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. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
3. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
4. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
5. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
6. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
7. Roman Josi, D, NSH
8. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
9. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
10. Adam Fox, D, NYR
11. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
12. John Carlson, D, WSH
13. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
14. Brandt Clarke, D, LAK
15. Neal Pionk, D, WPG
16. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
17. Moritz Seider, D, DET
18. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
19. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
20. Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
21. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
22. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS
23. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA
24. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
25. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
26. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
27. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
28. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
29. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
30. Owen Power, D, BUF
31. Brock Faber, D, MIN
32. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
33. Jake Walman, D, SJS
34. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
35. Kris Letang, D, PIT
36. Jake Middleton, D, MIN
37. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
38. Ryker Evans, D, SEA
39. Olen Zellweger, D, ANA
40. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
41. Dmitry Orlov, D, CAR
42. Colton Parayko, D, STL
43. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
44. Philip Broberg, D, STL
45. Jacob Trouba, D, NYR
46. Ryan Pulock, D, NYI
47. Gustav Forsling, D, FLA
48. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (rookie)
49. Bowen Byram, D, BUF
50. Samuel Girard, D, COL
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Back from injury (will rejoin rankings in next update):
Vince Dunn, D, SEA
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Key injuries:
Seth Jones, D, CHI
Drew Doughty, D, LAK
Sean Durzi, D, UTA
