Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – March 2022

Alexander MacLean

2022-03-25

In case you still have a trade deadline that has yet to pass, the cap rankings are still in the 2021-22 season mode. As of the next update, coming on May 25th, I will have the contracts updated to the 2022-23 season, including FA projections, and new season scoring rates/projections for the players, so expect some large movement there!

In the short term, Cole Caufield and his mid-season resurrection have jumped him above another high-flying scorer who is on the smaller end of the weight scale. That New Jersey Devils scorer is Jack Hughes whose cap league stock is about to drop in the summer once his $8 million AAV extension kicks in. That being said, don't just completely off of that boat, as he will still be ranked among the top-200 come the summer, he's that good.

Maybe the most unexpected name in the top-70 here is Jack Roslovic, who my rankings just seem to love. He's not on his ELC, he's due a raise next summer, and he's only scoring a point every other game, so what gives? Well, first off he's dropped down under 13 minutes per game this season. As soon as he starts getting played more often, he's going to pop. He has good results in sheltered minutes, none of his underlying numbers are skewed, and his IPP is above 70% for the second year running. There's some cheap production coming here soon, and all the slump this year is doing is bringing down the cap hit on his next deal.

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, I'm hoping that the list can help you mine value in trades, and at the draft table.

The assumed league setup is for points-only leagues, with a salary allotment of approximately $73 million per team (10% of the NHL's $81.5 million being allocated for goalies), for 12 forwards and six defencemen per roster, amongst a range from eight to 14 teams (completely covered by the top 200 list). 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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I'm not perfect, and the rankings won't be either. Comments help with optimizing the values.

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.

All salary info is courtesy of capfriendly. Without further ado, the rankings:

RankNameAgePosCap HitYrsRatingPrev Rank
1Adam Fox24D$925,0001438.331
2Jason Robertson22F$795,0001353.452
3Connor McDavid25F$12,500,0005292.913
4Nick Suzuki22F$863,3331287.906
5Leon Draisaitl26F$8,500,0004275.167
6Carter Verhaeghe26F$1,000,0001273.204
7Martin Necas23F$863,3331272.835
8Tim Stützle20F$925,0002271.629
9Alexis Lafreniere20F$925,0002265.508
10Quinton Byfield19F$925,0003260.8011
11Nathan MacKinnon26F$6,300,0002258.9110
12Michael Bunting26F$950,0002246.3292
13Jonathan Huberdeau28F$5,900,0002242.9813
14Joel Farabee22F$925,0001242.7015
15Ty Smith22D$863,3332240.9112
16Tyson Barrie30D$4,500,0003239.6617
17Cole Caufield21F$880,8332235.6721
18Matt Boldy20F$880,8332229.9940
19Jack Hughes20F$925,0001228.8322
20Joshua Norris22F$925,0001226.4414
21Roope Hintz25F$3,150,0002225.9819
22Anthony DeAngelo26D$1,000,0001220.2216
23Tanner Jeannot24F$800,0002217.0525
24Cale Makar23D$9,000,0006216.7926
25Dylan Cozens21F$925,0002216.0530
26Aleksander Barkov26F$5,900,0001214.7328
27Jordan Kyrou23F$2,800,0002214.5120
28Trevor Zegras21F$925,0002213.8518
29Moritz Seider20D$863,3333212.4249
30Shea Theodore26D$5,200,0004212.1123
31Troy Terry24F$1,450,0002210.5024
32Mikko Rantanen25F$9,250,0004210.2427
33Mark Scheifele29F$6,125,0003208.8533
34Brad Marchand33F$6,125,0004206.8229
35Nikita Kucherov28F$9,500,0006204.9336
36Jake Guentzel27F$6,000,0003204.1432
37MacKenzie Weegar28D$3,250,0002203.1431
38Jakob Chychrun23D$4,600,0004200.8848
39Alex Newhook21F$908,3332200.6641
40Oliver Wahlstrom21F$894,1672198.3464
41Philip Tomasino20F$863,3333196.6547
42Nils Hoglander21F$891,6672195.3735
43Cole Sillinger18F$925,0003195.0953
44David Pastrnak25F$6,666,6662194.5343
45Anton Lundell20F$925,0003193.2681
46Quinn Hughes22D$7,850,0006193.1939
47Arthur Kaliyev20F$894,1663192.9957
48Alex DeBrincat24F$6,400,0002192.7544
49Victor Hedman31D$7,875,0004192.2734
50Peyton Krebs21F$863,3333191.40NR
51Connor McMichael21F$863,3333188.9342
52Elias Lindholm27F$4,850,0003188.3060
53Eeli Tolvanen22F$1,450,0003187.7055
54Jamie Drysdale19D$925,0002187.6551
55Max Comtois23F$2,037,5002187.1868
56Mitch Marner24F$10,903,0004187.0374
57Marco Rossi20F$925,0003186.7571
58Kaapo Kakko21F$925,0001186.56129
59Morgan Rielly28D$5,000,0001186.5338
60Auston Matthews24F$11,640,2503186.4859
61John Carlson32D$8,000,0005184.7356
62John Klingberg29D$4,250,0001184.7254
63Evan Bouchard22D$863,3332184.3750
64Jack Roslovic25F$1,838,3621182.86113
65William Eklund19F$925,0003182.6976
66Lucas Raymond19F$925,0003182.4861
67J.T. Miller29F$5,250,0002182.2258
68Yegor Sharangovich23F$2,000,0002181.8373
69Devon Toews28D$4,100,0003180.6845
70Mason McTavish19F$925,0003178.7691
71Noah Dobson22D$894,1671177.5693
72Bryan Rust29F$3,500,0001177.1470
73Adam Boqvist21D$894,1671176.9052
74K’Andre Miller22D$925,0002176.1995
75Jason Spezza38F$750,0001176.0863
76David Perron33F$4,000,0001175.7872
77Sebastian Aho24F$8,460,2503175.3469
78Kailer Yamamoto23F$1,175,0001174.3966
79Jesper Bratt23F$2,750,0001173.9786
80Mikhail Sergachev23D$4,800,0002173.8379
81Alexandre Carrier25D$733,3332173.1484
82Pavel Buchnevich27F$5,800,0004172.3267
83Joe Veleno22F$894,1672171.63105
84Kyle Connor25F$7,142,8575171.5982
85Chandler Stephenson27F$2,750,0003171.1346
86Roman Josi31D$9,059,0007170.0683
87Seth Jarvis20F$894,1663168.97106
88Charlie McAvoy24D$4,900,0001166.5185
89Artemi Panarin30F$11,642,8575166.16101
90Dougie Hamilton28D$9,000,0007166.0697
91Johnny Gaudreau28F$6,750,0001165.6487
92Kris Letang34D$7,250,0001165.5690
93Kirill Kaprizov24F$9,000,0005164.4596
94Oliver Bjorkstrand26F$5,400,0005164.21108
95Samuel Girard23D$5,000,0006164.0189
96Anthony Duclair26F$3,000,0003163.7975
97Ryan Strome28F$4,500,0001163.7088
98Nikolaj Ehlers26F$6,000,0004163.06104
99Mathieu Joseph25F$737,5001162.56166
100Gabriel Landeskog29F$7,000,0008162.2398
101Tage Thompson24F$1,400,0002161.20110
102Darnell Nurse27D$5,600,0001160.99115
103William Nylander25F$6,962,3663160.88103
104Mike Reilly28D$3,000,0003160.66119
105Mika Zibanejad28F$5,350,0001160.4962
106Dawson Mercer20F$894,1663160.48126
107Denis Gurianov24F$2,550,0001160.41100
108Tyler Toffoli29F$4,250,0003160.35121
109Nicolas Hague23D$791,6671158.7578
110Patrick Kane33F$10,500,0002158.53132
111Brock Boeser25F$5,875,0001158.04118
112Brandon Hagel23F$1,500,0003157.7394
113Brayden Point25F$6,750,0001157.58116
114Ryan Nugent-Hopkins28F$5,125,0008157.19117
115Bowen Byram20D$925,0002156.9677
116Mark Stone29F$9,500,0006156.53112
117Filip Zadina22F$894,1671156.4580
118Thomas Chabot24D$8,000,0007156.27136
119Yegor Chinakhov21F$925,0002155.80107
120Mason Appleton26F$900,0001155.1265
121Torey Krug30D$6,500,0006154.51127
122Andrew Mangiapane26F$2,425,0001154.11125
123Robert Thomas22F$2,800,0002153.60135
124Teuvo Teravainen27F$5,400,0003153.35128
125Alexander Romanov22D$925,0002153.23155
126Ross Colton25F$1,125,0002152.90141
127Neal Pionk26D$5,850,0004152.69139
128Rasmus Dahlin21D$6,000,0003152.38130
129Mathew Barzal24F$7,000,0002152.35142
130Cole Perfetti20F$894,1663151.89164
131Mason Marchment27F$800,0001151.76NR
132Sam Reinhart26F$6,500,0003151.59140
133Jonathan Marchessault31F$5,000,0003151.47137
134Nolan Patrick23F$1,200,0002150.90124
135Sidney Crosby34F$8,700,0004150.74165
136Erik Brannstrom22D$863,3331150.43111
137Sean Couturier29F$4,333,3331150.03144
138Filip Forsberg27F$6,000,0001149.72200
139Jesse Puljujarvi23F$1,175,0001149.7299
140Aaron Ekblad26D$7,500,0004149.63120
141Kevin Fiala25F$5,100,0001149.52151
142Andrei Svechnikov21F$7,750,0008149.37156
143Tomas Hertl28F$5,625,0001148.92109
144Pavel Zacha24F$2,250,0001148.45179
145Drake Batherson23F$4,975,0006147.25123
146Jared McCann25F$2,940,0001147.13177
147Alexandre Texier22F$1,525,0002146.08145
148Conor Garland26F$4,950,0005146.03149
149Nazem Kadri31F$4,500,0001145.84114
150Andre Burakovsky27F$4,900,0001145.06122
151Seth Jones27D$5,400,0001145.05143
152Jack Eichel25F$10,000,0005144.39147
153Ryan O’Reilly31F$7,500,0002143.84148
154Travis Konecny25F$5,500,0004143.23175
155Filip Hronek24D$4,400,0003142.52158
156Corey Perry36F$1,000,0002141.90168
157Ryan Hartman27F$1,700,0003141.77NR
158Logan O’Connor25F$725,0001141.71133
159Rasmus Kupari22F$863,3332141.23131
160Kirby Dach21F$925,0001141.11NR
161Shayne Gostisbehere28D$4,500,0002140.85167
162Juuso Valimaki23D$1,550,0002140.84150
163Colin Blackwell28F$725,0001140.83194
164Alex Tuch25F$4,750,0005140.76102
165Evander Kane30F$7,000,0004140.66197
166Sam Bennett25F$4,425,0004140.61NR
167Jordan Greenway25F$2,100,0001140.60173
168Ondrej Palat30F$5,300,0001140.55183
169Matthew Tkachuk24F$7,000,0001140.47146
170Matt Grzelcyk28D$3,687,5003140.36172
171Timo Meier25F$6,000,0002140.06171
172Adrian Kempe25F$2,000,0001139.99138
173Mario Ferraro23D$925,0001139.97153
174Vincent Trocheck29F$4,750,0001139.76154
175Bo Horvat26F$5,500,0002139.56195
176Zach Werenski24D$5,000,0001138.98186
177Jeff Petry34D$6,250,0004137.93185
178Daniel Sprong25F$725,0001137.35NR
179Anthony Beauvillier24F$4,150,0003137.17169
180Jakub Vrana26F$5,250,0003136.71NR
181Elias Pettersson23F$7,350,0003135.88NR
182Andrew Copp27F$3,640,0001135.70NR
183Miro Heiskanen22D$8,450,0008135.66160
184Alex Killorn32F$4,450,0002135.33184
185Dominik Kubalík26F$3,700,0001135.32174
186Rasmus Andersson25D$4,550,0005135.22180
187Victor Olofsson26F$3,050,0001135.21NR
188Filip Chytil22F$2,300,0002134.65170
189Kasperi Kapanen25F$3,200,0001134.39NR
190Oliver Kylington24D$750,0001134.28152
191Sonny Milano25F$1,700,0001134.27134
192Alexander Holtz20F$925,0003133.94NR
193Brett Pesce27D$4,025,0003133.73192
194Max Pacioretty33F$7,000,0002133.70181
195Conor Sheary29F$1,500,0002132.27193
196Trevor Moore26F$1,875,0002132.02NR
197Joel Kiviranta25F$1,050,0002131.90NR
198Gustav Forsling25D$2,666,6673131.69157
199Joe Pavelski37F$7,000,0001131.64190
200Taylor Hall30F$6,000,0004131.59NR

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