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. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (rookie)
6. Moritz Seider, D, DET
7. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
8. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
9. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
10. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
11. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
12. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
13. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
14. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
15. John Carlson, D, WSH
16. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
17. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
18. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
19. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
20. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
21. Adam Fox, D, NYR
22. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
23. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR (INJ.)
24. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
25. Cam Fowler, D, STL
26. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
27. Seth Jones, D, FLA
28. Drew Doughty, D, LAK
29. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (INJ.)
30. Jake Walman, D, EDM (INJ.)
31. Devon Toews, D, COL
32. Justin Faulk, D, STL
33. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
34. Neal Pionk, D, WPG
35. Jared Spurgeon, D, MIN
36. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
37. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
38. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
39. Brady Skjei, D, NSH
40. Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI (rookie)
41. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
42. Philip Broberg, D, STL
43. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
44. Radko Gudas, D, ANA
45. Kaiden Guhle, D, MTL
46. Darren Raddysh, D, TBL
47. Colton Parayko, D, STL
48. Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
49. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
50. Lian Bichsel, D, DAL (rookie)
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Key injuries:
Roman Josi, D, NSH
Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
Kris Letang, D, PIT (heart surgery)
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Suspended:
Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA
