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Fantasy: 2017 Banger League (hits + blocks) Rankings - Top 250

Dan Hamilton / USA Today Sports

Here are the top 250 skaters and goalies ranking in descending order based on their value in 10- or 12-team "banger leagues." A typical banger league consists of the following categories:

Skaters Goalies
Goals Wins
Assists Goals-against average
Plus/minus Save percentage
Penalty minutes Shutouts
Power-play points
Shots on goal
Hits
Blocked shots

The key difference from a banger league and a standard league is the addition of hits and blocked shots. Though two additional categories may seem like a minor difference, it can have a major affect on the value of players.

Positional eligibility may vary by fantasy site. Some players may be eligible at multiple positions, but only their primary position is considered here.

Top 250

Rk. Player Team Pos.
1 Connor McDavid EDM C1
2 Erik Karlsson OTT D1
3 Brent Burns SJ D2
4 Sidney Crosby PIT C2
5 Alex Ovechkin WAS LW1
6 Victor Hedman TB D3
7 Jamie Benn DAL LW2
8 Patrick Kane CHI RW1
9 Vladimir Tarasenko STL RW2
10 Dustin Byfuglien WPG D4
11 Blake Wheeler WPG RW3
12 Steven Stamkos TB C3
13 Tyler Seguin DAL C4
14 Carey Price MTL G1
15 Evgeni Malkin PIT C5
16 Wayne Simmonds PHI RW4
17 Roman Josi NAS D5
18 Patrik Laine WPG RW5
19 Auston Matthews TOR C6
20 Matt Murray PIT G2
21 Rasmus Ristolainen BUF D6
22 Braden Holtby WAS G3
23 Jack Eichel BUF C7
24 Joe Pavelski SJ C8
25 Cam Talbot EDM G4
26 P.K. Subban NAS D7
27 Devan Dubnyk MIN G5
28 Nikita Kucherov TB RW6
29 Nicklas Backstrom WAS C9
30 Brad Marchand BOS LW3
31 Evander Kane BUF LW4
32 Alex Pietrangelo STL D8
33 Filip Forsberg NAS LW5
34 Leon Draisaitl EDM RW7
35 Shea Weber MTL D9
36 John Tavares NYI C10
37 Tuukka Rask BOS G6
38 Mark Giordano CGY D10
39 Ryan Getzlaf ANA C11
40 David Pastrnak BOS RW8
41 Nazem Kadri TOR C12
42 Kevin Shattenkirk NYR D11
43 Kris Letang PIT D12
44 Max Pacioretty MTL LW6
45 Mark Scheifele WPG C13
46 Patric Hornqvist PIT RW9
47 Corey Perry ANA RW10
48 Jake Allen STL G7
49 Chris Kreider NYR LW7
50 Anders Lee NYI LW8
51 William Nylander TOR RW11
52 Colton Parayko STL D13
53 Andrei Vasilevskiy TB G8
54 Artemi Panarin CLB LW9
55 Jonathan Quick LA G9
56 Mitch Marner TOR RW12
57 John Klingberg DAL D14
58 Alexander Radulov DAL RW13
59 Nino Niederreiter MIN RW14
60 Dougie Hamilton CGY D15
61 Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI D16
62 Corey Crawford CHI G10
63 T.J. Oshie WAS RW15
64 Jonathan Huberdeau FLA LW10
65 Jeff Carter LA C14
66 Nikolaj Ehlers WPG RW16
67 Ryan Johansen NAS C15
68 Aleksander Barkov FLA C16
69 Ryan Kesler ANA C17
70 Jon Gibson ANA G11
71 Duncan Keith CHI D17
72 Milan Lucic EDM LW11
73 Claude Giroux PHI C18
74 Pekka Rinne NAS G12
75 Nick Foligno CLB LW12
76 Cam Atkinson CLB RW17
77 Ben Bishop DAL G13
78 Shayne Gostisbehere PHI D18
79 Seth Jones CLB D19
80 Patrice Bergeron BOS C19
81 Anze Kopitar LA C20
82 Johnny Gaudreau CGY LW13
83 Jeff Skinner CAR LW14
84 John Carlson WAS D20
85 Torey Krug BOS D21
86 Frederik Andersen TOR G14
87 Phil Kessel PIT RW18
88 Aaron Ekblad FLA D22
89 Zach Werenski CLB D23
90 Brayden Schenn STL C21
91 Taylor Hall NJ LW15
92 Sean Monahan CGY C22
93 Sebastian Aho CAR LW16
94 Ryan McDonagh NYR D24
95 Evgeny Kuznetsov WAS C23
96 Jonathan Drouin MTL LW17
97 Mikael Granlund MIN C24
98 Martin Jones SJ G15
99 Boone Jenner CLB LW18
100 Brandon Dubinsky CLB C25
101 Patrick Maroon EDM LW19
102 Charlie Coyle MIN RW19
103 Tanner Pearson LA LW20
104 Scott Darling CAR G16
105 Nathan MacKinnon COL C26
106 James van Riemsdyk TOR LW21
107 Justin Schultz PIT D25
108 Mike Smith CGY G17
109 Kyle Palmieri NJ RW20
110 Logan Couture SJ C27
111 Justin Faulk CAR D26
112 Jacob Trouba WPG D27
113 Rickard Rakell ANA LW22
114 Brandon Saad CHI LW23
115 Viktor Arvidsson NAS RW21
116 Vincent Trocheck FLA C28
117 Mike Hoffman OTT LW24
118 Ivan Provorov PHI D28
119 Henrik Lundqvist NYR G18
120 Craig Anderson OTT G19
121 Nikita Zaitsev TOR D29
122 Brent Seabrook CHI D30
123 Jakub Voracek PHI RW22
124 Anthony Mantha DET RW23
125 Jonathan Toews CHI C29
126 Alex Galchenyuk MTL C30
127 Gabriel Landeskog COL LW25
128 Robin Lehner BUF G20
129 Dion Phaneuf OTT D31
130 J.T. Miller NYR C31
131 Matthew Tkachuk CGY LW26
132 Dmitry Orlov WAS D32
133 Eric Staal MIN C32
134 Martin Hanzal MIN C33
135 Cory Schneider NJ G21
136 David Backes BOS RW24
137 Oscar Klefbom EDM D33
138 Jaccob Slavin CAR D34
139 Mark Stone OTT RW25
140 Mats Zuccarello NYR RW26
141 Alexander Wennberg CLB C34
142 Adam Larsson EDM D35
143 Ryan Suter MIN D36
144 Nick Ritchie ANA LW27
145 Nolan Patrick PHI C35
146 Radko Gudas PHI D37
147 Cam Fowler ANA D38
148 Jake Gardiner TOR D39
149 Brian Elliott PHI G22
150 Thomas Greiss NYI G23
151 Jordan Staal CAR C36
152 Ryan Ellis NAS D40
153 Jason Spezza DAL C37
154 Henrik Zetterberg DET C38
155 Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJ D41
156 Tom Wilson WAS RW27
157 Jake Muzzin LA D42
158 Matt Niskanen WAS D43
159 Ondrej Palat TB LW28
160 Jake Guentzel PIT LW29
161 Matt Duchene COL C39
162 Patrick Marleau TOR LW30
163 Dustin Brown LA RW28
164 Travis Konecny PHI LW31
165 Jaden Schwartz STL LW32
166 Morgan Rielly TOR D44
167 Keith Yandle FLA D45
168 Leo Komarov TOR LW33
169 James Neal VGK RW29
170 Bryan Little WPG C40
171 Tyler Toffoli LA RW30
172 Tyson Barrie COL D46
173 Zach Parise MIN LW34
174 Evgeny Dadonov FLA RW31
175 Roberto Luongo FLA G24
176 James Reimer FLA G25
177 Nico Hischier NJ C41
178 Andre Burakovsky WAS LW35
179 Ryan Strome EDM RW32
180 Marcus Johansson NJ LW36
181 Conor Sheary PIT RW33
182 Steve Mason WPG G26
183 Connor Hellebuyck WPG G27
184 Tomas Hertl SJ LW37
185 Nate Schmidt VGK D47
186 Jonathan Marchessault VGK C42
187 Jordan Eberle NYI RW34
188 Marcus Foligno MIN LW38
189 Jimmy Howard DET G28
190 Sami Vatanen ANA D48
191 Hampus Lindholm ANA D49
192 Matt Dumba MIN D49
193 Charlie McAvoy BOS D51
194 Alec Martinez LA D52
195 Kyle Okposo BUF RW35
196 Antti Raanta ARI G29
197 Vadim Shipachyov VGK C43
198 Elias Lindholm CAR C44
199 Jakob Markstrom VAN G30
200 Semyon Varlamov COL G31
201 Josh Manson ANA D53
202 Tyler Johnson TB C45
203 Ryan O'Reilly BUF C46
204 Jakob Silfverberg ANA RW36
205 Kyle Turris OTT C47
206 Mika Zibanejad NYR C48
207 Miko Rantanen COL LW39
208 Adam Lowry WPG C49
209 Marc-Andre Fleury VGK G32
210 Jared Spurgeon MIN D54
211 Mark Borowiecki OTT D55
212 Zdeno Chara BOS D56
213 Shea Theodore VGK D57
214 Brendan Gallagher MTL RW37
215 Josh Anderson CLB RW38
216 Alexander Steen STL RW39
217 Bobby Ryan OTT RW40
218 Patrick Eaves ANA RW41
219 Dylan Larkin DET C50
220 Viktor Rask CAR C51
221 Antoine Roussel DAL LW40
222 Bo Horvat VAN C52
223 Andrej Sekera EDM D58
224 Julius Honka DAL D59
225 Paul Stastny STL C53
226 Daniel Sedin VAN LW41
227 Henrik Sedin VAN C54
228 Robby Fabbri STL C55
229 Derek Stepan ARI C56
230 Joe Thornton SJ C57
231 Brandon Montour ANA D60
232 Matt Martin TOR LW42
233 Ryan Reaves PIT RW42
234 Andrew Shaw MTL C58
235 Sam Reinhart BUF C59
236 Jesse Puljujarvi EDM RW43
237 Richard Panik CHI LW43
238 Kevin Fiala NAS LW44
239 Nick Schmaltz CHI LW45
240 Andrew Ladd NYI LW46
241 Dylan Strome ARI C60
242 Matthew Barzal NYI C61
243 Nick Bonino NAS C62
244 David Krejci BOS C63
245 Patrick Sharp CHI LW47
246 Jason Zucker MIN LW48
247 Luke Schenn ARI D61
248 Kris Russell EDM D62
249 Ian Cole PIT D63
250 Calvin de Haan NYI D64

These rankings will be updated throughout the lead-up to the season.

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