Finding Valuable Players in the Yahoo! Rankings for the 2011-2012 Fantasy Hockey Season

With Yahoo opening their fantasy service recently, it’s always beneficial to look for players buried deep in the rankings prior to your draft to make you the most prepared as possible. We’ll take the legwork out of that task for you as the list below should prove to be valuable come draft day. These rankings reflect the value of players from standard fantasy leagues to the deepest of fantasy leagues:

Potentially Valuable Players Ranked from 800-899

880. Zack Kassian – RW – Buffalo Sabres
879. Brendan Smith – D – Detroit Red Wings
866. Dmitry Orlov – D – Washington Capitals

Potentially Valuable Players Ranked from 700-799

773. Jonathan Cheechoo – RW – St. Louis Blues
757. Luke Adam – C – Buffalo Sabres
724. Blake Geoffrion – C – Nashville Predators

Potentially Valuable Players Ranked from 600-699

644. Chuck Kobasew – RW – Colorado Avalanche
624. Chris Butler – D – Calgary Flames

Potentially Valuable Players Ranked from 500-599

536. Oliver Ekman-Larsson – D – Phoenix Coyotes
530. Jiri Hudler – RW – Detroit Red Wings
518. Braydon Coburn – D – Philadelphia Flyers
516. Evgeny Dadonov – RW – Florida Panthers
503. Cody Hodgson – C – Vancouver Canucks

Potentially Valuable Players Ranked from 400-499

472. Mattias Tedenby – LW – New Jersey Devils
465. Zac Dalpe – C – Carolina Hurricanes
456. Gabriel Landeskog – LW – Colorado Avalanche
453. Dustin Jeffrey – C – Pittsburgh Penguins
447. Nikita Filatov – LW – Ottawa Senators
444. Nino Niederreiter – RW – New York Islanders
441. Nick Palmieri – RW – New Jersey Devils
433. Eric Fehr – RW – Winnipeg Jets
414. Mikael Backlund – C – Calgary Flames
412. Daymond Langkow – C – Phoenix Coyotes
403. Tomas Fleischmann – LW – Florida Panthers

Potentially Valuable Players Ranked from 300-399

399. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – C – Edmonton Oilers
397. Jonathon Blum – D – Nashville Predators
396. Jamie Langenbrunner – RW – St. Louis Blues
385. Pierre-Marc Bouchard – LW – Minnesota Wild
373. Ville Leino – LW – Buffalo Sabres
370. Ryan Johansen – C – Columbus Blue Jackets
363. Andrew Brunette – LW – Chicago Blackhawks
355. Steve Sullivan – LW – Pittsburgh Penguins
347. Vinny Prospal – LW – Columbus Blue Jackets
346. Jason Arnott – C – St. Louis Blues
345. Brayden Schenn – C – Philidephia Flyers
344. Wojtek Wolski – LW – New York Rangers
331. Marco Sturm – LW – Vancouver Canucks
326. Nazem Kadri – C – Toronto Maple Leafs
321. Peter Mueller – C,LW – Colorado Avalanche
314. Ales Hemsky – RW – Edmonton Oilers
307. Tomas Holmstrom – RW – Vancouver Canucks

Potentially Valuable Players Ranked from 200-299

295. Scott Gomez – C – Montreal Canadiens
290. Andrej Meszaros – D – Philadelphia Flyers
288. Mats Zuccarello – LW – New York Rangers
283. Matt Taormina – D – New Jersey Devils
249. Ray Whitney – LW – Phoenix Coyotes
248. Marc-Andre Bergeron – D – Tampa Bay Lightning
242 – Andy McDonald – C – St. Louis Blues
220. Tim Connolly – C – Toronto Maple Leafs

Potentially Valuable Players Ranked from 150-199

183. Teemu Selanne – RW – Anaheim Ducks
168. David Booth – LW – Florida Panthers
165. Nathan Horton – RW – Boston Bruins