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Standard fantasy categories: goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters; 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 rest of the 2023-24 season. Forward positions indicate eligibility in Yahoo Fantasy leagues (subject to change, but positions cannot be removed during season). This list is a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen and Anna Dua.
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM
2. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL
3. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL
4. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS
5. Auston Matthews, C, TOR
6. William Nylander, RW, TOR
7. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW, EDM
8. Artemi Panarin, LW, NYR
9. Elias Pettersson, C/LW, VAN
10. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL
11. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT
12. J.T. Miller, C/RW, VAN
13. Brady Tkachuk, C/LW, OTT
14. Matthew Tkachuk, LW/RW, FLA
15. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
16. Cale Makar, D, COL
17. Zach Hyman, LW/RW, EDM
18. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, FLA
19. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
20. Jack Hughes, C/LW, NJD
21. Kirill Kaprizov, LW, MIN
22. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH
23. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
24. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
25. Jason Robertson, LW, DAL
26. Roman Josi, D, NSH
27. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
28. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG
29. Sebastian Aho, C, CAR
30. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR
31. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH
32. Jack Eichel, C, VGK
33. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS
34. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
35. Brayden Point, C, TBL
36. Vincent Trocheck, C, NYR
37. Carter Verhaeghe, C/LW, FLA
38. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
39. Jonathan Marchessault, RW, VGK
40. Alexandar Georgiev, G, COL
41. Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR (INJ.)
42. Joel Eriksson Ek, C, MIN
43. Adrian Kempe, C/RW, LAK
44. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN
45. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA
46. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
47. Jake Guentzel, LW, CAR
48. Adam Fox, D, NYR
49. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
50. Stuart Skinner, G, EDM
51. Mathew Barzal, C/RW, NYI
52. Travis Konecny, LW/RW, PHI
53. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
54. Jesper Bratt, LW/RW, NJD
55. Dylan Larkin, C, DET
56. John Tavares, C, TOR
57. Steven Stamkos, C/LW, TBL
58. Tim Stützle, C/LW, OTT
59. Linus Ullmark, G, BOS
60. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
61. Evander Kane, LW, EDM
62. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR
63. Connor Bedard, C, CHI (rookie)
64. Owen Tippett, LW/RW, PHI
65. Kevin Fiala, LW, LAK
66. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM
67. Cole Caufield, LW/RW, MTL
68. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
69. Valeri Nichushkin, LW/RW, COL (INJ.)
70. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
71. Bo Horvat, C, NYI
72. Roope Hintz, C, DAL
73. Andrei Svechnikov, LW/RW, CAR
74. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, WPG
75. Blake Coleman, C/RW, CGY
76. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, DAL
77. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG
78. Patrick Kane, RW, DET
79. Clayton Keller, LW/RW, ARI
80. Robert Thomas, C, STL
81. Brock Nelson, C, NYI
82. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
83. Tyler Toffoli, LW/RW, WPG
84. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK
85. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
86. Devon Toews, D, COL
87. Frederik Andersen, G, CAR
88. Trevor Moore, LW/RW, LAK
89. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, DET
90. Matt Boldy, LW/RW, MIN
91. Tage Thompson, C/RW, BUF
92. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
93. Matt Duchene, C/RW, DAL
94. Vladimir Tarasenko, LW/RW, FLA
95. Nick Suzuki, C, MTL
96. Brandon Hagel, LW/RW, TBL
97. Wyatt Johnston, C/RW, DAL
98. Gustav Nyquist, LW, NSH
99. Seth Jarvis, C/RW, CAR
100. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT
101. Adin Hill, G, VGK (INJ.)
102. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR (INJ.)
103. Mats Zuccarello, RW, MIN
104. Nico Hischier, C, NJD
105. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
106. Brandon Montour, D, FLA
107. Claude Giroux, C/RW, OTT
108. Alex Tuch, RW, BUF
109. Ryan O'Reilly, C, NSH
110. Dylan Strome, C, WSH
111. Frank Vatrano, C/LW, ANA
112. Nazem Kadri, C, CGY
113. Mason Marchment, LW, DAL
114. Charlie Coyle, C, BOS
115. Pavel Buchnevich, C/LW, STL
116. Jordan Binnington, G, STL
117. Charlie Lindgren, G, WSH
118. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
119. Joel Farabee, LW, PHI
120. Elias Lindholm, C, VAN (INJ.)
121. Moritz Seider, D, DET
122. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
123. William Karlsson, C, VGK
124. Artturi Lehkonen, LW, COL
125. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
126. Jordan Kyrou, C/RW, STL
127. Drake Batherson, LW/RW, OTT
128. Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR (rookie)
129. Logan Stankoven, C, DAL (rookie)
130. Timo Meier, LW/RW, NJD
131. Vince Dunn, D, SEA (INJ.)
132. Brock Faber, D, MIN (rookie)
133. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF
134. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
135. Brent Burns, D, CAR
136. Jonathan Drouin, LW, COL (NEW)
137. Nick Schmaltz, C/RW, ARI
138. Anthony Duclair, LW, TBL
139. Jacob Markstrom, G, CGY
140. Tristan Jarry, G, PIT
141. Casey Mittelstadt, C, COL
142. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (suspended)
143. Lawson Crouse, LW/RW, ARI
144. Drew Doughty, D, LAK
145. Lucas Raymond, LW/RW, DET
146. Quinton Byfield, C/LW, LAK
147. Chandler Stephenson, C, VGK
148. Alexis Lafrenière, LW/RW, NYR
149. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, LAK
150. Jared McCann, C/LW, SEA
151. Martin Necas, C/RW, CAR
152. John Carlson, D, WSH
153. Jamie Benn, LW, DAL
154. Jake DeBrusk, LW/RW, BOS
155. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
156. Jakob Chychrun, D, OTT
157. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
158. Eeli Tolvanen, LW/RW, SEA
159. Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW, SEA
160. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR
161. Gustav Forsling, D, FLA
162. Sam Bennett, C, FLA
163. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
164. Luke Hughes, D, NJD (rookie)
165. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
166. Bryan Rust, RW, PIT
167. Kris Letang, D, PIT
168. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
169. Evan Rodrigues, C/LW/RW, FLA
170. Sean Monahan, C, WPG
171. Troy Terry, RW, ANA
172. Juraj Slafkovsky, LW, MTL
173. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
174. Seth Jones, D, CHI
175. Samuel Ersson, G, PHI (rookie)
176. Philipp Kurashev, C, CHI
177. Joseph Woll, G, TOR (rookie)
178. Cole Perfetti, C/LW, WPG
179. Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
180. Ivan Barbashev, C/LW, VGK
181. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, DET
182. Sean Walker, D, COL
183. Mason McTavish, C/LW, ANA
184. Boone Jenner, C/LW, CBJ
185. Jonathan Huberdeau, C/LW, CGY
186. Jake Allen, G, NJD
187. Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL
188. Connor McMichael, C, WSH (NEW)
189. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, CAR
190. Cam Talbot, G, LAK (NEW)
191. JJ Peterka, RW, BUF (NEW)
192. Jake Neighbours, LW/RW, STL (NEW)
193. Dmitry Orlov, D, CAR
194. Justus Annunen, G, COL (rookie)
195. Yegor Sharangovich, C/LW/RW, CGY
196. Jonas Brodin, D, MIN (NEW)
197. Dylan Guenther, LW, ARI (NEW)
198. Casey DeSmith, G, VAN (NEW)
199. Josh Doan, LW/RW, ARI (NEW; rookie)
200. Jack Quinn, RW, BUF (NEW)
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Back from injury (will rejoin rankings in next update):
Dakota Joshua, C/LW, VAN
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Out of rankings this week:
Thatcher Demko, G, VAN (INJ.)
Joey Daccord, G, SEA
Bowen Byram, D, BUF
Jeff Skinner, LW, BUF
Ilya Samsonov, G, TOR
Daniel Sprong, RW, DET
Thomas Chabot, D, OTT (INJ.)
Alex Nylander, LW/RW, CBJ
Michael Bunting, LW, PIT
Owen Power, D, BUF
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Other key injuries:
Tomas Hertl, C, VGK
Gabriel Vilardi, C/RW, WPG
Adam Fantilli, C, CBJ (rookie)
Mark Stone, RW, VGK (out for season)
Taylor Hall, LW, CHI (out for season)
Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL (out for season)
Kirby Dach, C/RW, MTL (out for season)
Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL
Jamie Drysdale, D, PHI
Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program:
Patrik Laine, C/LW/RW, CBJ