Top 100 Roto Rankings: October 2023
Ian Gooding
2023-10-15
With very few games played so far, the October rankings simply include some minor tweaking to factor in early-season injuries.
As of September, the updated stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on Goal, Penalty Minutes, Hits, and Blocked Shots. Bangers also has full projections available, which include a bangers score, a top 300 list of projections, and an explanation on how the rankings are built. (Their projections are preseason from September and do not factor in updates beyond that, though).
These rankings are different from keeper rankings in that they don't extend beyond the current season. They could even be used to determine relative trade value between two or more players listed. For goalie rankings, please check out the Top 100 Keeper League Goaltender rankings for relative goalie values.
Are there any players that you believe are ranked too high or too low? Did we miss anyone in the top 100, or is there a player there that probably shouldn't be? Do you like the new changes? Let us know in the comments below, and we will consider your feedback when compiling next month's rankings.
| Rank | Name | Position | Last Month | Change | Comments |
| 1 | Connor McDavid | F | 1 | 0 | Regardless of cats, he’s your #1 |
| 2 | Brady Tkachuk | F | 2 | 0 | Brady is a unicorn, especially with PIMs added |
| 3 | Leon Draisaitl | F | 3 | 0 | |
| 4 | Matthew Tkachuk | F | 4 | 0 | Toss up between M Tkachuk and Leon here |
| 5 | Nathan MacKinnon | F | 5 | 0 | |
| 6 | David Pastrnak | F | 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | Mikko Rantanen | F | 7 | 0 | |
| 8 | Nikita Kucherov | F | 8 | 0 | |
| 9 | Auston Matthews | F | 9 | 0 | |
| 10 | Kirill Kaprizov | F | 10 | 0 | |
| 11 | J.T. Miller | F | 11 | 0 | Solid multi cat contributor, gets a good boost |
| 12 | Jason Robertson | F | 12 | 0 | Lots of offense, not many peripherals |
| 13 | Cale Makar | D | 13 | 0 | |
| 14 | Alex Ovechkin | F | 14 | 0 | |
| 15 | Tim Stutzle | F | 15 | 0 | All round beauty |
| 16 | Sidney Crosby | F | 16 | 0 | |
| 17 | Tom Wilson | F | 18 | 1 | Hits and PIMs really boost Wilson, solid blocks too |
| 18 | Elias Pettersson | F | 19 | 1 | |
| 19 | Roman Josi | D | 20 | 1 | |
| 20 | Aleksander Barkov | F | 21 | 1 | |
| 21 | Jack Hughes | F | 22 | 1 | Should get under 10 PIM and hits, super soft |
| 22 | Rasmus Dahlin | D | 24 | 2 | |
| 23 | Evgeni Malkin | F | 25 | 2 | EK65 should only help big Geno, awesome PIMs |
| 24 | Tage Thompson | F | 26 | 2 | |
| 25 | Evander Kane | F | 27 | 2 | Great multi cat, but not on PP1 |
| 26 | Jake Guentzel | F | 28 | 2 | |
| 27 | Mitchell Marner | F | 29 | 2 | Very little PIMs and hits, hurts his value |
| 28 | Steven Stamkos | F | 30 | 2 | |
| 29 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | F | 31 | 2 | |
| 30 | Alex DeBrincat | F | 32 | 2 | |
| 31 | Timo Meier | F | 33 | 2 | Only so many shots to go around in NJ |
| 32 | Dylan Larkin | F | 34 | 2 | Cat should really help him |
| 33 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | F | 35 | 2 | |
| 34 | Kevin Fiala | F | 36 | 2 | |
| 35 | Mikhail Sergachev | D | 37 | 2 | Should continue to get better PPTOI, awesome blks |
| 36 | Mika Zibanejad | F | 38 | 2 | |
| 37 | John Tavares | F | 39 | 2 | When did he become a 100+ hit guy? |
| 38 | Dougie Hamilton | D | 40 | 2 | |
| 39 | Travis Konecny | F | 41 | 2 | |
| 40 | Brad Marchand | F | 42 | 2 | Plenty of PIMs but not many hits |
| 41 | Moritz Seider | D | 43 | 2 | Huge value in blks and hits |
| 42 | Artemi Panarin | F | 44 | 2 | Not great periphs, really drops in multi-cats |
| 43 | Sebastian Aho | F | 46 | 3 | |
| 44 | Miro Heiskanen | D | 47 | 3 | |
| 45 | Filip Forsberg | F | 48 | 3 | |
| 46 | Jack Eichel | F | 49 | 3 | |
| 47 | Kyle Connor | F | 50 | 3 | |
| 48 | Patrik Laine | F | 51 | 3 | Solid when healthy |
| 49 | Zach Hyman | F | 52 | 3 | |
| 50 | Erik Karlsson | D | 53 | 3 | Even if he hits 80, not a lot of PIMs and hits and low blks |
| 51 | Adrian Kempe | F | 54 | 3 | |
| 52 | Charlie McAvoy | D | 55 | 3 | Is he keeping PP1? |
| 53 | Nazem Kadri | F | 56 | 3 | |
| 54 | Jonathan Huberdeau | F | 57 | 3 | Should bounce back with a new coach |
| 55 | Josh Morrissey | D | 58 | 3 | Probably comes back down to earth a bit |
| 56 | Evan Bouchard | D | 59 | 3 | |
| 57 | John Carlson | D | 60 | 3 | |
| 58 | William Nylander | F | 61 | 3 | |
| 59 | Jakob Chychrun | D | 63 | 4 | |
| 60 | Quinn Hughes | D | 64 | 4 | Soft peripherals for a D hurts him here |
| 61 | Joel Eriksson Ek | F | 65 | 4 | |
| 62 | Adam Fox | D | 66 | 4 | Really low SOGs, PIMs and Hits makes him drop |
| 63 | Nico Hischier | F | 67 | 4 | |
| 64 | Vincent Trocheck | F | 68 | 4 | Might lose PP1 |
| 65 | Kris Letang | D | 69 | 4 | |
| 66 | Matt Boldy | F | 70 | 4 | |
| 67 | Clayton Keller | F | 71 | 4 | |
| 68 | Brayden Point | F | 72 | 4 | S%, IPP and 2A will come back down to earth |
| 69 | Thomas Chabot | D | 73 | 4 | |
| 70 | Drake Batherson | F | 74 | 4 | |
| 71 | Sean Durzi | D | 76 | 5 | |
| 72 | Sam Reinhart | F | 77 | 5 | |
| 73 | Ryan Hartman | F | 78 | 5 | |
| 74 | Trevor Zegras | F | 79 | 5 | |
| 75 | Victor Hedman | D | 80 | 5 | |
| 76 | Boone Jenner | F | 81 | 5 | |
| 77 | Jordan Kyrou | F | 83 | 6 | 75+ points and tons of SOGs, not much else |
| 78 | Darnell Nurse | D | 85 | 7 | Multi-cat stud, but not a lot of offense |
| 79 | Owen Tippett | F | 86 | 7 | Elite shots and blks, solid hits |
| 80 | Alex Tuch | F | 87 | 7 | |
| 81 | Seth Jones | D | 88 | 7 | Big blks and should QB PP1 with Bedard |
| 82 | Chris Kreider | F | 89 | 7 | |
| 83 | Martin Necas | F | 90 | 7 | |
| 84 | Pavel Buchnevich | F | 91 | 7 | |
| 85 | Valeri Nichushkin | F | 92 | 7 | |
| 86 | Tyler Bertuzzi | F | 93 | 7 | |
| 87 | Tomas Hertl | F | 94 | 7 | |
| 88 | Nikolaj Ehlers | F | 95 | 7 | |
| 89 | Johnny Gaudreau | F | 96 | 7 | Him and JHughes, softest players on this list |
| 90 | Jacob Trouba | D | 97 | 7 | |
| 91 | Tanner Jeannot | F | 98 | 7 | Hoping for a bounce back, multi cat stud |
| 92 | Elias Lindholm | F | 99 | 7 | |
| 93 | Brent Burns | D | 100 | 7 | |
| 94 | Connor Bedard | F | HM | Starting here, will climb his way up this list | |
| 95 | Noah Dobson | D | HM | Averaged 50 PTS over last 2 seasons | |
| 96 | Jamie Benn | F | HM | Much more valuable in bangers leagues | |
| 97 | Mark Scheifele | F | HM | ||
| 98 | Mats Zuccarello | F | HM | ||
| 99 | Rickard Rakell | F | HM | ||
| 100 | Mathew Barzal | F | HM | ||
| Injured | Brandon Montour | D | 23 | Will miss start of season | |
| Aaron Ekblad | D | 75 | Will miss start of season | ||
| Sam Bennett | F | 45 | Another Panther injury – out for opening night | ||
| Zach Werenski | D | 82 | Out 1-2 weeks (knee) | ||
| Andrei Svechnikov | F | 17 | Not yet ready after knee surgery | ||
| Roope Hintz | F | 62 | Was not ready for season opener (upper body) | ||
| Max Pacioretty | F | 84 | Still not ready to return (Achilles) |
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