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The NHL season starts in less than a week! Time for my top 200 rankings and no surprise, I think Connor McDavid could be in for another fantastic season. There are a handful of rookies who I think could make a meaningful impact this year: Nico Hischier, Nolan Patrick, Clayton Keller and Brock Boeser to name a few.
Included in the rankings are a few players who I think could be headed up or down based on efforts in Preseason. I have not moved them that way yet because, well because it’s preseason but either the effort and skill is showing or it’s not through a handful of games. I will also admit that I’m a sucker for consistency, if you show a large history of injuries or up and down play I’m going to ding you for it.
So now I invite your criticisms your lambasting and your questions as I submit my 2017 top 200 Fantasy Hockey rankings:
Top 200
| Rank | Player | Team | Pos | Pos Rank | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Player | Team | Pos | Pos Rank | Stock |
| 1 | Connor McDavid | EDM | C | C1 | |
| 2 | Sidney Crosby | PIT | C | C2 | |
| 3 | Patrick Kane | CHI | RW | RW1 | |
| 4 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | D | D1 | |
| 5 | Jamie Benn | DAL | LW | LW1 | Down |
| 6 | Tyler Seguin | DAL | C | C3 | |
| 7 | Alex Ovechkin | WSH | LW | LW2 | |
| 8 | Evgeni Malkin | PIT | C | C4 | |
| 9 | Joe Pavelski | SJS | C | C5 | |
| 10 | Nikita Kucherov | TBL | RW | RW2 | |
| 11 | Artemi Panarin | CBJ | LW | LW3 | |
| 12 | Braden Holtby | WSH | G | G1 | |
| 13 | John Tavares | NYI | C | C6 | |
| 14 | Devan Dubnyk | MIN | G | G2 | |
| 15 | Steven Stamkos | TBL | C | C7 | |
| 16 | Brent Burns | SJS | D | D2 | |
| 17 | Johnny Gaudreau | CGY | LW | LW4 | |
| 18 | David Pastrnak | BOS | RW | RW3 | |
| 19 | Patrice Bergeron | BOS | C | C8 | |
| 20 | Nicklas Backstrom | WSH | C | C9 | |
| 21 | Ryan Getzlaf | ANA | C | C10 | |
| 22 | Carey Price | MTL | G | G3 | |
| 23 | Vladimir Tarasenko | STL | RW | RW4 | |
| 24 | Pekka Rinne | NSH | G | G4 | |
| 25 | Auston Matthews | TOR | C | C11 | |
| 26 | Claude Giroux | PHI | C | C12 | |
| 27 | Blake Wheeler | WPG | RW | RW5 | Down |
| 28 | Sergei Bobrovsky | CBJ | G | G5 | |
| 29 | Max Pacioretty | MTL | LW | LW5 | |
| 30 | Joe Thornton | SJS | C | C13 | |
| 31 | Cam Talbot | EDM | G | G6 | Down |
| 32 | Corey Crawford | CHI | G | G7 | |
| 33 | Taylor Hall | NJD | LW | LW6 | |
| 34 | Phil Kessel | PIT | RW | RW6 | |
| 35 | Jack Eichel | BUF | C | C14 | |
| 36 | Anze Kopitar | LAK | C | C15 | |
| 37 | Kris Letang | PIT | D | D3 | |
| 38 | Kyle Okposo | BUF | RW | RW7 | |
| 39 | Jonathan Quick | LAK | G | G8 | |
| 40 | Filip Forsberg | NSH | LW | LW7 | |
| 41 | Corey Perry | ANA | RW | RW8 | |
| 42 | Craig Anderson | OTT | G | G9 | |
| 43 | Sean Monahan | CGY | C | C16 | |
| 44 | Ryan Johansen | NSH | C | C17 | |
| 45 | Jonathan Toews | CHI | C | C18 | |
| 46 | Jakub Voracek | PHI | RW | RW9 | |
| 47 | Jeff Carter | LAK | C | C19 | |
| 48 | Ryan O'Reilly | BUF | C | C20 | |
| 49 | Zach Parise | MIN | LW | LW8 | |
| 50 | Brad Marchand | BOS | LW | LW9 | |
| 51 | Aleksander Barkov | FLA | C | C21 | |
| 52 | Mark Scheifele | WPG | C | C22 | |
| 53 | Patrik Laine | WPG | RW | RW10 | |
| 54 | Henrik Lundqvist | NYR | G | G10 | |
| 55 | Mike Hoffman | OTT | LW | LW10 | |
| 56 | Mark Stone | OTT | RW | RW11 | |
| 57 | Nico Hischier | NJD | C | C23 | Up |
| 58 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | WSH | C | C24 | |
| 59 | Mitchell Marner | TOR | C | C25 | |
| 60 | Cory Schneider | NJD | G | G11 | |
| 61 | Tyler Toffoli | LAK | C | C26 | |
| 62 | Leon Draisaitl | EDM | C | C27 | |
| 63 | Martin Jones | SJS | G | G12 | |
| 64 | Wayne Simmonds | PHI | RW | RW12 | |
| 65 | Tuukka Rask | BOS | G | G13 | |
| 66 | Matt Murray | PIT | G | G14 | |
| 67 | Matt Duchene | COL | C | C28 | |
| 68 | Antti Raanta | ARI | G | G15 | |
| 69 | Clayton Keller | ARI | C | C29 | Up |
| 70 | Victor Hedman | TBL | D | D4 | |
| 71 | David Krejci | BOS | C | C30 | |
| 72 | Derek Stepan | NYR | C | C31 | |
| 73 | John Gibson | ANA | G | G16 | |
| 74 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | TBL | G | G17 | |
| 75 | Jonathan Huberdeau | FLA | LW | LW11 | |
| 76 | James Neal | VGK | LW | LW12 | |
| 77 | Bobby Ryan | OTT | RW | RW13 | |
| 78 | Mikko Koivu | MIN | C | C32 | |
| 79 | Nathan MacKinnon | COL | C | C33 | |
| 80 | Viktor Arvidsson | NSH | LW | LW13 | |
| 81 | Alexander Steen | STL | LW | LW14 | |
| 82 | Patrick Nolan | PHI | C | C34 | |
| 83 | Henrik Zetterberg | DET | LW | LW15 | |
| 84 | Roman Josi | NSH | D | D5 | |
| 85 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | D | D6 | |
| 86 | Brock Boeser | VAN | RW | RW14 | Up |
| 87 | Jeff Skinner | CAR | LW | LW16 | |
| 88 | Conor Sheary | PIT | LW | LW17 | |
| 89 | Jake Allen | STL | G | G18 | |
| 90 | Vincent Trocheck | FLA | C | C35 | |
| 91 | Logan Couture | SJS | C | C36 | Down |
| 92 | Frederik Andersen | Tor | G | G19 | |
| 93 | William Nylander | TOR | C | C37 | |
| 94 | John Klingberg | DAL | D | D7 | |
| 95 | Kyle Palmieri | NJD | RW | RW15 | |
| 96 | Matthew Tkachuk | CGY | LW | LW18 | |
| 97 | Gabriel Landeskog | COL | LW | LW19 | |
| 98 | Milan Lucic | EDM | LW | LW20 | |
| 99 | Mats Zuccarello | NYR | RW | RW16 | |
| 100 | Ben Bishop | DAL | G | G20 | |
| 101 | Daniel Sedin | VAN | LW | LW21 | |
| 102 | Mark Giordano | CGY | D | D8 | |
| 103 | Jaromir Jagr | FA | RW | RW17 | |
| 104 | Kyle Turris | OTT | C | C38 | |
| 105 | P.K. Subban | NSH | D | D9 | |
| 106 | Sam Reinhart | BUF | C | C39 | Up |
| 107 | Steve Mason | WPG | G | G21 | Down |
| 108 | Mikael Granlund | MIN | C | C40 | |
| 109 | T.J. Oshie | WSH | RW | RW18 | |
| 110 | Anthony Mantha | DET | RW | RW19 | |
| 111 | Cam Atkinson | CBJ | RW | RW20 | |
| 112 | Ondrej Palat | TBL | LW | LW22 | |
| 113 | Rickard Rakell | ANA | C | C41 | |
| 114 | Shea Weber | MTL | D | D10 | |
| 115 | Patric Hornqvist | PIT | RW | RW21 | |
| 116 | Max Domi | ARI | LW | LW23 | |
| 117 | Martin Hanzal | MIN | C | C42 | |
| 118 | Jussi Jokinen | FLA | LW | LW24 | |
| 119 | Patrick Marleau | SJS | LW | LW25 | |
| 120 | Henrik Sedin | VAN | C | C43 | |
| 121 | Mikkel Boedker | SJS | LW | LW26 | |
| 122 | Ryan Kesler | ANA | C | C44 | |
| 123 | James van Riemsdyk | TOR | LW | LW27 | |
| 124 | Loui Eriksson | VAN | RW | RW22 | |
| 125 | Brandon Saad | CBJ | LW | LW28 | |
| 126 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | D | D11 | |
| 127 | Brian Elliott | PHI | G | G22 | |
| 128 | Jonathan Marchessault | LVG | C | C45 | |
| 129 | Gustav Nyquist | DET | RW | RW23 | |
| 130 | Carl Soderberg | COL | C | C46 | |
| 131 | Dylan Larkin | DET | C | C47 | |
| 132 | Jake Guentzel | PIT | LW | LW29 | Up |
| 133 | Derick Brassard | OTT | C | C48 | |
| 134 | Jordan Eberle | EDM | C | C49 | |
| 135 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | D | D12 | |
| 136 | Brayden Schenn | PHI | C | C50 | |
| 137 | Mika Zibanejad | NYR | C | C51 | |
| 138 | Paul Stastny | STL | C | C52 | |
| 139 | Tyson Barrie | COL | D | D13 | |
| 140 | Alex Galchenyuk | MTL | C | C53 | |
| 141 | Marcus Johansson | WSH | LW | LW30 | |
| 142 | David Backes | BOS | RW | RW24 | |
| 143 | Brandon Dubinsky | CBJ | C | C54 | |
| 144 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | D | D14 | |
| 145 | Rickard Rakell | ANA | C | C55 | |
| 146 | Mike Ribeiro | NSH | C | C56 | |
| 147 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | D | D15 | |
| 148 | Tomas Plekanec | MTL | C | C57 | |
| 149 | Victor Rask | CAR | C | C58 | |
| 150 | Frans Nielsen | DET | C | C59 | |
| 151 | Nick Foligno | CBJ | LW | LW31 | |
| 152 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | D | D16 | |
| 153 | Mikko Rantanen | COL | RW | RW25 | |
| 154 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | D | D17 | |
| 155 | Ryan Strome | NYI | RW | RW26 | |
| 156 | James Reimer | FLA | G | G23 | |
| 157 | Mathieu Perreault | WPG | C | C60 | |
| 158 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | EDM | C | C61 | |
| 159 | Alexander Wennberg | CBJ | C | C62 | |
| 160 | Drew Doughty | LAK | D | D18 | Down |
| 161 | Bo Horvat | VAN | C | C63 | |
| 162 | Justin Abdelkader | DET | LW | LW32 | |
| 163 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | D | D19 | |
| 164 | Vadim Shipachyov | VGK | C | C64 | |
| 165 | Chris Kreider | NYR | LW | LW33 | |
| 166 | Torey Krug | BOS | D | D20 | |
| 167 | Thomas Greiss | NYI | G | G24 | |
| 168 | Boone Jenner | CBJ | C | C65 | |
| 169 | Teuvo Teravainen | CAR | LW | LW34 | |
| 170 | Jean-Gabriel Pageau | OTT | C | C66 | |
| 171 | Jaden Schwartz | STL | LW | LW35 | |
| 172 | Tomas Tatar | DET | LW | LW36 | |
| 173 | Keith Yandle | FLA | D | D21 | |
| 174 | Brendan Gallagher | MTL | RW | RW27 | Down |
| 175 | Thomas Vanek | VAN | LW | LW37 | |
| 176 | Artem Anisimov | CHI | C | C67 | |
| 177 | Chris Kunitz | PIT | LW | LW38 | |
| 178 | Ales Hemsky | DAL | RW | RW28 | |
| 179 | Jonathan Drouin | TBL | LW | LW39 | |
| 180 | David Perron | STL | LW | LW40 | |
| 181 | John Carlson | WSH | D | D22 | |
| 182 | Justin Williams | WSH | RW | RW29 | |
| 183 | Ryan Spooner | BOS | C | C68 | Up |
| 184 | J.T. Miller | NYR | LW | LW41 | |
| 185 | Bryan Little | WPG | C | C69 | |
| 186 | Jannik Hansen | VAN | RW | RW30 | |
| 187 | Seth Jones | CBJ | D | D23 | |
| 188 | Rick Nash | NYR | RW | RW31 | Up |
| 189 | Ryan Strome | NYI | C | C70 | |
| 190 | Jiri Hudler | FA | RW | RW32 | |
| 191 | Marc-Andre Fleury | VGK | G | G25 | |
| 192 | Eric Staal | MIN | C | C71 | |
| 193 | Drew Stafford | WPG | RW | RW33 | |
| 194 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | D | D24 | |
| 195 | Duncan Keith | CHI | D | D25 | |
| 196 | Colton Parayko | STL | D | D26 | |
| 197 | Tyler Johnson | TBL | C | C72 | |
| 198 | Jesse Puljujarvi | EDM | RW | RW34 | |
| 199 | Kailer Yakamoto | EDM | C | C73 | |
| 200 | Jimmy Vesey | NYR | LW | LW42 |