Jan 26th update: line shuffling gives top Bruins a boost, Malkin's return, Kreider's meteoric rise and more in this edition of the top 50 fantasy hockey defensemen.
| RK | PLAYER | TREND | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor McDavid, EDM | In a "slump", which spells trouble for upcoming opponents | |
| 2 | Leon Draisaitl, EDM | ||
| 3 | Nathan MacKinnon, COL | ||
| 4 | Auston Matthews, TOR | ||
| 5 | Nikita Kucherov, TB | Has top 3 upside, but the injury risk is there | |
| 6 | Mikko Rantanen, COL | ||
| 7 | Artemi Panarin, NYR | ||
| 8 | Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA | ||
| 9 | Alex Ovechkin, WAS | Race to catch Gretzky's goal record is on | |
| 10 | David Pastrnak, BOS | Cooking on newly-formed Bruins second line | |
| 11 | Brad Marchand, BOS | ||
| 12 | Aleksander Barkov, FLA | ||
| 13 | Kirill Kaprizov, MIN | ||
| 14 | Sebastian Aho, CAR | Less heralded superstar piling up the points | |
| 15 | Sidney Crosby, PIT | Points totals starting to look more Sid-like | |
| 16 | Mitch Marner, TOR | ||
| 17 | Patrick Kane, CHI | Not producing at the rate we're accustomed to | |
| 18 | Kyle Connor, WPG | ||
| 19 | Jake Guentzel, PIT | ||
| 20 | Brayden Point, TB | ||
| 21 | Mark Scheifele, WPG | ||
| 22 | Mika Zibanejad, NYR | ||
| 23 | Matthew Tkachuk, CGY | Looks revitalized after a down year | |
| 24 | Steven Stamkos, TB | ||
| 25 | John Tavares, TOR | ||
| 26 | Jack Eichel, VGK | Inching closer to much anticipated Vegas debut | |
| 27 | Mark Stone, VGK | Seems to rotate on and off the IR | |
| 28 | J.T. Miller, VAN | ||
| 29 | Andrei Svechnikov, CAR | ||
| 30 | Gabriel Landeskog, COL | ||
| 31 | Johnny Gaudreau, CGY | Having a nice bounceback; upside higher than most | |
| 32 | Evgeni Malkin, PIT | Healthy and rolling...long may it last! | |
| 33 | Mathew Barzal, NYI | ||
| 34 | Elias Lindholm, CGY | ||
| 35 | Alex DeBrincat, CHI | ||
| 36 | Timo Meier, SJ | UP | Mr. 5 Goals steadily working his way up the list |
| 37 | Evgeny Kuznetsov, WAS | ||
| 38 | Nicklas Backstrom, WAS | ||
| 39 | Nazem Kadri, COL | UP | Producing even with a healthy MacKinnon |
| 40 | Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG | ||
| 41 | Patrice Bergeron, BOS | ||
| 42 | William Nylander, TOR | ||
| 43 | Anze Kopitar, LA | ||
| 44 | Jason Robertson, DAL | ||
| 45 | Jack Hughes, NJ | UP | |
| 46 | Max Pacioretty, VGK | DOWN | Injuries a recurring problem |
| 47 | Blake Wheeler, WPG | ||
| 48 | Ryan O'Reilly, STL | ||
| 49 | Trevor Zegras, ANH | ||
| 50 | Elias Pettersson, VAN | Upside through the roof, but has to put it all together | |
| 51 | Filip Forsberg, NAS | ||
| 52 | Vladimir Tarasenko, STL | ||
| 53 | Claude Giroux, PHI | Possible trade candidate this deadline | |
| 54 | Brady Tkachuk, OTT | ||
| 55 | Taylor Hall, BOS | UP | B's line shuffling seems to have woken him up |
| 56 | Pavel Buchnevich, STL | ||
| 57 | Vincent Trocheck, CAR | ||
| 58 | Jordan Kyrou, STL | ||
| 59 | Dylan Larkin, DET | ||
| 60 | Bryan Rust, PIT | ||
| 61 | Teuvo Teravainen, CAR | ||
| 62 | Tomas Hertl, SJ | ||
| 63 | Joe Pavelski, DAL | UP | Ageless wonder keeps on rolling |
| 64 | Tyler Seguin, DAL | Showing signs of life, but still has work to do | |
| 65 | David Perron, STL | ||
| 66 | Chris Kreider, NYR | UP | Having a career year on stacked Blueshirts squad |
| 67 | Sam Reinhart, FLA | ||
| 68 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM | ||
| 69 | Jonathan Marchessault, VGK | ||
| 70 | Andre Burakovsky, COL | ||
| 71 | Drake Batherson, OTT | ||
| 72 | Patrik Laine, CBJ | DOWN | Still a talent, but production isn't matching name value |
| 73 | Lucas Raymond, DET | ||
| 74 | Bo Horvat, VAN | ||
| 75 | Pierre-Luc Dubois, WPG | ||
| 76 | Tyler Bertuzzi, DET | UP | |
| 77 | Kevin Fiala, MIN | ||
| 78 | Oliver Bjorkstrand, CBJ | ||
| 79 | Nick Suzuki, MTL | DOWN | |
| 80 | Brayden Schenn, STL | UP | |
| 81 | Sean Couturier, PHI | DOWN | |
| 82 | Brock Boeser, VAN | ||
| 83 | Troy Terry, ANH | ||
| 84 | Roope Hintz, DAL | ||
| 85 | Chandler Stephenson, VGK | Keeps on rolling...but Eichel return looms | |
| 86 | Ryan Strome, NYR | ||
| 87 | T.J. Oshie, WAS | ||
| 88 | Mats Zuccarello, MIN | ||
| 89 | Anthony Duclair, FLA | UP | Feels like any top 9 forward in Florida is money this year |
| 90 | Alex Killorn, TB | UP | |
| 91 | Travis Konecny, PHI | ||
| 92 | Logan Couture, SJ | ||
| 93 | Tyler Toffoli, MTL | ||
| 94 | Martin Necas, CAR | ||
| 95 | Tom Wilson, WAS | ||
| 96 | Carter Verhaeghe, FLA | ||
| 97 | Matt Duchene, NAS | Bouncing back after being left for dead last season | |
| 98 | Mikael Granlund, NAS | ||
| 99 | Nico Hischier, NJ | ||
| 100 | Ondrej Palat, TB | ||
| THE BENCH (not ordered) | |||
| Robert Thomas, STL | |||
| Josh Norris, OTT | |||
| Cam Atkinson, PHI | |||
| Jakub Voracek, CBJ | |||
| Ivan Barbashev, STL | |||
| Clayton Keller, AZ | |||
| Jaden Schwartz, SEA | |||
| Andrew Mangiapane, CGY | |||
| Dominik Kubalik, CHI | |||
| Jesper Bratt, NJ | |||
| Viktor Arvidsson, LA | |||
| Jesse Puljujarvi, EDM | |||
| William Karlsson, VGK | |||
| Anders Lee, NYI | |||
| Zach Hyman, EDM | |||
| Jakub Vrana, DET | |||
| Mike Hoffman, MTL | |||
| Rickard Rakell, ANH | |||
| Sam Bennett, FLA | |||
| Reilly Smith, VGK | |||
| Jordan Eberle, SEA | |||
| Victor Olofsson, BUF | |||
| Sean Monahan, CGY | |||
| Jamie Benn, DAL | |||
| Alexander Radulov, DAL | |||
| Anthony Cirelli, TB | |||
| Brendan Gallagher, MTL | |||
| Tomas Tatar, MTL | |||
| Kailer Yamamoto, EDM | |||
| Alexis Lafreniere, NYR | |||
| James van Riemsdyk, PHI | |||
| Tim Stutzle, OTT | |||
| Anthony Mantha, WAS | |||
| Jonathan Drouin, MTL | |||
| Evgenii Dadonov, VGK | |||
| Jonathan Toews, CHI | |||
| Denis Gurianov, DAL | |||
| Evander Kane, SJ | |||
| Max Domi, CBJ | |||
| Phil Kessel, AZ | |||
| Ryan Johansen, NAS | |||
| Kyle Palmieri, NYI | |||
| Nick Schmaltz, AZ | |||
| Kaapo Kakko, NYR | |||
| Jeff Skinner, BUF | |||
| Ryan Getzlaf, ANH | |||
| Yanni Gourde, SEA | |||
| Josh Bailey, NYI | |||
| Kevin Hayes, PHI | |||
| Wayne Simmonds, TOR | |||
| Jeff Carter, PIT | |||
| Nolan Patrick, VGK | |||
| Tyler Johnson, CHI | |||
| Jake DeBrusk, BOS | |||
| Jason Zucker, PIT | |||
| Zach Parise, NYI | |||
| Patric Hornqvist, FLA | |||
| Jakob Silfverberg, ANH | |||
| Gustav Nyquist, CBJ | |||
| Casey Mittelstadt, BUF | |||
| Kasperi Kapanen, PIT | |||
| Nino Niederreiter, CAR | |||
| Craig Smith, BOS | |||
| Paul Stastny, WPG | |||
| David Krejci, BOS | |||
| Marcus Johansson, SEA | |||
| Brandon Saad, STL | |||
| Nick Foligno, BOS | |||
| Robby Fabbri, DET | |||
| Josh Anderson, MTL | |||
| Valeri Nichushkin, COL | |||
| Artturi Lehkonen, MTL | |||
| Filip Zadina, DET | |||
| Michael Bunting, TOR | |||
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