Every year, fantasy hockey has become a hot-bed of entertainment, strategy and knowledge for the die-hard hockey fans. Among the most interesting take aways for some hockey fans is seeing the projected season totals when they are looking to draft their teams. The armchair general manager in all fantasy hockey players rely heavily on the rankings and numbers given in the pre-season.
Buckle up as we are diving in and taking a look at the fantasy hockey world from the Vegas Golden Knights perspective. For this preview, we will be comparing the services of ESPN, Yahoo! and CBS Sports while we also dive into what each service projects for each player when it comes to the 2022-23 season. We are presenting the players by position and in the average order of between ESPN then Yahoo!.
Fantasy Hockey – Forwards
Jack Eichel
ESPN: 41 OVR (F #27) | CBS: 58 OVR | Yahoo!: 58 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 65 GP | 27 G, 35 A, 62 PTS, +9, 24 PIM, 20 PPP, 20:00 ATOI, 236 SOG
Yahoo!: 31 G, 37 A, +7, 21 PPP, 254 SOG, 69 HITS
Mark Stone
ESPN: 81 OVR (F #53) | CBS: 108 OVR | Yahoo!: 138 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 66 GP | 23G, 41 A, 64 PTS, + 16, 27 PIM, 17 PPP, 19:00 ATOI, 172 SOG
Yahoo!: 20 G, 40 A, +15, 15 PPP, 148 SOG, 35 HITS
Phil Kessel
ESPN:120 OVR (F #77) | CBS: 90 OVR | Yahoo!: 329 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 82 GP | 15 G, 33 A, 49PTS, -15, 30 PIM, 16 PPP, 16:30 ATOI, 161 SOG
Yahoo!: 13 G, 40 A, -10, 12 PPP, 156 SOG, 8 HITS
Jonathan Marchessault
ESPN: 121 OVR (F #78) | CBS: 117 OVR | Yahoo!: 66 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 79 GP, 28 G, 36 A, 64 PTS, +6, 32 PIM, 17 PPP, 17:30 ATOI, 256 SOG
Yahoo!: 28 G, 35 A, +7, 18 PPP, 264 SOG, 68 HITS
Chandler Stephenson
ESPN: 182 OVR (F #115) | CBS: 162 OVR | Yahoo!: 186 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 75 G | 20 G, 37 A, 57 PTS, +7, 28 PIM, 13 PPP, 18:48 ATOI, 119 SOG
Yahoo!: 19 G, 40 A, +8, 13 PPP, 120 SOG, 67 HITS
William Karlsson
ESPN: 246 OVR | Yahoo!: 280 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 75 GP | 17 G, 28 A, 45 PTS, +5, 6 PIM, 7 PPP, 18:24 ATOI, 149 SOG
Yahoo!: 15 G, 28 A, +8, 7 PPP, 148 SOG, 46 HITS
Reilly Smith
ESPN: 220 OVR | Yahoo!: 190
Projected Stats
ESPN: 72 GP | 19 G, 30 A, 49 PTS, +8, 12 PIM, 9 PPP, 17:54 ATOI, 164 SOG
Yahoo!: 21 G, 28 A, +8, 10 PPP, 170 SOG, 66 HITS
Nicolas Roy
ESPN: 525 | Yahoo!: 259 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 3 G, 18 A, +18, 2 PPP, 148 SOG, 126 HITS
Keegan Kolesar
ESPN: 538 | Yahoo!: 358 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 8 G, 17 A, -3, 1 PPP, 93 SOG, 235 HITS
William Carrier
ESPN: 560 | Yahoo!: 388 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 3 G, 25 A, +23, 9 PPP, 95 SOG, 98 HITS
Brett Howden
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 573 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 8 G, 12 A, +7, 0 PPP, 57 SOG, 79 HITS
Michael Amadio
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 725 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 4 G, 5 A, +1, 0 PPP, 69 SOG, 27 HITS
Jonas Rondbjerg
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 836 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 1 G, 2 A, 0+/-, 0 PPP, 42 SOG, 6 HITS
Paul Cotter
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 889
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 1 G, 1 A, +1, 0 PPP, 9 SOG, 14 HITS
Pavel Dorofeyev
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 1104 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: None Available
Brendan Brisson
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 1183 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: None Available
Byron Froese
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 1548
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: None Available
Gage Quinney
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 1804
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: None Available
Sheldon Rempal
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 1866 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: None Available
Fantasy Hockey – Defensemen
Alex Pietrangelo
ESPN: 57 OVR (D #12) | Yahoo!: 127 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 75 GP | 12 G, 34 A, 46 PTS, +14, 22 PIM, 15 PPP, 24:30 ATOI, 211 SOG
Yahoo!: 14 G, 32 A, +10, 14 PPP, 222 SOG, 63 HITS
Alex Martinez
ESPN: 91 OVR (D #20) | Yahoo!: 532
Projected Stats
ESPN: 52 GP | 4 G, 16, A, 20 PTS,+18, 14 PIM, 2 PPP, 21:00 ATOI, 76 SOG
Yahoo!: 4 G, 13 A, +13, 2 PPP, 83 SOG, 54 HITS
Shea Theodore
ESPN: 115 OVR (D #30) | CBS: 182 OVR | Yahoo!: 128 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 77 GP | 13 G, 42 A, 55 PTS,+16, 22 PIM, 17 PPP, 22:48 ATOI, 218 SOG
Yahoo!: 13 G, 39 A, +12, 14 PPP, 214 SOG, 36 HITS
Brayden McNabb
ESPN: 211 OVR (D #57) | Yahoo!: 436 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 2 G, 13 A, +10, 0 PPP, 85 SOG, 172 HITS
Zach Whitecloud
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 401
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 7 G, 13 A, +18, 0 PPP, 105 SOG, 114 HITS
Nicolas Hague
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 426
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 5 G, 15 A, +10, 1 PPP, 138 SOG, 85 HITS
Ben Hutton
ESPN: NA |Yahoo!: 713
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 1 G, 7 A, -4, 0 PPP, 26 SOG, 18 HITS
Daniil Miromanov
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 946
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 0 G, 1 A, 0 +/-, 0 PPP, 11 SOG, 4 HITS
Zachary Hayes
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 1005
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 0 G, 0 A, -2, 0 PPP, 3 SOG, 16 HITS
Brayden Pachal
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 1015
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 0 G, 1 A, -3, 0 PPP, 8 SOG, 8 HITS
Kaedan Korczak
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 1044
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: None Available
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Fantasy Hockey – Goaltenders
Logan Thompson
ESPN: 88 OVR | CBS: 11 OVR | Yahoo!: 106 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 30 W, 19 L, 2.62 GAA, ,914 SV%
Yahoo!: 27 W, 134 GA, 2.71 GAA, 1409 SV, 1543 SA, .913 SV%, 3 SHO
Laurent Brossoit
ESPN: 376 OVR | Yahoo!: 174 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 12 W, 10 L, 2.40 GAA, .912 SV%
Yahoo!: 11 W, 58 GA, 2.62 GAA, 562 SV, 620 SA, .906 SV%, 1 SHO
Adin Hill
ESPN: 386 OVR | Yahoo!: 328 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: 11 W, 12 L, 2.83 GAA, ,905 SV%
Yahoo!: 2 W, 21 GA, 2.95 GAA, 184 SV, 205 SA, .898 SV%, 0 SHO
Michael Hutchinson
ESPN: NA | Yahoo!: 336 OVR
Projected Stats
ESPN: None Available
Yahoo!: 2 W, 16 GA, 3.09 GAA, 126 SV, 142 SA, .887 SV%, 0 SHO
All rankings are as of October 6, 2022.