Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, PIMs, PPP and SOG for skaters. ... Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, defense pairs, power-play usage, team's offseason changes, injury history, age, sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, contract status, Yahoo ADP and overall upside for the rest of the season. ... Any players with day-to-day injury concerns (DTD) are noted. NEW - INJ. indicates a player who has returned from injury and rejoined the rankings.
1. Brent Burns, SJS (SAME)
2. P.K. Subban, NSH (SAME)
3. Victor Hedman, TBL (+1)
4. Dustin Byfuglien, WPG (+4)
5. Drew Doughty, LAK (SAME)
6. Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI (+1)
7. Roman Josi, NSH (+3)
8. John Klingberg, DAL (-4)
9. John Carlson, WSH (-3)
10. Torey Krug, BOS (-1)
11. Kris Letang, PIT (SAME)
12. Dougie Hamilton, CGY (SAME)
13. Seth Jones, CBJ (SAME)
14. Erik Karlsson, OTT (SAME)
15. Mark Giordano, CGY (SAME)
16. Jake Gardiner, TOR (+1)
17. Tyson Barrie, COL (+1)
18. Keith Yandle, FLA (+1)
19. Charlie McAvoy, BOS (+3)
20. Ryan Ellis, NSH (SAME)
21. Alex Pietrangelo, STL (-5)
22. Jake Muzzin, LAK (-1)
23. Aaron Ekblad, FLA (+1)
24. Ryan Suter, MIN (+8)
25. Matt Dumba, MIN (+2)
26. Tyler Myers, WPG (SAME)
27. Rasmus Ristolainen, BUF (-4)
28. Zach Werenski, CBJ (-3)
29. Morgan Rielly, TOR (+2)
30. Ivan Provorov, PHI (-2)
31. Colin Miller, VGK (+3)
32. Colton Parayko, STL (-3)
33. Jeff Petry, MTL (+2)
34. Mikhail Sergachev, TBL (-4)
35. Ryan McDonagh, TBL (NEW - DTD)
36. Jared Spurgeon, MIN (SAME)
37. Justin Faulk, CAR (-4)
38. Justin Schultz, PIT (+2)
39. Sami Vatanen, NJD (+5)
40. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS (SAME)
41. Josh Manson, ANA (-2)
42. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI (SAME)
43. Nate Schmidt, VGK (DTD)
44. Mattias Ekholm, NSH (NEW)
45. Mike Green, DET (SAME)
46. Alex Goligoski, ARI (SAME)
47. Matt Niskanen, WSH (NEW)
48. Zdeno Chara, BOS (SAME)
49. Mike Matheson, FLA (-2)
50. Dion Phaneuf, LAK (NEW)
Just missed:Jaccob Slavin, CAR; Brandon Montour, ANA; Samuel Girard, COL; Brandon Manning, PHI; Brian Dumoulin, PIT
Dropped out: Oscar Klefbom, EDM; Nick Leddy, NYI; Cam Fowler, ANA; Duncan Keith, CHI
Key Injuries:Shea Weber, MTL; Kevin Shattenkirk, NYR; Jacob Trouba, WPG; Erik Johnson, COL
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