2019-20 Playoff Fantasy Hockey Update
We are inching closer to the possible return of the NHL and Fantasy Playoff Hockey. The league is set to enter into phase 3 of the scheduled return on July 10th. On this date, 24 teams will report to training camp for a series of mini training sessions. The length of team training camps has yet to be determined but all estimations are pointing that after a few weeks, the teams will travel to their designated Hub cities and resume the 2019-20 NHL season.
The NHL designated HUB cities are also still in the process of being finalized. Recently, it has been determined that cities like Pittsburgh, Dallas & Columbus have been eliminated from consideration. Regardless, it is time to start thinking about revised office hockey pools and your Playoff Fantasy Hockey draft.
NHL 2019-20 Playoff Fantasy Hockey – Overview
We are looking at basic fantasy hockey scoring systems. Systems in which you are getting points for goals, assists and goalie WINS. Bonuses would be awarded for hat tricks and shutouts. As we created our list, factors such as past playoff performance, injuries, defensive pairings and line combinations have been considered. We have also considered that certain players are facing a short initial best of 5 game series while the top teams will be playing more games. Top teams like the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Vegas Golden Knights & Dallas Stars by default have a greater probability of playing more games. These teams will play initial games for seeding without facing the possibility of elimination.
NHL Playoff Fantasy Hockey – Player Rankings (1-50)
- David Pastrnak RW, BOS
- Alex Ovechkin LW, WSH
- Nathan MacKinnon C, COL
- Connor McDavid C, EDM
- Nikita Kucherov, RW TBL
- Leon Draisaitl C/LW, EDM
- Sidney Crosby C, PIT
- Brad Marchand LW, BOS
- Artemi Panarin LW, NYR
- Patrice Bergeron, C BOS
- Auston Matthews, C TOR
- John Carlson, D WSH
- Evgeni Malkin, C PIT
- Mika Zibanejad, C NYR
- Maz Pacioretty, LW VGK
- Tuukka Rask, G BOS
- Patrick Kane, RW CHI
- Ben Bishop, G DAL
- Adnrei Vasilevskiy, G TBL
- Mark Stone, RW VGK
- Mitchell Marner, RW TOR
- Cale Makar, D COL
- Ryan O’Reilly, C, STL
- Victor Hedman, D, TBL
- Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL
- Victor Tarasenko, RW STL
- Steven Stankos, C/LW/RW TBL
- Jake Guentzel, LW/RW PIT
- Jordan Binnington, G, STL
- Connor Hellebuyck, G WPG
- Brayden Point, C TBL
- Marc-Andre Fleury, G VGK
- Claude Giroux, C/LW/RW, PHI
- Alex Pietrangelo, D STL
- Nicklas Backstrom, C WSH
- Torey Krug, D BOS
- Elias Petterson, C VAN
- Roman Josi, D NSH
- Patrik Laine, LW/RW WPG
- Evgeny Kuznetsov, C WSH
- Kris Letang, D PIT
- Blake Wheeler, C/RW WPG
- Jonathan Huberdeau, LW WPG
- Mark Scheifele, C WPG
- Dougie Hamilton, D CAR
- Kyle Connor, LW WPG
- Sebastian Aho, C CAR
- John Tavares, C TOR
- Andrej Syechnikov, LW/RW CAR
- Aleksander Barkov, C FLA
NHL Playoff Fantasy Hockey – Player Rankings (51-100)
- Sean Couturier, C PHI
- J.T. Miller, LW/RW VAN
- Braden Holby, G WSH
- Shea Theodore, D VGK
- Quinn Huges, D VAN
- Johnny Gaudreau, LW/RW CGY
- Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW CAR
- Carter Hart, G PHI
- Tyler Seuin, C/RW DAL
- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW EDM
- Morgan Rielly, D TOR
- Frederik Anderson, G TOR
- Gabriel Landeskog, C/LW COL
- Seth Jones, D CBJ
- William Nylander, C/LW/RW TOR
- Matthew Tkachuk, LW/RW GGY
- Chris Kreider, LW NYR
- Matt Murray, G PIT
- Taylor Hall, LW ARI
- Zach Werenski, D CBJ
- Matthew Barzal, C NYI
- David Perron, LW/RW STL
- Jacob Markstrom, G VAN
- Filip Forsberg, LW NSH
- Travis Konecny, RW PHI
- Brayden Schenn, C/LW STL
- Kevin Fiala, LW/RW MIN
- T.J. Oshie, RW WSH
- Jamie Benn, C/LW DAL
- Ivan Provorov, D PHI
- Bryan Rust, LW/RW PIT
- Igor Shesterkin, G NYR
- Jaden Schwartz, LW STL
- Tom Wilson, RW WSH
- Brock Boeser, RW VAN
- Charlie McAvoy, D BOS
- Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW VGK
- Jakub Vrana, LW WSH
- Pavel Rrancouz, G COL
- Alexander Radulov, RW DAL
- Neal Pionk, D WPG
- Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW WPG
- Philipp Grubauer, G COL
- John Klingberg, D DAL
- Darcy Kuemper, G ARI
- Tony DeAngelo, D NYR
- Miro Heiskanen, D DAL
- Kailer Yamamoto, RW EDM
- Juuse Saros, G NSH
- Ryan Ellis, D NSH
Fantasy Hockey “Just Missed” Players
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Reilly Smith, RW, VGK; Paul Stastny, C, VGK; Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI; Carey Price, G, MTL; Jonathan Toews, C, CHI; Mark Giordano, D, CGY; Jason Zucker, LW/RW, PIT; Tyson Barrie, D, TOR; Bo Horvat, C, VAN; Keith Yandle, D, FLA; Robin Lehner, G, VGK; Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ; Shea Weber, D, MTL; Nazem Kadri, C, COL; Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY
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