These rankings were last updated Nov. 30
1. Brent Burns, SJS (SAME)
2. Shea Weber, MTL (SAME)
3. Erik Karlsson, OTT (SAME)
4. Victor Hedman, TBL (+4)
5. P.K. Subban, NSH (SAME)
6. Zach Werenski, CBJ (+3)
7. Kris Letang, PIT (-3)
8. Kevin Shattenkirk, STL (+2)
9. Dustin Byfuglien, WPG (-3)
10. Ryan Suter, MIN (+1)
11. Duncan Keith, CHI (-4)
12. Roman Josi, NSH (SAME)
13. Drew Doughty, LAK (SAME)
14. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI (DTD)
15. Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI (+1)
16. Ryan McDonagh, NYR (-1)
17. Mark Giordano, CGY (+5)
18. Brent Seabrook, CHI (+3)
19. Keith Yandle, FLA (SAME)
20. Alex Pietrangelo, STL (+5)
21. John Carlson, WSH (-1)
22. Alec Martinez, LAK (+1)
23. Sami Vatanen, ANA (+1)
24. Colton Parayko, STL (+4)
25. Rasmus Ristolainen, BUF (+1)
26. Dougie Hamilton, CGY (+1)
27. John Klingberg, DAL (-9)
28. Aaron Ekblad, FLA (+1)
29. Cam Fowler, ANA (+2)
30. Justin Faulk, CAR (-13)
31. Andrei Markov, MTL (+4)
32. Mike Green, DET (+1)
33. Torey Krug, BOS (+5)
34. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS (-4)
35. Jake Muzzin, LAK (+4)
36. Damon Severson, NJD (SAME)
37. Tyson Barrie, COL (SAME)
38. Seth Jones, CBJ (-4)
39. Mark Streit, PHI (+1)
40. Erik Johnson, COL (+3)
41. Morgan Rielly, TOR (SAME)
42. Trevor Daley, PIT (+4)
43. Hampus Lindholm, ANA (-11)
44. Brian Campbell, CHI (-2)
45. TJ Brodie, CGY (+2)
46. Matt Niskanen, WSH (DTD)
47. Nick Leddy, NYI (+2)
48. Zdeno Chara, BOS (DTD)
49. Oscar Klefbom, EDM (NEW)
50. Anthony DeAngelo, ARI (NEW)
Dropped out: Noah Hanifin (CAR)
Key injuries: Ryan Ellis (NSH), Anton Stralman (TBL), Tyler Myers (WPG), Dennis Seidenberg (NYI), Nathan Beaulieu (MTL), Alexander Edler (VAN)
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