Fantasy hockey top 10 sleeper picks, deep sleepers – NHL.com

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NHL.com identifies the top 10 fantasy hockey sleepers and deep sleeper candidates for the 2024-25 season.
Top 10 lists: Breakouts | Rookies
Top 200 rankings | Cheat sheet
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NOTE: Sleepers are players taken in the later rounds who can vastly outperform their average draft position. They can be young players who have scratched the surface or more experienced players who have performed well before but remain underrated or overlooked in fantasy for any reason(s). Sleepers below are listed in order of NHL.com fantasy rank.
NHL.com fantasy rank: 92
Average draft position: 165.3
NHL.com fantasy rank: 97
Average draft position: 156.7
NHL.com fantasy rank: 129
Average draft position: 112.2
NHL.com fantasy rank: 130
Average draft position: 168.7
NHL.com fantasy rank: 152
Average draft position: 158.5
NHL.com fantasy rank: 153
Average draft position: 190.0
NHL.com fantasy rank: 156
Average draft position: 135.1
NHL.com fantasy rank: 170
Average draft position: 161.0
NHL.com fantasy rank: 175
Average draft position: 151.4
NHL.com fantasy rank: 186
Average draft position: N/A
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Other fantasy sleepers to consider:
Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL (rank: 132; ADP: 154.5)
Dylan Strome, F, WSH (rank: 138; ADP: 186.5)
Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN (rank: 143; ADP: 143.1)
Jonathan Drouin, F, COL (rank: 157; ADP: 176.7)
Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS (rank: 163; ADP: 166.2)
Ilya Samsonov, G, VGK (rank: 171; ADP: 139.5)
Brady Skjei, D, NSH (rank: 179; ADP: 130.6)
Tyler Bertuzzi, F, CHI (rank: 199; ADP: 187.0)
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NOTE: The following players are not ranked in NHL.com’s fantasy top 200 but can far exceed their average draft positions or be valuable waiver wire pickups.
Average draft position: 145.7
Average draft position: 148.3
Average draft position: 170.8
Average draft position: 176.0
Average draft position: 177.6
Average draft position: 178.0
Average draft position: 179.1
Average draft position: 181.3
Average draft position: 182.8
Average draft position: 188.0
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Other deep sleepers to consider who are going undrafted on average in fantasy:
Anton Lundell, F, FLA
Mattias Maccelli, F, UTA
Tommy Novak, F, NSH
Maxim Tsyplakov, F, NYI
Philip Broberg, D, STL
J.J. Moser, D, TBL
Alex Lyon, G, DET

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