Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and hits 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. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
3. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
4. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
5. Adam Fox, D, NYR
6. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
7. Roman Josi, D, NSH
8. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
9. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
10. John Carlson, D, WSH
11. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
12. Neal Pionk, D, WPG
13. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
14. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
15. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
16. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK (INJ.)
17. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
18. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
19. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
20. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
21. Moritz Seider, D, DET
22. Gustav Forsling, D, FLA
23. Devon Toews, D, COL
24. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
25. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
26. Brock Faber, D, MIN
27. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
28. Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
29. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
30. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
31. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
32. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
33. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
34. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
35. Owen Power, D, BUF
36. Kris Letang, D, PIT
37. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
38. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (rookie)
39. Bowen Byram, D, BUF
40. Dmitry Orlov, D, CAR
41. Jake Walman, D, SJS
42. Olen Zellweger, D, ANA
43. Rasmus Sandin, D, WSH
44. Jake Middleton, D, MIN
45. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
46. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
47. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D, TOR
48. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
49. Ryker Evans, D, SEA
50. Vladislav Gavrikov, D, LAK
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Key injuries:
Vince Dunn, D, SEA
Seth Jones, D, CHI
Philip Broberg, D, STL (nearing return)
Drew Doughty, D, LAK
Sean Durzi, D, UTA
