Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and now hits for skaters. ... Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history, sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, age and contract status (potential 2019 UFA: \; RFA: \\). DTD indicates players with day-to-day injury concerns.
1. Brent Burns, SJS (SAME)
2. Erik Karlsson, SJS\ (SAME)
3. John Carlson, WSH (SAME)
4. Morgan Rielly, TOR (SAME)
5. Mark Giordano, CGY (SAME)
6. Victor Hedman, TBL (SAME)
7. Seth Jones, CBJ (SAME)
8. Kris Letang, PIT (SAME)
9. John Klingberg, DAL (SAME)
10. Torey Krug, BOS (SAME)
11. Tyson Barrie, COL (SAME)
12. Roman Josi, NSH (SAME)
13. Thomas Chabot, OTT (+1)
14. P.K. Subban, NSH (-1)
15. Shea Weber, MTL (SAME)
16. Mattias Ekholm, NSH (SAME)
17. Rasmus Ristolainen, BUF (+1)
18. Zach Werenski, CBJ\\ (-1)
19. Keith Yandle, FLA (SAME)
20. Ryan Ellis, NSH (SAME)
21. Drew Doughty, LAK (SAME)
22. Rasmus Dahlin, BUF (+2)
23. Jeff Petry, MTL (+2)
24. Ryan Suter, MIN (+3)
25. Jake Muzzin, TOR (+12)
26. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI (DTD)
27. Alexander Edler, VAN* (-1)
28. Mike Green, DET (+1)
29. Aaron Ekblad, FLA (+4)
30. Alex Pietrangelo, STL (-8)
31. Charlie McAvoy, BOS\\ (-8)
32. Jake Gardiner, TOR* (DTD)
33. Jared Spurgeon, MIN (+2)
34. Darnell Nurse, EDM (SAME)
35. Dougie Hamilton, CAR (+9)
36. Jacob Trouba, WPG\\ (+5)
37. Erik Gustafsson, CHI (+6)
38. Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI (DTD)
39. TJ Brodie, CGY (+9)
40. Ryan McDonagh, TBL (SAME)
41. Oscar Klefbom, EDM (NEW - INJ.)
42. Mikhail Sergachev, TBL (+3)
43. Jaccob Slavin, CAR (+7)
44. Shea Theodore, VGK (-2)
45. Josh Morrissey, WPG (-15)
46. Miro Heiskanen, DAL (-14)
47. Ryan Pulock, NYI (-8)
48. Brandon Montour, ANA (-10)
49. Nick Leddy, NYI (-3)
50. Colin Miller, VGK (-1)
Dropped out: Nate Schmidt, VGK
Key injuries: Dustin Byfuglien, WPG; Matt Dumba, MIN; Justin Schultz, PIT
Just missed: Jordan Oesterle, ARI\; Ivan Provorov, PHI\\; Filip Hronek, DET; Marcus Pettersson, PIT; Vince Dunn, STL; Carl Gunnarsson, STL; Mike Matheson, FLA
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