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Message   The Hockey Writers    All   Fantasy Hockey Draft Rankings: Top 250   September 18, 2018
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The NHL regular season begins on Wednesday, Oct. 3, so if you play fantasy
hockey, it';s time to set your keepers and prepare for your draft. This article
 outlines the top 250 players for fantasy hockey to help you do just that.

Fantasy hockey rankings are difficult to set, as leagues use different category
 settings. Some just have points, while others include a number of categories
and those categories are often different. To give the best set of rankings
possible, I used a weighted approach, with goals and assists being of the
highest importance, followed by power-play points, plus-minus and shots, with
a small amount of consideration given to hits, penalty minutes and blocked
shots as well. The positions listed next to each player are based on
eligibility in Yahoo Fantasy Hockey.Top 250 Fantasy Hockey Rankings for the
2018-19 Season:

Connor McDavid EDM CNikita Kucherov TB RWSidney Crosby PIT CAlex Ovechkin WSH
LWAuston Matthews TOR CEvgeni Malkin PIT CBrad Marchand BOS LWNathan MacKinnon
COL CBlake Wheeler WPG C,RWSteven Stamkos TB CTyler Seguin DAL CJamie Benn DAL
LWJohn Tavares TOR CPatrick Kane CHI RWTaylor Hall NJ LWAndrei Vasilevskiy TB
GConnor Hellebuyck WPG GPatrik Laine WPG RWBrent Burns SJ DPhil Kessel PIT
RWClaude Giroux PHI C,LWVladimir Tarasenko STL RWErik Karlsson SJ DDavid
Pastrnak BOS RWMark Scheifele WPG CJack Eichel BUF CJohnny Gaudreau CGY
LWEvgeny Kuznetsov WSH CMitchell Marner TOR RWVictor Hedman TB DJakub Voracek
PHI RWFilip Forsberg NSH LWAnze Kopitar LA CPekka Rinne NSH GJonathan
Marchessault VGK C,LWTuukka Rask BOS GArtemi Panarin CBJ LWSergei Bobrovsky CBJ
 GJoe Pavelski SJ C,RWPatrice Bergeron BOS CDustin Byfuglien WPG DJonathan
Quick LA GFrederik Andersen TOR GMikko Rantanen COL RWLeon Draisaitl EDM
C,RWMatt Murray PIT GAleksander Barkov FLA CP.K. Subban NSH DRoman Josi NSH
DMarc-Andre Fleury VGK GBraden Holtby WSH GMartin Jones SJ GDrew Doughty LA
DJohn Gibson ANA GSean Couturier PHI CJohn Carlson WSH DMathew Barzal NYI CJohn
 Klingberg DAL DAlexander Radulov DAL RWVincent Trocheck FLA CShayne
Gostisbehere PHI DEvander Kane SJ LWRyan Getzlaf ANA CJaden Schwartz STL LWSeth
 Jones CBJ DWilliam Karlsson VGK C,LWDevan Dubnyk MIN GKristopher Letang PIT
DDougie Hamilton CAR DBrock Boeser VAN RWBrayden Schenn STL CPatric Hornqvist
PIT RWNicklas Backstrom WSH CMax Pacioretty VGK LWSebastian Aho CAR RWViktor
Arvidsson NSH RWSean Monahan CGY CTyson Barrie COL DTorey Krug BOS DMikael
Granlund MIN C,RWJonathan Huberdeau FLA LWWilliam Nylander TOR C,RWBrayden
Point TB CCam Atkinson CBJ RWJonathan Toews CHI CMike Hoffman FLA LW,RWRickard
Rakell ANA LW,RWMark Giordano CGY DKeith Yandle FLA DAlex Pietrangelo STL
DNikolaj Ehlers WPG LW,RWJames Van Riemsdyk PHI LWBen Bishop DAL GMatthew
Tkachuk CGY LWDylan Larkin DET CGabriel Landeskog COL LWJason Zucker MIN
LW,RWMark Stone OTT RWLogan Couture SJ C,LWMorgan Rielly TOR DRyan Johansen NSH
 CRasmus Dahlin BUF DReilly Smith VGK LW,RWEric Staal MIN CBrendan Gallagher
MTL RWZachary Werenski CBJ DJeff Carter LA CClayton Keller ARI LW,RWIlya
Kovalchuk LA LW,RWChris Kreider NYR LWCarey Price MTL GMike Smith CGY GJake
Gardiner TOR DAntti Raanta ARI GWayne Simmonds PHI RWTom Wilson WSH RWJake
Allen STL GCraig Smith NSH RWJeff Skinner BUF LWTeuvo Teravainen CAR
LW,RWOliver Ekman-Larsson ARI DCam Talbot EDM GMatt Duchene OTT CAaron Ekblad
FLA DEvgenii Dadonov FLA LW,RWRyan Nugent-Hopkins EDM C,LWNico Hischier NJ
CMathew Dumba MIN DIvan Provorov PHI DAnders Lee NYI LWMats Zuccarello NYR
RWRoberto Luongo FLA GKyle Palmieri NJ RWT.J. Oshie WSH RWDustin Brown LA
LW,RWKyle Connor WPG LWNazem Kadri TOR CJake Guentzel PIT LWJ.T. Miller TB
C,RWPierre-Luc Dubois CBJ C,LWKevin Fiala NSH LW,RWRasmus Ristolainen BUF
DJordan Eberle NYI RWRyan Suter MIN DTyler Toffoli LA RWDerek Stepan ARI CScott
 Darling CAR GKyle Turris NSH CBo Horvat VAN CDuncan Keith CHI DAnthony Mantha
DET LW,RWTomas Hertl SJ C,LW,RWKevin Shattenkirk NYR DSemyon Varlamov COL GCory
 Schneider NJ GJake DeBrusk BOS LWRyan O';Reilly STL CAlex DeBrincat CHI
LW,RWRyan Ellis NSH DTravis Konecny PHI LW,RWColin Miller VGK DElias Petterson
VAN CAndrei Svechnikov CAR RWJosh Bailey NYI RWJames Neal CGY RWNick Bjugstad
FLA C,RWCorey Perry ANA RWMikhail Sergachev TB DMilan Lucic EDM LWJonathan
Drouin MTL C,Mikko Koivu MIN CTimo Meier SJ LWYanni Gourde TB C,RWMikael
Backlund CGY CJake Muzzin LA DAlex Galchenyuk ARI C,LWTyler Johnson TB C,RWSam
Reinhart BUF C,RWJuuse Saros NSH GJoe Thornton SJ CCharlie McAvoy BOS DOscar
Klefbom EDM DEeli Tolvanen NSH RWErik Haula VGK C,LWDavid Krejci BOS CBrian
Elliott PHI GJakob Silfverberg ANA RWHenrik Lundqvist NYR GJeff Petry MTL
DJustin Faulk CAR DFilip Zadina DET LWNick Leddy NYI DCam Fowler ANA DTyler
Myers WPG DPatrick Marleau TOR C,LWWill Butcher NJ DColton Parayko STL DAdam
Henrique ANA CElias Lindholm CGY C,RWCorey Crawford CHI GCarter Hutton BUF
GShea Weber MTL DKeith Kinkaid NJ GThomas Chabot OTT DThomas Vanek DET
LW,RWDerick Brassard PIT CDavid Perron STL LWRyan Donato BOS LW,RWJosh Anderson
 CBJ RWMika Zibanejad NYR CBrandon Montour ANA DCasey Mittelstadt BUF CAlex
Tuch VGK RWJacob Trouba WPG DKyle Okposo BUF RWMattias Ekholm NSH DJosh Manson
ANA DPatrick Maroon STL LWShea Theodore VGK DNolan Patrick PHI CPaul Stastny
VGK CGustav Nyquist DET RWRyan Pulock NYI DMathieu Perreault WPG LWJacob
Markstrom VAN GNick Schmaltz CHI C,LWBrandon Saad CHI LWAlexander Steen STL
RWAaron Dell SJ GAlexander Edler VAN DJustin Schultz PIT DNino Niederreiter MIN
 LW,RWOndrej Palat TB LWPhilipp Grubauer COL GJesse Puljujarvi EDM RWJustin
Williams CAR RWMike Green DET DMax Domi MTL C,LWDylan Strome ARI CMartin Necas
CAR CJack Roslovic WPG CTyson Jost COL C,LWJared Spurgeon MIN DJaroslav Halak
BOS GJakub Vrana WSH LW,RWPetr Mrazek CAR GPavel Buchnevich NYR RWJames Reimer
FLA GMiro Heiskenen DAL DBrady Tkachuk OTT LW

Draft Auston Matthews With the Fifth Overall Pick

Connor McDavid should always be chosen first overall in any fantasy hockey
draft and some combination of Kucherov, Crosby and Ovechkin are likely to
follow in picks two through four. Pick No. 5 is where things get interesting.
You can go with a proven elite scorer like Malkin, Kane, Stamkos, Marchand or
Tavares, a player that covers a lot of categories like Wheeler or Benn, or one
of last year';s big breakout stars in MacKinnon or Hall. All are decent choices
 but my pick is Auston Matthews.Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews (Tom
Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports)

Matthews will have just turned 21 years old entering the season and has the
talent to be a Hart Trophy candidate. He was a point per game player last
season, scoring 34 goals and 63 points in 62 games (that';s a 45-goal pace for
an 82-game season). That was despite playing on the Maple Leafs'; second power
play unit and facing the opponent';s best defenders.

In 2018-19, with a boost to the top power-play unit and with Tavares taking
some of the opposition';s attention away, 50 goals, 40 assists and 300 shots
are not unreasonable targets for Matthews and it';s that high ceiling that has
me taking him fifth overall in fantasy drafts.Target Rookies in the Late Rounds
 of Your Draft

A number of rookies made big impacts to fantasy hockey rosters last season,
including Clayton Keller, Matthew Barzal and Brock Boeser. Towards the end of
your draft, rather than grabbing a mediocre veteran, it';s better to take a
chance on a rookie with high upside. My rankings have Rasmus Dahlin, Elias
Petterson, Andrei Svechnikov, Eeli Tolvanen and Filip Zadina as the top rookies
 to target, followed by Ryan Donato and Casey Mittelstadt and then a stack of
them in the 235-250 range.Position Scarcity is Important

As soon as the draft ends, the value of centres plummet and the value of
goalies skyrocket. There are plenty of good centres and very few good goalies
available. Wingers and defencemen fall in-between. My recommendation is to get
at least one of the top 12 goalies, and then as soon as the top centres are
gone (everyone up to Anze Kopitar), focus on filling out the rest of your
goalies (three is usually a good number for standard leagues), your wingers and
 defencemen and then start to pick centres again.Andrei Vasilevskiy #88, Tampa
Bay Lightning is the top-ranked goalie for fantasy hockey (Amy Irvin / The
Hockey Writers)Fantasy Hockey Resources

The Hockey Writers has a dedicated fantasy hockey page that you can keep an eye
 on for more content and advice. Goalie Rankings and Draft Strategy and
Defencemen Rankings are also available. You can compare my rankings with other
 experts using Fantasy Pros Expert Consensus Rankings.

Daily Faceoff and Leftwinglock are also excellent resources as they update
starting goalies and line combinations on a daily basis. As fantasy hockey
expands in popularity, NHL.com now has a dedicated fantasy page as well.

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