Fantasy Hockey: Yahoo Sports top 100 NHL player ranking for 2015-16
Puckheads … it’s time.
Time to gather your friends and rivals for a league. Time to check your keepers. Time to organize your draft board. Time to think of the pun that will make your team name the Stanley Cup champion of euphemisms.
It’s time for Yahoo Sports 2015-16 Fantasy Hockey to begin! Head here to get started.
In celebration of this harbinger of the hockey season, we’re proud to release the Yahoo Sports 2015-16 Fantasy Hockey Top 100 Player Ranking, including the position eligibility for each player.
(The C/RW eligibility for Malkin always brings a happy single tear to our eyes.)
Rank | Name | Position |
1 | Alex Ovechkin | LW/RW |
2 | Sidney Crosby | C |
3 | Steven Stamkos | C/RW |
4 | John Tavares | C |
5 | Tyler Seguin | C |
6 | Jamie Benn | C |
7 | Carey Price | G |
8 | Claude Giroux | C/RW |
9 | Evgeni Malkin | C/RW |
10 | Patrick Kane | C/RW |
11 | Phil Kessel | RW |
12 | Corey Perry | RW |
13 | Henrik Lundqvist | G |
14 | Erik Karlsson | D |
15 | Vladimir Tarasenko | RW |
16 | Jakub Voracek | RW |
17 | Jonathan Toews | C |
18 | P.K. Subban | D |
19 | Rick Nash | LW/RW |
20 | Joe Pavelski | C/LW/RW |
21 | Ryan Getzlaf | C |
22 | Jonathan Quick | G |
23 | Pekka Rinne | G |
24 | Logan Couture | C/LW |
25 | Braden Holtby | G |
26 | Tuukka Rask | G |
27 | Zach Parise | LW |
28 | Anze Kopitar | C |
29 | Ben Bishop | G |
30 | Jordan Eberle | RW |
31 | Devan Dubnyk | G |
32 | Ryan Johansen | C/RW |
33 | Marc-Andre Fleury | G |
34 | Kevin Shattenkirk | D |
35 | Nathan MacKinnon | C/RW |
36 | Henrik Zetterberg | C/LW |
37 | Mark Giordano | D |
38 | Dustin Byfuglien | RW/D |
39 | Tyler Johnson | C/RW |
40 | Nikita Kucherov | LW/RW |
41 | Max Pacioretty | LW |
42 | Connor McDavid | C |
43 | Nick Foligno | LW |
44 | Taylor Hall | C/LW |
45 | James van Riemsdyk | LW |
46 | Corey Crawford | G |
47 | Brent Burns | RW/D |
48 | Gabriel Landeskog | LW |
49 | David Backes | C/RW |
50 | Duncan Keith | D |
51 | Shea Weber | D |
52 | Drew Doughty | D |
53 | Cory Schneider | G |
54 | Nicklas Backstrom | C |
55 | Victor Hedman | D |
56 | Blake Wheeler | RW |
57 | Keith Yandle | D |
58 | Alex Pietrangelo | D |
59 | Kris Letang | D |
60 | Alexander Steen | C/LW |
61 | Sergei Bobrovsky | G |
62 | Roman Josi | D |
63 | Roberto Luongo | G |
64 | Filip Forsberg | C/LW/RW |
65 | Daniel Sedin | LW |
66 | Andrew Ladd | LW |
67 | John Carlson | D |
68 | Patrice Bergeron | C |
69 | Jaroslav Halak | G |
70 | Kyle Turris | C |
71 | James Neal | LW/RW |
72 | Johnny Gaudreau | LW |
73 | Henrik Sedin | C |
74 | Semyon Varlamov | G |
75 | Pavel Datsyuk | C/LW |
76 | Matt Duchene | C/LW |
77 | Ryan Miller | G |
78 | Tomas Tatar | LW |
79 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | C |
80 | Patrick Marleau | C/LW |
81 | Steve Mason | G |
82 | T.J. Oshie | C/RW |
83 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D |
84 | Tyson Barrie | D |
85 | Patrick Sharp | C/LW |
86 | Chris Kreider | LW |
87 | Sean Monahan | C |
88 | Jonas Hiller | G |
89 | Ryan McDonagh | D |
90 | Aaron Ekblad | D |
91 | Bryan Little | C/RW |
92 | Jiri Hudler | LW/RW |
93 | Eric Staal | C/LW |
94 | Evander Kane | LW |
95 | Wayne Simmonds | RW |
96 | Kyle Okposo | RW |
97 | Brandon Saad | LW/RW |
98 | Jason Spezza | C |
99 | Brian Elliott | G |
100 | Marian Hossa | RW |
Connor McDavid makes his fantasy debut at No. 42 … ahead of Taylor Hall!
Right outside of the Top 100 are Jake Allen of the St. Louis Blues (101), Mike Green of the Detroit Red Wings (still weird to read … oh, and No. 102) and Buffalo Sabres rookie savior Jack Eichel (103).
A few more names of note: Jeff Carter of the Los Angeles Kings at No. 112; Milan Lucic of the Los Angeles Kings at No. 137; Thomas Vanek of the Minnesota Wild at No. 141; Jaromir Jagr of the Florida Panthers at No. 167; and Alex Semin of the Montreal Canadiens at No. 292.
Rejoice, fans, for fantasy hockey has returned!
(Which means actual hockey is soon to follow …)
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