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TOP 25 FANTASY PLAYERS FROM NORTH DIVISION
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM
2. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW, EDM
3. Auston Matthews, C, TOR
4. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN
5. Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR
6. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
7. Matthew Tkachuk, LW/RW, CGY
8. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
9. J.T. Miller, LW/RW, VAN
10. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG
11. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG
12. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG
13. John Tavares, C, TOR
14. Frederik Andersen, G, TOR
15. Carey Price, G, MTL
16. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
17. Johnny Gaudreau, LW/RW, CGY
18. Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT
19. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG
20. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM
21. Braden Holtby, G, VAN
22. Bo Horvat, C, VAN
23. Jacob Markstrom, G, CGY
24. William Nylander, LW/RW, TOR
25. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN
Other valuable fantasy players from North Division: Shea Weber, D, MTL; Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY; Tyson Barrie, D, EDM; Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL; Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG
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PLAYERS FROM EACH TEAM IN TOP 250:
MTL: 11
TOR: 10
WPG: 10
VAN: 9
EDM: 8
CGY: 7
OTT: 5
NOTES: Edmonton's player total does not include defenseman Oscar Klefbom (out for season).
PLAYERS ON PRESEASON FANTASY LISTS
CGY: Johnny Gaudreau, LW, and Mark Giordano, D (bounce-back); Dillon Dube, LW/RW and Juuso Valimaki, D (deep sleeper)
EDM: Tyson Barrie, D (bounce-back); Kailer Yamamoto, RW (breakout); Jesse Puljujarvi, RW (sleeper); Dominik Kahun, LW/RW (deep sleeper)
MTL: Nick Suzuki, C/RW (breakout); Josh Anderson and Joel Armia, RW (deep sleeper)
OTT: Thomas Chabot, D, and Matt Murray, G (bounce-back); Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW (sleeper)
TOR: Morgan Rielly, D (bounce-back); Rasmus Sandin, Mikko Lehtonen, D, and Joe Thornton, C (deep sleeper)
VAN: Braden Holtby, G (bounce-back); Thatcher Demko, G, and Nate Schmidt, D (sleeper)
WPG: Paul Stastny, C (bounce-back)
NOTABLE POTENTIAL 2021 UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
EDM: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW; Tyson Barrie, D
MTL: Tomas Tatar, LW/RW; Joel Armia, RW; Phillip Danault, C
TOR: Frederik Andersen, G; Zach Hyman, C/LW
VAN: Alexander Edler, D; Tanner Pearson, LW
WPG: Paul Stastny, C
NOTABLE ROOKIE-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
CGY: Juuso Valimaki, D
EDM: Evan Bouchard, D
MTL: Alexander Romanov, D
OTT: Tim Stutzle, LW; Josh Norris, C
TOR: Nicholas Robertson, LW
WPG: Ville Heinola, D
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