Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – November 2018

Dobber

2018-11-07

Here are the Top 300 players to own in your points-only fantasy hockey keeper leagues.

You guys never read this, but here it is again for the good of my health (deep breath):

This is for a standard points-only keeper league (count top XX players out of YY players on your roster at the end of the year). This means there is no IR and positions aren't accounted for. Players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point becomes based on personal bias or team need. I factor in injury risk, three-year outlook, this year's outlook, upside, and team scoring potential.

To forestall the Tavares/Matthews/Marner debate: the players are each within 5.0 ratings of each other and should be considered equal. I gave this a lot of thought and indeed if I owned any one of these three, I would not trade him for one of the others. Period. If own Matthews, I am not trading him for Marner. If I own Marner, I am not trading him for Matthews – keep in mind this is because Matthews was hurt twice last year and is already hurt this year. Seems like a risk already. Higher upside, but in the above-described standard league format – there is no IR. So Matthews missing 10 games per year means 10 or 15 fewer points. And if I own Tavares, I am not trading him for either of the other two (nor if I owned one of the other two I wouldn't trade him for Tavares). I don't trade for the sake of trading. Each of these players offers something. All have high upside, some higher than others. Each have varied amounts of injury risks. Tavares has a long track record. I plugged in the numbers, this is what I got – and I'm quite happy with it.

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Nov	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Oct	Sep	Change
1	Connor McDavid	EDM		262.8	1	1	0
2	Nikita Kucherov	TBL		186.0	2	2	0
3	Nathan MacKinnon	COL		171.4	4	4	1
4	Evgeni Malkin	PIT		171.4	13	13	9
5	Sidney Crosby	PIT		165.8	3	3	-2
6	John Tavares	TOR		162.0	5	5	-1
7	Mitchell Marner	TOR		159.3	27	27	20
8	Auston Matthews	TOR		158.9	18	18	10
9	Brad Marchand	BOS		153.0	6	6	-3
10	Johnny Gaudreau	CGY		152.6	7	7	-3
11	Mikko Rantanen	COL		151.0	28	28	17
12	Alex Ovechkin	WAS		150.5	9	9	-3
13	Phil Kessel	PIT		148.6	16	16	3
14	Taylor Hall	NJD		147.5	15	15	1
15	Blake Wheeler	WPG		147.2	8	8	-7
16	Jack Eichel	BUF		146.3	14	14	-2
17	Claude Giroux	PHI		144.9	10	10	-7
18	Mark Scheifele	WPG		144.7	11	11	-7
19	Evgeny Kuznetsov	WAS		143.7	24	24	5
20	Patrick Kane	CHI		137.6	17	17	-3
21	Nicklas Backstrom	WAS		136.3	22	22	1
22	Artemi Panarin	CBJ		135.1	20	20	-2
23	Tyler Seguin	DAL		132.0	21	21	-2
24	Jakub Voracek	PHI		131.1	30	30	6
25	David Pastrnak	BOS		130.6	23	23	-2
26	Steven Stamkos	TBL		130.4	12	12	-14
27	Elias Pettersson	VAN		129.3	119	117	92
28	Leon Draisaitl	EDM		129.1	29	29	1
29	Mathew Barzal	NYI		128.7	26	26	-3
30	Patrik Laine	WPG		126.7	25	25	-5
31	Vladimir Tarasenko	STL		124.8	36	35	5
32	Jamie Benn	DAL		119.7	31	31	-1
33	Aleksander Barkov	FLA		119.3	32	32	-1
34	Anze Kopitar	LAK		118.3	19	19	-15
35	Jonathan Marchessault	VGK		115.8	33	33	-2
36	Filip Forsberg	NSH		114.9	34	34	-2
37	Sean Monahan	CGY		113.8	45	45	8
38	Vincent Trocheck	FLA		112.9	37	37	-1
39	Mark Stone	OTT		111.3	51	51	12
40	Mikael Granlund	MIN		109.0	41	41	1
41	Brent Burns	SJS	y	108.6	48	48	7
42	Jonathan Huberdeau	FLA		107.6	39	39	-3
43	Sebastian Aho	CAR		106.6	49	49	6
44	Brayden Point	TBL		106.4	62	62	18
45	Brayden Schenn	STL		106.1	38	38	-7
46	Victor Hedman	TBL	y	104.9	44	44	-2
47	Ryan Getzlaf	ANA		104.3	43	43	-4
48	Morgan Rielly	TOR	y	103.5	107	104	59
49	Rickard Rakell	ANA		103.5	42	42	-7
50	Nico Hischier	NJD		101.7	69	69	19
51	Ryan O'Reilly	STL		101.1	65	65	14
52	Clayton Keller	ARI		100.8	50	50	-2
53	J.T. Miller	TBL		100.7	47	47	-6
54	William Karlsson	VGK		100.2	46	46	-8
55	Ryan Johansen	NSH		99.1	60	60	5
56	Alex DeBrincat	CHI		97.8	67	67	11
57	Thomas Chabot	OTT	y	97.6	242	264	185
58	Alexander Radulov	DAL		97.5	53	53	-5
59	Brock Boeser	VAN		96.9	54	54	-5
60	Yanni Gourde	TBL		95.4	104	102	44
61	John Klingberg	DAL	y	94.2	63	63	2
62	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM		93.6	92	92	30
63	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH		93.6	56	56	-7
64	Jake Guentzel	PIT		92.7	58	58	-6
65	Teuvo Teravainen	CAR		91.4	59	59	-6
66	John Carlson	WAS	y	90.7	85	85	19
67	Josh Bailey	NYI		90.2	75	74	8
68	Sean Couturier	PHI		90.1	52	52	-16
69	Patrice Bergeron	BOS		89.9	73	72	4
70	Eric Staal	MIN		89.0	64	64	-6
71	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY		88.9	89	89	18
72	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	y	88.7	57	57	-15
73	Nikolaj Ehlers	WPG		87.9	40	40	-33
74	Logan Couture	SJS		87.7	79	78	5
75	Kyle Connor	WPG		87.6	66	66	-9
76	Elias Lindholm	CGY		87.4	81	81	5
77	Jeff Skinner	BUF		86.9	76	75	-1
78	Erik Karlsson	SJS	y	86.6	35	36	-43
79	Max Domi	MON		86.6	99	99	20
80	P.K. Subban	NSH	y	85.6	80	79	0
81	Dylan Larkin	DET		85.3	78	77	-3
82	Jaden Schwartz	STL		84.1	61	61	-21
83	Evgenii Dadonov	FLA		84.0	82	82	-1
84	Gabriel Landeskog	COL		84.0	88	88	4
85	Matt Duchene	OTT		83.6	87	87	2
86	Kyle Palmieri	NJD		83.2	130	131	44
87	Alex Galchenyuk	ARI		82.6	70	70	-17
88	William Nylander	TOR		81.7	55	55	-33
89	Bo Horvat	VAN		81.5	71	71	-18
90	Cam Atkinson	CBJ		80.5	77	76	-13
91	Ilya Kovalchuk	LAK		79.5	97	97	6
92	Timo Meier	SJS		79.3	162	164	70
93	Jonathan Drouin	MON		78.0	83	83	-10
94	Sam Reinhart	BUF		78.0	68	68	-26
95	Kris Letang	PIT	y	75.1	143	144	48
96	Mike Hoffman	FLA		74.9	94	94	-2
97	Mika Zibanejad	NYR		74.3	123	124	26
98	Anders Lee	NYI		74.0	112	110	14
99	Tyler Johnson	TBL		72.5	121	121	22
100	Jonathan Toews	CHI		72.3	108	105	8
101	Jason Zucker	MIN		70.0	84	84	-17
102	Tomas Hertl	SJS		69.5	135	135	33
103	David Perron	STL		69.2	114	112	11
104	Chris Tierney	OTT		68.9	219	256	115
105	Chris Kreider	NYR		68.0	127	128	22
106	Kevin Labanc	SJS		67.3	116	123	10
107	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR		67.2	101	115	-6
108	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ		67.1	91	91	-17
109	Drew Doughty	LAK	y	67.0	102	100	-7
110	Max Pacioretty	VGK		66.6	72	120	-38
111	Joe Pavelski	SJS		66.5	74	73	-37
112	Nick Schmaltz	CHI		66.2	93	93	-19
113	Torey Krug	BOS	y	65.3	86	86	-27
114	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	y	65.1	152	151	38
115	Seth Jones	CBJ	y	64.9	100	80	-15
116	Jeff Carter	LAK		64.3	109	106	-7
117	Nazem Kadri	TOR		64.1	110	107	-7
118	Tyler Toffoli	LAK		63.8	111	109	-7
119	Tyson Barrie	COL	y	63.8	118	116	-1
120	Travis Konecny	PHI		63.5	96	96	-24
121	Jakob Silfverberg	ANA		62.1	134	136	13
122	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	y	61.9	98	98	-24
123	Tomas Tatar	MON		61.7	159	158	36
124	Evander Kane	SJS		61.6	120	118	-4
125	Kyle Turris	NSH		61.5	140	141	15
126	Ryan Dzingel	OTT		61.1	194	195	68
127	Brendan Gallagher	MON		60.6	147	147	20
128	James van Riemsdyk	PHI		59.8	95	95	-33
129	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	y	59.3	124	125	-5
130	Roman Josi	NSH	y	59.2	103	101	-27
131	Jordan Eberle	NYI		58.9	105	103	-26
132	Keith Yandle	FLA	y	58.4	141	142	9
133	Nolan Patrick	PHI		57.9	149	149	16
134	Kevin Hayes	NYR		57.8	128	129	-6
135	Wayne Simmonds	PHI		57.6	138	139	3
136	Zach Werenski	CBJ	y	57.4	132	133	-4
137	Mats Zuccarello	NYR		56.3	151	150	14
138	Kevin Fiala	NSH		56.0	106	119	-32
139	Derek Stepan	ARI		54.6	113	111	-26
140	Matt Dumba	MIN	y	54.6	129	130	-11
141	Alexander Wennberg	CBJ		54.4	139	140	-2
142	Ryan Ellis	NSH	y	53.8	126	127	-16
143	Ondrej Palat	TBL		53.0	142	143	-1
144	Nino Niederreiter	MIN		52.9	117	114	-27
145	Charlie Coyle	MIN		52.8	133	134	-12
146	Anthony Mantha	DET		51.8	115	113	-31
147	Ryan Spooner	NYR		51.5	144	145	-3
148	Christian Dvorak	ARI		50.9	122	122	-26
149	Alex Tuch	VGK		50.8	158	157	9
150	Artturi Lehkonen	MON		49.6	165	178	15
151	Andrei Svechnikov	CAR		48.8	153	152	2
152	Danton Heinen	BOS		48.5	131	132	-21
153	Conor Sheary	BUF		48.3	146	146	-7
154	Alexander Kerfoot	COL		48.1	160	159	6
155	Nick Foligno	CBJ		48.0	161	160	6
156	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ		47.9	136	137	-20
157	Reilly Smith	VGK		47.6	90	90	-67
158	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	y	47.6	137	138	-21
159	Robby Fabbri	STL		47.3	155	154	-4
160	Jake Gardiner	TOR	y	47.1	154	153	-6
161	Casey Mittelstadt	BUF		47.0	145	108	-16
162	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	y	46.8	148	148	-14
163	Brandon Saad	CHI		45.6	157	156	-6
164	Gustav Nyquist	DET		44.3	171	169	7
165	David Krejci	BOS		44.2	163	161	-2
166	Derick Brassard	PIT		44.2	190	191	24
167	Mikael Backlund	CGY		43.9	164	162	-3
168	Erik Haula	VGK		43.5	125	126	-43
169	Andreas Athanasiou	DET		41.8	168	174	-1
170	Sven Baertschi	VAN		41.6	186	187	16
171	T.J. Oshie	WAS		40.6	210	212	39
172	Christian Fischer	ARI		40.4	176	175	4
173	Brady Tkachuk	OTT		40.2	230	263	57
174	Vinnie Hinostroza	ARI		40.0	177	176	3
175	Andre Burakovsky	WAS		39.4	167	166	-8
176	Ivan Provorov	PHI	y	38.5	172	170	-4
177	James Neal	CGY		38.3	178	177	1
178	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI		38.2	150	163	-28
179	Marcus Johansson	NJD		37.8	174	172	-5
180	Micheal Ferland	CAR		37.3	493	436	313
181	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	y	36.6	197	199	16
182	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	y	36.1	180	181	-2
183	Joe Thornton	SJS		36.0	175	173	-8
184	Nick Bjugstad	FLA		34.9	185	186	1
185	Jakub Vrana	WAS		34.8	209	211	24
186	Kyle Okposo	BUF		34.5	204	206	18
187	Patric Hornqvist	PIT		34.4	170	168	-17
188	Jacob Trouba	WPG	y	34.3	199	201	11
189	Kasperi Kapanen	TOR		34.2	310	313	121
190	Adam Henrique	ANA		34.0	193	194	3
191	Brett Howden	NYR		33.5	NR	NR	NEW
192	Colin White	OTT		33.2	276	275	84
193	Jack Roslovic	WPG		33.1	182	183	-11
194	Brendan Perlini	ARI		33.1	198	200	4
195	Craig Smith	NSH		32.8	191	192	-4
196	Adrian Kempe	LAK		32.5	184	185	-12
197	Dustin Brown	LAK		32.4	202	204	5
198	Shea Theodore	VGK	y	31.8	181	182	-17
199	Eeli Tolvanen	NSH		31.6	205	207	6
200	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN		31.2	259	261	59
201	Brock Nelson	NYI		30.8	253	254	52
202	Patrick Maroon	STL		30.6	211	213	9
203	Jimmy Vesey	NYR		30.4	237	238	34
204	Ryan Suter	MIN	y	30.2	251	252	47
205	Kevin Shattenkirk	NYR	y	30.1	192	193	-13
206	Bryan Little	WPG		29.8	183	184	-23
207	Jordan Staal	CAR		29.7	214	216	7
208	Jake DeBrusk	BOS		29.5	203	205	-5
209	Sam Bennett	CGY		29.4	220	222	11
210	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	y	29.4	336	333	126
211	Dylan Strome	ARI		29.4	222	224	11
212	Zach Hyman	TOR		29.3	225	226	13
213	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN		29.1	215	218	2
214	Paul Stastny	VGK		29.1	196	198	-18
215	Josh Morrissey	WPG	y	28.8	241	241	26
216	Nick Ritchie	ANA		28.8	218	221	2
217	Henrik Borgstrom	FLA		28.7	156	155	-61
218	Will Butcher	NJD	y	28.6	243	242	25
219	Connor Brown	TOR		28.3	224	196	5
220	Vladislav Namestnikov	NYR		28.1	188	189	-32
221	Brandon Montour	ANA	y	28.0	195	197	-26
222	Colton Parayko	STL	y	28.0	221	223	-1
223	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	MON		27.6	265	274	42
224	Alex Killorn	TBL		27.6	189	190	-35
225	Thomas Vanek	DET		27.4	217	220	-8
226	Ondrej Kase	ANA		27.4	223	225	-3
227	Alexander Steen	STL		27.2	228	232	1
228	Ryan Pulock	NYI	y	27.1	201	203	-27
229	Martin Necas	CAR		26.9	212	214	-17
230	Richard Panik	ARI		26.8	236	236	6
231	Jesper Bratt	NJD		26.4	206	208	-25
232	Tanner Pearson	LAK		26.3	166	165	-66
233	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	y	26.0	213	215	-20
234	Kailer Yamamoto	EDM		25.9	232	244	-2
235	Daniel Sprong	PIT		25.8	244	243	9
236	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM		25.8	179	179	-57
237	Mark Jankowski	CGY		25.8	245	231	8
238	Charles Hudon	MON		25.5	226	227	-12
239	Mikko Koivu	MIN		25.3	246	246	7
240	J.T. Compher	COL		25.0	250	251	10
241	Tage Thompson	BUF		25.0	248	248	7
242	Mark Giordano	CGY	y	24.7	377	375	135
243	Mikkel Boedker	OTT		24.7	261	265	18
244	Phillip Danault	MON		24.6	256	258	12
245	Ty Rattie	EDM		24.5	252	435	7
246	Pavel Zacha	NJD		24.5	200	202	-46
247	Tyson Jost	COL		24.3	229	233	-18
248	Joonas Donskoi	SJS		24.3	263	267	15
249	Zach Parise	MIN		24.3	396	394	147
250	Bobby Ryan	OTT		24.1	348	344	98
251	Bryan Rust	PIT		23.9	254	255	3
252	Jordan Weal	PHI		23.8	270	270	18
253	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	y	23.8	187	188	-66
254	Tyler Bozak	STL		23.6	302	304	48
255	Sam Steel	ANA		23.6	227	228	-28
256	Adam Lowry	WPG		23.4	255	257	-1
257	Mike Matheson	FLA	y	23.3	257	259	0
258	Tyler Bertuzzi	DET		23.1	262	266	4
259	Noah Hanifin	CGY	y	23.0	208	210	-51
260	Lars Eller	WAS		22.7	268	299	8
261	Dominik Kahun	CHI		22.2	313	360	52
262	Joshua Ho-Sang	NYI		22.2	249	250	-13
263	Anthony Cirelli	TBL		21.9	231	234	-32
264	Ryan Hartman	NSH		21.8	296	296	32
265	Maxime Comtois	ANA		21.7	351	NR	86
266	Dylan Sikura	CHI		21.6	264	180	-2
267	Oskar Lindblom	PHI		21.6	443	437	176
268	Damon Severson	NJD	y	21.4	370	367	102
269	Robert Thomas	STL		21.1	272	303	3
270	Jordan Kyrou	STL		21.0	273	285	3
271	Neal Pionk	NYR	y	21.0	501	496	230
272	Henri Jokiharju	CHI	y	20.9	407	415	135
273	Jason Pominville	BUF		20.9	458	453	185
274	Ryan Strome	EDM		20.8	173	171	-101
275	Sami Vatanen	NJD	y	20.6	358	354	83
276	Alex Iafallo	LAK		20.6	373	370	97
277	Anthony Duclair	CBJ		20.2	311	306	34
278	Denis Malgin	FLA		20.1	277	277	-1
279	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	y	20.1	332	330	53
280	Nick Merkley	ARI		19.9	278	273	-2
281	Filip Zadina	DET		19.7	279	278	-2
282	Ryan Donato	BOS		19.7	169	167	-113
283	Valeri Nichushkin	DAL		19.6	216	219	-67
284	Colin Miller	VGK	y	19.6	260	262	-24
285	Vitali Abramov	CBJ		19.5	280	281	-5
286	Drake Batherson	OTT		19.5	282	245	-4
287	Tom Wilson	WAS		19.4	239	217	-48
288	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN		19.4	283	283	-5
289	Calle Jarnkrok	NSH		19.2	234	235	-55
290	Troy Terry	ANA		19.1	267	276	-23
291	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	y	19.0	288	290	-3
292	Devin Shore	DAL		19.0	207	209	-85
293	Andreas Johnsson	TOR		18.9	284	286	-9
294	Josh Anderson	CBJ		18.9	312	300	18
295	Logan Brown	OTT		18.9	286	288	-9
296	Evan Bouchard	EDM	y	18.7	289	371	-7
297	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY		18.7	290	291	-7
298	Nicolas Roy	CAR		18.6	322	321	24
299	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	y	18.5	359	355	60
300	Boris Katchouk	TBL		18.4	292	279	-8


Nov	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Oct	Sep	Change
180	Micheal Ferland	CAR		37.3	493	436	313
271	Neal Pionk	NYR	y	21.0	501	496	230
373	Travis Zajac	NJD		13.1	571	566	198
57	Thomas Chabot	OTT	y	97.6	242	264	185
273	Jason Pominville	BUF		20.9	458	453	185
267	Oskar Lindblom	PHI		21.6	443	437	176
249	Zach Parise	MIN		24.3	396	394	147
357	Brett Connolly	WAS		14.0	502	497	145
242	Mark Giordano	CGY	y	24.7	377	375	135

Nov	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Oct	Sep	Change
571	Daniel O'Regan	BUF		1.1	324	323	-247
507	Jan Kovar	UFA		4.5	281	282	-226
354	Austin Czarnik	CGY		14.3	233	253	-121
282	Ryan Donato	BOS		19.7	169	167	-113
368	Milan Lucic	EDM		13.4	258	260	-110
539	Vladimir Sobotka	BUF		3.0	434	427	-105
344	Justin Schultz	PIT	y	15.2	240	240	-104
341	Mathieu Perreault	WPG		15.3	238	239	-103

Nov	Player	Team	DEF?	Rating	Oct	Sep	Change
191	Brett Howden	NYR		33.5	NR	NR	NEW
325	Mikhail Vorobyev	PHI		16.1	NR	NR	NEW
425	Zach Sanford	STL		8.7	NR	NR	NEW
488	Markus Nutivaara	CBJ	y	5.4	NR	NR	NEW
530	Alexandre Fortin	CHI		3.2	NR	NR	NEW
532	Maxime Lajoie	OTT	y	3.2	NR	NR	NEW
540	Kiefer Sherwood	ANA		2.9	NR	NR	NEW

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 23 - 13:12	N.J	vs	NYR
Dec 23 - 14:12	TOR	vs	WPG
Dec 23 - 19:12	DET	vs	STL
Dec 23 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	MTL
Dec 23 - 19:12	BOS	vs	WSH
Dec 23 - 19:12	FLA	vs	T.B
Dec 23 - 19:12	PIT	vs	PHI
Dec 23 - 19:12	NYI	vs	BUF
Dec 23 - 20:12	NSH	vs	CAR
Dec 23 - 20:12	MIN	vs	CHI
Dec 23 - 21:12	UTA	vs	DAL
Dec 23 - 21:12	VAN	vs	S.J
Dec 23 - 22:12	VGK	vs	ANA