NHL: Playoff Pool Cheat Sheet

NHL: Playoff Pool Cheat Sheet

2021 Positional Playoff Pool Rankings

*Positions based on RotoWire positional designations

Centers

  1. Connor McDavid
  2. Leon Draisaitl
  3. Auston Matthews
  4. Nathan MacKinnon
  5. Sidney Crosby
  6. Aleksander Barkov
  7. John Tavares
  8. Brayden Point
  9. Patrice Bergeron
  10. Evgeni Malkin
  11. Mark Scheifele
  12. Steven Stamkos
  13. Nicklas Backstrom
  14. Ryan O'Reilly
  15. Mathew Barzal
  16. Vincent Trocheck
  17. William Nylander
  18. David Krejci
  19. Martin Necas
  20. Jordan Staal
  21. William Karlsson
  22. Carter Verhaeghe
  23. Andrew Copp
  24. Alex Killorn
  25. Nick Suzuki
  26. Jared McCann
  27. Brock Nelson
  28. Blake Coleman
  29. Evgeny Kuznetsov
  30. Jeff Carter
  31. Brayden Schenn
  32. Nazem Kadri
  33. Jason Spezza
  34. Joel Eriksson Ek
  35. Alexander Wennberg
  36. Paul Stastny
  37. Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  38. Calle Jarnkrok
  39. Mikael Granlund
  40. Anthony Cirelli
  41. Mattias Janmark
  42. Nick Bonino
  43. Phillip Danault
  44. Lars Eller
  45. Tyler Johnson
  46. Victor Rask
  47. Teddy Blueger
  48. Mason Appleton
  49. Jonathan Drouin
  50. Pierre-Luc Dubois

LW

  1. Brad Marchand
  2. Alex Ovechkin
  3. Sebastian Aho
  4. Jake Guentzel
  5. Jonathan Huberdeau
  6. Max Pacioretty
  7. Gabriel Landeskog
  8. Kirill Kaprizov
  9. Ondrej Palat
  10. Nikolaj Ehlers
  11. Kyle Connor
  12. Roope Hintz
  13. Taylor Hall
  14. Jonathan Marchessault
  15. Andre Burakovsky
  16. Yanni Gourde
  17. Kevin Fiala
  18. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
  19. Josh Bailey
  20. Mike Hoffman
  21. Anthony Duclair
  22. Jordan Greenway
  23. Sam Bennett
  24. Tomas Tatar
  25. Nick Ritchie
  26. Frank Vatrano
  27. Anthony Beauvillier
  28. Brandon Saad
  29. Viktor Arvidsson
  30. Kailer Yamamoto
  31. Marcus Foligno
  32. Adam Lowry
  33. Conor Sheary
  34. Eeli Tolvanen
  35. Nick Foligno
  36. Warren Foegele
  37. Jason Zucker
  38. Valeri Nichushkin
  39. Barclay Goodrow
  40. Jaden Schwartz
  41. Tomas Nosek
  42. Jake DeBrusk
  43. Patrick Maroon
  44. Brandon Tanev
  45. Zach Sanford
  46. Sammy Blais
  47. Carl Hagelin
  48. Marcus Johansson
  49. Brock McGinn
  50. Jordan Martinook

RW

  1. Mikko Rantanen
  2. Nikita Kucherov
  3. David Pastrnak
  4. Mark Stone
  5. Andrei Svechnikov
  6. David Perron
  7. Bryan Rust
  8. T.J. Oshie
  9. Tyler Toffoli
  10. Patric Hornqvist
  11. Blake Wheeler
  12. Chandler Stephenson
  13. Tom Wilson
  14. Nino Niederreiter
  15. Zach Hyman
  16. Mats Zuccarello
  17. Alex Tuch
  18. Jordan

2021 Positional Playoff Pool Rankings

*Positions based on RotoWire positional designations

Centers

  1. Connor McDavid
  2. Leon Draisaitl
  3. Auston Matthews
  4. Nathan MacKinnon
  5. Sidney Crosby
  6. Aleksander Barkov
  7. John Tavares
  8. Brayden Point
  9. Patrice Bergeron
  10. Evgeni Malkin
  11. Mark Scheifele
  12. Steven Stamkos
  13. Nicklas Backstrom
  14. Ryan O'Reilly
  15. Mathew Barzal
  16. Vincent Trocheck
  17. William Nylander
  18. David Krejci
  19. Martin Necas
  20. Jordan Staal
  21. William Karlsson
  22. Carter Verhaeghe
  23. Andrew Copp
  24. Alex Killorn
  25. Nick Suzuki
  26. Jared McCann
  27. Brock Nelson
  28. Blake Coleman
  29. Evgeny Kuznetsov
  30. Jeff Carter
  31. Brayden Schenn
  32. Nazem Kadri
  33. Jason Spezza
  34. Joel Eriksson Ek
  35. Alexander Wennberg
  36. Paul Stastny
  37. Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  38. Calle Jarnkrok
  39. Mikael Granlund
  40. Anthony Cirelli
  41. Mattias Janmark
  42. Nick Bonino
  43. Phillip Danault
  44. Lars Eller
  45. Tyler Johnson
  46. Victor Rask
  47. Teddy Blueger
  48. Mason Appleton
  49. Jonathan Drouin
  50. Pierre-Luc Dubois

LW

  1. Brad Marchand
  2. Alex Ovechkin
  3. Sebastian Aho
  4. Jake Guentzel
  5. Jonathan Huberdeau
  6. Max Pacioretty
  7. Gabriel Landeskog
  8. Kirill Kaprizov
  9. Ondrej Palat
  10. Nikolaj Ehlers
  11. Kyle Connor
  12. Roope Hintz
  13. Taylor Hall
  14. Jonathan Marchessault
  15. Andre Burakovsky
  16. Yanni Gourde
  17. Kevin Fiala
  18. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
  19. Josh Bailey
  20. Mike Hoffman
  21. Anthony Duclair
  22. Jordan Greenway
  23. Sam Bennett
  24. Tomas Tatar
  25. Nick Ritchie
  26. Frank Vatrano
  27. Anthony Beauvillier
  28. Brandon Saad
  29. Viktor Arvidsson
  30. Kailer Yamamoto
  31. Marcus Foligno
  32. Adam Lowry
  33. Conor Sheary
  34. Eeli Tolvanen
  35. Nick Foligno
  36. Warren Foegele
  37. Jason Zucker
  38. Valeri Nichushkin
  39. Barclay Goodrow
  40. Jaden Schwartz
  41. Tomas Nosek
  42. Jake DeBrusk
  43. Patrick Maroon
  44. Brandon Tanev
  45. Zach Sanford
  46. Sammy Blais
  47. Carl Hagelin
  48. Marcus Johansson
  49. Brock McGinn
  50. Jordan Martinook

RW

  1. Mikko Rantanen
  2. Nikita Kucherov
  3. David Pastrnak
  4. Mark Stone
  5. Andrei Svechnikov
  6. David Perron
  7. Bryan Rust
  8. T.J. Oshie
  9. Tyler Toffoli
  10. Patric Hornqvist
  11. Blake Wheeler
  12. Chandler Stephenson
  13. Tom Wilson
  14. Nino Niederreiter
  15. Zach Hyman
  16. Mats Zuccarello
  17. Alex Tuch
  18. Jordan Eberle
  19. Craig Smith
  20. Kasperi Kapanen
  21. Anthony Mantha
  22. Vladimir Tarasenko
  23. Filip Forsberg
  24. Joonas Donskoi
  25. Reilly Smith
  26. Jesse Puljujarvi
  27. Brendan Gallagher
  28. Jordan Kyrou
  29. Josh Anderson
  30. Ryan Hartman
  31. Oliver Wahlstrom
  32. Kyle Palmieri
  33. Corey Perry
  34. Daniel Sprong
  35. Mathieu Joseph
  36. Jesper Fast
  37. Ilya Mikheyev
  38. Owen Tippett
  39. Alex Chiasson
  40. Garnet Hathaway
  41. Colton Sissons
  42. Joel Armia
  43. Josh Archibald
  44. Alex Galchenyuk
  45. Joel Kiviranta
  46. Cal Clutterbuck
  47. Keegan Kolesar
  48. Colton Sceviour
  49. Wayne Simmonds
  50. James Neal

Defenders

  1. Victor Hedman
  2. Cale Makar
  3. John Carlson
  4. Dougie Hamilton
  5. Kris Letang
  6. Tyson Barrie
  7. Shea Theodore
  8. Morgan Rielly
  9. Darnell Nurse
  10. Jeff Petry
  11. MacKenzie Weegar
  12. Roman Josi
  13. Alec Martinez
  14. Charlie McAvoy
  15. Samuel Girard
  16. Mikhail Sergachev
  17. Torey Krug
  18. Devon Toews
  19. Keith Yandle
  20. Alex Pietrangelo
  21. Neal Pionk
  22. Nick Leddy  
  23. Mike Reilly
  24. Justin Schultz
  25. Jake Muzzin
  26. Brett Pesce
  27. Jared Spurgeon
  28. Jonas Brodin
  29. Justin Faulk
  30. Dmitry Orlov
  31. Mattias Ekholm
  32. Matt Grzelcyk
  33. Justin Holl
  34. Matt Dumba
  35. Josh Morrissey
  36. Vince Dunn
  37. Nicolas Hague
  38. Jaccob Slavin
  39. Shea Weber
  40. Brenden Dillon
  41. Brandon Montour
  42. Ryan Ellis
  43. Erik Cernak
  44. Ryan Suter
  45. Gustav Forsling
  46. Ryan Pulock
  47. Carson Soucy
  48. Mike Matheson
  49. Esa Lindell
  50. Cody Ceci

Goalies

  1. Andrei Vasilevskiy
  2. Philipp Grubauer
  3. Marc-Andre Fleury
  4. Tuukka Rask
  5. Tristan Jarry
  6. Frederik Andersen
  7. Petr Mrazek
  8. Vitek Vanecek
  9. Mike Smith
  10. Connor Hellebuyck
  11. Juuse Saros
  12. Sergei Bobrovsky
  13. Semyon Varlamov
  14. Carey Price
  15. Cam Talbot
  16. Robin Lehner
  17. Jordan Binnington
  18. Jack Campbell
  19. Jeremy Swayman
  20. Alex Nedeljkovic
  21. Casey DeSmith
  22. Mikko Koskinen
  23. Ilya Samsonov
  24. Kaapo Kahkonen
  25. Chris Driedger

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