Fantasy Hockey

2013 NHL Fantasy Hockey Top 201, Rankings Update: Through Week 5

After six weeks, we at The Fantasy Fix wanted to update our rankings for fantasy hockey by re-gifting our top 200! Instead of multiple multiple ranking sets, TFF now has a consensus table for you.

Like any other season, a lot has changed, but not necessarily all of it is with superstars or surprising. A team such as the Philadelphia Flyers has played bad enough to where all players on the team that are considered fantasy-relevant have tumbled down out rankings. The same can be said for players on Colorado or Tampa Bay, who have played well to start the season.

As always, we want your feedback. Comment below, or ask The Fantasy Fix writers @JoshKay_Fantasy and @jeffrotull44.

Risers

Logan Couture- San Jose Sharks: The Logan Couture coming out party has arrived in fantasy hockey. Couture has 15 points in 14 games, and is providing fantasy owners with even strength and power play points. Couture’s rise in the rankings has been just one of many for the San Jose Sharks. Many forwards and defensemen have risen and have been added to the top 200 from one of the west’s best teams.

Semyon Varlamov– Colorado Avalanche: Along with Ben Bishop, Varlamov has taken fantasy by storm this season and their contributions reflect their ranks. Varly may have more than just pucks to deal with after being arrested over an alleged domestic dispute, but until action is taken he appears to be a must-start.

Fallers

Nail Yakupov– Edmonton Oilers: The Edmonton Oilers have slipped their way to the bottom of the west standings (again) and Yakupov’s quiet start is a glaring issue. One goal, three points, and a plus/minus of minus-12 are far from expectations for the slumping sophomore.

Brad Marchand– Boston Bruins: Marchand’s role on the checking line has affected his ability to put the puck in the net. Boston has had some slumping players, but Marchand’s failures have cost him nearly 50 spots on our forward rankings, and drops him towards the end of the top 200.

Explanation of the Rankings:

We believe that after five weeks of the 2013-2014 NHL season that two things are quite clear with regards with positions: defense is incredibly shallow at the back end, as is the goaltending position.

How to use these rankings:

The valuation system we use is based off a ESPN standard league scoring system that uses these categories: Goals, Assists, Plus/Minus, Penalty Minutes, Shots on Goal, Average Time-On-Ice, Power-Play Points, Wins, Save Percentage and Goals-against Average.

We dive into our analysis of these rankings on our Sixth Podcast episode which will be out tomorrow morning!

1. Sidney Crosby 68. Joffrey Lupul 135. P.A. Parenteau
2. Steven Stamkos 69. Derek Stepan 136. Gabriel Landeskog
3. Alex Ovechkin 70. Keith Yandle 137. Brendan Gallagher
4. Tuukka Rask 71. Dennis Wideman 138. Max Pacioretty
5. John Tavares 72. Jason Garrison 139. Cam Fowler
6. Corey Perry 73. Andrew Ladd 140. Lubomir Visnovsky
7. P.K. Subban 74. Patrice Bergeron 141. Steve Downie
8. Antti Niemi 75. Semyon Varlamov 142. Jeff Skinner
9. Erik Karlsson 76. Ben Bishop 143. Radim Vrbata
10. Evgeni Malkin 77. Mike Smith 144. Nathan MacKinnon
11. Henrik Sedin 78. Dan Boyle 145. Ryan Miller
12. Daniel Sedin 79. Jason Pominville 146. Martin Hanzal
13. Phil Kessel 80. James Neal 147. Justin Faulk
14. Henrik Zetterberg 81. Taylor Hall 148. James Wisniewski
15. Chris Kunitz 82. Marian Gaborik 149. Jared Spurgeon
16. Pavel Datsyuk 83. Christian Erhoff 150. Paul Stastny
17. Logan Couture 84. Zdeno Chara 151. Josh Harding
18. Martin St. Louis 85. Jonas Hiller 152. Jarome Iginla
19. Tyler Seguin 86. Kevin Bieksa 153. Sergei Bobrovsky
20. Patrick Kane 87. Milan Lucic 154. Lars Eller
21. Ryan Getzlaf 88. Alexander Semin 155. Kyle Turris
22. Anze Kopitar 89. Ryan Kesler 156. Tomas Plekanec
23. Nicklas Backstrom 90. Rick Nash 157. Loui Eriksson
24. Carey Price 91. Alex Steen 158. Nail Yakupov
25. Marc-Andre Fleury 92. Kyle Okposo 159. David Clarkson
26. Jonathan Quick 93. Jonas Brodin 160. Dan Hamhuis
27. Dustin Byfuglien 94. Paul Martin 161. Sami Salo
28.Kris Letang 95. Ryan McDonagh 162. Niklas Hjalmarsson
29. Ryan Suter 96. Jack Johnson 163. Seth Jones
30. Oliver Ekman-Larsson 97. Jay Bouwmeester 164. Matt Niskanen
31. Matt Duchene 98. Kevin Shattenkirk 165. Marek Zidlicky
32. Jason Spezza 99. Matt Carle 166. Johan Franzen
33. Jonathan Toews 100. Kari Lehtonen 167. Matt Irwin
34. Zach Parise 101. Teddy Purcell 168. Travis Hamonic
35. Jamie Benn 102. Frans Nielsen 169. Evgeni Nabokov
36. Jimmy Howard 103. Jiri Hudler 170. Bryan Little
37. Henrik Lundqvist 104. Craig Anderson 171. Alex Chiasson
38. Alex Pietrangelo 105. Marc-Edouard Vlasic 172. Mark Arcobello
39. Drew Doughty 106. Mike Ribeiro 173. Mike Richards
40. Shea Weber 107. Mikhail Grabovski 174. Alex Killorn
41. Patrick Marleau 108. Alexander Edler 175. Derek Morris
42. Evander Kane 109. Brent Burns 176. Michael Grabner
43. Joe Pavelski 110. Pekka Rinne 177. Brandon Saad
44. Patrick Sharp 111. Braden Holtby 178. Patrik Elias
45. Joe Thornton 112. Ryan O’Reilly 179. Joel Ward
46. Claude Giroux 113. T.J. Oshie 180. Mikkel Boedker
47. James van Riemsdyk 114. Dennis Seidenberg 181. Jaromir Jagr
48. David Backes 115. Dustin Brown 182. Brad Marchand
49. Thomas Vanek 116. Daniel Alfredsson 183. David Perron
50. Marian Hossa 117. Mason Raymond 184. Steve Mason
51. Eric Staal 118. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 185. Jason Demers
52. Dion Phaneuf 119. Vincent Lecavalier 186. Alex Burrows
53. Niklas Kronwall 120. Jonathan Bernier 187. Mike Santorelli
54. Toby Enstrom 121. Cory Schneider 188. David Legwand
55. Jaroslav Halak 122. Brian Campbell 189. Patric Hornqvist
56. Andrei Markov 123. Slava Voynov 190. Radko Gudas
57 Cody Franson 124. Dan Girardi 191. Steve Mason
58. Duncan Keith 125. Valtteri Filppula 192. Mike Cammalleri
59. Mikko Koivu 126. Pascal Dupuis 193. Marcus Johansson
60. Roberto Luongo 127. Brad Richards 194. Victor Hedman
61. Corey Crawford 128. James Reimer 195. Zbynek Michalek
62. Nazem Kadri 129. Zach Bogosian 196. Andrew MacDonald
63. Matt Moulson 130. Brent Seabrook 197. Carl Hagelin
64. David Krejci 131. Francois Beauchemin 198. Chris Kreider
65. Mike Green 132. Justin Schultz 199. Sean Monahan
66. Bobby Ryan 133. Alex Galchenyuk 200. Reto Berra
67. Jordan Eberle 134. Cody Hodgson 201. Justin Braun

 

Previous post

2013 Fantasy Hockey Forecaster, Week 6: Game Picks and Sleepers

Next post

Fantasy Football 2013: The Lead Back Situation in Carolina