Week 16: Fantasy top 200 rankings for 2018-19
Zibanejad, Hart join first 100; Muzzin, Niederreiter, Bjugstad benefiting from trades; Gustafsson, Strome among Blackhawks on rise
by Fantasy Hockey Staff @NHLFantasy
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FANTASY TOP 200 PLAYER RANKINGS
Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. Forward positions indicate Yahoo eligibility for 2018-19 season (subject to additions, but never subtractions, at Yahoo's discretion). ... Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, projected line combinations, defense pairs and goalie start volume, power-play usage, injury history, sleeper upside, anticipated regression or bounce-back candidacy, age and contract status (potential 2019 UFA: *; RFA: **). ... DTD indicates player with day-to-day injury. These rankings are updated based largely on order of forwards by Pete Jensen, defensemen by Rob Reese and goalies by David Satriano. NOTE: Trends below are based on previous rankings, last updated Jan. 18.
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (+1)
2. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (-1)
3. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (SAME)
4. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (SAME)
5. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (+12)
6. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (INJ.)
7. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (SAME)
8. Brent Burns, D, SJS (+2)
9. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (-4)
10. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL** (-4)
11. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (+2)
12. Steven Stamkos, C/RW, TBL (+11)
13. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (+5)
14. Marc-Andre Fleury, G, VGK (+5)
15. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL (-6)
16. Mitchell Marner, C/RW, TOR** (-5)
17. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (-5)
18. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (-4)
19. Brayden Point, C, TBL** (-3)
20. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (+2)
21. John Tavares, C, TOR (-6)
22. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (-1)
23. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (+2)
24. Tyler Seguin, C, DAL (+2)
25. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW/RW, EDM (+4)
26. Erik Karlsson, D, SJS* (DTD)
27. John Carlson, D, WSH (+1)
28. Artemi Panarin, LW, CBJ* (+2)
29. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN (+5)
30. Frederik Andersen, G, TOR (+2)
31. Tuukka Rask, G, BOS (+9)
32. Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY (+7)
33. Sebastian Aho, C/LW/RW, CAR** (+9)
34. Jeff Skinner, C/LW, BUF* (-10)
35. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR (-2)
36. Mark Giordano, D, CGY (SAME)
37. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL (-2)
38. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (+24)
39. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (-8)
40. Pekka Rinne, G, NSH (-13)
41. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY** (-3)
42. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (-5)
43. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (+3)
44. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT (-3)
45. Victor Hedman, D, TBL (+2)
46. Kris Letang, D, PIT (+4)
47. Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ (+4)
48. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, SJS* (+7)
49. Claude Giroux, C/LW, PHI (-6)
50. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (-5)
51. Matt Murray, G, PIT (-3)
52. Seth Jones, D, CBJ (-3)
53. Dustin Byfuglien, D, WPG (NEW - INJ.)
54. Evander Kane, LW, SJS (+4)
55. Ben Bishop, G, DAL (DTD)
56. Mark Stone, RW, OTT* (+1)
57. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (+2)
58. John Klingberg, D, DAL (-6)
59. Torey Krug, D, BOS (-3)
60. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C/LW, CBJ (+6)
61. Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS** (+10)
62. Matt Duchene, C, OTT* (+11)
63. Jake Guentzel, C/LW, PIT (+11)
64. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN** (+13)
65. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG** (-21)
66. Tomas Hertl, C/LW/RW, SJS (+25)
67. Max Pacioretty, LW, VGK (+12)
68. Tyson Barrie, D, COL (-4)
69. Roman Josi, D, NSH (-4)
70. Dylan Larkin, C, DET (SAME)
71. Alex Tuch, RW, VGK (+1)
72. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (+4)
73. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS (+8)
74. Devan Dubnyk, G, MIN (+20)
75. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (-21)
76. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (-7)
77. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT (-9)
78. Shea Weber, D, MTL (-3)
79. Braden Holtby, G, WSH (-18)
80. Carey Price, G, MTL (+13)
81. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM (+2)
82. Mattias Ekholm, D, NSH (+2)
83. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH (+2)
84. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG** (+14)
85. Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL (+14)
86. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, FLA (SAME)
87. Martin Jones, G, SJS (-34)
88. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG (-28)
89. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI (+18)
90. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (+25)
91. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (+30)
92. P.K. Subban, D, NSH (-25)
93. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (-15)
94. Rasmus Ristolainen, D, BUF (+2)
95. Keith Yandle, D, FLA (+7)
96. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR (+5)
97. Jeff Petry, D, MTL (+29)
98. Robin Lehner, G, NYI* (+13)
99. Carter Hart, G, PHI (+48)
100. Ryan Suter, D, MIN (+40)
101. Zach Parise, LW, MIN (-1)
102. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH (-13)
103. Jake Muzzin, D, TOR (+74)
104. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, BUF (-22)
105. Anders Lee, LW, NYI* (-17)
106. Jonathan Drouin, C/LW, MTL (+35)
107. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH (+21)
108. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (+8)
109. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (+8)
110. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR (+4)
111. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, CBJ* (-14)
112. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (-22)
113. Vincent Trocheck, C, FLA (+14)
114. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (+17)
115. Paul Stastny, C, VGK (+17)
116. Gustav Nyquist, LW/RW, DET* (+22)
117. Nino Niederreiter, LW/RW, CAR (+82)
118. Drew Doughty, D, LAK (+1)
119. John Gibson, G, ANA (DTD)
120. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF (+3)
121. David Rittich, G, CGY** (-17)
122. Jordan Binnington, G, STL** (+59)
123. Tyler Johnson, C/LW/RW, TBL (-17)
124. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (-37)
125. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (-13)
126. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D, ARI (+16)
127. Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT (NEW - INJ.)
128. Mats Zuccarello, RW, NYR* (NEW)
129. Ryan Ellis, D, NSH (-11)
130. Max Domi, C/LW, MTL (-25)
131. Rickard Rakell, C/LW/RW, ANA (-36)
132. Jonathan Quick, G, LAK (-22)
133. Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD (-20)
134. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ** (-42)
135. Mikael Granlund, C/RW, MIN (-27)
136. William Karlsson, C/LW, VGK** (-27)
137. Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW, FLA (-8)
138. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA (+30)
139. Micheal Ferland, LW/RW, CAR* (-6)
140. Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI (+4)
141. Jake Gardiner, D, TOR* (+16)
142. Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL (+4)
143. Nick Bjugstad, C/LW/RW, PIT (NEW)
144. Erik Gustafsson, D, CHI (+46)
145. Ryan Getzlaf, C, ANA (-15)
146. Dougie Hamilton, D, CAR (+45)
147. Ryan Dzingel, LW/RW, OTT (+16)
148. Juuse Saros, G, NSH (NEW)
149. Thomas Greiss, G, NYI (NEW)
150. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, PHI (+46)
151. Nico Hischier, C, NJD (-17)
152. Frank Vatrano, C/LW/RW, FLA (NEW)
153. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL (NEW)
154. Josh Bailey, RW, NYI (-18)
155. Yanni Gourde, C/LW/RW, TBL (-10)
156. William Nylander, C/RW, TOR (-13)
157. Dustin Brown, RW, LAK (+2)
158. Travis Konecny, C/LW/RW, PHI** (NEW)
159. Kevin Hayes, C, NYR* (NEW - INJ.)
160. Jacob Trouba, D, WPG** (+27)
161. Darcy Kuemper, G, ARI (NEW)
162. Justin Schultz, D, PIT (NEW - INJ.; DTD)
163. James van Riemsdyk, LW, PHI (-3)
164. Corey Perry, RW, ANA (NEW - INJ.)
165. Curtis McElhinney, G, CAR* (NEW - INJ.)
166. Jimmy Howard, G, DET* (+18)
167. Andreas Athanasiou, C/LW, DET (NEW)
168. Tomas Tatar, LW/RW, MTL (+5)
169. Blake Coleman, C/LW/RW, NJD (NEW)
170. Josh Anderson, RW, CBJ (-5)
171. Mikael Backlund, C, CGY (+5)
172. Jack Roslovic, C/RW, WPG (NEW)
173. Jakub Vrana, LW/RW, WSH** (-25)
174. Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL (-21)
175. Wayne Simmonds, RW, PHI* (-13)
176. Jared Spurgeon, D, MIN (-2)
177. Dylan Strome, C, CHI (NEW)
178. Ilya Kovalchuk, LW/RW, LAK (-11)
179. Linus Ullmark, G, BUF** (NEW)
180. Joe Thornton, C, SJS* (NEW)
181. Jaroslav Halak, G, BOS (-30)
182. Alexander Edler, D, VAN* (DTD)
183. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM (-14)
184. Jacob Markstrom, G, VAN (-26)
185. Alex Pietrangelo, D, STL (-65)
186. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS** (-64)
187. Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT (-35)
188. Andrei Svechnikov, LW/RW, CAR (-39)
189. Collin Delia, G, CHI (+6)
190. Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, ARI (-53)
191. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL (-25)
192. TJ Brodie, D, CGY (+8)
193. Casey DeSmith, G, PIT (NEW)
194. Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL (-11)
195. Ryan McDonagh, D, TBL (-10)
196. Oscar Klefbom, D, EDM (NEW - INJ.)
197. Nazem Kadri, C, TOR (NEW)
198. David Krejci, C, BOS (-12)
199. Shea Theodore, D, VGK (-11)
200. Derick Brassard, C, FLA* (NEW)
Dropped out: Taylor Hall, LW, NJD (INJ.); Carter Hutton, G, BUF; Semyon Varlamov, G, COL*; David Perron, LW/RW, STL (INJ.); Mike Green, D, DET; Brandon Pirri, C/LW, VGK*; Henrik Lundqvist, G, NYR; Josh Morrissey, D, WPG (INJ.); J.T. Miller, C/LW/RW, TBL; Joonas Donskoi, LW/RW, SJS*; Nick Foligno, C/LW/RW, CBJ; Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, NSH**; Zach Hyman, LW, TOR; Nate Schmidt, D, VGK*; Ondrej Kase, RW, ANA (INJ.); Brandon Montour, D, ANA; Ryan Pulock, D, NYI; Joonas Korpisalo, G, CBJ**; Bryan Little, C, WPG; Anthony Mantha, LW/RW, DET; Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL; Nick Leddy, D, NYI; Brock Nelson, C/LW, NYI*; Jordan Eberle, C/RW, NYI*
Other key injuries: Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG; Matt Dumba, D, MIN; Antti Raanta, G, ARI; Corey Crawford, G, CHI
READ: Fantasy top 200 rankings for January 18