Last chance fantasy hockey draft – Sleepers, advice and picks

Victoria Matiash, Fantasy HockeyFeb 2, 2024, 01:00 PM ET

CloseESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010

Does your NHL Fantasy team stink? Beyond a reasonable point of redemption? Or maybe your current gaggle is humming along just fine, but you still feel the urge to start fantasy-fresh, armed with all the wisdom you’ve gathered since mid-October? Whatever the inspiration, it’s not too late to join some like-minded managers and form a new league, clean slate and all, launching this very minute and lasting until spring. Here at ESPN.com, you have until Feb. 5 to do just that.

If so, there’s obviously a brand new draft in play. In addition to all the on-ice intel you’ve gathered to date, our updated ESPN Fantasy Hockey top 250 rankings – based on expectations of fantasy points produced until the end of the season – serves as a valuable guide in helping steer the construction of your new roster. To start, don’t overthink your first pick: if Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid, or Nikita Kucherov is available, that’s your top selection, and probably in that order. The next pack of my favorite star skaters – David Pastrnak, Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar, Elias Pettersson, Leon Draisaitl – is then followed by a greater glut of very good assets who should nicely pad your roster. Barring injury, all of them near-nil risk/high reward commodities.

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Between the pipes – it’s been a strange year, no? – one trio of assets rises above the rest, consisting of Connor Hellebuyck, Stuart Skinner (knock wood he doesn’t exhaust himself), and Thatcher Demko. All of them solid, busy goalies for teams that win a lot more than they lose. Following those three, Adin Hill leads the charge of ‘tenders ready to pile up the fantasy points after spending…

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Author : Victoria Matiash

Publish date : 2024-02-02 17:56:18

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