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Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, line combinations, defense pairs, power-play usage, team goalie situations, anticipated start volume, projected goal support (or lack thereof), injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2025-26 season. This list was a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen, Chris Meaney and Troy Perlowitz.
1. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
2. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
3. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
4. Cale Makar, D, COL
5. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS
6. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
7. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
8. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL
9. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
10. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
11. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN
12. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
13. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
14. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
15. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
16. Martin Necas, F, COL
17. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
18. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
19. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
20. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA
21. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
22. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
23. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
24. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
25. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
26. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
27. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
28. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
29. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
30. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
31. Mark Stone, F, VGK
32. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
33. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
34. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
35. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
36. Logan Thompson, G, WSH
37. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
38. Lane Hutson, D, MTL
39. Moritz Seider, D, DET
40. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
41. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
42. Tom Wilson, F, WSH (INJ.)
43. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
44. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
45. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
46. Mitch Marner, F, VGK
47. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
48. William Nylander, F, TOR (INJ.)
49. Brock Nelson, F, COL
50. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
51. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
52. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
53. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
54. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
55. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
56. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
57. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
58. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
59. John Tavares, F, TOR
60. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
61. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
62. Darren Raddysh, D, TBL
63. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
64. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
65. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
66. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
67. Timo Meier, F, NJD
68. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
69. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
70. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
71. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
72. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
73. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
74. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
75. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
76. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
77. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
78. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
79. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
80. J.T. Miller, F, NYR
81. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
82. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
83. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
84. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
85. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
86. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
87. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR
88. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
89. John Gibson, G, DET
90. Adin Hill, G, VGK
91. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI (rookie)
92. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
93. Will Smith, F, SJS
94. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI
95. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
96. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS
97. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL (rookie)
98. Noah Dobson, D, MTL
99. Roman Josi, D, NSH
100. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK
101. Spencer Knight, G, CHI
102. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
103. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
104. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
105. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ
106. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
107. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
108. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT
109. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
110. Brock Faber, D, MIN
111. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
112. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI
113. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
114. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA (rookie)
115. William Eklund, F, SJS
116. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
117. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
118. John Carlson, D, WSH
119. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
120. Josh Doan, F, BUF
121. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
122. JJ Peterka, F, UTA
123. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
124. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
125. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
126. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
127. Tristan Jarry, G, EDM
128. Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN (rookie)
129. Joseph Woll, G, TOR
130. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR
131. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
132. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR (INJ.)
133. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
134. Patrick Kane, F, DET
135. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
136. Jared McCann, F, SEA
137. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
138. Mason McTavish, F, ANA
139. Boone Jenner, F, CBJ
140. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
141. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
142. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
143. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
144. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
145. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
146. Dawson Mercer, F, NJD
147. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS
148. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA
149. Dmitri Voronkov, F, CBJ
150. Anders Lee, F, NYI
151. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
152. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
153. Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK
154. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
155. Oliver Kapanen, F, MTL (rookie)
156. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH (rookie)
157. Matty Beniers, F, SEA
158. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
159. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
160. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
161. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
162. Jordan Eberle, F, SEA
163. Shane Pinto, F, OTT
164. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS
165. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF
166. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
167. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
168. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
169. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
170. Josh Norris, F, BUF (INJ.)
171. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI
172. Eeli Tolvanen, F, SEA
173. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
174. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
175. Sam Montembeault, G, MTL
176. Kris Letang, D, PIT
177. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
178. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
179. Jake Walman, D, EDM
180. James van Riemsdyk, F, DET
181. Alexandre Texier, F, MTL
182. Bobby McMann, F, TOR
183. Viktor Arvidsson, F, BOS
184. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ
185. Andrew Copp, F, DET
186. Claude Giroux, F. OTT
187. Lawson Crouse, F, UTA
188. Joey Daccord, G, SEA
189. Dustin Wolf, G, CGY
190. Sean Durzi, D, UTA
191. Simon Edvinsson, D, DET
192. John Klingberg, D, SJS
193. Akira Schmid, G, VGK
194. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF
195. Ryan Hartman, F, MIN
196. Collin Graf, F, SJS
197. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR
198. Zach Benson, F, BUF
199. Alexander Wennberg, F, SJS
200. Pavol Regenda, F, SJS (rookie)
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Key injuries:
Matt Boldy, F, MIN
Brayden Point, F, TBL
Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
Logan Cooley, F, UTA
Bo Horvat, F, NYI
Brad Marchand, F, FLA
Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
Troy Terry, F, ANA
Robert Thomas, F, STL
Frank Nazar, F, CHI
Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA (likely out for season)
Victor Hedman, D, TBL
Adam Fox, D, NYR
Erik Karlsson, D, PIT (nearing return)
Seth Jones, D, FLA
Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (likely out for season)
Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
Anthony Stolarz, G, TOR
Dan Vladar, G, PHI
Alex Lyon, G, BUF
Carter Hart, G, VGK
Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR (likely out for season)
Leave of absence:
Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
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Just missed:
Chandler Stephenson, F, SEA
Ryan McLeod, F, BUF
Kent Johnson, F, CBJ
Mikael Backlund, F, CGY
Alex Iafallo, F, WPG
Mike Matheson, D, MTL
Bowen Byram, D, BUF
Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI (rookie)
Alexander Nikishin, D, CAR (rookie)
Jet Greaves, G, CBJ
Stuart Skinner, G, PIT
Philipp Grubauer, G, SEA
Linus Ullmark, G, OTT (nearing return)
Connor Ingram, G, EDM
