Fantasy hockey gold mines. Teams you can plunder repeatedly for elite fantasy hockey options that round out any competitive squad. In today's NHL, front-office executives across the league regularly load their organizations and rosters with players that impact games on a nightly basis while also bringing excellent fantasy hockey value across the board. In our latest top-10, we're taking a look at the 10 teams with the best core of fantasy hockey options that fantasy GMs can continually go back to as a legit source for top players and effective fantasy pieces.

10) Buffalo Sabres

Top-5 Targets: Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson, Dylan Cozens, Alex Tuch, JJ Peterka

Being a fantasy gold mine-type team doesn't always translate into success in the overall standings, and the Buffalo Sabres were a prime example of that last season while being one of the bigger disappointments of the 2023-24 campaign. Stacked with talent at all positions, the Sabres are an ideal candidate to not only be a team to repeatedly target for elite young talent, but also as a squad poised for a major bounce back. Not even making the top-five targets are other very intriguing names in Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Owen Power, Bowen Byram, and Jack Quinn. If Lindy Ruff can push the right buttons, this young core could explode.

9) New Jersey Devils

Top-5 Targets: Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt, Dougie Hamilton, Nico Hischier, Timo Meier

Another prime bounce-back team is the New Jersey Devils. A beefed up blue-line and a legit number one starter have the Devils ready to return to the top of the Metro Division with more than enough talent to go on a deep run. If their two studs up the middle in Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes can stay healthy, there aren't many teams in the Eastern Conference that can handle New Jersey's speed and offensive depth. Expect them to be back in the playoffs come next April.

8) Ottawa Senators

Top-5 Targets: Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Linus Ullmark, Claude Giroux, Drake Batherson

We said it before and will again: the Ottawa Senators have far too much talent to be nearly as bad as they were last year. Sprinkle in the fact they now employ a very capable number one goalie in Linus Ullmark and you can include the Sens in the mix with the two teams already discussed as three clubs who will definitely be competing for playoff positioning at the end of the regular season.

7) Nashville Predators

Top-5 Targets: Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi, Juuse Saros, Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault

Barry Trotz coming in hot. The front-office savant put on a masterclass of general manager maneuvers to take his Nashville Predators from being a fringe club to a Cup favourite in a matter of days. There are a lot of new faces in the Predators' lineup and there is no telling what kind of chemistry is formed or what growing pains are suffered by the additions of Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault, and Brady Skjei, but this team is now a legitimate fantasy hockey gold mine loaded with excellent options.

6) Tampa Bay Lightning

Top-5 Targets: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, Jake Guentzel, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Victor Hedman.

Stammer out, Jake Guentzel in, and likely, business as usual for a perennial Eastern Conference juggernaut and fantasy hockey gold mine in the Tampa Bay Lightning this upcoming campaign. With Andrei Vasilevskiy heading into this season fully healthy, it's safe to expect the Bolts will get off to a stronger start and once again be in the mix as one of the best teams in the NHL with the most deadly power-play attack. Tampa clicked at an NHL-best 28.6% last season, so this is also clearly a team to target for power-play point category coverage in multicat leagues.

5) Dallas Stars

Top-5 Targets: Jason Robertson, Wyatt Johnston, Miro Heiskanen, Jake Oettinger, Roope Hintz.

Straight up, there aren't many teams balanced like the Dallas Stars are. This is a club built for deep playoff runs and Dallas will certainly be a Cup-contending team once again when all is said and done with the 2024-25 season. In terms of fantasy, double-circle Wyatt Johnston's name as a top breakout candidate who's already proven to be a big game player with game-changing offensive skills.

4) Vancouver Canucks

Top-5 Targets: J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser, Jake DeBrusk

Rick Tocchet might not make the top-five targets, but his impact on the Canucks has been nothing short of remarkable. Playing with purpose and committed to systems that are clearly working, Vancouver took a very good Edmonton Oilers team to seven games in the second round this past spring and should be considered as one of the most dangerous lineups in the Western Conference. However, Thatcher Demko's injury is starting to become a real concern which is why he doesn't make the top-five and Arturs Silovs just cannot be drafted above the five names included here. Keep a very close eye on Demko’s status and until then, Silovs can be a great late-round target to fill out goalie rosters.

3) Colorado Avalanche 

Top-5 Targets: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen, Alexandar Georgiev, Casey Mittelstadt.

Not many teams in the NHL today have two names in the top-15 fantasy talents and the Avalanche arguably have three in Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen. No matter how you slice it, Colorado has to be on this list as a team stacked with top-tier options. Don't sleep on a more under-the-radar target for the upcoming draft season in Casey Mittelstadt, who is now anchored as an Avs' top piece with a three-year deal in tow. Mittelstadt is a former eighth-overall draft pick who put up 57 points on only 127 shots in 80 games last season, split between Colorado and Buffalo. If he can up that shot total, Mittelstadt will be an excellent add to any fantasy team as a final forward or bench spot.

2) New York Rangers

Top-5 Targets: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox, Vincent Trocheck, Igor Shesterkin, Chris Kreider

The reigning Presidents' Trophy winners are the real deal and a lot of that has to do with a sensational set of fantasy targets in Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox, and Igor Shesterkin. Aside from the big three, Vincent Trocheck should be considered as one of the first Rangers to come off fantasy draft boards as a true banger-league darling who does a little bit of everything at an elite level. Trocheck fills out categories as if he plays fantasy hockey and drafted himself, racking up 77 points, 175 hits, 215 shots on net, and 55 penalty minutes while also winning nearly 59% of his draws. Much like the Dallas Stars, the Rangers are one of the most balanced teams in the NHL who can be counted on for fantasy value at every position.

1) Edmonton Oilers

Top-5 Targets: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard, Zach Hyman, Stuart Skinner

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse, Viktor Arvidsson, and Jeff Skinner would all likely make almost any team's top-five fantasy targets and none of them make the cut for an Edmonton Oilers club that, arguably, has three top-25 targets in Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Evan Bouchard. The Oilers are all in, as the franchise is in win-now mode as the NHL's oldest group at an average age of 30.27, the only team in the league this season with a roster with an average age over 30. Draisaitl is a pending free agent after this season and McDavid has one more year on his deal after the 2024-25 campaign, so the pressure is clearly on in Edmonton which should, at the very least, lead to a number of big fantasy performances from the Oilers' top guns. Get a piece if possible.