You’ll see some rookies who aren’t even guaranteed to make their teams ranked higher than the Schwartz types.
I am notoriously harsh on the boring veteran types who get 40 to 50 points a year in their sleep, such as Jaden Schwartz. (d) Upside is everything, especially in early editions of these rankings. Lots of assists but very few goals, hits, shots and so on. They tend to sit lower in my rankings than their perceived real-life values because I penalize them for their lack of stat-category diversity. Think of highly regarded players like Quinn Hughes and Robert Thomas. (c) Real-life value does not always translate to equal fantasy value. So do goaltenders who log heavy workloads and can compile beefy counting stats, such as the perennial workhorses Connor Hellebuyck and Juuse Saros. Miller and Jacob Trouba, get major boosts. (b) The rankings are for redraft leagues and based on the following stat categories: goals, assists, plus-minus, shots, power-play points, hits, blocks, wins, goals-against average, saves, save percentage and shutouts. Players who offer production across a variety of categories, such as J.T.
