Fantasy categories taken into account for these rankings include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the rest of the 2024-25 season.
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1. Cale Makar, D, COL
2. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
3. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
4. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
5. Moritz Seider, D, DET
6. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
7. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (rookie)
8. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
9. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
10. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
11. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
12. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
13. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
14. John Carlson, D, WSH
15. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
16. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
17. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
18. Shea Theodore, D, VGK (NEW)
19. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
20. Adam Fox, D, NYR
21. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
22. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
23. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
24. Seth Jones, D, FLA
25. Drew Doughty, D, LAK
26. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
27. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (INJ.)
28. Jake Walman, D, EDM
29. Kris Letang, D, PIT
30. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM (INJ.)
31. Cam Fowler, D, STL
32. Devon Toews, D, COL
33. Justin Faulk, D, STL
34. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
35. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
36. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
37. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
38. Brady Skjei, D, NSH
39. Jared Spurgeon, D, MIN
40. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
41. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
42. Philip Broberg, D, STL
43. Tony DeAngelo, D, NYI
44. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
45. Radko Gudas, D, ANA
46. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
47. Darren Raddysh, D, TBL
48. Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
49. Dylan Samberg, D, WPG
50. Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI (rookie)
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Key injuries:
Roman Josi, D, NSH (out for reg. season)
Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD (out for reg. season)
Neal Pionk, D, WPG
Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL (out for reg. season)
Colton Parayko, D, STL
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Suspended:
Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
