Note from Viz: Jules is going to be contributing on the hockey side of things this year, along with myself and JKJ coming back into the fold. JKJ will be back once the season starts with his weekly Friday/Sunday stream posts that will come out on Thursday mornings. Jules has put together his entire preseason rankings that are available to everyone below. They are separated into forwards, defensemen, and goaltenders. If you have any questions for him about his rankings, don’t hesitate to ask them in the comments section below.
Top 150 Forwards
Rank Name Team Tiers Positions
1. Connor McDavid EDM 1 C
2. David Pastrnak BOS 1 RW
3. Leon Draisaitl EDM 1 C,LW
4. Auston Matthews TOR 1 C
5. Jason Robertson DAL 1 LW
6. Nathan MacKinnon COL 1 C
7. Mikko Rantanen COL 1 RW
8. Nikita Kucherov TB 1 RW
9. Matthew Tkachuk FLA 1 LW
10. Brady Tkachuk OTT 1 LW
11. Jack Hughes NJ 1 C
12. Sidney Crosby PIT 1 C
13. Kirill Kaprizov MIN 1 LW
14. Tage Thompson BUF 2 RW
15. Elias Pettersson VAN 2 C
16. Alex Ovechkin WSH 2 LW
17. Timo Meier NJ 2 LW,RW
18. Mitch Marner TOR 2 RW
19. Mika Zibanejad NYR 2 C
20. Steven Stamkos TB 2 C
21. Kyle Connor WPG 2 LW
22. Artemi Panarin NYR 2 LW
23. Aleksander Barkov Jr. FLA 2 C
24. Connor Bedard CHI 2 C
25. Tim Stutzle OTT 2 C,LW
26. Brayden Point TB 3 C
27. John Tavares TOR 3 C
28. Sebastian Aho CAR 3 C
29. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM 3 LW,C
30. Roope Hintz DAL 3 LW
31. Nico Hischier NJ 3 C
32. Carter Verhaeghe FLA 3 NA
33. Clayton Keller ARI 3 LW,RW
34. Brad Marchand BOS 3 LW
35. Zach Hyman EDM 3 C
36. Alex DeBrincat DET 3 LW,RW
37. Dylan Larkin DET 4 C
38. Jake Guentzel PIT 4 LW,RW
39. Alex Tuch BUF 3 RW
40. Evgeni Malkin PIT 4 C
41. Chris Kreider NYR 4 LW
42. William Nylander TOR 4 C,RW
43. Claude Giroux OTT 4 LW,C,RW
44. Andrei Svechnikov CAR 4 LW,RW
45. Martin Necas CAR 4 C
46. Kevin Fiala LA 4 LW
47. Matt Boldy MIN 4 LW
48. Cole Caufield MTL 4 RW
49. Bo Horvat NYI 5 C
50. Adrian Kempe LA 5 LW
51. Tyler Toffoli NJ 5 C,RW
52. Jared McCann SEA 5 C
53. Mark Stone VGK 5 RW
54. Jordan Kyrou STL 5 C
55. Johnny Gaudreau CBJ 5 LW
56. Mark Scheifele WPG 5 C
57. Brock Nelson NYI 5 C,LW
58. Trevor Zegras ANA 5 C
59. Jack Eichel VGK 5 C
60. Dylan Cozens BUF 5 C
61. Joe Pavelski DAL 5 C,RW
62. Jesper Bratt NJ 5 RW
63. Drake Batherson OTT 6 C
64. J.T. Miller VAN 6 LW,RW
65. Nazem Kadri CGY 6 C
66. Nick Suzuki MTL 6 C
67. Andrei Kuzmenko VAN 6 LW
68. Vincent Trocheck NYR 6 C
69. Jamie Benn DAL 6 C,LW
70. Joel Eriksson Ek MIN 6 C
71. Logan Couture SJ 6 C
72. Matty Beniers SEA 6 C
73. Rickard Rakell PIT 6 LW, RW
74. Jeff Skinner BUF 6 C,LW
75. Elias Lindholm CGY 6 C,RW
76. Pierre-Luc Dubois LA 7 C
77. Anze Kopitar LA 7 C
78. Anders Lee NYI 7 LW
79. Jonathan Marchessault VGK 7 C,LW
80. Mats Zuccarello MIN 7 RW
81. Troy Terry ANA 7 RW
82. Jake DeBrusk BOS 7 LW,RW
83. Adam Fantilli CBJ 7 C
84. Dawson Mercer NJ 7 RW
85. Tomas Hertl SJ 7 C,LW
86. Patrik Laine CBJ 7 LW,RW
87. Nikolaj Ehlers WPG 7 LW,RW
88. Jonathan Huberdeau CGY 7 LW
89. Sam Reinhart FLA 7 C,RW
90. Reilly Smith PIT 7 RW
91. Tyler Bertuzzi TOR 7 LW
92. Pavel Buchnevich STL 7 LW
93. Lucas Raymond DET 7 LW
94. Dylan Strome WSH 7 C
95. Brayden Schenn STL 7 C,LW
96. Michael Bunting CAR 7 LW
97. Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH 7 C
98. Jordan Eberle SEA 8 RW
99. Phillip Danault LA 8 C
100. Robert Thomas STL 8 C
101. Brandon Hagel TB 8 LW
102. Mathew Barzal NYI 8 C
103. Frank Vatrano ANA 8 LW, RW
104. Kevin Hayes STL 8 C
105. Travis Konecny PHI 8 RW
106. Mikael Backlund CGY 8 C
107. Oliver Bjorkstrand SEA 8 RW
108. Alex Killorn ANA 8 C,LW
109. Owen Tippett PHI 8 RW
110. Boone Jenner CBJ 8 C,LW
111. Viktor Arvidsson LA 8 LW,RW
112. Patrick Kane NYR 8 RW
113. Chandler Stephenson VGK 8 C
114. David Perron DET 8 LW,RW
115. Matt Duchene DAL 9 C
116. Artturi Lehkonen COL 9 LW
117. Nick Schmaltz ARI 9 C
118. Brock Boeser VAN 9 RW
119. Pavel Zacha BOS 9 C
120. J.T. Compher DET 9 LW
121. Tyler Seguin DAL 9 C
122. Casey Mittelstadt BUF 9 C
123. Blake Wheeler NYR 9 RW
124. Max Domi TOR 9 C,LW
125. Evander Kane EDM 9 LW
126. William Karlsson VGK 9 C
127. Wyatt Johnston DAL 9 C
128. Vladimir Tarasenko OTT 9 RW
129. Sam Bennett FLA 9 C
130. Bryan Rust PIT 9 LW,RW
131. Yanni Gourde SEA 9 LW
132. Filip Forsberg NSH 9 LW
133. Dominik Kubalik OTT 9 LW
134. Barrett Hayton ARI 10 C
135. Filip Chytil NYR 10 LW
136. Andrew Mangiapane CGY 10 LW
137. Conor Garland VAN 10 RW
138. Teuvo Teravainen CAR 10 LW,RW
139. Lawson Crouse ARI 10 LW
140. Anthony Duclair SJ 10 LW,RW
141. Valeri Nichushkin COL 10 RW
142. Dillon Dube CGY 10 LW
143. Mason McTavish ANA 10 C
144. Jason Zucker ARI 10 LW,RW
145. Marcus Johansson MIN 10 LW,RW
146. Ivan Barbashev VGK 10 C,LW
147. Blake Coleman CGY 10 LW,RW
148. Morgan Frost PHI 10 C
149. Tom Wilson WSH 10 RW
150. Joel Farabee PHI 10 LW
Top 60 Defencemen
Rank Name Team Positions Tiers
1. Cale Makar COL D 1
2. Rasmus Dahlin BUF D 1
3. Adam Fox NYR D 1
4. Erik Karlsson PIT D 1
5. Roman Josi NSH D 1
6. Dougie Hamilton NJ D 2
7. Quinn Hughes VAN D 2
8. Josh Morrissey WPG D 2
9. Charlie McAvoy BOS D 2
10. Victor Hedman TB D 2
11. Miro Heiskanen DAL D 2
12. Brandon Montour FLA D 3
13. Brent Burns CAR D 3
14. Moritz Seider DET D 3
15. John Carlson WSH D 3
16. Mikhail Sergachev TB D 3
17. Evan Bouchard EDM D 3
18. Vince Dunn SEA D 3
19. Noah Dobson NYI D 4
20. Aaron Ekblad FLA D 4
21. Hampus Lindholm BOS D 4
22. Drew Doughty LA D 4
23. Alex Pietrangelo VGK D 4
24. Darnell Nurse EDM D 4
25. Thomas Chabot OTT D 4
26. Kris Letang PIT D 4
27. Tyson Barrie NSH D 5
28. Seth Jones CHI D 5
29. Justin Faulk STL D 5
30. Devon Toews COL D 5
31. Zach Werenski CBJ D 5
32. Gustav Forsling FLA D 5
33. Jacob Trouba NYR D 5
34. Shea Theodore VGK D 5
35. Morgan Rielly TOR D 5
36. Rasmus Andersson CGY D 5
37. Bowen Byram COL D 6
38. Tony DeAngelo CAR D 6
39. Noah Hanifin CGY D 6
40. Luke Hughes NJ D 6
41. K’Andre Miller NYR D 6
42. Jamie Drysdale ANA D 6
43. Sean Durzi ARI D 6
44. Filip Hronek VAN D 6
45. Torey Krug STL D 7
46. Brady Skjei CAR D 7
47. Shayne Gostisbehere DET D 7
48. Cam Fowler ANA D 7
49. Neal Pionk WPG D 7
50. Jakob Chychrun OTT D 7
51. Jared Spurgeon MIN D 7
52. Dmitry Orlov CAR D 7
53. Owen Power BUF D 7
54. Brandt Clarke LA D 7
55. David Reinbacher MTL D 8
56. Adam Larsson SEA D 8
57. Jeff Petry DET D 8
58. MacKenzie Weegar CGY D 8
59. Michael Matheson MTL D 8
60. Jake Sanderson OTT D 8
Top 30 Goaltenders
1. Ilya Sorokin NYI G 1
2. Connor Hellebuyck WPG G 1
3. Jake Oettinger DAL G 1
4. Andrei Vasilevskiy TB G 1
5. Igor Shesterkin NYR G 2
6. Alexandar Georgiev COL G 2
7. Linus Ullmark BOS G 2
8. Juuse Saros NSH G 2
9. Filip Gustavsson MIN G 3
10. Vitek Vanecek NJ G 3
11. Jeremy Swayman BOS G 3
12. Devon Levi BUF G 3
13. Sergei Bobrovsky FLA G 3
14. Frederik Andersen CAR G 3
15. Ilya Samsonov TOR G 3
16. Stuart Skinner EDM G 3
17. Thatcher Demko VAN G 4
18. Darcy Kuemper WSH G 4
19. Tristan Jarry PIT G 4
20. Marc-Andre Fleury MIN G 4
21. Pyotr Kochetkov CAR G 4
22. Ville Husso DET G 4
23. Adin Hill VGK G 4
24. Jacob Markstrom CGY G 4
25. Joonas Korpisalo OTT G 4
26. Logan Thompson VGK G 4
27. Karel Vejmelka ARI G 5
28. John Gibson ANA G 5
29. Jordan Binnington STL G 5
30. Carter Hart PHI G 5
