Fantasy categories taken into account for these rankings include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the rest of the 2024-25 season.
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1. Cale Makar, D, COL
2. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
3. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
4. Roman Josi, D, NSH (INJ.)
5. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
6. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
7. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
8. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF (INJ.)
9. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
10. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
11. John Carlson, D, WSH
12. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
13. Adam Fox, D, NYR
14. Neal Pionk, D, WPG
15. Moritz Seider, D, DET
16. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
17. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
18. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
19. Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
20. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
21. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
22. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
23. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
24. Jake Walman, D, SJS
25. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
26. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
27. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
28. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
29. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
30. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
31. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
32. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
33. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
34. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
35. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
36. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (rookie)
37. Kris Letang, D, PIT
38. Jared Spurgeon, D, MIN
39. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
40. Jake Middleton, D, MIN
41. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
42. Colton Parayko, D, STL
43. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
44. Philip Broberg, D, STL
45. Olen Zellweger, D, ANA
46. Brock Faber, D, MIN
47. Ryker Evans, D, SEA
48. Owen Power, D, BUF
49. Bowen Byram, D, BUF
50. Samuel Girard, D, COL
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Key injuries:
Seth Jones, D, CHI
Drew Doughty, D, LAK
Sean Durzi, D, UTA
