Fantasy hockey top 200 player rankings
Most valuable overall options for standard leagues; new podcast episodes

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Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies; these rankings are transitioning away from plus/minus as a category and will begin to include blocked shots. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, line combinations, defense pairs, power-play usage, team goalie situations, anticipated start volume, projected goal support (or lack thereof), injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the rest of the 2024-25 season.
1. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
2. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
3. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
4. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
5. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
6. Cale Makar, D, COL
7. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
8. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
9. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
10. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
11. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
12. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
13. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
14. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
15. William Nylander, F, TOR
16. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
17. Mitch Marner, F, TOR
18. Logan Thompson, G, WSH
19. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
20. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
21. Mikko Rantanen, F, CAR
22. Martin Necas, F, COL
23. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN (INJ.)
24. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
25. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
26. Brayden Point, F, TBL
27. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
28. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
29. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
30. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
31. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
32. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
33. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
34. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
35. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
36. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
37. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
38. Moritz Seider, D, DET
39. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
40. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
41. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
42. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
43. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
44. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
45. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
46. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
47. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
48. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
49. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
50. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
51. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
52. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
53. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
54. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
55. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
56. John Tavares, F, TOR
57. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
58. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
59. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
60. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
61. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS (rookie)
62. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
63. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
64. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
65. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
66. Jacob Markstrom, G, NJD (NEW)
67. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
68. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
69. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
70. Mark Stone, F, VGK
71. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
72. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
73. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
74. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (rookie)
75. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
76. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
77. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK
78. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
79. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
80. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
81. Anthony Stolarz, G, TOR
82. Mikael Granlund, F, DAL
83. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
84. Dustin Wolf, G, CGY (rookie)
85. Frederik Andersen, G, CAR
86. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
87. John Carlson, D, WSH
88. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
89. Stuart Skinner, G, EDM
90. Joseph Woll, G, TOR
91. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, WPG
92. Drew Doughty, D, LAK
93. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
94. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
95. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
96. Robert Thomas, F, STL
97. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
98. Frank Vatrano, F, ANA
99. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
100. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
101. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
102. Timo Meier, F, NJD
103. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
104. Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR
105. Adin Hill, G, VGK
106. Neal Pionk, D, WPG
107. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
108. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
109. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
110. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
111. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
112. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
113. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
114. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
115. Patrick Kane, F, DET
116. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI (rookie)
117. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
118. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
119. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
120. Jonathan Marchessault, F, NSH
121. Patrik Laine, F, MTL
122. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
123. Kent Johnson, F, CBJ
124. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
125. Jordan Binnington, G, STL
126. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
127. Devon Toews, D, COL
128. Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
129. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
130. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
131. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
132. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
133. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
134. Mason Marchment, F, DAL
135. Jamie Benn, F, DAL
136. Jake Walman, D, SJS
137. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
138. Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
138. Dmitri Voronkov, F, CBJ
140. Bo Horvat, F, NYI
141. Anders Lee, F, NYI
142. Josh Norris, F, OTT
143. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
144. JJ Peterka, F, BUF
145. Jonathan Drouin, F, COL
146. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
147. Connor McMichael, F, WSH
148. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
149. Logan Stankoven, F, DAL (NEW; rookie)
150. Jared McCann, F, SEA
151. Marco Rossi, F, MIN
152. Colton Parayko, D, STL
153. William Eklund, F, SJS
154. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
155. Oliver Bjorkstrand, F, TBL (NEW)
156. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
157. Seth Jones, D, FLA
158. Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
159. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
160. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA (NEW)
161. Kevin Lankinen, G, VAN
162. Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ
163. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
164. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
165. Lukas Dostal, G, ANA (NEW)
166. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
167. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
168. Jonathan Huberdeau, F, CGY
169. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
170. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
171. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
172. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
173. Will Smith, F, SJS (rookie)
174. Joey Daccord, G, SEA
175. Sam Montembeault, G, MTL
176. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
177. Kris Letang, D, PIT
178. Troy Terry, F, ANA
179. Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
180. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
181. Kaapo Kakko, F, SEA
182. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
183. Owen Power, D, BUF
184. Boone Jenner, F, CBJ
185. Spencer Knight, G, CHI
186. Sean Durzi, D, UTA
187. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
188. Jake Neighbours, F, STL
189. Shane Wright, F, SEA
190. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA (NEW)
191. Mason Lohrei, D, BOS
192. Cam Fowler, D, STL
193. Will Cuylle, F, NYR (NEW)
194. Brayden Schenn, F, STL (NEW)
195. Ryan Donato, F, CHI (NEW)
196. Mason McTavish, F, ANA (NEW)
197. Luke Hughes, D, NJD (NEW)
198. Mavrik Bourque, F, DAL (rookie)
199. Yegor Chinakhov, F, CBJ (NEW)
200. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA (NEW; rookie)
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Out of rankings this week:
Jack Hughes, F, NJD (INJ.)
Roman Josi, D, NSH (INJ.)
Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA (INJ.)
Brad Marchand, F, BOS (INJ.)
Adam Fox, D, NYR (INJ.)
Cam Talbot, G, DET
Juuse Saros, G, NSH
Jake Allen, G, NJD
Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
Marco Kasper, F, DET (rookie)
Jiri Kulich, F, BUF (rookie)
Claude Giroux, F, OTT
Vladislav Namestnikov, F, WPG
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Key injuries:
Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
Trent Frederic, F, EDM
Evander Kane, F, EDM
Tyler Seguin, F, DAL
Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
Shea Theodore, D, VGK
Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
Thatcher Demko, G, VAN