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Top 250
Mock draft
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Draft strategy
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Cheat sheet
More divisions:
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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
READ:
Full fantasy top 250 player rankings
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: Matt 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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