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Impact of Pietrangelo, Barrie signings
— Alex Pietrangelo signed a seven-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights. This move solidifies Pietrangelo as a top 10 fantasy defenseman with exposure to valuable forwards Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith and William Karlsson. The Golden Knights were among the most valuable fantasy teams last season and could be even better this season with Pietrangelo.
— Tyson Barrie signed a one-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers. This could be the best-case fantasy scenario for Barrie to bounce back to his previous top 20 form among defensemen this season with likely first power-play exposure to the top two point producers in the NHL, forwards Leon Draisaitl (led League with 110 points last season) and Connor McDavid (97, second).
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: Fantasy recap of free agent signings
DEFENSEMAN RANKINGS FOR THIS SEASON
Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern (INJ. – players who could miss the start of this season), age, contract status (potential 2021 unrestricted free agents: *) and overall upside for the 2020-21 season. These rankings are a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen and Rob Reese.
1. Victor Hedman, TBL2. John Carlson, WSH3. Cale Makar, COL4. Quinn Hughes, VAN5. Roman Josi, NSH6. Dougie Hamilton, CAR*7. Alex Pietrangelo, VGK8. Morgan Rielly, TOR9. Torey Krug, STL10. Brent Burns, SJS11. Miro Heiskanen, DAL12. Seth Jones, CBJ13. Zach Werenski, CBJ14. Erik Karlsson, SJS15. Kris Letang, PIT16. John Klingberg, DAL17. Tyson Barrie, EDM*18. Rasmus Dahlin, BUF19. Shea Weber, MTL20. Ivan Provorov, PHI21. Shea Theodore, VGK22. Charlie McAvoy, BOS23. Tony DeAngelo, NYR24. Keith Yandle, FLA25. Drew Doughty, LAK26. Mark Giordano, CGY27. Thomas Chabot, OTT28. Mikhail Sergachev, TBL29. Adam Fox, NYR30. Jeff Petry, MTL31. Neal Pionk, WPG32. Ryan Ellis, NSH33. Colton Parayko, STL34. Ryan Suter, MIN35. Jaccob Slavin, CAR36. Aaron Ekblad, FLA37. Nate Schmidt, VAN38. Matt Dumba, MIN39. Jacob Trouba, NYR40. Ryan Pulock, NYI41. Rasmus Ristolainen, BUF42. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI43. Jake Muzzin, TOR44. Jared Spurgeon, MIN45. Samuel Girard, COL46. Duncan Keith, CHI47. Darnell Nurse, EDM48. Devon Toews, COL49. Mattias Ekholm, NSH50. Justin Schultz, WSH
Out long term
: Oscar Klefbom, EDM (INJ.)
Just missed
: Alec Martinez, VGK*; Josh Morrissey, WPG; Alexander Edler, VAN*; Filip Hronek, DET; Vince Dunn, STL; Jakob Chychrun, ARI; Alex Goligoski, ARI*; Ryan Graves, COL; Kevin Shattenkirk, ANA; Matt Grzelcyk, BOS; Rasmus Sandin, TOR
Notable unsigned unrestricted free agent
: Sami Vatanen, CAR
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