The 2018-2019 season is upon us! The rankings are enclosed and as such I will disclose a few players that I like this season in case you find some of the rankings to be OUTRAGEOUS.
10 Players I like this year (or players that are on the rise):
Erik Karlsson, Jamie Benn, Patrick Laine, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Wayne Simmonds, Casey Mittelstadt, Jack Eichel, Mikael Granlund, Max Pacioretty and Devan Dubnyk,
Casey Mittelstadt is gonna be this year: pic.twitter.com/b2CHRBOj5c
— From The Faceoff (@FromTheFaceoff) September 19, 2018
10 Players I don’t like this year (or players that I think will regress this year):
William Karlsson, Jonathan Toews, T.J. Oshie, Patrice Bergeron, Eric Staal, Evgeni Malkin, Nathan MacKinnon, Taylor Hall, Seth Jones and Connor Hellebuyck.
Washington begins training camp today. Last week I asked TJ Oshie if reports of Caps summer binge was exaggerated. He said.... no.
— Emily Kaplan (@emilymkaplan) September 14, 2018
“I mean, if we go down in history that we partied a little too hard that’s fine. To us it doesn’t really matter. We got a Cup.”
FakeTeam Fantasy Hockey Rankings
Rank | Name | Team | Position | Auction ($200 Budget) |
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Rank | Name | Team | Position | Auction ($200 Budget) |
1 | Connor McDavid | EDM | C | 70 |
2 | Alex Ovechkin | WSH | LW/RW | 65 |
3 | Sidney Crosby | PIT | C | 63 |
4 | John Tavares | TOR | C | 62 |
5 | Nikita Kucherov | TB | RW | 64 |
6 | Erik Karlsson | SJ | D | 52 |
7 | Brad Marchand | BOS | LW | 50 |
8 | Blake Wheeler | WPG | RW | 49 |
9 | Brent Burns | SJ | D | 48 |
10 | Evgeni Malkin | PIT | C | 48 |
11 | Patrik Laine | WPG | RW | 48 |
12 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | TB | G | 48 |
13 | Nathan MacKinnon | COL | C | 45 |
14 | David Pastrnak | BOS | RW/LW | 45 |
15 | Claude Giroux | PHI | C/LW | 45 |
16 | Tyler Seguin | DAL | C | 45 |
17 | Filip Forsberg | NSH | C/LW | 45 |
18 | Patrick Kane | CHI | RW | 45 |
19 | Auston Matthews | TOR | C | 45 |
20 | Steven Stamkos | TB | C | 45 |
21 | Jamie Benn | DAL | LW | 54 |
22 | Taylor Hall | NJ | LW | 45 |
23 | Sergei Bobrovsky | CBJ | G | 40 |
24 | Braden Holtby | WSH | G | 39 |
25 | Victor Hedman | TB | D | 38 |
26 | Jonathan Marchessault | VGS | LW/C | 37 |
27 | Mathew Barzal | NYI | C | 36 |
28 | Artemi Panarin | CBJ | LW/C | 35 |
29 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | WSH | C | 35 |
30 | Vincent Trocheck | FLA | C | 35 |
31 | Phil Kessel | PIT | RW | 35 |
32 | John Gibson | ANA | G | 35 |
33 | Nicklas Backstrom | WSH | C | 34 |
34 | Aleksander Barkov | FLA | C | 34 |
35 | Jack Eichel | BUF | C | 32 |
36 | Jakub Voracek | PHI | RW | 32 |
37 | Anze Kopitar | LA | C | 32 |
38 | Pekka Rinne | NSH | G | 32 |
39 | Jonathan Quick | LA | G | 32 |
40 | P.K. Subban | NSH | D | 30 |
41 | Vladimir Tarasenko | STL | RW | 30 |
42 | Roman Josi | NSH | D | 30 |
43 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | D | 30 |
44 | Mark Scheifele | WPG | C | 30 |
45 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | D | 29 |
46 | William Karlsson | VGS | C | 29 |
47 | Johnny Gaudreau | CGY | LW | 29 |
48 | Alexander Radulov | DAL | RW | 27 |
49 | Seth Jones | CBJ | D | 27 |
50 | Connor Hellebuyck | WPG | G | 27 |
51 | Mikko Rantanen | COL | RW | 25 |
52 | Rickard Rakell | ANA | C/LW | 25 |
53 | Mitch Marner | TOR | C/RW | 25 |
54 | Evander Kane | SJ | LW | 25 |
55 | Nikolaj Ehlers | WPG | LW | 25 |
56 | Patrice Bergeron | BOS | C | 25 |
57 | Kris Letang | PIT | D | 25 |
58 | Sebastian Aho | CAR | RW/C | 22 |
59 | Reilly Smith | VGS | RW | 22 |
60 | Gabriel Landeskog | COL | LW | 22 |
61 | William Nylander | TOR | RW | 20 |
62 | Matthew Tkachuk | CGY | LW | 20 |
63 | Devan Dubnyk | MIN | G | 20 |
64 | Drew Doughty | LA | D | 20 |
65 | Brayden Schenn | STL | C | 20 |
66 | Sean Couturier | PHI | C | 20 |
67 | Joe Pavelski | SJ | C/RW | 20 |
68 | Mikael Granlund | MIN | C/RW | 20 |
69 | Max Pacioretty | VGS | LW | 16 |
70 | Ryan Getzlaf | ANA | C | 16 |
71 | Leon Draisaitl | EDM | C | 16 |
72 | John Klingberg | DAL | D | 14 |
73 | John Carlson | WSH | D | 14 |
74 | Marc-Andre Fleury | VGS | G | 14 |
75 | Andrei Svechnikov | CAR | RW | 14 |
76 | Wayne Simmonds | PHI | RW/LW | 14 |
77 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | CBJ | LW/C | 14 |
78 | Yanni Gourde | TB | LW | 12 |
79 | Tyson Barrie | COL | D | 12 |
80 | Jason Zucker | MIN | LW | 10 |
81 | Matt Dumba | MIN | D | 10 |
82 | Patric Hornqvist | PIT | RW | 10 |
83 | Evgenii Dadonov | FLA | RW | 10 |
84 | Ilya Kovalchuk | LA | LW | 10 |
85 | Martin Jones | SJ | G | 10 |
86 | Casey Mittelstadt | BUF | C | 10 |
87 | Brayden Point | TB | C | 8 |
88 | Eric Staal | MIN | C | 8 |
89 | Ryan Johansen | NSH | C | 8 |
90 | Viktor Arvidsson | NSH | RW | 8 |
91 | Brock Boeser | VAN | RW | 8 |
92 | Matt Murray | PIT | G | 8 |
93 | Torey Krug | BOS | D | 7 |
94 | Nazem Kadri | TOR | C | 7 |
95 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | D | 7 |
96 | Frederik Andersen | TOR | G | 7 |
97 | Tuukka Rask | BOS | G | 7 |
98 | Jonathan Huberdeau | FLA | LW | 7 |
99 | Ben Bishop | DAL | G | 5 |
100 | Ryan Suter | MIN | D | 5 |
101 | Alex DeBrincat | CHI | RW | 4 |
102 | Sean Monahan | CGY | C | 4 |
103 | Clayton Keller | ARI | C | 4 |
104 | Dylan Larkin | DET | C | 4 |
105 | Elias Pettersson | VAN | C | 4 |
106 | Jeff Carter | LA | C/RW | 4 |
107 | Keith Yandle | FLA | D | 3 |
108 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | D | 3 |
109 | Anthony Mantha | DET | RW | 3 |
110 | Teuvo Teravainen | CAR | LW/RW | 3 |
111 | Kevin Fiala | NSH | LW/C | 3 |
112 | Ryan O'Reilly | STL | C/RW | 3 |
113 | Carey Price | MTL | G | 3 |
114 | Dustin Brown | LA | RW/LW | 3 |
115 | Logan Couture | SJ | C | 2 |
116 | Mike Hoffman | FLA | LW | 2 |
117 | Corey Perry | ANA | RW | 2 |
118 | Brandon Montour | ANA | D | 2 |
119 | Cam Atkinson | CBJ | RW | 2 |
120 | Jonathan Toews | CHI | C | 2 |
121 | Carter Hutton | BUF | G | 2 |
122 | Tyler Toffoli | LA | RW | 2 |
123 | Kyle Connor | WPG | LW | 2 |
124 | Kyle Palmieri | NJ | RW | 2 |
125 | Nico Hischier | NJ | C | 2 |
126 | Josh Bailey | NYI | LW/RW | 2 |
127 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | D | 2 |
128 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | D | 2 |
129 | Travis Konecny | PHI | C/RW | 2 |
130 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | D | 2 |
131 | James van Riemsdyk | PHI | LW | 2 |
132 | Corey Crawford | CHI | G | 2 |
133 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | D | 2 |
134 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | D | 2 |
135 | Patrick Maroon | NJ | LW | 2 |
136 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | D | 2 |
137 | J.T. Miller | TB | C/LW | 2 |
138 | Sam Reinhart | BUF | C/RW | 2 |
139 | Kyle Turris | NSH | C | 2 |
140 | Mats Zuccarello | NYR | RW | 2 |
141 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | D | 2 |
142 | Bo Horvat | VAN | C | 2 |
143 | Derek Stepan | ARI | C | 2 |
144 | Mark Giordano | CGY | D | 2 |
145 | Cam Talbot | EDM | G | 2 |
146 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | D | 2 |
147 | Mark Stone | OTT | RW | 2 |
148 | Jake Guentzel | PIT | LW | 2 |
149 | Brendan Gallagher | MTL | RW | 1 |
150 | Nick Schmaltz | CHI | RW/C | 1 |
151 | Joe Thornton | SJ | C | 1 |
152 | Vladislav Namestnikov | NYR | C | 1 |
153 | Timo Meier | SJ | RW | 1 |
154 | Mikko Koivu | MIN | C | 1 |
155 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | D | 1 |
156 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | EDM | C | 1 |
157 | Jeff Skinner | BUF | LW | 1 |
158 | Shea Weber | MTL | D | 1 |
159 | T.J. Oshie | WSH | RW | 1 |
160 | Jaden Schwartz | STL | LW | 1 |
161 | Chris Kreider | NYR | LW | 1 |
162 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | D | 1 |
163 | Max Domi | MTL | C/LW | 1 |
164 | Tomas Hertl | SJ | LW | 1 |
165 | Anders Lee | NYI | C/LW | 1 |
166 | Kevin Labanc | SJ | RW | 1 |
167 | Alex Galchenyuk | ARI | LW/C | 1 |
168 | Matt Duchene | OTT | C | 1 |
169 | Nick Bjugstad | FLA | C/RW | 1 |
170 | Tom Wilson | WSH | RW | 1 |
171 | Craig Smith | NSH | RW | 1 |
172 | Jake Muzzin | LA | D | 1 |
173 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | D | 1 |
174 | Nino Niederreiter | MIN | RW | 1 |
175 | Jake Allen | STL | G | 1 |
176 | Alex Killorn | TB | LW | 1 |
177 | Patrick Marleau | TOR | LW | 1 |
178 | Tyler Myers | WPG | D | 1 |
179 | Mikael Backlund | CGY | C | 1 |
180 | Dmitry Orlov | WSH | D | 1 |
181 | Derick Brassard | PIT | C | 1 |
182 | Mika Zibanejad | NYR | C/RW | 1 |
183 | Josh Manson | ANA | D | 1 |
184 | Duncan Keith | CHI | D | 1 |
185 | Nick Foligno | CBJ | LW | 1 |
186 | Justin Schultz | PIT | D | 1 |
187 | Alexander Kerfoot | COL | C/LW | 1 |
188 | Josh Anderson | CBJ | RW | 1 |
189 | Tyler Johnson | TB | C/RW | 1 |
190 | Jordan Eberle | NYI | RW | 1 |
191 | Jake DeBrusk | BOS | LW | 1 |
192 | Charlie Coyle | MIN | LW | 1 |
193 | Jakob Silfverberg | ANA | RW | 1 |
194 | Will Butcher | NJ | D | 1 |
195 | Jonathan Drouin | MTL | C/LW | 1 |
196 | Justin Williams | CAR | RW | 1 |
197 | Kevin Hayes | NYR | C/RW | 1 |
198 | Sami Vatanen | NJ | D | 1 |
199 | Eeli Tolvanen | NSH | RW | 1 |
200 | Bryan Little | WPG | C | 1 |
201 | Mikhail Sergachev | TB | D | 1 |
202 | Zach Hyman | TOR | C/LW | 1 |
203 | Esa Lindell | DAL | D | 1 |
204 | Colton Parayko | STL | D | 1 |
205 | Erik Haula | VGS | LW | 1 |
206 | Cam Fowler | ANA | D | 1 |
207 | Antti Raanta | ARI | G | 1 |
208 | Henrik Lundqvist | NYR | G | 1 |
209 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | D | 1 |
210 | Adam Henrique | ANA | C | 1 |
211 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | D | 1 |
212 | David Perron | STL | LW | 1 |
213 | Mathieu Perreault | WPG | C/LW | 1 |
214 | Brandon Saad | CHI | LW | 1 |
215 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | D | 1 |
216 | Jordan Staal | CAR | C | 1 |
217 | Mike Smith | CGY | G | 1 |
218 | Colin Miller | VGS | D | 1 |
219 | Kyle Okposo | BUF | RW | 1 |
220 | Paul Stastny | VGS | C | 1 |
221 | Tyler Bozak | STL | C | 1 |
222 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | D | 1 |
223 | David Krejci | BOS | C | 1 |
224 | Justin Faulk | CAR | D | 1 |
225 | Alexander Steen | STL | LW | 1 |
226 | Boone Jenner | CBJ | RW | 1 |
227 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | D | 1 |
228 | Pavel Buchnevich | NYR | LW/RW | 1 |
229 | Joonas Donskoi | SJ | RW | 1 |
230 | Gustav Nyquist | DET | RW | 1 |
231 | Matt Niskanen | WSH | D | 1 |
232 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJ | D | 1 |
233 | Milan Lucic | EDM | LW | 1 |
234 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | D | 1 |
235 | Alec Martinez | LA | D | 1 |
236 | Ondrej Kase | ANA | RW | 1 |
237 | Nick Leddy | NYI | D | 1 |
238 | Ryan Dzingel | OTT | C/RW | 1 |
239 | Nolan Patrick | PHI | C | 1 |
240 | Micheal Ferland | CAR | LW | 1 |
241 | Alexander Wennberg | CBJ | C | 1 |
242 | Brian Elliott | PHI | G | 1 |
243 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | CBJ | RW/LW | 1 |
244 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | D | 1 |
245 | Zdeno Chara | BOS | D | 1 |
246 | David Backes | BOS | RW/C | 1 |
247 | Alex Tuch | VGS | RW | 1 |
248 | Alexander Edler | VAN | D | 1 |
249 | Tyler Bertuzzi | DET | LW | 1 |
250 | Tomas Tatar | MTL | LW | 1 |