Some more updates for the Roto Rankings for December, including a few new players resulting from various injuries.

The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on Goal, Hits, and Blocked Shots. These rankings are different from keeper rankings in that they don't extend beyond the current season. These rankings could even be used to determine relative trade value between two or more players listed.

For injuries, players that are on LTIR or are on extended IR absences will be moved out of the rankings into the Injured section. Players that are expected to return soon will be moved down the rankings accordingly.

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? Let us know in the comments below, and we will consider your feedback when compiling next month's rankings.

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Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Last Month	Change	Comments
1	Nathan MacKinnon	COL	C	1	0	The new big dog
2	Nikita Kucherov	TBL	RW	2	0
3	Connor McDavid	EDM	C	3	0	Might only be a temporary drop
4	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	LW	4	0
5	Brady Tkachuk	OTT	LW	5	0	Multicategory beast
6	Cale Makar	COL	D	6	0	In a league of his own in d-man scoring
7	Leon Draisaitl	EDM	C,LW	9	2
8	Jack Hughes	NJD	C,LW	10	2
9	Mikko Rantanen	COL	C,RW	11	2
10	Jack Eichel	VGK	C	12	2	Staying healthy and succeeding
11	David Pastrnak	BOS	RW	8	-3	Affected by Bruins’ struggles
12	Auston Matthews	TOR	C	7	-5	Lukewarm start, then injury
13	Roman Josi	NSH	D	14	1
14	Artemi Panarin	NYR	LW	15	1
15	Mitch Marner	TOR	RW	16	1
16	Sam Reinhart	FLA	RW	24	8	Continuing torrid pace from last season
17	Jake Guentzel	TBL	LW	17	0
18	Matthew Tkachuk	FLA	LW,RW	19	1	Slowed a bit by injuries
19	William Nylander	TOR	LW,RW	22	3
20	Sidney Crosby	PIT	C	23	3
21	Tim Stutzle	OTT	C,LW	25	4
22	Quinn Hughes	VAN	D	26	4	Offense too hard to ignore
23	Martin Necas	CAR	RW	62	39	In scoring lead as of early December
24	Filip Forsberg	NSH	LW	13	-11	Affected by Nashville struggles
25	J.T. Miller	VAN	C,LW,RW	20	-5	Returned from leave
26	Jason Robertson	DAL	LW	27	1	Production not at level of high pick
27	Adrian Kempe	LAK	LW,RW	28	1
28	Elias Pettersson	VAN	C,LW	29	1	Not generating points or shots
29	Aleksander Barkov	FLA	C	30	1
30	Matt Boldy	MIN	LW,RW	31	1
31	Jesper Bratt	NJD	RW	50	19	Climbing up scoring race
32	Evan Bouchard	EDM	D	34	2	Affected by scoring downturn in EDM
33	Mika Zibanejad	NYR	C	36	3
34	Sebastian Aho	CAR	C	38	4
35	Tage Thompson	BUF	C	39	4
36	Brayden Point	TBL	C	40	4
37	Kyle Connor	WPG	LW	41	4	Key reason for WPG’s early success
38	Zach Werenski	CBJ	D	65	27	Asserting as a top-scoring d-man
39	Timo Meier	NJD	LW,RW	42	3	Scoring up, shots and SH% consistent
40	Dylan Larkin	DET	C	43	3
41	John Tavares	TOR	C,LW	44	3
42	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR	LW,RW	45	3
43	Vincent Trocheck	NYR	C	46	3
44	Clayton Keller	UTA	LW,RW	47	3
45	Cole Caufield	MTL	LW,RW	48	3
46	Adam Fox	NYR	D	32	-14	Scored first goal of season in December
47	Moritz Seider	DET	D	49	2
48	Victor Hedman	TBL	D	51	3
49	Travis Konecny	PHI	RW	53	4
50	Nico Hischier	NJD	C	54	4	Among NHL goal lead in early Nov
51	Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	D	55	4
52	Nick Suzuki	MTL	C	56	4
53	Mark Stone	VGK	RW	57	4	Be cautious of injury history
54	Tom Wilson	WSH	RW	85	31	Back as a scorer and banger
55	Drake Batherson	OTT	RW	74	19	Having his best season
56	Steven Stamkos	NSH	C,LW	35	-21	Slow start as a Predator
57	Noah Dobson	NYI	D	58	1	Zero goals yet, but still shooting
58	Owen Tippett	PHI	LW,RW	59	1	Shots and goals down
59	Morgan Rielly	TOR	D	60	1
60	Kevin Fiala	LAK	LW,RW	61	1
61	Mikhail Sergachev	UTA	D	63	2
62	Josh Morrissey	WPG	D	64	2
63	Michael Matheson	MTL	D	66	3	Points and blocked shots
64	Zach Hyman	EDM	LW,RW	67	3	A lot of zeros in October
65	Nazem Kadri	CGY	C	68	3	Slow-ish start to the season
66	Robert Thomas	STL	C	NR		Return from injury
67	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	D	69	2	Long goal and point drought to start
68	Carter Verhaeghe	FLA	LW	72	4
69	John Carlson	WSH	D	73	4
70	Seth Jarvis	CAR	RW	75	5
71	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	D	76	5
72	Chris Kreider	NYR	LW	52	-20	Battling both injury and trade rumors
73	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	C,LW	77	4
74	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	D	78	4	Ice cold thru first month of season
75	Jordan Kyrou	STL	RW	79	4
76	Dylan Guenther	UTA	RW	80	4
77	Mark Scheifele	WPG	C	97	20	Major part of Jets’ success
78	Roope Hintz	DAL	C	81	3
79	Jared McCann	SEA	C,LW	83	4	Leading Seattle in scoring
80	Brad Marchand	BOS	LW	84	4
81	Alex DeBrincat	DET	LW,RW	86	5
82	Bo Horvat	NYI	C	87	5
83	Josh Norris	OTT	C	88	5
84	Alex Tuch	BUF	RW	89	5
85	Sam Bennett	FLA	C	90	5
86	Connor Bedard	CHI	C	21	-65	Sophomore struggles
87	Elias Lindholm	BOS	C	91	4	Slow out of the gate in Boston
88	Jake Sanderson	OTT	D	92	4	Strong start fueled by PP1
89	Erik Karlsson	PIT	D	93	4
90	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	C,RW	94	4	Slow start but low SH%
91	Brandt Clarke	LAK	D	96	5	Thriving with Doughty out
92	Dylan Strome	WSH	C	98	6	Ovie’s new setup man
93	Valeri Nichushkin	COL	LW,RW	99	6	Returning from Player Assistance Program
94	Shea Theodore	VGK	D	100	6	Reader feedback – back on PP1
95	Jake DeBrusk	VAN	LW,RW	NR		Scoring goals after slow start
96	Matvei Michkov	PHI	RW	NR
97	Macklin Celebrini	SJ	C	NR
98	Lucas Raymond	DET	LW,RW	NR
99	Anze Kopitar	LAK	C	NR		Over a point per game at age 37
100	Mikael Granlund	SJ	C,LW,RW	NR

Out	Jamie Benn	DAL	C,LW	95		Reader feedback
	Juraj Slafkovsky	MTL	LW,RW	71		Just two goals as of mid-December

Injured	Gabriel Landeskog	COL	LW			Still no expected return date
	Mathew Barzal	NYI	C,RW			LTIR (UBI) – returning
	Boone Jenner	CBJ	C			Shoulder surgery, projected March return
	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	D	33		IR (back spasms)
	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG	RW	82		Lower-body, no timeline
	Mats Zuccarello	MIN	RW	70		LTIR (lower body) – returning
	Alex Ovechkin	WSH	LW	18		Fibula – already begun skating
	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	C	37		IR (LBI)

UPCOMING GAMES

	Jan 17 - 19:01	BUF	vs	PIT
	Jan 17 - 19:01	CAR	vs	VGK

Starting Goalies

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	LANE HUTSON	MTL
	KEVIN FIALA	L.A
	ADAM FANTILLI	CBJ
	DMITRI VORONKOV	CBJ
	PAVEL DOROFEYEV	VGK

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	LEEVI MERILAINEN	OTT
	JAKUB DOBES	MTL
	DUSTIN WOLF	CGY
	LOGAN THOMPSON	WSH
	STUART SKINNER	EDM

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	VGK Players
	23.5	MARK STONE JACK EICHEL IVAN BARBASHEV
	18.3	NICOLAS ROY TANNER PEARSON KEEGAN KOLESAR
	13.1	VICTOR OLOFSSON TOMAS HERTL PAVEL DOROFEYEV

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