Knowing is half the battle.
When you are preparing your brain for drafts, research and knowledge of each team’s lineup can come in handy. More often than not the best producing fantasy players come from each team’s top six forwards and defensemen who end up on the first or second unit power-play.
I’ve done up a list of each team in the Eastern and Western Conferences to give you my take on who I think will be the most likely to end up in such roles. Of course injuries, trades and lack of production can change the coach’s opinion, obviously changing the outlook.
In alphabetical order:
Anaheim: Maroon – Getzlaf – Perry Hagelin – Kesler – Silfverberg
PP1: Fowler – Vatanen PP2: Lindholm – Silfverberg
Arizona: Boedker – Hanzal – Doan Duclair – Vermette – Domi
PP1: Ekman-Larsson – Boedker PP2: Stone – Murphy
Boston: Marchand – Bergeron – Hayes Beleskey – Krecji – Pastrnak
PP1: Krug – Krejci PP2: Chara – Connolly
Buffalo: E. Kane – O’Reilly – Ennis Moulson – Eichel – Girgensons
PP1: Ennis – Bogoisian PP2: Ristolainen – Franson
Calgary: Gaudreau – Monahan – Hudler Bennett – Backlund – Frolik
PP1: Brodie – Giordano PP2: Russel – Hamilton
Carolina: E. Staal – J. Staal – Skinner Versteeg – Rask – Lindholm
PP1: Faulk – Rask PP2: Wisniewski – Murphy
Chicago: Dano/Teravainen – Toews – Kane Panarin – Anisimov – Hossa
PP1: Keith – Hossa PP2: Daley – Seabrook
Colorado: Landeskog – Duchene – Mackinnon Tanguay – Grigorenko/Soderberg – Iginla
PP1: Beauchemin – Barrie PP2: Zadorov – Johnson
Columbus: Foligno – Johansen – Saad Hartnell – Dubinsky – Jenner/Atkinson
PP1: Johnson – Murray PP2: Atkinson – Savard
Dallas: Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin Sharp – Spezza – Hemsky
PP1: Sharp – Klingberg PP2: Goligoski – Demers
Detroit: Zetterberg – Datsyuk – Abdelkader Nyquist – Richards – Tatar
PP1: Tatar – Green PP2: Richards – Kronwall
Edmonton: Hall – McDavid – Purcell/Yakupov Pouliot – Nugent-Hopkins – Eberle
PP1: Eberle – Schultz PP2: Sekera – Yakupov
Florida: Huberdeau – Barkov – Jagr Pirri – Bjugstad – Smith
PP1: Kulikov – Ekblad PP2: Campbell – Smith
Los Angeles: Lucic – Kopitar – Gaborik Pearson – Carter – Toffoli
PP1: Muzzin – Doughty PP2: Ehrhoff – Martinez
Minnesota: Parise – Grandlund – Pominville Vanek – Koivu – Fontaine
PP1 : Suter – Pominville PP2 : Dumba – Spurgeon
Montreal: Pacioretty – Plekanec/Galchenyuk – Gallagher Galchenyuk – Desharnais – Kassian/Semin
PP1: Petry – Subban PP2: Beaulieu – Markov
Nashville: Forsberg – Ribeiro – Neal Wilson – Fisher – Smith
PP1: Josi – Weber PP2: Jones – Ellis
New Jersey: Cammalleri – Zajac – Palmieri Elias – Henrique – Boucher
PP1: Severson – Gelinas PP2: Greene – Larsson
New York Islanders: Lee – Tavares – Okposo Nelson – Nielson/Grabovski – Strome
PP1: Leddy – Okposo PP2: Boychuk – Zidlicky
New York Rangers: Nash – Brassard – Zuccarello Kreider – Stepan – Hayes
PP1: McDonagh – Boyle PP2: Yandle – Girardi
Ottawa: MacArthur – Turris – Stone Hoffman – Zibanejad – Ryan
PP1: Wiercioch – Karlsson PP2: Hoffman – Ceci
Philadelphia: Raffl – Giroux – Voracek B. Schenn – Couturier – Simmonds
PP1: Voracek – Streit PP2: Lecavalier – Del Zotto
Pittsburgh: Kunitz – Crosby – Kessel Plotnikov – Malkin – Hornqvist
PP1: Malkin – Letang PP2: Maatta – Pouliot
San Jose: Pavelski – Thornton – Karlsson Marleau – Couture – Hertl
PP1: Pavelski – Burns PP2: Martin – Vlasic
St. Louis: Steen – Backes – Tarasenko Schwartz – Stastny – Brouwer
PP1: Steen – Shattenkirk PP2: Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
Tampa Bay: Filppula – Stamkos – Callahan Palat – Johnson – Kucherov
PP1: Hedman – Stamkos PP2: Garrison – Stralman
Toronto: Van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Grabner Lupul – Kadri – Panik/Parenteau
PP1: Rielly – Phaneuf PP2: Gardiner – Parenteau
Vancouver: D Sedin – H Sedin – Vrbata Baertschi – Sutter – Burrows
PP1: Edler – Weber PP2: Hamhuis – Tanev
Washington: Ovechkin – Backstrom – Oshie Johansson – Kuznetsov – Williams
PP1: Ovechkin – Carlson PP2: Orlov – Niskanen
Winnipeg: Ladd – Little – Wheeler Perreault – Scheifele – Stafford
PP1: Enstrom – Byfuglien PP2: Trouba – Myers
Likely Friday I will be posting a bunch of breakout and sleeper players that may be worth picking up in the later rounds of your drafts. Thanks for reading!