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2017 – 2018 NHL: Fantasy Hockey Top 200 Rankings

A few rookies cracking the top 75

2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final - Game Five Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

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