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. John Carlson, D, WSH
14. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
15. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
16. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
17. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
18. Devon Toews, D, COL
19. Adam Fox, D, NYR
20. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
21. Seth Jones, D, FLA
22. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
23. Drew Doughty, D, LAK
24. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
25. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
26. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
27. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
28. Jake Walman, D, EDM
29. Kris Letang, D, PIT
30. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
31. Cam Fowler, D, STL
32. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
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. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
41. Alex Vlasic, D, CHI
42. Mason Lohrei, D, BOS
43. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
44. Radko Gudas, D, ANA
45. Shakir Mukhamadullin, D, SJS
46. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
47. Sean Durzi, D, UTA
48. Artyom Levshunov, D, CHI (rookie)
49. Luke Schenn, D, WPG
50. Nikita Zadorov, D, BOS
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Key injuries:
Roman Josi, D, NSH
Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD (out for reg. season)
Shea Theodore, D, VGK (nearing return)
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
