Whether it's Phil Kessel getting traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Brandon Saad being shipped to the Columbus Blue Jackets or T.J. Oshie being dealt to the Washington Capitals, we've seen some impactful trades this offseason that could change the fantasy landscape for the 2015-16 season.
We've also seen our share of players changing addresses in free agency. Players including Mike Green and Justin Williams have new homes and could see a spike in fantasy value.
With these changes, fantasy owners are likely salivating at the chance to start preparing for draft season in September. To help you prepare, it's time for my offseason top 200 fantasy hockey rankings.
These rankings have been built on what I have learned following several free agency signings and trades this summer. As training camps draw closer and more moves take place, these rankings will be updated, including position-by-position rankings and breakdowns.
These rankings should be viewed as my projections of the NHL's most valuable fantasy players based on expectations for this season. Factors taken into account include position eligibility, line combinations, category coverage and statistical performance from previous seasons.
NOTE: These rankings were posted on July 10, 2015. They project value in standard fantasy hockey re-draft leagues, which include a 6x4 category scoring system: goals, assists, plus-minus, power-play points, shots on goal, penalty minutes, goalie wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts.
MATT CUBETA'S OFFSEASON TOP 200 RANKINGS | |||
Rank | Player |
Position | Team |
1. | Alex Ovechkin | Forward | |
2. | Sidney Crosby | Forward | |
3. | Steven Stamkos | Forward | |
4. | Jamie Benn | Forward | |
5. | John Tavares | Forward | |
6. | Patrick Kane | Forward | |
7. | Tyler Seguin | Forward | |
8. | Evgeni Malkin | Forward | |
9. | Carey Price | Goalie | |
10. | Claude Giroux | Forward | |
11. | Corey Perry | Forward | |
12. | Ryan Getzlaf | Forward | |
13. | Erik Karlsson | Defenseman | |
14. | Vladimir Tarasenko | Forward | |
15. | Phil Kessel | Forward | |
16. | Henrik Lundqvist | Goalie | |
17. | Max Pacioretty | Forward | |
18. | Rick Nash | Forward | |
19. | Joe Pavelski | Forward | |
20. | Jakub Voracek | Forward | |
21. | Jonathan Toews | Forward | |
22. | Nicklas Backstrom | Forward | |
23. | P.K. Subban | Defenseman | |
24. | Pekka Rinne | Goalie | |
25. | Zach Parise | Forward | |
26. | Logan Couture | Forward | |
27. | Ryan Johansen | Forward | |
28. | Blake Wheeler | Forward | |
29. | Pavel Datsyuk | Forward | |
30. | Marc-Andre Fleury | Goalie | |
31. | Braden Holtby | Goalie | |
32. | Taylor Hall | Forward | |
33. | Kris Letang | Defenseman | |
34. | Daniel Sedin | Forward | |
35. | Anze Kopitar | Forward | |
36. | Tuukka Rask | Goalie | |
37. | Tyler Johnson | Forward | |
38. | David Backes | Forward | |
39. | Jonathan Quick | Goalie | |
40. | Kevin Shattenkirk | Defenseman | |
41. | Henrik Zetterberg | Forward | |
42. | Nikita Kucherov | Forward | |
43. | Devan Dubnyk | Goalie | |
44. | Dustin Byfuglien | Defenseman | |
45. | Shea Weber | Defenseman | |
46. | Alexander Steen | Forward | |
47. | Gabriel Landeskog | Forward | |
48. | Marian Hossa | Forward | |
49. | Andrew Ladd | Forward | |
50. | Mark Giordano | Defenseman | |
51. | Matt Duchene | Forward | |
52. | Nathan MacKinnon | Forward | |
53. | Cory Schneider | Goalie | |
54. | Henrik Sedin | Forward | |
55. | Corey Crawford | Goalie | |
56. | Chris Kreider | Forward | |
57. | Victor Hedman | Defenseman | |
58. | Wayne Simmonds | Forward | |
59. | Drew Doughty | Defenseman | |
60. | Sergei Bobrovsky | Goalie | |
61. | Jeff Carter | Forward | |
62. | Ondrej Palat | Forward | |
63. | Connor McDavid | Forward | |
64. | Nick Foligno | Forward | |
65. | Ben Bishop | Goalie | |
66. | Jiri Hudler | Forward | |
67. | Jason Spezza | Forward | |
68. | Jordan Eberle | Forward | |
69. | Patrick Sharp | Forward | |
70. | Brent Burns | Defenseman | |
71. | Patrice Bergeron | Forward | |
72. | Roberto Luongo | Goalie | |
73. | T.J. Oshie | Forward | |
74. | Duncan Keith | Defenseman | |
75. | Eric Staal | Forward | |
76. | Milan Lucic | Forward | |
77. | Scott Hartnell | Forward | |
78. | Kyle Turris | Forward | |
79. | Keith Yandle | Defenseman | |
80. | Evander Kane | Forward | |
81. | Filip Forsberg | Forward | |
82. | Kyle Okposo | Forward | |
83. | Roman Josi | Defenseman | |
84. | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Defenseman | |
85. | Radim Vrbata | Forward | |
86. | Patric Hornqvist | Forward | |
87. | Johnny Gaudreau | Forward | |
88. | Jaden Schwartz | Forward | |
89. | Derick Brassard | Forward | |
90. | Ryan Kesler | Forward | |
91. | Bobby Ryan | Forward | |
92. | Semyon Varlamov | Goalie | |
93. | John Carlson | Defenseman | |
94. | Joe Thornton | Forward | |
95. | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Forward | |
96. | Gustav Nyquist | Forward | |
97. | Derek Stepan | Forward | |
98. | Steve Mason | Goalie | |
99. | Jarome Iginla | Forward | |
100. | James van Riemsdyk | Forward | |
101. | Alex Pietrangelo | Defenseman | |
102. | Brian Elliott | Goalie | |
103. | Jaroslav Halak | Goalie | |
104. | Brandon Saad | Forward | |
105. | Tomas Plekanec | Forward | |
106. | Patrick Marleau | Forward | |
107. | Jimmy Howard | Goalie | |
108. | Aaron Ekblad | Defenseman | |
109. | Ryan McDonagh | Defenseman | |
110. | Marian Gaborik | Forward | |
111. | Sean Monahan | Forward | |
112. | James Neal | Forward | |
113. | Bryan Little | Forward | |
114. | Tomas Tatar | Forward | |
115. | Jason Pominville | Forward | |
116. | Ryan Miller | Goalie | |
117. | Jonathan Huberdeau | Forward | |
118. | Thomas Vanek | Forward | |
119. | Mark Stone | Forward | |
120. | Ryan Callahan | Forward | |
121. | Justin Faulk | Defenseman | |
122. | Mats Zuccarello | Forward | |
123. | Mike Green | Defenseman | |
124. | Ondrej Pavelec | Goalie | |
125. | Andrei Markov | Defenseman | |
126. | Mikko Koivu | Forward | |
127. | David Krejci | Forward | |
128. | Brandon Dubinsky | Forward | |
129. | Tyson Barrie | Defenseman | |
130. | Ryan O'Reilly | Forward | |
131. | Tyler Toffoli | Forward | |
132. | Chris Kunitz | Forward | |
133. | Jack Eichel | Forward | |
134. | Sami Vatanen | Defenseman | |
135. | Alex Galchenyuk | Forward | |
136. | Mark Scheifele | Forward | |
137. | Mike Ribeiro | Forward | |
138. | Brad Marchand | Forward | |
139. | Paul Stastny | Forward | |
140. | Brendan Gallagher | Forward | |
141. | Jonas Hiller | Goalie | |
142. | Torey Krug | Defenseman | |
143. | Cam Talbot | Goalie | |
144. | Brayden Schenn | Forward | |
145. | Dougie Hamilton | Defenseman | |
146. | Ryan Strome | Forward | |
147. | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Forward | |
148. | Jeff Skinner | Forward | |
149. | Mike Smith | Goalie | |
150. | Kari Lehtonen | Goalie | |
151. | David Perron | Forward | |
152. | Dennis Wideman | Defenseman | |
153. | Craig Anderson | Goalie | |
154. | Drew Stafford | Forward | |
155. | Niklas Kronwall | Defenseman | |
156. | Jonathan Bernier | Goalie | |
157. | Mike Hoffman | Forward | |
158. | Jaromir Jagr | Forward | |
159. | Robin Lehner | Goalie | |
160. | Valtteri Filppula | Forward | |
161. | Martin Jones | Goalie | |
162. | Mark Streit | Defenseman | |
163. | Ryan Suter | Defenseman | |
164. | Andrew Hammond | Goalie | |
165. | Jake Allen | Goalie | |
166. | Craig Smith | Forward | |
167. | Mikael Granlund | Forward | |
168. | Jori Lehtera | Forward | |
169. | Nick Bjugstad | Forward | |
170. | Jacob Trouba | Defenseman | |
171. | Joffrey Lupul | Forward | |
172. | Loui Eriksson | Forward | |
173. | Johnny Boychuk | Defenseman | |
174. | Troy Brouwer | Forward | |
175. | Carl Soderberg | Forward | |
176. | Nick Leddy | Defenseman | |
177. | John Gibson | Goalie | |
178. | Nazem Kadri | Forward | |
179. | Justin Abdelkader | Forward | |
180. | Frederik Andersen | Goalie | |
181. | Kevin Hayes | Forward | |
182. | John Klingberg | Defenseman | |
183. | Tomas Hertl | Forward | |
184. | Zdeno Chara | Defenseman | |
185. | Eddie Lack | Goalie | |
186. | Antti Niemi | Goalie | |
187. | Jonathan Drouin | Forward | |
188. | Brent Seabrook | Defenseman | |
189. | Andrej Sekera | Defenseman | |
190. | Tyler Ennis | Forward | |
191. | TJ Brodie | Defenseman | |
192. | Steve Downie | Forward | |
193. | Anton Khudobin | Goalie | |
194. | Cam Fowler | Defenseman | |
195. | Dan Boyle | Defenseman | |
196. | Marko Dano | Forward | |
197. | Justin Williams | Forward | |
198. | Alexander Edler | Defenseman | |
199. | Dion Phaneuf | Defenseman | |
200. | Nail Yakupov | Forward | |
Just Missed: Colin Wilson, James Wisniewski, Jimmy Hayes, Cam Atkinson, Anton Stralman, Cam Ward, Anders Lee, Mike Cammalleri, Brad Richards, Max Domi, Reilly Smith, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Erik Johnson, Dustin Brown, J.T. Miller |
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