Keeper Value Analysis — 2026-27

League: We The Hockey People · 12 teams · keepers are locked · 11 players kept, Very Knies taking none

11Keepers locked

1Team taking no keeper

1Keeper per team

35Blocked — drafted R1-3

2Blocked — 3-peat (Bobrovsky, Reinhart)

11Prev keepers pay 3 rounds earlier

Locked keepers

Declared on ESPN. The round listed is the pick that team loses on Sunday.

District 5 Ducks · Stoj

Zach Hyman

EDM · RW

Costs R16 · Pick 5

A finishing winger at a 16th-round price. Stoj is keeping the slot guy, not the shiny prospect.

Raleigh IceCaps · Bill Blackburn

Leo Carlsson

ANA · C

Costs R18 · Pick 11

The Ducks' future 1C for a last-round chip. Bill is drafting like he has extra lives.

The Boldy and the Beautiful · Jaimie Stojanovski

Macklin Celebrini

SJ · C

Costs R14 · Pick 12

The board's favorite keep, and Jaimie actually took it. First pick of the draft, first steal on the books.

Pasta My Prime · Adam Vanenwyck

Will Smith

SJ · RW

Costs R18 · Pick 1

Pasta skipped the safe value keep and grabbed the shiny Shark. Last pick in the draft, first name off a prospect list.

B.O.B. (Brady Over Baghdad) · Dawn Reynolds

Tom Wilson

WSH · RW

Costs R12 · Pick 3

The Capitals' wrecking ball at a mid-round price. Dawn is keeping the chaos.

Got That Stankoven On Him · Josh McInnis

Dylan Larkin

DET · C

Costs R6 · Pick 4

First-year GM, real 1C, real cost. Josh is not here to stream waivers in week one.

Eagle Fang · Josh Davidson

Matthew Schaefer

NYI · D

Costs R18 · Pick 9

The Islanders' #1 overall kid for an 18th-round chip. The champ just swung for the fences on D.

Pit - i - ful · Greg Bishop

Anthony Mantha

NJ · RW

Costs R18 · Pick 10

Volume over the shiny goalie. Greg passed on the value-board favorite and kept a winger who still finds the net.

Trocheck Yo'Self · Kristin VanEnwyck

Jackson Blake

CAR · RW

Costs R18 · Pick 7

A Hurricanes winger for the last pick. Kristin is keeping the Storm Surge in-house.

Very Knies · Brian Moore

No keeper

Full 18-pick draft

None · no round forfeited

Brian passed on Brock Nelson and is rolling into Sunday with every pick intact. Bold. Or reckless. We'll know by pick nine.

Take Your Kaprizov · Austin McNeill

Cutter Gauthier

ANA · LW

Costs R11 · Pick 7

The Ducks' rising winger, paid like a mid-rounder. Austin is betting the breakout keeps going.

Team not Josh Allen! · James Reynolds

Alex DeBrincat

DET · LW

Costs R6 · Pick 2

Thirty-goal energy at a sixth-round price. James is not messing around on the wing.

League keeper rules encoded:

Keep one player from last year; you forfeit the draft round it costs.
Keeper cost = the round the player was drafted in 2025-26.
Players drafted in rounds 1-3 are not keepable.
A player kept in both 2024-25 and 2025-26 cannot be kept again (no 3-peat).
Keeping the same player you kept last year costs 3 rounds earlier (e.g. R9 → R6).
A previous keeper whose price would fall into R1-3 (i.e. was R4-6) is not eligible. A first-time R4-6 pick is eligible now but can't be re-kept next year.
Keep a player you didn't draft → cost = the round the previous owner drafted them.
Keep an undrafted free agent → cost = your last pick (R18).

Value method. Keeper Score = 60% forward + 40% backward. Back Val = keeper cost round − 2025-26 production round; Fwd Val = keeper cost round − 2026-27 draft round (ESPN's current preseason board, 12 players ≈ one round). Recommendations rank only eligible players.

Pre-draft value board (what the math wanted — not always what got locked)

The Boldy and the BeautifulJaimieStoj9

Macklin Celebrini · R14 · +12.4

Pit - i - fuldoctorbish10

Dustin Wolf · R15 · +8.8

Pasta My Primeacvanenwyck

Nick Schmaltz · R18 · +7.8

Raleigh IceCapsBill Blackburn

Dylan Cozens · R18 · +6.2

District 5 DucksStojNC

Darren Raddysh · R18 · +6

Very Kniesespn65708552

Ryan O'Reilly · R15 · +5.8

Chris's Calculated Teamchrisjdietz

Matt Coronato · R15 · +5.6

Team not Josh Allen!JDR3

Bryan Rust · R14 · +5.6

B.O.B. (Brady Over Baghdad)ESPNFAN9961641326

Evgeni Malkin · R16 · +5

Eagle Fangespn85438870

Matthew Schaefer · R18 · +4.8

Trocheck Yo'SelfKristin VanEnwyck

Anthony Cirelli · R17 · +4.8

Take Your Kaprizovespn23620043

Pavel Zacha · R18 · +4.4

Team-by-team breakdown

District 5 Ducks StojNC Raleigh IceCaps Bill Blackburn The Boldy and the Beautiful JaimieStoj9 Pasta My Prime acvanenwyck B.O.B. (Brady Over Baghdad) ESPNFAN9961641326 Chris's Calculated Team chrisjdietz Eagle Fang espn85438870 Pit - i - ful doctorbish10 Trocheck Yo'Self Kristin VanEnwyck Very Knies espn65708552 Take Your Kaprizov espn23620043 Team not Josh Allen! JDR3

District 5 Ducks

StojNC

2025-26 keeper: Sergei Bobrovsky · R10 · also kept 2024-25 (R13) — ineligible to re-keep (no 3-peat)

#1 value keep · score +6

Darren Raddysh

Cost R18 · 288 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R18 (#318)

back +15 · fwd 0

Free agent

#2 value keep · score +3.6

Troy Terry

Cost R18 · 218 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R18 (#213)

back +9 · fwd 0

Free agent

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Darren Raddysh TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	288	R3	+15	R18 (#318)	0	+6
Troy Terry TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	218	R9	+9	R18 (#213)	0	+3.6
Drake Batherson	R10	Trade/Claim (from Pasta My Prime, R10)	258	R5	+5	R9 (#107)	+1	+2.6
Zach Hyman	R16	Drafted	220	R8	+8	R18 (#218)	-2	+2
Sam Bennett	R13	Drafted	217	R9	+4	R13 (#148)	0	+1.6
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	R16	Trade/Claim (from The Boldy and the Beautiful, R16)	199	R11	+5	R17 (#193)	-1	+1.4
Andrei Svechnikov	R9	Drafted	274	R4	+5	R11 (#132)	-2	+0.8
Sean Walker	R18	Free agent	141	R18	0	R18 (unranked)	0	0
Lucas Raymond one-year keep	R6	Drafted	267	R5	+1	R7 (#83)	-1	-0.2
Robert Thomas	R8	Drafted	237	R7	+1	R12 (#133)	-4	-2
Neal Pionk	R12	Trade/Claim (from Very Knies, R12)	63	R18	-6	R12 (#138)	0	-2.4
Jesper Bratt one-year keep	R4	Drafted	239	R7	-3	R6 (#62)	-2	-2.4
Lukas Dostal	R11	Drafted	194	R12	-1	R15 (#173)	-4	-2.8
Josh Morrissey one-year keep	R5	Drafted	196	R11	-6	R8 (#94)	-3	-4.2
Matthew Tkachuk	R7	Drafted	121	R18	-11	R15 (#170)	-8	-9.2
Nikita Kucherov INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	473	R1	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Jack Eichel INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	354	R1	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Adin Hill INELIGIBLE	R3	Trade/Claim (from The Boldy and the Beautiful, R3)	65	R18	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Sergei Bobrovsky INELIGIBLE 2025-26 keeper 2024-25 keeper	R10	Drafted	159	R16	Kept 2024-25 & 2025-26 — no 3-peat (rule 4)

Raleigh IceCaps

Bill Blackburn

2025-26 keeper: Matvei Michkov · R10 (dropped midseason)

#1 value keep · score +6.2

Dylan Cozens

Cost R18 · 239 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R15 (#174)

back +11 · fwd +3

Free agent

#2 value keep · score +5.8

Morgan Geekie

Cost R18 · 263 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R17 (#203)

back +13 · fwd +1

Free agent

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Dylan Cozens TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	239	R7	+11	R15 (#174)	+3	+6.2
Morgan Geekie TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	263	R5	+13	R17 (#203)	+1	+5.8
Leo Carlsson	R18	Free agent	256	R6	+12	R18 (#225)	0	+4.8
John Gibson	R18	Free agent	222	R8	+10	R17 (#204)	+1	+4.6
Patrick Kane	R18	Free agent	208	R10	+8	R18 (#211)	0	+3.2
Wyatt Johnston	R7	Drafted	329	R2	+5	R8 (#89)	-1	+1.4
Shayne Gostisbehere	R15	Drafted	181	R13	+2	R18 (#249)	-3	-1
Karel Vejmelka	R12	Trade/Claim (from Take Your Kaprizov, R12)	246	R6	+6	R18 (#222)	-6	-1.2
Mikhail Sergachev	R8	Trade/Claim (from Take Your Kaprizov, R8)	212	R10	-2	R9 (#100)	-1	-1.4
Aliaksei Protas	R13	Drafted	212	R10	+3	R18 (#214)	-5	-1.8
Brad Marchand	R9	Drafted	188	R13	-4	R11 (#128)	-2	-2.8
Anton Lundell	R11	Drafted	168	R15	-4	R13 (#150)	-2	-2.8
Thomas Harley	R11	Trade/Claim (from Pasta My Prime, R11)	129	R18	-7	R13 (#146)	-2	-4
Adam Fox one-year keep	R5	Drafted	176	R14	-9	R9 (#103)	-4	-6
Roope Hintz one-year keep	R4	Drafted	181	R14	-10	R9 (#98)	-5	-7
Nathan MacKinnon INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	516	R1	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Sebastian Aho INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	302	R3	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Quinn Hughes INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	252	R6	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

The Boldy and the Beautiful

JaimieStoj9

2025-26 keeper: Macklin Celebrini · R17

#1 value keep · score +12.4

Macklin Celebrini

Cost R14 · kept-25-26 +3rd cost · 422 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R2 (#15)

back +13 · fwd +12

Drafted

#2 value keep · score +2.4

Quinton Byfield

Cost R18 · 196 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R18 (#229)

back +6 · fwd 0

Drafted

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Macklin Celebrini TOP KEEP 2025-26 keeper	R14 was R17	Drafted	422	R1	+13	R2 (#15)	+12	+12.4
Quinton Byfield TOP KEEP	R18	Drafted	196	R12	+6	R18 (#229)	0	+2.4
Logan Thompson	R7	Drafted	260	R5	+2	R7 (#82)	0	+0.8
Matt Boldy one-year keep	R4	Drafted	356	R1	+3	R5 (#52)	-1	+0.6
Emil Heineman	R18	Free agent	133	R18	0	R18 (unranked)	0	0
Philipp Grubauer	R18	Free agent	121	R18	0	R18 (#368)	0	0
Dmitry Orlov	R18	Free agent	97	R18	0	R18 (unranked)	0	0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	R17	Trade/Claim (from Raleigh IceCaps, R17)	156	R16	+1	R18 (#216)	-1	-0.2
Alex Laferriere	R9	Trade/Claim (from Very Knies, R9)	195	R12	-3	R8 (#95)	+1	-0.6
Yaroslav Askarov	R17	Trade/Claim (from Pasta My Prime, R17)	147	R17	0	R18 (unranked)	-1	-0.6
Thatcher Demko	R12	Drafted	66	R18	-6	R10 (#119)	+2	-1.2
Travis Konecny one-year keep	R6	Drafted	254	R6	0	R8 (#87)	-2	-1.2
Mark Stone	R11	Drafted	277	R4	+7	R18 (#269)	-7	-1.4
Mathew Barzal	R10	Drafted	258	R5	+5	R16 (#186)	-6	-1.6
Juraj Slafkovsky	R9	Drafted	276	R4	+5	R17 (#195)	-8	-2.8
Drew Doughty	R14	Drafted	91	R18	-4	R17 (#199)	-3	-3.4
Devon Toews	R13	Drafted	128	R18	-5	R17 (#200)	-4	-4.4
Luke Hughes	R8	Drafted	136	R18	-10	R18 (#247)	-10	-10
Leon Draisaitl INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	353	R2	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Mitch Marner INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	286	R3	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

Pasta My Prime

acvanenwyck

2025-26 keeper: Zach Werenski · R9

#1 value keep · score +7.8

Nick Schmaltz

Cost R18 · 304 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R15 (#175)

back +15 · fwd +3

Free agent

#2 value keep · score +6

Will Smith

Cost R18 · 220 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R14 (#167)

back +9 · fwd +4

Free agent

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Nick Schmaltz TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	304	R3	+15	R15 (#175)	+3	+7.8
Will Smith TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	220	R9	+9	R14 (#167)	+4	+6
Gabriel Vilardi	R15	Trade/Claim (from District 5 Ducks, R15)	232	R8	+7	R11 (#131)	+4	+5.2
Scott Wedgewood	R18	Free agent	226	R8	+10	R18 (unranked)	0	+4
Jimmy Snuggerud	R18	Free agent	209	R10	+8	R18 (unranked)	0	+3.2
Artturi Lehkonen	R18	Free agent	202	R11	+7	R18 (#289)	0	+2.8
Mats Zuccarello 2024-25 keeper	R18	Free agent	184	R13	+5	R17 (#197)	+1	+2.6
Zach Werenski 2025-26 keeper	R6 was R9	Drafted	301	R3	+3	R4 (#46)	+2	+2.4
Nick Suzuki one-year keep	R6	Drafted	375	R1	+5	R6 (#70)	0	+2
Brandon Hagel one-year keep	R4	Drafted	308	R2	+2	R6 (#61)	-2	-0.4
Roman Josi one-year keep	R5	Trade/Claim (from The Boldy and the Beautiful, R5)	195	R12	-7	R2 (#24)	+3	-1
Lane Hutson	R8	Drafted	268	R5	+3	R14 (#168)	-6	-2.4
Darcy Kuemper one-year keep	R5	Drafted	167	R15	-10	R4 (#41)	+1	-3.4
Mackenzie Blackwood	R7	Drafted	159	R16	-9	R8 (#96)	-1	-4.2
David Pastrnak INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	356	R1	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Artemi Panarin INELIGIBLE 2024-25 keeper	R2	Drafted	290	R3	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Evan Bouchard INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	353	R2	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Brayden Point INELIGIBLE	R3	Trade/Claim (from District 5 Ducks, R3)	184	R13	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

B.O.B. (Brady Over Baghdad)

ESPNFAN9961641326

2025-26 keeper: Nico Hischier · R10

#1 value keep · score +5

Evgeni Malkin

Cost R16 · 231 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R13 (#155)

back +8 · fwd +3

Drafted

#2 value keep · score +4.4

Tomas Hertl

Cost R14 · 219 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R10 (#112)

back +5 · fwd +4

Drafted

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Evgeni Malkin TOP KEEP	R16	Drafted	231	R8	+8	R13 (#155)	+3	+5
Tomas Hertl TOP KEEP	R14	Drafted	219	R9	+5	R10 (#112)	+4	+4.4
Tom Wilson	R12	Drafted	236	R7	+5	R11 (#122)	+1	+2.6
Pavel Dorofeyev	R7	Drafted	275	R4	+3	R6 (#67)	+1	+1.8
Tristan Jarry	R18	Drafted	112	R18	0	R16 (#189)	+2	+1.2
Dmitri Voronkov	R15	Drafted	126	R18	-3	R12 (#135)	+3	+0.6
Nico Hischier 2025-26 keeper	R7 was R10	Drafted	254	R6	+1	R7 (#76)	0	+0.4
Erik Karlsson	R8	Drafted	239	R7	+1	R9 (#101)	-1	-0.2
Charlie McAvoy	R11	Drafted	207	R10	+1	R12 (#134)	-1	-0.2
Moritz Seider one-year keep	R6	Drafted	237	R7	-1	R6 (#66)	0	-0.4
Jeremy Swayman	R13	Drafted	242	R7	+6	R18 (#268)	-5	-0.6
Dylan Holloway	R7	Trade/Claim (from Very Knies, R7)	204	R11	-4	R6 (#63)	+1	-1
Ilya Sorokin one-year keep	R5	Drafted	243	R6	-1	R7 (#77)	-2	-1.6
Brandon Montour	R10	Trade/Claim (from Take Your Kaprizov, R10)	122	R18	-8	R9 (#108)	+1	-2.6
Noah Dobson	R9	Drafted	173	R14	-5	R10 (#120)	-1	-2.6
Elias Pettersson one-year keep	R4	Drafted	154	R16	-12	R4 (#47)	0	-4.8
Kirill Kaprizov INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	364	R1	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Brady Tkachuk INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	241	R7	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Steven Stamkos INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	267	R5	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

Chris's Calculated Team

chrisjdietz

2025-26 keeper: Matt Coronato · R18

#1 value keep · score +5.6

Matt Coronato

Cost R15 · kept-25-26 +3rd cost · 162 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R5 (#50)

back -1 · fwd +10

Drafted

#2 value keep · score +2.2

Alex Tuch

Cost R8 · 275 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R7 (#80)

back +4 · fwd +1

Drafted

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Matt Coronato TOP KEEP 2025-26 keeper	R15 was R18	Drafted	162	R16	-1	R5 (#50)	+10	+5.6
Alex Tuch TOP KEEP	R8	Drafted	275	R4	+4	R7 (#80)	+1	+2.2
Conor Garland	R17	Drafted	115	R18	-1	R13 (#156)	+4	+2
Marco Kasper	R15	Drafted	76	R18	-3	R10 (#116)	+5	+1.8
Dylan Larkin one-year keep	R6	Drafted	284	R4	+2	R5 (#59)	+1	+1.4
Fabian Zetterlund	R16	Drafted	137	R18	-2	R13 (#145)	+3	+1
Alex Ovechkin one-year keep	R4	Drafted	266	R5	-1	R2 (#22)	+2	+0.8
Logan Cooley	R10	Drafted	169	R15	-5	R8 (#85)	+2	-0.8
Rasmus Andersson	R11	Drafted	188	R13	-2	R11 (#121)	0	-0.8
Anze Kopitar 2024-25 keeper	R14	Drafted	153	R16	-2	R14 (#161)	0	-0.8
Darnell Nurse	R13	Drafted	100	R18	-5	R12 (#144)	+1	-1.4
Nazem Kadri	R7	Drafted	177	R14	-7	R5 (#51)	+2	-1.6
Chris Kreider 2024-25 keeper	R9	Drafted	184	R13	-4	R9 (#99)	0	-1.6
Kris Letang	R12	Drafted	113	R18	-6	R11 (#130)	+1	-1.8
MacKenzie Weegar one-year keep	R5	Drafted	85	R18	-13	R3 (#30)	+2	-4
Connor Hellebuyck INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	195	R12	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Jack Hughes INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	293	R3	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Filip Gustavsson INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	218	R9	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

Eagle Fang

espn85438870

2025-26 keeper: Dylan Strome · R17

#1 value keep · score +4.8

Matthew Schaefer

Cost R18 · 249 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R18 (unranked)

back +12 · fwd 0

Drafted

#2 value keep · score +4

Dylan Strome

Cost R14 · kept-25-26 +3rd cost · 207 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R10 (#113)

back +4 · fwd +4

Drafted

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Matthew Schaefer TOP KEEP	R18	Drafted	249	R6	+12	R18 (unranked)	0	+4.8
Dylan Strome TOP KEEP 2025-26 keeper	R14 was R17	Drafted	207	R10	+4	R10 (#113)	+4	+4
Bo Horvat	R9	Drafted	255	R6	+3	R6 (#65)	+3	+3
Joel Eriksson Ek	R11	Drafted	220	R8	+3	R8 (#86)	+3	+3
Dylan Guenther	R7	Drafted	306	R3	+4	R5 (#53)	+2	+2.8
Owen Tippett	R13	Drafted	216	R9	+4	R11 (#125)	+2	+2.8
Brandon Bussi	R18	Free agent	167	R15	+3	R18 (unranked)	0	+1.2
Brock Boeser	R15	Drafted	151	R17	-2	R12 (#142)	+3	+1
Miro Heiskanen	R12	Drafted	225	R8	+4	R13 (#151)	-1	+1
Filip Hronek	R18	Free agent	153	R17	+1	R18 (#307)	0	+0.4
Nikolaj Ehlers	R8	Drafted	285	R4	+4	R10 (#118)	-2	+0.4
Mika Zibanejad one-year keep	R5	Drafted	288	R3	+2	R6 (#71)	-1	+0.2
Vince Dunn	R16	Drafted	158	R16	0	R18 (#268)	-2	-1.2
Seth Jarvis one-year keep	R4	Drafted	284	R4	0	R7 (#73)	-3	-1.8
Anthony Stolarz one-year keep	R6	Drafted	83	R18	-12	R6 (#72)	0	-4.8
Cale Makar INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	309	R2	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Igor Shesterkin INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	218	R9	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Cole Caufield INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	388	R1	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

Pit - i - ful

doctorbish10

2025-26 keeper: Dustin Wolf · R18

#1 value keep · score +8.8

Dustin Wolf

Cost R15 · kept-25-26 +3rd cost · 200 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R3 (#29)

back +4 · fwd +12

Drafted

#2 value keep · score +4.4

Anthony Mantha

Cost R18 · 236 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R18 (unranked)

back +11 · fwd 0

Free agent

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Dustin Wolf TOP KEEP 2025-26 keeper	R15 was R18	Drafted	200	R11	+4	R3 (#29)	+12	+8.8
Anthony Mantha TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	236	R7	+11	R18 (unranked)	0	+4.4
Jet Greaves	R18	Free agent	230	R8	+10	R18 (unranked)	0	+4
Viktor Arvidsson	R18	Free agent	229	R8	+10	R18 (unranked)	0	+4
Tyler Bertuzzi	R18	Free agent	216	R9	+9	R18 (#239)	0	+3.6
Noah Cates	R18	Free agent	196	R11	+7	R18 (#305)	0	+2.8
Claude Giroux	R18	Free agent	194	R12	+6	R18 (#247)	0	+2.4
Sam Malinski	R18	Free agent	187	R13	+5	R18 (unranked)	0	+2
Valeri Nichushkin	R17	Drafted	186	R13	+4	R18 (#215)	-1	+1
Mark Scheifele one-year keep	R4	Drafted	329	R2	+2	R5 (#57)	-1	+0.2
Ivan Provorov	R18	Free agent	142	R18	0	R18 (#267)	0	0
Alexander Nikishin	R17	Trade/Claim (from District 5 Ducks, R17)	148	R17	0	R18 (unranked)	-1	-0.6
Dawson Mercer	R16	Trade/Claim (from Pasta My Prime, R16)	167	R15	+1	R18 (#284)	-2	-0.8
Mattias Ekholm	R13	Drafted	171	R15	-2	R18 (#238)	-5	-3.8
Shea Theodore	R12	Trade/Claim (from District 5 Ducks, R12)	158	R16	-4	R18 (#234)	-6	-5.2
Connor McDavid INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	512	R1	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Jake Guentzel INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	341	R2	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Tim Stutzle INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	308	R2	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

Trocheck Yo'Self

Kristin VanEnwyck

2025-26 keeper: John Carlson · R8

#1 value keep · score +4.8

Anthony Cirelli

Cost R17 · 222 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R15 (#179)

back +9 · fwd +2

Drafted

#2 value keep · score +2.8

Jackson Blake

Cost R18 · 204 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R18 (#241)

back +7 · fwd 0

Drafted

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Anthony Cirelli TOP KEEP	R17	Drafted	222	R8	+9	R15 (#179)	+2	+4.8
Jackson Blake TOP KEEP	R18	Drafted	204	R11	+7	R18 (#241)	0	+2.8
Kiefer Sherwood	R18	Free agent	154	R16	+2	R15 (#178)	+3	+2.6
Mikael Backlund	R18	Free agent	185	R13	+5	R18 (#232)	0	+2
Connor Bedard	R7	Drafted	269	R4	+3	R6 (#68)	+1	+1.8
Jakob Chychrun	R11	Drafted	265	R5	+6	R12 (#141)	-1	+1.8
Will Cuylle	R14	Drafted	148	R17	-3	R10 (#117)	+4	+1.2
Clayton Keller one-year keep	R4	Drafted	333	R2	+2	R4 (#48)	0	+0.8
Jonathan Huberdeau	R16	Drafted	87	R18	-2	R14 (#158)	+2	+0.4
Corey Perry	R18	Free agent	143	R17	+1	R18 (unranked)	0	+0.4
Frank Vatrano	R10	Drafted	36	R18	-8	R7 (#84)	+3	-1.4
Jacob Markstrom	R12	Drafted	140	R18	-6	R13 (#152)	-1	-3
Jordan Kyrou one-year keep	R6	Drafted	178	R14	-8	R6 (#64)	0	-3.2
John Carlson 2025-26 keeper	R5 was R8	Drafted	212	R10	-5	R7 (#79)	-2	-3.2
Morgan Rielly	R13	Drafted	120	R18	-5	R15 (#180)	-2	-3.2
Mike Matheson	R9	Drafted	135	R18	-9	R10 (#109)	-1	-4.2
Vincent Trocheck 2024-25 keeper one-year keep	R5	Drafted	164	R16	-11	R5 (#55)	0	-4.4
Filip Forsberg INELIGIBLE 2024-25 keeper	R1	Drafted	301	R3	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Andrei Vasilevskiy INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	266	R5	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Martin Necas INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	382	R1	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

Very Knies

espn65708552

2025-26 keeper: Matthew Knies · R16

#1 value keep · score +5.8

Ryan O'Reilly

Cost R15 · 267 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R12 (#143)

back +10 · fwd +3

Drafted

#2 value keep · score +3.6

Beckett Sennecke

Cost R18 · 216 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R18 (unranked)

back +9 · fwd 0

Free agent

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Ryan O'Reilly TOP KEEP	R15	Drafted	267	R5	+10	R12 (#143)	+3	+5.8
Beckett Sennecke TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	216	R9	+9	R18 (unranked)	0	+3.6
Brock Nelson	R9	Trade/Claim (from Take Your Kaprizov, R9)	271	R4	+5	R7 (#75)	+2	+3.2
Dan Vladar	R18	Free agent	205	R11	+7	R18 (#328)	0	+2.8
Matthew Knies 2025-26 keeper	R13 was R16	Drafted	191	R12	+1	R11 (#129)	+2	+1.6
Rickard Rakell	R11	Drafted	193	R12	-1	R8 (#88)	+3	+1.4
Elvis Merzlikins	R18	Drafted	96	R18	0	R16 (#192)	+2	+1.2
Brandt Clarke	R18	Free agent	166	R15	+3	R18 (#221)	0	+1.2
Gabriel Landeskog	R15	Trade/Claim (from The Boldy and the Beautiful, R15)	164	R16	-1	R13 (#153)	+2	+0.8
Tage Thompson one-year keep	R4	Drafted	319	R2	+2	R4 (#44)	0	+0.8
Justin Faulk	R18	Free agent	150	R17	+1	R18 (#274)	0	+0.4
Adam Fantilli one-year keep	R5	Drafted	216	R9	-4	R5 (#54)	0	-1.6
Carter Verhaeghe	R8	Trade/Claim (from Pit - i - ful, R8)	198	R11	-3	R9 (#97)	-1	-1.8
Jackson LaCombe one-year keep	R6	Trade/Claim (from Pit - i - ful, R6)	196	R12	-6	R8 (#92)	-2	-3.6
K'Andre Miller	R14	Drafted	138	R18	-4	R18 (#207)	-4	-4
Thomas Chabot	R14	Trade/Claim (from Take Your Kaprizov, R14)	118	R18	-4	R18 (#242)	-4	-4
Joey Daccord one-year keep	R6	Drafted	171	R15	-9	R7 (#78)	-1	-4.2
Kyle Connor INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	343	R2	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Mikko Rantanen INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	257	R5	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Adrian Kempe INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	294	R3	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

Take Your Kaprizov

espn23620043

2025-26 keeper: Patrik Laine · R18

#1 value keep · score +4.4

Pavel Zacha

Cost R18 · 239 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R18 (#279)

back +11 · fwd 0

Free agent

#2 value keep · score +3.8

Cutter Gauthier

Cost R11 · 300 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R10 (#110)

back +8 · fwd +1

Drafted

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Pavel Zacha TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	239	R7	+11	R18 (#279)	0	+4.4
Cutter Gauthier TOP KEEP	R11	Drafted	300	R3	+8	R10 (#110)	+1	+3.8
Ivan Barbashev	R18	Free agent	218	R9	+9	R18 (#265)	0	+3.6
Josh Doan	R18	Free agent	202	R11	+7	R18 (unranked)	0	+2.8
Luke Evangelista	R18	Free agent	201	R11	+7	R18 (unranked)	0	+2.8
Ryan McLeod	R18	Free agent	194	R12	+6	R18 (#259)	0	+2.4
Christian Dvorak	R18	Free agent	189	R12	+6	R18 (unranked)	0	+2.4
Marcus Johansson	R18	Free agent	180	R14	+4	R18 (unranked)	0	+1.6
Mattias Samuelsson	R18	Free agent	180	R14	+4	R18 (unranked)	0	+1.6
Brent Burns	R18	Free agent	178	R14	+4	R18 (#231)	0	+1.6
Anders Lee	R13	Drafted	181	R14	-1	R10 (#111)	+3	+1.4
Kirill Marchenko one-year keep	R4	Drafted	274	R4	0	R3 (#31)	+1	+0.6
J.J. Moser	R18	Free agent	147	R17	+1	R18 (unranked)	0	+0.4
David Rittich	R18	Free agent	104	R18	0	R18 (unranked)	0	0
John Tavares one-year keep	R5	Drafted	233	R7	-2	R4 (#43)	+1	-0.2
Jake Sanderson one-year keep	R6	Drafted	212	R10	-4	R8 (#90)	-2	-2.8
Patrik Laine 2025-26 keeper	R15 was R18	Drafted	1	R18	-3	R18 (#290)	-3	-3
William Nylander INELIGIBLE	R1	Drafted	252	R6	Drafted R1 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Jake Oettinger INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	232	R7	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Sidney Crosby INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	257	R6	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)

Team not Josh Allen!

JDR3

2025-26 keeper: Sam Reinhart · R7 · also kept 2024-25 (R7) — ineligible to re-keep (no 3-peat)

#1 value keep · score +5.6

Bryan Rust

Cost R14 · 250 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R10 (#114)

back +8 · fwd +4

Drafted

#2 value keep · score +3.2

Jordan Eberle

Cost R18 · 212 pts 25-26 · 26-27 rank R18 (#281)

back +8 · fwd 0

Free agent

Player	Keeper Cost	How Acquired	Pts 25-26	Prod Rd	Back Val	26-27 Rank	Fwd Val	Keeper Score
Bryan Rust TOP KEEP	R14	Drafted	250	R6	+8	R10 (#114)	+4	+5.6
Jordan Eberle TOP KEEP	R18	Free agent	212	R10	+8	R18 (#281)	0	+3.2
Spencer Knight	R18	Drafted	208	R10	+8	R18 (#294)	0	+3.2
Alex DeBrincat one-year keep	R6	Drafted	343	R2	+4	R5 (#56)	+1	+2.2
Jesper Wallstedt	R18	Free agent	172	R15	+3	R18 (unranked)	0	+1.2
Jared McCann	R14	Trade/Claim (from Pasta My Prime, R14)	147	R17	-3	R11 (#124)	+3	+0.6
Trevor Zegras	R11	Drafted	243	R6	+5	R14 (#160)	-3	+0.2
Josh Norris	R18	Free agent	127	R18	0	R18 (#285)	0	0
Matt Duchene	R15	Trade/Claim (from Pit - i - ful, R15)	150	R17	-2	R15 (#169)	0	-0.8
Timo Meier	R8	Drafted	200	R11	-3	R8 (#91)	0	-1.2
Brock Faber	R9	Drafted	207	R10	-1	R11 (#127)	-2	-1.6
Jacob Trouba	R16	Drafted	137	R18	-2	R18 (#212)	-2	-2
Seth Jones	R12	Drafted	113	R18	-6	R12 (#137)	0	-2.4
J.T. Miller one-year keep	R5	Drafted	166	R15	-10	R3 (#34)	+2	-2.8
Dougie Hamilton	R10	Trade/Claim (from Eagle Fang, R10)	172	R14	-4	R13 (#154)	-3	-3.4
JJ Peterka one-year keep	R6	Trade/Claim (from Raleigh IceCaps, R6)	186	R13	-7	R9 (#106)	-3	-4.6
Juuse Saros one-year keep	R4	Drafted	215	R9	-5	R9 (#105)	-5	-5
Jason Robertson INELIGIBLE	R2	Drafted	409	R1	Drafted R2 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Rasmus Dahlin INELIGIBLE	R3	Drafted	274	R4	Drafted R3 — rounds 1-3 not keepable (rule 3)
Sam Reinhart INELIGIBLE 2025-26 keeper 2024-25 keeper	R7	Drafted	225	R8	Kept 2024-25 & 2025-26 — no 3-peat (rule 4)