Fantasy categories taken into account for these rankings include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the rest of the 2024-25 season.
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1. Cale Makar, D, COL
2. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
3. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN. (. INJ.. )
4. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
5. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
6. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD. (. INJ.. )
7. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
8. Moritz Seider, D, DET
9. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
10. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
11. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
12. Lane Hutson, D, MTL. (. rookie. )
13. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
14. John Carlson, D, WSH
15. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
16. Drew Doughty, D, LAK
17. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
18. Neal Pionk, D, WPG
19. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
20. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
21. Devon Toews, D, COL
22. Jake Walman, D, SJS
23. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
24. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
25. Colton Parayko, D, STL
26. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
27. Seth Jones, D, FLA
28. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
29. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
30. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
31. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
32. Kris Letang, D, PIT
33. Owen Power, D, BUF
34. Sean Durzi, D, UTA
35. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
36. Mason Lohrei, D, BOS
37. Cam Fowler, D, STL
38. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
39. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
40. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
41. Radko Gudas, D, ANA
42. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
43. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
44. Alex Vlasic, D, CHI
45. Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
46. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
47. Jake Middleton, D, MIN
48. John Klingberg, D, EDM
49. Rasmus Ristolainen, D, PHI
50. Philip Broberg, D, STL
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Key injuries:
Roman Josi, D, NSH
Adam Fox, D, NYR
Shea Theodore, D, VGK
Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
