Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – September 2024

Alexander MacLean

2024-09-25

We're back once again, now with Leon Draisaitl signed for eight more years at $14 million per. He has set the new bar that Connor McDavid and his extension will clear just next year. In the meantime, we're still waiting on contracts for a handful of RFAs.

The RFAs that worried me the most to extend into the season were Moritz Seider & Lucas Raymond. Having one key RFA is normal and one conversation can change things to push a deal over the line, but with two there's the politics of making sure that they are fairly equivalent, as well as manageable under the cap. Yzerman got them done though, and both right around the numbers we figured they would be all along which makes you wonder why it took so long in the first place. Oh to be a fly on the wall in NHL contract negotiations.

But first, the 19th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide was released just a couple of days ago. That’s right, I’ve earned your trust for 19 years. You can order your digital copy here for immediate download, or for another $5 you can get the Fantasy Prospects Report along with it (Value $14.99) here.

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.

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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 RankValue
1Connor McDavid27F$12,500,0002377.591253.44
2Cale Makar25D$9,000,0003377.402247.11
3Quinn Hughes24D$7,850,0003356.274253.83
4Adam Fox26D$9,500,0005296.038204.53
5Nathan MacKinnon29F$12,600,0007272.533231.52
6Nikita Kucherov31F$9,500,0003272.325253.15
7Connor Bedard19F$950,0002269.667344.17
8Evan Bouchard24D$3,900,0001264.426284.52
9Kirill Kaprizov27F$9,000,0002220.8610194.81
10Leon Draisaitl29F$8,500,0001212.729208.99
11Jack Hughes23F$8,000,0006211.7711180.97
12Josh Morrissey29D$6,250,0004198.3024205.90
13David Pastrnak28F$11,250,0007197.7012193.05
14Mitch Marner27F$10,903,0001197.4613170.39
15Noah Dobson24D$4,000,0001197.2617239.58
16Mikko Rantanen27F$9,250,0001197.1514196.23
17Miro Heiskanen25D$8,450,0005183.5633166.35
18Shea Theodore29D$5,200,0001179.6818159.30
19Rasmus Dahlin24D$11,000,0008177.2435161.35
20Auston Matthews26F$13,250,0004176.9415174.36
21Zach Werenski27D$9,583,3334172.9936158.52
22Matthew Tkachuk26F$9,500,0006168.5616173.85
23Jason Robertson25F$7,750,0002161.7521181.14
24Sam Reinhart28F$8,625,0008161.5219175.67
25Jack Eichel27F$10,000,0002160.6820143.58
26Elias Pettersson25F$11,600,0008157.2122157.37
27William Nylander28F$11,500,0008154.3223161.17
28Sebastian Aho27F$9,750,0008149.1025158.73
29J.T. Miller31F$8,000,0007148.1726185.84
30Jake Guentzel29F$9,000,0007144.8628146.04
31Artemi Panarin32F$11,642,8572144.2729177.07
32Brayden Point28F$9,500,0006143.1630160.40
33Morgan Rielly30D$7,500,0006143.1252164.63
34Robert Thomas25F$8,000,0007141.2632166.86
35Aleksander Barkov29F$10,000,0006138.7027148.08
36Kyle Connor27F$7,142,8572138.7034148.28
37Jesper Bratt26F$7,875,0007134.6437159.31
38Clayton Keller26F$7,150,0004131.9840156.79
39Filip Forsberg30F$8,500,0006131.6431167.20
40Lane Hutson20D$950,0002129.016653.28
41Tim Stutzle22F$8,350,0007127.6441147.45
42Pavel Mintyukov20D$918,3332125.6972211.91
43Nico Hischier25F$7,250,0003125.6342143.98
44Mathew Barzal27F$9,150,0007125.4143146.09
45Matt Boldy23F$7,000,0006124.1944148.30
46Travis Konecny27F$5,500,0001123.2039156.13
47Jack Quinn22F$863,3331122.9938101.66
48Brady Tkachuk24F$8,208,5714121.8346145.97
49Mikhail Sergachev26D$8,500,0007120.947899.90
50Vince Dunn27D$7,350,0003120.438099.16
51Adrian Kempe28F$5,500,0002119.5545164.43
52Dylan Larkin28F$8,700,0007117.2947130.25
53Shayne Gostisbehere31D$3,200,0003116.8684209.94
54Charlie McAvoy26D$9,500,0006115.7786131.68
55Dougie Hamilton31D$9,000,0004114.839087.93
56Mike Matheson30D$4,875,0002114.7191129.12
57Nick Suzuki25F$7,875,0006113.7050146.56
58Brandon Hagel26F$6,500,0008113.6449153.69
59Victor Hedman33D$7,875,0001111.8193176.50
60Carter Verhaeghe29F$4,166,6671110.9548169.75
61Tage Thompson26F$7,142,8576110.2254140.57
62Valeri Nichushkin29F$6,125,0006109.1755120.29
63Alex Tuch28F$4,750,0002107.8056156.51
64Lucas Raymond22F$8,075,0008107.2657151.84
65Kevin Fiala28F$7,875,0005107.0953140.84
66Andrei Svechnikov24F$7,750,0005106.7958116.56
67Kirby Dach23F$3,362,5002104.675994.18
68Dylan Guenther21F$894,1671104.5960189.03
69Roman Josi34D$9,059,0004104.52104173.14
70Drake Batherson26F$4,975,0003104.4361156.70
71Brock Boeser27F$6,650,0002104.1162147.48
72Cole Caufield23F$7,850,0007103.4163125.37
73Roope Hintz27F$8,450,0007102.6364130.78
74Brock Faber22D$925,0001101.74112260.76
75Luke Hughes21D$925,0001100.47103265.42
76Dylan Strome27F$5,000,000499.4067153.10
77Alexis Lafreniere22F$2,325,000199.3468176.39
78Ryan Nugent-Hopkins31F$5,125,000599.0369163.84
79Gabriel Vilardi25F$3,437,500198.9370124.61
80Jordan Kyrou26F$8,125,000798.1071130.29
81Alex Newhook23F$2,900,000396.697388.37
82Thomas Chabot26D$8,000,000496.22117103.95
83Rasmus Andersson27D$4,550,000295.81118143.02
84Mark Scheifele31F$8,500,000795.1474129.96
85Mason McTavish21F$894,167194.1175199.58
86Adam Fantilli19F$950,000293.6576225.49
87Shane Pinto23F$3,750,000293.557766.75
88Nikolaj Ehlers28F$6,000,000193.0979121.64
89Devon Toews30D$7,250,000792.43125138.09
90Seth Jarvis22F$7,420,087892.1865129.65
91Jakob Chychrun26D$4,600,000191.86106142.54
92Shane Wright20F$886,667391.6282166.55
93Darren Raddysh28D$975,000290.40126140.49
94Nick Schmaltz28F$5,850,000290.3483134.46
95Alex DeBrincat26F$7,875,000390.2251126.50
96Jonathan Drouin29F$2,500,000189.9685189.43
97Jared McCann28F$5,000,000389.4487141.69
98Vincent Trocheck31F$5,625,000589.0788152.36
99Joel Eriksson Ek27F$5,250,000588.7389138.32
100Wyatt Johnston21F$894,167187.5892191.95
101Quinton Byfield22F$6,250,000585.8581132.94
102Pavel Zacha27F$4,750,000385.6394138.09
103Mika Zibanejad31F$8,500,000685.6395130.25
104Filip Hronek26D$7,250,000885.3014185.25
105Pavel Buchnevich29F$5,800,000185.0797132.76
106Thomas Harley23D$4,000,000284.55113115.95
107Noah Hanifin27D$7,350,000883.98145130.89
108Logan Cooley20F$950,000283.5798221.75
109Bo Horvat29F$8,500,000782.2099120.01
110Logan Stankoven21F$836,667181.9210082.91
111Sean Durzi25D$6,000,000481.57150138.24
112Yegor Sharangovich26F$3,100,000181.25101151.71
113Viktor Arvidsson31F$4,000,000281.0610278.22
114Leo Carlsson19F$950,000280.70105209.07
115Simon Nemec20D$918,333280.44152193.86
116Philipp Kurashev24F$2,250,000179.45107171.80
117Bryan Rust32F$5,125,000479.36108130.20
118Trevor Moore29F$4,200,000478.51109133.73
119Artturi Lehkonen29F$4,500,000377.86111100.41
120Martin Necas25F$6,500,000277.48115118.37
121Travis Sanheim28D$6,250,000777.36143129.92
122Troy Terry27F$7,000,000676.62110112.29
123Gustav Forsling28D$5,750,000875.65188124.37
124Connor Zary22F$863,333175.29114120.14
125Michael Bunting28F$3,500,000274.92116141.19
126MacKenzie Weegar30D$6,250,000773.8716793.43
127Mark Stone32F$9,500,000373.539690.15
128JJ Peterka22F$855,833173.23119220.05
129Zach Hyman32F$5,500,000473.18120143.37
130Jake Sanderson22D$8,050,000872.86172112.41
131Timo Meier27F$8,800,000772.6212196.68
132Moritz Seider23D$8,550,000772.6113798.31
133William Karlsson31F$5,900,000371.76124121.97
134Tommy Novak27F$3,500,000369.81127140.11
135Oliver Bjorkstrand29F$5,400,000269.63128127.36
136William Eklund21F$894,167169.09129197.58
137Matias Maccelli23F$3,425,000268.8413197.10
138Mason Marchment29F$4,500,000268.79132130.72
139Yegor Chinakhov23F$2,100,000268.6113383.50
140Owen Tippett25F$6,200,000867.98134110.57
141Brandon Montour30D$7,142,857767.65192102.95
142Daniel Sprong27F$975,000167.52153190.66
143Sidney Crosby37F$8,700,000167.13136139.61
144Brady Skjei30D$7,000,000766.9615979.73
145Bowen Byram23D$3,850,000166.89163119.68
146Brock Nelson32F$6,000,000166.63138136.43
147Joel Farabee24F$5,000,000466.14139117.24
148Juraj Slafkovsky20F$950,000165.34161205.01
149Tomas Hertl30F$8,137,500664.9314480.37
150Timothy Liljegren25D$3,000,000264.63NR67.40
151Casey Mittelstadt25F$5,750,000363.81147117.72
152Teuvo Teravainen30F$5,400,000363.35130116.42
153Sam Bennett28F$4,425,000163.30148113.83
154Vladimir Tarasenko32F$4,750,000263.05149133.83
155Anthony Cirelli27F$6,250,000762.9814697.63
156K’Andre Miller24D$3,872,000162.72183118.18
157Marco Rossi22F$863,333162.02123181.76
158Matt Duchene33F$3,000,000161.36154155.78
159Jamie Drysdale22D$2,300,000259.94NR117.29
160Trevor Zegras23F$5,750,000259.82156100.69
161Chandler Stephenson30F$6,250,000759.09158106.93
162Anthony Duclair29F$3,500,000459.04151120.88
163Owen Power21D$8,350,000758.81NR97.93
164Philip Tomasino23F$825,000158.7513592.50
165Ryan O’Reilly33F$4,500,000258.63160144.87
166Jake Neighbours22F$835,833158.48162119.16
167Cole Perfetti22FRFA058.38164115.76
168Bobby McMann28F$1,350,000258.13184146.98
169Filip Chytil25F$4,437,500357.7614258.10
170Frank Vatrano30F$3,650,000157.34165127.95
171Ryan Hartman29F$4,000,000357.17166113.54
172Brandt Clarke21D$894,167156.8318197.04
173Seth Jones29D$9,500,000656.76NR88.92
174Jeff Skinner32F$3,000,000156.67169149.12
175Jonathan Marchessault33F$5,500,000556.64170130.83
176Luke Evangelista22F$797,500156.55171118.95
177Zach Benson19F$950,000256.36180198.19
178Steven Stamkos34F$8,000,000456.20173129.29
179Tyson Foerster22F$863,333156.17174107.61
180Morgan Frost25F$2,100,000155.88175123.66
181Dylan Cozens23F$7,100,000655.4917697.22
182Nazem Kadri33F$7,000,000555.28177125.15
183Eeli Tolvanen25F$3,475,000255.24178119.69
184Andrei Kuzmenko28F$5,500,000154.88182111.40
185Kris Letang37D$6,100,000454.81NR133.31
186Nicolas Roy27F$3,000,000354.44185112.94
187Jack Roslovic27F$2,800,000154.39186107.12
188J.T. Compher29F$5,100,000454.19187104.08
189Morgan Geekie26F$2,000,000153.33189122.61
190Cam York23D$1,600,000153.19NR94.80
191Elias Lindholm29F$7,750,000753.1719094.51
192Nicholas Robertson23F$875,000153.0319394.20
193Chris Kreider33F$6,500,000352.77191123.37
194Olen Zellweger21D$866,667152.51NR104.77
195Pavel Dorofeyev23F$1,835,000252.3616862.24
196Josh Norris25F$7,950,000651.9915759.95
197Hendrix Lapierre22F$863,333151.7019585.32
198Jonatan Berggren24F$825,000051.51NR92.75
199Connor McMichael23F$2,100,000251.3819693.79
200David Jiricek20D$918,333251.34NR175.14

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