14 | 161 |
137 | Justin Faulk | 30 | D | $6,500,000 | 5 | 148.11 | NR |
138 | Josh Morrissey | 27 | D | $6,250,000 | 6 | 146.53 | NR |
139 | Drake Batherson | 24 | F | $4,975,000 | 5 | 145.74 | 147 |
140 | Patrice Bergeron | 37 | F | $2,500,000 | 1 | 145.60 | 155 |
141 | Conor Sheary | 30 | F | $1,500,000 | 1 | 145.53 | 126 |
142 | Rasmus Sandin | 22 | D | $1,400,000 | 2 | 145.43 | NR |
143 | Mason Marchment | 27 | F | $4,500,000 | 4 | 145.11 | 141 |
144 | Daniel Sprong | 25 | F | $750,000 | 2 | 144.93 | NR |
145 | Vince Dunn | 26 | D | $4,000,000 | 1 | 144.70 | NR |
146 | Philip Tomasino | 21 | F | $863,333 | 2 | 144.21 | 103 |
147 | Justin Schultz | 32 | D | $1,500,000 | 2 | 144.15 | NR |
148 | Erik Gustafsson | 30 | D | $800,000 | 1 | 143.68 | NR |
149 | John Klingberg | 30 | D | $7,000,000 | 1 | 143.57 | 115 |
150 | Taylor Raddysh | 24 | F | $758,333 | 2 | 143.20 | 151 |
151 | K’Andre Miller | 22 | D | $925,000 | 1 | 142.62 | 124 |
152 | Alex Tuch | 26 | F | $4,750,000 | 4 | 141.86 | 195 |
153 | Torey Krug | 31 | D | $6,500,000 | 5 | 141.61 | 137 |
154 | Nick Suzuki | 23 | F | $7,875,000 | 8 | 141.18 | NR |
155 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | 24 | F | $6,000,000 | 1 | 140.17 | 153 |
156 | Jaccob Slavin | 28 | D | $5,300,000 | 3 | 139.94 | 131 |
157 | Shane Wright | 18 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 139.81 | 118 |
158 | Kevin Shattenkirk | 33 | D | $3,900,000 | 1 | 139.52 | NR |
159 | Taylor Hall | 31 | F | $6,000,000 | 3 | 139.17 | 143 |
160 | Juraj Slafkovsky | 18 | F | $950,000 | 3 | 139.08 | 123 |
161 | Jake Bean | 24 | D | $2,333,333 | 2 | 138.91 | NR |
162 | Alexander Barabanov | 28 | F | $2,500,000 | 2 | 138.73 | 179 |
163 | Nick Schmaltz | 26 | F | $5,850,000 | 4 | 138.72 | 119 |
164 | Tyler Toffoli | 30 | F | $4,250,000 | 2 | 138.57 | 168 |
165 | Oliver Wahlstrom | 22 | F | $894,167 | 1 | 138.53 | NR |
166 | Logan Cooley | 18 | F | $0 | 0 | 138.07 | 128 |
167 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | 27 | F | $5,400,000 | 4 | 137.98 | 148 |
168 | Sidney Crosby | 35 | F | $8,700,000 | 3 | 137.76 | 187 |
169 | Viktor Arvidsson | 29 | F | $4,250,000 | 2 | 137.72 | 190 |
170 | Danton Heinen | 27 | F | $1,000,000 | 1 | 137.43 | 114 |
171 | Morgan Geekie | 24 | F | $1,400,000 | 1 | 136.81 | NR |
172 | Zach Parise | 38 | F | $750,000 | 1 | 136.70 | NR |
173 | Sam Gagner | 33 | F | $750,000 | 1 | 136.19 | 167 |
174 | Thomas Chabot | 24 | D | $8,000,000 | 6 | 136.12 | 145 |
175 | Nikolaj Ehlers | 26 | F | $6,000,000 | 3 | 135.78 | 138 |
176 | Erik Karlsson | 32 | D | $11,500,000 | 5 | 135.52 | NR |
177 | Patrick Kane | 34 | F | $10,500,000 | 1 | 135.36 | 107 |
178 | Tomas Hertl | 29 | F | $8,137,500 | 8 | 135.11 | 186 |
179 | Seth Jones | 28 | D | $9,500,000 | 8 | 134.96 | 140 |
180 | Eeli Tolvanen | 23 | F | $1,450,000 | 2 | 134.83 | NR |
181 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 23 | D | $825,000 | 2 | 134.76 | NR |
182 | Brock Nelson | 31 | F | $6,000,000 | 3 | 134.34 | NR |
183 | Travis Boyd | 29 | F | $1,750,000 | 2 | 133.84 | NR |
184 | Miro Heiskanen | 23 | D | $8,450,000 | 7 | 133.56 | 200 |
185 | Corey Perry | 37 | F | $1,000,000 | 1 | 133.53 | 86 |
186 | Evan Rodrigues | 29 | F | $2,000,000 | 1 | 133.50 | 149 |
187 | Alex Pietrangelo | 32 | D | $8,800,000 | 5 | 133.30 | NR |
188 | Adrian Kempe | 26 | F | $5,500,000 | 4 | 133.15 | 180 |
189 | Valeri Nichushkin | 27 | F | $6,125,000 | 8 | 133.06 | 198 |
190 | Zach Hyman | 30 | F | $5,500,000 | 6 | 132.68 | NR |
191 | Brayden Point | 26 | F | $9,500,000 | 8 | 132.57 | NR |
192 | Brayden Schenn | 31 | F | $6,500,000 | 6 | 132.52 | NR |
193 | Victor Olofsson | 27 | F | $4,750,000 | 2 | 132.45 | 183 |
194 | Alex Killorn | 33 | F | $4,450,000 | 1 | 132.14 | 136 |
195 | Alex Ovechkin | 37 | F | $9,500,000 | 4 | 131.88 | 172 |
196 | Ryan Strome | 29 | F | $5,000,000 | 5 | 131.70 | 184 |
197 | Michael Rasmussen | 23 | F | $1,460,000 | 2 | 131.63 | NR |
198 | Wyatt Johnston | 19 | F | $894,167 | 3 | 131.25 | NR |
199 | Neal Pionk | 27 | D | $5,850,000 | 3 | 131.13 | NR |
200 | David Perron | 34 | F | $4,750,000 | 2 | 130.77 | 197 |