Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, line combinations, defense pairs, power-play usage, team goalie situations, anticipated start volume, projected goal support (or lack thereof), injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2026-27 season. This list is a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen, Chris Meaney and Troy Perlowitz.

1. Connor McDavid, F, EDM 2. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL 3. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL 4. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS 5. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM 6. David Pastrnak, F, BOS 7. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN 8. Cale Makar, D, COL 9. Jason Robertson, F, DAL 10. Matt Boldy, F, MIN 11. Quinn Hughes, D, MIN 12. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ 13. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL 14. Martin Necas, F, COL 15. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL 16. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL 17. Auston Matthews, F, TOR 18. Jack Hughes, F, NJD 19. Cole Caufield, F, MTL 20. Brady Tkachuk, F, FLA 21. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM 22. Jack Eichel, F, VGK 23. Mikko Rantanen, F, DAL 24. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA 25. Lane Hutson, D, MTL 26. Logan Thompson, G, WSH 27. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG 28. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI 29. Cutter Gauthier, F, ANA 30. Kyle Connor, F, WPG 31. Tage Thompson, F, BUF 32. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG 33. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA 34. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA 35. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL 36. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL 37. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA 38. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA 39. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF 40. Matthew Schaefer, D, NYI 41. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL 42. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR 43. Clayton Keller, F, UTA 44. William Nylander, F, TOR 45. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT 46. Artemi Panarin, F, LAK 47. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK 48. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET 49. Mitch Marner, F, VGK 50. Tim Stützle, F, OTT 51. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL 52. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ 53. Darren Raddysh, D, TOR 54. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL 55. Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN 56. Robert Thomas, F, STL 57. Dylan Holloway, F, STL 58. Jimmy Snuggerud, F, STL 59. Adam Fantilli, F, CBJ 60. Will Smith, F, SJS 61. Brayden Point, F, TBL 62. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS 63. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT 64. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH 65. Connor Bedard, F, CHI (INJ.) 66. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR 67. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH 68. Dylan Larkin, F, DET 69. Porter Martone, F, PHI (rookie) 70. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD 71. Lucas Raymond, F, DET 72. Drake Batherson, F, OTT 73. Ivan Demidov, F, MTL 74. Beckett Sennecke, F, ANA 75. Logan Cooley, F, UTA 76. Moritz Seider, D, DET 77. Adam Fox, D, NYR 78. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, NYR 79. Jacob Markstrom, G, FLA 80. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR 81. Gavin McKenna, F, TOR (rookie) 82. John Tavares, F, TOR 83. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA 84. Bo Horvat, F, NYI 85. Tom Wilson, F, WSH 86. Roope Hintz, F, DAL 87. Zach Hyman, F, EDM 88. Timo Meier, F, NJD 89. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL 90. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA 91. Jakub Dobes, G, MTL 92. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL 93. Brock Faber, D, MIN 94. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT 95. Roman Josi, D, NSH 96. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR 97. Nico Hischier, F, NJD 98. J.T. Miller, F, NYR 99. Mark Stone, F, VGK 100. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH 101. Sam Bennett, F, FLA 102. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH 103. Matthew Knies, F, TOR 104. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT 105. Bryan Rust, F, PIT 106. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR 107. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, CAR 108. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN 109. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK 110. Anton Frondell, F, CHI (rookie) 111. Morgan Geekie, F, BOS 112. Nazem Kadri, F, COL 113. Brock Nelson, F, COL 114. Cole Hutson, D, WSH (rookie) 115. Victor Hedman, D, TBL 116. John Carlson, D, TBL 117. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA 118. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, TOR 119. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI 120. Logan Stankoven, F, CAR 121. Jackson Blake, F, CAR 122. Travis Konecny, F, PHI 123. Jordan Kyrou, F, WSH 124. Alex Tuch, F, WSH 125. Trevor Zegras, F, PHI 126. Dylan Strome, F, WSH 127. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG 128. Alexis Lafreniere, F, NYR 129. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT 130. Brad Marchand, F, FLA 131. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF 132. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA 133. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS (suspended) 134. Vincent Trocheck, F, UTA 135. Josh Doan, F, BUF 136. Zach Benson, F, BUF 137. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN 138. Pavel Zacha, F, BOS 139. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH 140. Dylan Cozens, F, OTT 141. William Eklund, F, OTT 142. Mason Marchment, F, SJS 143. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA 144. Matt Duchene, F, DAL 145. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR 146. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD 147. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG 148. Noah Dobson, D, MTL 149. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK 150. Shea Theodore, D, VGK 151. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT 152. Carter Hart, G, VGK 153. Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL 154. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM 155. Mats Zuccarello, F, LAK 156. JJ Peterka, F, BOS 157. Egor Chinakhov, F, PIT 158. Gabe Perreault, F, NYR 159. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH 160. Valeri Nichushkin, F, CBJ 161. Ivar Stenberg, F, SJS (rookie) 162. MacKenzie Weegar, D, UTA 163. Brandon Montour, D, SEA 164. Bowen Byram, D, CHI 165. Joel Hofer, G, STL 166. Dan Vladar, G, PHI 167. Seth Jones, D, FLA 168. Thomas Harley, D, DAL 169. Vince Dunn, D, SEA 170. Philip Broberg, D, STL 171. Lukas Dostal, G, ANA 172. Spencer Knight, G, CHI 173. Patrick Kane, F, CHI 174. Frank Nazar, F, CHI 175. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL 176. Ryan Leonard, F, WSH 177. Michael Misa, F, SJS 178. Mikael Granlund, F, ANA 179. Jack Roslovic, F, TOR 180. Mason McTavish, F, STL 181. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN 182. Konsta Helenius, F, BUF (rookie) 183. James Hagens, F, BOS (rookie) 184. Brock Boeser, F, VAN 185. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL 186. Ilya Protas, F, WSH (rookie) 187. Jet Greaves, G, CBJ 188. Jacob Fowler, G, MTL (rookie) 189. Juuse Saros, G, NSH 190. Simon Nemec, D, CGY 191. Rasmus Andersson, D, VGK 192. Mattias Samuelsson, D, BUF 193. Luke Hughes, D, NJD 194. Anthony Mantha, F, NJD 195. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK 196. Victor Eklund, F, NYI (rookie) 197. Igor Chernyshov, F, SJS 198. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI 199. Blake Coleman, F, MIN 200. Luke Evangelista, F, NJD 201. Collin Graf, F, SJS 202. Mavrik Bourque, F, NSH 203. Ryan Hartman, F, MIN 204. Alex Lyon, G, BUF 205. John Gibson, G, DET 206. Filip Hronek, D, VAN 207. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT 208. Taylor Hall, F, CAR 209. Tyson Foerster, F, PHI 210. Matt Savoie, F, EDM 211. Bobby McMann, F, SEA 212. Marco Rossi, F, VAN 213. Anton Lundell, F, FLA 214. Charlie Coyle, F, CBJ 215. Anders Lee, F, UTA 216. Jacob Trouba, D, SJS 217. Darnell Nurse, D, SJS 218. Viktor Arvidsson, F, DET 219. Josh Norris, F, BUF 220. Kiefer Sherwood, F, SJS 221. Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI 222. Zayne Parekh, D, CGY 223. Sam Rinzel, D, CHI 224. Alexander Nikishin, D, CAR 225. Justin Faulk, D, DET 226. Yaroslav Askarov, G, SJS 227. Frederik Andersen, G, EDM (INJ.) 228. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK 229. Jack Quinn, F, BUF 230. Brett Howden, F, VGK 231. Chris Kreider, F, ANA 232. Connor McMichael, F, STL 233. Elias Lindholm, F, BOS 234. Matt Coronato, F, CGY 235. Matvei Gridin, F, CGY 236. Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI 237. Zeev Buium, D, VAN 238. Jake Allen, G, NJD 239. Arturs Silovs, G, PIT 240. Logan Mailloux, D, STL 241. Sam Malinski, D, COL 242. K'Andre Miller, D, CAR 243. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK 244. Colton Parayko, D, STL 245. William Karlsson, F, VGK 246. Easton Cowen, F, TOR 247. Shane Pinto, F, OTT 248. Carter Yakemchuk, D, OTT (rookie) 249. Neal Pionk, D, WPG 250. Dustin Wolf, G, CGY

Key injuries:

Seth Jarvis, F, CAR Kevin Fiala, F, LAK Troy Terry, F, ANA Owen Tippett, F, PHI

Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK

Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN

Others to consider:

Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS Will Cuylle, F, NYR Alex Laferriere, F, LAK Matty Beniers, F, SEA Jared McCann, F, SEA Brayden Schenn, F, NYI Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK Lawson Crouse, F, UTA Cole Perfetti, F, WPG Jordan Eberle, F, SEA

Simon Edvinsson, D, DET Sean Durzi, D, NYR Mike Matheson, D, MTL David Reinbacher, D, MTL (rookie) Denton Mateychuk, D, CBJ Nikita Zadorov, F, BOS Travis Sanheim, D, PHI Sean Walker, D, CAR Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM Olen Zellweger, D, BUF Pavel Mintyukov, D, ANA

Anton Forsberg, G, LAK Tristan Jarry, G, EDM Joey Daccord, G, SEA Sergei Murashov, G, PIT (rookie) Akira Schmid, G, FLA Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR Joseph Woll, G, PHI Thatcher Demko, G, VAN Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ

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