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MORE FANTASY COVERAGE: Top 250

Mock draft | Draft strategy | Cheat sheet

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Projections: Goalie / team wins; standings forecast

TOP 25 FANTASY PLAYERS FROM WEST DIVISION

  1. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL
  2. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL
  3. Cale Makar, D, COL
  4. Robin Lehner, G, VGK
  5. Gabriel Landeskog, C/LW, COL
  6. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
  7. Max Pacioretty, LW, VGK
  8. Mark Stone, RW, VGK
  9. Philipp Grubauer, G, COL
  10. Torey Krug, D, STL
  11. Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL
  12. Brent Burns, D, SJS
  13. Jordan Binnington, G, STL
  14. Erik Karlsson, D, SJS
  15. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK
  16. Nazem Kadri, C, COL
  17. Brayden Schenn, C/RW, STL
  18. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, MIN
  19. Andre Burakovsky, LW/RW, COL
  20. Marc-Andre Fleury, G, VGK
  21. David Perron, LW/RW, STL
  22. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
  23. Kirill Kaprizov, LW, MIN
  24. Tomas Hertl, C/LW, SJS
  25. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK

Highest ranked players from other West Division teams: ARI: Darcy Kuemper, G; ANA: Ryan Getzlaf, C

PLAYERS FROM EACH TEAM IN TOP 250:

COL: 12
VGK: 12
STL: 10
MIN: 8
SJS: 7
LAK: 7
ANA: 5
ARI: 4

NOTE: St. Louis' player total does not include right wing Vladimir Tarasenko (long-term injury).

PLAYERS ON PRESEASON FANTASY LISTS

ANA: Ryan Getzlaf, C, John Gibson, G, and Rickard Rakell, LW/RW (bounce-back)
ARI: Phil Kessel, RW, and Clayton Keller, LW/RW (bounce-back)
COL: Andre Burakovsky, LW/RW (breakout); Samuel Girard, D (sleeper); Brandon Saad, LW/RW, and Devon Toews, D (deep sleeper)
LAK: Drew Doughty, D and Jonathan Quick, G (bounce-back); Cal Petersen, G, Alex Iafallo, LW, and Dustin Brown, RW (deep sleeper)
MIN: Mathew Dumba, D (bounce-back); Cam Talbot, G (sleeper); Marcus Johansson, C/LW (deep sleeper)
STL: Mike Hoffman, LW/RW (sleeper); Vince Dunn, D, and Robert Thomas, C/RW (deep sleepers)
SJS: Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson, D, Tomas Hertl, C/LW, and Devan Dubnyk, G (bounce-back); Ryan Donato, C/LW (deep sleeper)
VGK: Alex Tuch, LW/RW (sleeper); Cody Glass, C/RW (deep sleeper)

NOTABLE POTENTIAL 2021 UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

ANA: Ryan Getzlaf, C
ARI: Alex Goligoski, D
COL: Gabriel Landeskog, C/LW; Philipp Grubauer, G
LAK: Alex Iafallo, LW
MIN: Marcus Johansson, C/LW
STL: Jordan Binnington, G; Jaden Schwartz, LW
SJS: Devan Dubnyk, G
VGK: Alec Martinez, D

NOTABLE ROOKIE-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS

ANA: Trevor Zegras, C
COL: Bowen Byram, D
LAK: Quinton Byfield, Alex Turcotte and Gabriel Vilardi, C
MIN: Kirill Kaprizov, LW; Kaapo Kahkonen, G; Marco Rossi, C (INJ; out indefinitely)
SJS: John Leonard, LW; Alexei Melnichuk, G

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