Top 200 Rankings: Standard Leagues

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The 2016-17 NHL season, and thus the fantasy hockey season, are a little under two months away. The NHL season commences Wednesday, Oct. 12, so it is time to start the start the draft season.

The rankings look at the top 200 players in standard-scoring leagues. Skaters accumulate value via goals, assists, plus/minus, penalty minutes, power-play points, and shots on goal. Goalies track wins, goals-against average, save percentage, and shutouts.

Rank	Player	Position	Team
1	Sidney Crosby	C	PIT
2	Tyler Seguin	C/RW	DAL
3	Alex Ovechkin	LW/RW	WAS
4	Erik Karlsson	D	OTT
5	Patrick Kane	C/RW	CHI
6	Jamie Benn	LW	DAL
7	Connor McDavid	C	EDM
8	Vladimir Tarasenko	RW	STL
9	Claude Giroux	C/RW	PHI
10	John Tavares	C	NYI

Crosby's late surge in 2015-16 would have had him take home the Art Ross Trophy, but an early-season slump was too much to overcome. Seguin was among the league leaders in the points race prior to his season-ending injury. He finished the season 14th despite playing only 72 games.

The separation between Karlsson and the second tier of fantasy defensemen helps to bolster his value. He finished T4 in last year's points race. Expect some regression from Kane following a career year. He won't convert 16 percent of his shots again.

Rank	Player	Position	Team
11	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C/LW	WAS
12	P.K. Subban	D	NAS
13	Joe Pavelski	C/LW/RW	SJ
14	Evgeni Malkin	C/RW	PIT
15	Johnny Gaudreau	LW	CGY
16	Anze Kopitar	C	LA
17	Carey Price	G	MTL
18	Kris Letang	D	PIT
19	Joe Thornton	C	SJ
20	Braden Holtby	G	WAS
21	Brent Burns	D	SJ
22	Blake Wheeler	RW	WPG
23	Ben Bishop	G	TB
24	Dustin Byfuglien	D/RW	WPG
25	Steven Stamkos	C	TB
26	Nicklas Backstrom	C	WAS
27	Taylor Hall	LW	NJ
28	Filip Forsberg	C/LW/RW	NAS
29	Henrik Lundqvist	G	NYR
30	Patrice Bergeron	C	BOS
31	Ryan Getzlaf	C	ANA
32	Artemi Panarin	LW	CHI
33	Corey Perry	RW	ANA
34	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	ARI
35	Jack Eichel	C	BUF
36	Ryan Johansen	C/RW	NAS
37	Nikita Kucherov	RW	TB
38	Phil Kessel	RW	PIT
39	Nathan MacKinnon	C/RW	COL
40	John Klingberg	D	DAL
41	Aleksander Barkov	C	FLA
42	James Neal	LW/RW	NAS
43	Max Pacioretty	LW	MTL
44	Wayne Simmonds	LW/RW	PHI
45	Jonathan Quick	G	LA
46	Brad Marchand	LW	BOS
47	Sean Monahan	C	CGY
48	Cory Schneider	G	NJ
49	Roman Josi	D	NAS
50	Tyler Toffoli	C/LW/RW	LA

Panarin is more likely to regress than Kane, and the value of the two is strongly correlated. Kuznetsov should continue to see his role within the Capitals' offense continue to grow in his fourth year. Subban could challenge Karlsson with a much better power play in Nashville than he ran in Montreal.

Rank	Player	Position	Team
51	Mark Giordano	D	CGY
52	Jason Spezza	C	DAL
53	Corey Crawford	G	CHI
54	Mark Scheifele	C	WPG
55	Roberto Luongo	G	FLA
56	Drew Doughty	D	LA
57	Jakub Voracek	LW/RW	PHI
58	Ryan O'Reilly	C/LW/RW	BUF
59	David Krejci	C	BOS
60	Kevin Shattenkirk	D	STL
61	Milan Lucic	LW	EDM
62	Zach Parise	LW	MIN
63	Alexander Steen	C/LW	STL
64	Logan Couture	C/LW	SJ
65	John Gibson	G	ANA
66	Victor Hedman	D	TB
67	Jonathan Huberdeau	C.LW	FLA
68	Jeff Carter	C/RW	LA
69	Mark Stone	RW	OTT
70	Daniel Sedin	LW	VAN
71	Jake Allen	G	STL
72	Tyler Johnson	C	TB
73	Mike Hoffman	LW	OTT
74	Gabriel Landeskog	LW	COL
75	Henrik Sedin	C	VAN
76	Martin Jones	G	SJ
77	Jonathan Toews	C	CHI
78	John Carlson	D	WAS
79	Kyle Okposo	RW	BUF
80	Matt Duchene	C/LW	COL
81	Patric Hornqvist	RW	PIT
82	Shayne Gostisbehere	D	PHI
83	Matt Murray	G	PIT
84	Brayden Schenn	C/LW	PHI
85	Aaron Ekblad	D	FLA
86	Alex Galchenyuk	C/LW	MTL
87	Keith Yandle	D	FLA
88	Patrick Sharp	C/LW/RW	DAL
89	Andrew Ladd	LW	NYI
90	Jaromir Jagr	RW	FLA
91	Pekka Rinne	G	NAS
92	Shea Weber	D	MTL
93	Tuukka Rask	G	BOS
94	T.J. Oshie	C/RW	WAS
95	Duncan Keith	D	CHI
96	Ryan Suter	D	MIN
97	Derick Brassard	C	OTT
98	Jonathan Drouin	LW	TB
99	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	BUF
100	Petr Mrazek	G	DET

A big bounceback season should be expected from Voracek. A career 9.5 percent shooter, he scored on just 5.2 percent of his shots in 2015-16. He also tallied 200-plus SOG for a third year in a row. Rinne's poor play last season limited his value, but if he can perform like he had previously in his career, he could challenge for the league lead in wins.

Rank	Player	Position	Team
101	Rick Nash	LW/RW	NYR
102	Patrik Laine	LW/RW	WPG
103	Vincent Trocheck	C/RW	FLA
104	Jordan Eberle	RW	EDM
105	Tyson Barrie	D	COL
106	Torey Krug	D	BOS
107	Brandon Saad	LW/RW	CLB
108	Devan Dubnyk	G	MIN
109	Alexander Radulov	RW	MTL
110	Loui Eriksson	LW/RW	BOS
111	Dylan Larkin	C/LW	DET
112	Ryan Kesler	C/RW	ANA
113	Alex Pietrangelo	D	STL
114	Jeff Skinner	LW/RW	CAR
115	Auston Matthews	C	TOR
116	Max Domi	C/LW	ARI
117	Loui Eriksson	LW/RW	VAN
118	Robby Fabbri	C	STL
119	Tomas Hertl	C/LW	SJ
120	Frederik Andersen	G	TOR
121	Henrik Zetterberg	C/LW	DET
122	Bryan Little	C/RW	WPG
123	Bobby Ryan	LW/RW	OTT
124	William Nylander	C/RW	TOR
125	Kyle Palmieri	LW/RW	NJ
126	Thomas Greiss	G	NYI
127	Brent Seabrook	D	CHI
128	James van Riemsdyk	LW	TOR
129	Jake Muzzin	D	LA
130	Teuvo Teravainen	LW	CAR
131	Justin Faulk	D	CAR
132	Jaden Schwartz	LW	STL
133	Mika Zibanejad	C	NYR
134	Sami Vatanen	D	ANA
135	Jussi Jokinen	C/LW/RW	FLA
136	Justin Williams	RW	WAS
137	Robin Lehner	G	BUF
138	Ondrej Palat	LW	TB
139	Paul Stastny	C	STL
140	Mats Zuccarello	LW/RW	NYR
141	Cam Talbot	G	EDM
142	Gustav Nyquist	RW	DET
143	Derek Stepan	C	NYR
144	Seth Jones	D	CLB
145	Brian Elliott	G	CGY
146	Marian Hossa	RW	CHI
147	Dougie Hamilton	D	BOS
148	Marc-Andre Fleury	G	PIT
149	Adam Henrique	C/LW	NJ
150	Michael Cammalleri	C/LW	NJ

Laine receives the honors as top rookie, as he is on the best team of all the top picks and should be leaned on heavily at the offensive end. Matthews may be the most talented in the rookie class, but he does not yet have enough help in Toronto. Fleury is still worthy of a late-round flier, in the event Murray struggles to follow up his postseason breakout.

Player	Position	Team
151	Eric Staal	C/LW	MIN
152	Mikkel Boedker	LW/RW	SJ
153	David Backes	C/RW	BOS
154	Ryan McDonagh	D	NYR
155	Colton Parayko	D	STL
156	Boone Jenner	C/RW	CLB
157	Brendan Gallagher	RW	MTL
158	Anthony Duclair	LW/RW	ARI
159	Andre Burakovsky	LW	WAS
160	Mattias Ekholm	D	NAS
161	Nikolaj Ehlers	LW/RW	WPG
162	Leon Draisaitl	C/RW	EDM
163	Evander Kane	LW	BUF
164	Semyon Varlamov	G	COL
165	Alex Killorn	C/LW	TB
166	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	SJ
167	Reilly Smith	LW/RW	FLA
168	Nazem Kadri	C	TOR
170	Morgan Rielly	D	TOR
171	Sam Reinhart	C	BUF
172	Frans Nielsen	C	DET
173	Jesse Puljujarvi	RW	EDM
174	Travis Zajac	C	NJ
175	Mikko Koivu	C	MIN
176	P.A. Parenteau	RW	NYI
177	T.J. Brodie	D	CGY
178	Cam Atkinson	RW	CLB
179	Sean Couturier	C	PHI
180	Sergei Bobrovsky	G	CLB
181	Mike Green	D	DET
182	Joonas Donskoi	RW	SJ
183	Dion Phaneuf	D	OTT
184	Michal Neuvirth	G	PHI
185	Jaroslav Halak	G	NYI
186	Scott Hartnell	LW	CLB
187	Steve Mason	G	PHI
188	Hampus Lindholm	D	ANA
189	Rickard Rakell	C	ANA
190	Nick Bonino	C	PIT
191	Ryan Strome	C/RW	NYI
192	Jimmy Howard	G	DET
193	Chris Kreider	LW	NYR
194	Dylan Strome	C	ARI
195	Jordan Staal	C/RW	CAR
196	Zdeno Chara	D	BOS
197	Brian Campbell	D	CHI
198	Michael Stone	D	ARI
199	Connor Hellebuyck	G	WPG
200	Brandon Dubinsky	C/LW	CLB

The top three names in this tier all changed teams during the offseason but Staal and Boedker landed in much better situations. Backes should see an increased role, after being phased out of St. Louis by a younger generation of players. Strome should take on more responsibility in New York this season, with Nielsen and Okposo having moved on via free agency.