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

Geoff Burke / 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.

Top 250

Rk. Player Team Pos. Trend
1 Alex Ovechkin WAS LW
2 Connor McDavid EDM C
3 Erik Karlsson OTT D
4 Brent Burns SJ D
5 Sidney Crosby PIT C
6 Victor Hedman TB D
7 Jamie Benn DAL LW
8 Dustin Byfuglien WPG D
9 Tyler Seguin DAL C/RW
10 Steven Stamkos TB C
11 Blake Wheeler WPG RW
12 Carey Price MTL G
13 Patrick Kane CHI RW
14 Evgeni Malkin PIT C
15 Wayne Simmonds PHI RW
16 Vladimir Tarasenko STL RW
17 Roman Josi NAS D
18 Patrik Laine WPG RW
19 Auston Matthews TOR C
20 Matt Murray PIT G
21 Nikita Kucherov TB RW
22 Rasmus Ristolainen BUF D
23 Sergei Bobrovsky CLB G
24 Braden Holtby WAS G
25 Jack Eichel BUF C
26 Brad Marchand BOS LW
27 Joe Pavelski SJ C/RW
28 Cam Talbot EDM G
29 P.K. Subban NAS D
30 Devan Dubnyk MIN G
31 Nicklas Backstrom WAS C
32 Evander Kane BUF LW
33 Alex Pietrangelo STL D
34 Filip Forsberg NAS LW
35 Leon Draisaitl EDM C/RW
36 Shea Weber MTL D
37 John Tavares NYI C
38 Tuukka Rask BOS G
39 Mark Giordano CGY D
40 Ryan Getzlaf ANA C
41 David Pastrnak BOS RW
42 Ryan Kesler ANA C
43 Patric Hornqvist PIT RW
44 Nazem Kadri TOR C
45 Kevin Shattenkirk NYR D
46 Kris Letang PIT D
47 Max Pacioretty MTL LW
48 Drew Doughty LA D
49 Corey Perry ANA RW
50 Jake Allen STL G
51 Anders Lee NYI LW
52 William Nylander TOR C/RW
53 Colton Parayko STL D
54 Andrei Vasilevskiy TB G
55 Mark Scheifele WPG C
56 Artemi Panarin CLB LW
57 Jonathan Quick LA G
58 Chris Kreider NYR LW
59 Mitch Marner TOR C/RW
60 John Klingberg DAL D
61 Alexander Radulov DAL RW
62 Nino Niederreiter MIN LW/RW
63 Dougie Hamilton CGY D
64 Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI D
65 Corey Crawford CHI G
66 Jonathan Huberdeau FLA LW
67 Jeff Carter LA C
68 Nikolaj Ehlers WPG LW
69 Ryan Johansen NAS C
70 Aleksander Barkov FLA C
71 Jon Gibson ANA G
72 Duncan Keith CHI D
73 Milan Lucic EDM LW
74 T.J. Oshie WAS RW
75 Pekka Rinne NAS G
76 Nick Foligno CLB LW/RW
77 Mike Hoffman OTT LW
78 Cam Atkinson CLB RW
79 Ben Bishop DAL G
80 Shayne Gostisbehere PHI D
81 Seth Jones CLB D
82 Patrice Bergeron BOS C
83 Anze Kopitar LA C
84 Johnny Gaudreau CGY LW
85 Jeff Skinner CAR LW
86 John Carlson WAS D
87 Torey Krug BOS D
88 Frederik Andersen TOR G
89 Phil Kessel PIT RW
90 Aaron Ekblad FLA D
91 Claude Giroux PHI C
92 Zach Werenski CLB D
93 Brayden Schenn STL C/LW
94 Taylor Hall NJ LW
95 Sebastian Aho CAR LW/RW
96 Justin Schultz PIT D
97 Ryan McDonagh NYR D
98 Evgeny Kuznetsov WAS C
99 Mikael Granlund MIN C/RW
100 Martin Jones SJ G
101 Boone Jenner CLB C/LW
102 Brandon Dubinsky CLB C
103 Patrick Maroon EDM LW
104 Charlie Coyle MIN C/RW
105 Jonathan Drouin MTL LW/RW
106 Sean Monahan CGY C
107 Tanner Pearson LA LW
108 Scott Darling CAR G
109 Nathan MacKinnon COL C
110 James van Riemsdyk TOR LW
111 Mike Smith CGY G
112 Kyle Palmieri NJ RW
113 Logan Couture SJ C
114 Justin Faulk CAR D
115 Dmitry Orlov WAS D
116 Jacob Trouba WPG D
117 Jonathan Toews CHI C
118 Dion Phaneuf OTT D
119 Brandon Saad CHI LW
120 Viktor Arvidsson NAS RW
121 Vincent Trocheck FLA C
122 Ivan Provorov PHI D
123 Henrik Lundqvist NYR G
124 Craig Anderson OTT G
125 Nikita Zaitsev TOR D
126 Brent Seabrook CHI D
127 Jakub Voracek PHI RW
128 Anthony Mantha DET LW/RW
129 Alex Galchenyuk MTL C/LW
130 Gabriel Landeskog COL LW
131 Robin Lehner BUF G
132 J.T. Miller NYR LW/RW
133 Matthew Tkachuk CGY LW
134 Eric Staal MIN C
135 Martin Hanzal MIN C
136 Cory Schneider NJ G
137 David Backes BOS RW
138 Oscar Klefbom EDM D
139 Jaccob Slavin CAR D
140 Mark Stone OTT RW
141 Mats Zuccarello NYR RW
142 Alexander Wennberg CLB C
143 Adam Larsson EDM D
144 Ryan Suter MIN D
145 Nick Ritchie ANA LW
146 Rickard Rakell ANA C/LW
147 Radko Gudas PHI D
148 Cam Fowler ANA D
149 Jake Gardiner TOR D
150 Brian Elliott PHI G
151 Thomas Greiss NYI G
152 Jordan Staal CAR C
153 Ryan Ellis NAS D
154 Jason Spezza DAL C/RW
155 Henrik Zetterberg DET C/LW
156 Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJ D
157 Tom Wilson WAS RW
158 Jake Muzzin LA D
159 Matt Niskanen WAS D
160 Ondrej Palat TB LW
161 Jake Guentzel PIT C/LW
162 Matt Duchene COL C/RW
163 Elias Lindholm CAR C/RW
164 Patrick Marleau TOR C/LW
165 Dustin Brown LA RW
166 Travis Konecny PHI C/LW
167 Jaden Schwartz STL LW
168 Morgan Rielly TOR D
169 Keith Yandle FLA D
170 Leo Komarov TOR C/LW
171 Frank Vatrano BOS C/LW
172 James Neal VGK LW/RW
173 Bryan Little WPG C
174 Tyler Toffoli LA C/RW
175 Tyson Barrie COL D
176 Zach Parise MIN LW
177 Evgeny Dadonov FLA RW
178 Roberto Luongo FLA G
179 James Reimer FLA G
180 Nico Hischier NJ C
181 Andre Burakovsky WAS LW/RW
182 Ryan Strome EDM C/RW
183 Marcus Johansson NJ LW
184 Conor Sheary PIT LW/RW
185 Steve Mason WPG G
186 Connor Hellebuyck WPG G
187 Tomas Hertl SJ C/LW
188 Nolan Patrick PHI C
189 Nate Schmidt VGK D
190 Jonathan Marchessault VGK C/LW
191 Jordan Eberle NYI RW
192 Marcus Foligno MIN LW
193 Jimmy Howard DET G
194 Sami Vatanen ANA D
195 Hampus Lindholm ANA D
196 Matt Dumba MIN D
197 Charlie McAvoy BOS D
198 Alec Martinez LA D
199 Kyle Okposo BUF RW
200 Antti Raanta ARI G
201 Vadim Shipachyov VGK C/LW
202 Jakob Markstrom VAN G
203 Semyon Varlamov COL G
204 Josh Manson ANA D
205 Tyler Johnson TB C
206 Ryan O'Reilly BUF C
207 Jakob Silfverberg ANA RW
208 Kyle Turris OTT C
209 Mika Zibanejad NYR C
210 Miko Rantanen COL LW/RW
211 Adam Lowry WPG C
212 Marc-Andre Fleury VGK G
213 Jared Spurgeon MIN D
214 Mark Borowiecki OTT D
215 Zdeno Chara BOS D
216 Brendan Gallagher MTL RW
217 Josh Anderson CLB RW
218 Alexander Steen STL C/LW
219 Bobby Ryan OTT RW
220 Patrick Eaves ANA RW
221 Dylan Larkin DET C/RW
222 Viktor Rask CAR C
223 Antoine Roussel DAL LW
224 Bo Horvat VAN C
225 Julius Honka DAL D
226 Paul Stastny STL C
227 Daniel Sedin VAN LW
228 Henrik Sedin VAN C
229 Robby Fabbri STL C/LW
230 Derek Stepan ARI C
231 Joe Thornton SJ C
232 Shea Theodore VGK D
233 Brandon Montour ANA D
234 Matt Martin TOR LW
235 Ryan Reaves PIT RW
236 Andrew Shaw MTL C/RW
237 Sam Reinhart BUF C/RW
238 Jesse Puljujarvi EDM RW
239 Richard Panik CHI LW/RW
240 Kevin Fiala NAS LW
241 Nick Schmaltz CHI C/LW
242 Andrew Ladd NYI LW
243 Dylan Strome ARI C
244 Matthew Barzal NYI C
245 Nick Bonino NAS C
246 David Krejci BOS C
247 Patrick Sharp CHI LW/RW
248 Jason Zucker MIN LW/RW
249 Kris Russell EDM D
250 Calvin de Haan NYI D

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

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