MORE FANTASY COVERAGE: Top 250
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TOP 25 FANTASY PLAYERS FROM NORTH DIVISION
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (rank: 2)
2. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW, EDM (4)
3. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (6)
4. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN (11)
5. Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR (22)
6. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG (24)
7. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN (27)
8. Matthew Tkachuk, LW/RW, CGY (31)
9. J.T. Miller, LW/RW, VAN (37)
10. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (38)
11. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG (39)
12. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG (40)
13. John Tavares, C, TOR (42)
14. Frederik Andersen, G, TOR (45)
15. Carey Price, G, MTL (46)
16. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR (48)
17. Johnny Gaudreau, LW/RW, CGY (50)
18. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (56)
19. Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT (58)
20. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM (69)
21. Braden Holtby, G, VAN (72)
22. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (74)
23. Jacob Markstrom, G, CGY (82)
24. William Nylander, LW/RW, TOR (84)
25. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN (86)
Other valuable fantasy players from North Division: Shea Weber, D, MTL (93); Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY (94); Tyson Barrie, D, EDM (98); Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL (108); Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG (116)
READ: Full fantasy top 250 player rankings
PLAYERS FROM EACH TEAM IN TOP 250:
MTL: 11
WPG: 10
TOR: 9
VAN: 9
EDM: 8
CGY: 7
OTT: 5
NOTES: The Maple Leafs and Jets each have five players among the top 50 overall rankings. … Edmonton’s player total does not include defenseman Oscar Klefbom (out for season).
PLAYERS ON PRESEASON FANTASY LISTS
CGY: Johnny Gaudreau, LW, and Mark Giordano, D (bounce-back)
EDM: Tyson Barrie, D (bounce-back); Kailer Yamamoto, RW (breakout); Jesse Puljujarvi, RW (sleeper); Dominik Kahun, LW/RW (deep sleeper)
MTL: Nick Suzuki, C/RW (breakout); Josh Anderson and Joel Armia, RW (deep sleeper)
OTT: Thomas Chabot, D, and Matt Murray, G (bounce-back); Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW (sleeper)
TOR: Morgan Rielly, D (bounce-back); Rasmus Sandin, D (deep sleeper)
VAN: Braden Holtby, G (bounce-back); Thatcher Demko, G, and Nate Schmidt, D (sleeper)
WPG: Paul Stastny, C (bounce-back)
NOTABLE POTENTIAL 2021 UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
EDM: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW; Tyson Barrie, D
MTL: Tomas Tatar, LW/RW; Joel Armia, RW; Phillip Danault, C
TOR: Frederik Andersen, G; Zach Hyman, C/LW
VAN: Alexander Edler, D; Tanner Pearson, LW
WPG: Paul Stastny, C
NOTABLE ROOKIE-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
CGY: Juuso Valimaki, D
EDM: Evan Bouchard, D
MTL: Alexander Romanov, D
OTT: Tim Stuetzle, LW; Josh Norris, C
TOR: Nicholas Robertson, LW
WPG: Ville Heinola, D
NOTE: Mikko Lehtonen (D, TOR; 26 years old) is not rookie-eligible but is entering his first NHL season.
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