Karlsson was the only defenseman drafted inside the top 15 on average last season, and Subban was the only other defenseman taken among the first 30 picks. But three defensemen (Karlsson, Burns, Letang) finished among the top 13 overall players in Yahoo's performance-based rankings last season. And now Subban, who missed time because of injury last season, was traded to the Stanley Cup-contending Predators, meaning four elite, puck-moving defensemen are worth drafting among the top 13 this season.

Defensemen Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators, Brent Burns of the San Jose Sharks, P.K. Subban of the Nashville Predators and Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins have revolutionized the fantasy value of their position, so much so that the first round of drafts could have a far different look than last season.

Subban likely will man the first power-play unit in Nashville with fellow top-10 fantasy defenseman Roman Josi and could have 60-70 points while covering all six categories. Karlsson and Burns may be safer picks, but you can make the argument Subban's ceiling is higher. Other defensemen to climb the top 200 rankings include Keith Yandle, who joins the Florida Panthers, and Rasmus Ristolainen, who now has Kyle Okposo, in addition to Jack Eichel and Ryan O'Reilly, with him on the Buffalo Sabres' first power-play unit.

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The biggest forward value spikes go to Dylan Larkin, who could take the next step for the Detroit Red Wings after Pavel Datsyuk's departure; Andrew Ladd, who has his sights set on a spot next to John Tavares with the New York Islanders; and Adam Henrique, who reunites with Ontario Hockey League teammate Taylor Hall after Hall was traded to the New Jersey Devils. Factor in the top two 2016 NHL Draft picks, Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Patrik Laine of the Winnipeg Jets, respectively, the return to the NHL of Russian forward Alexander Radulov with the Montreal Canadiens and several underrated free-agent signees (Eric Staal, Minnesota Wild; Mikkel Boedker, Sharks; PA Parenteau, Islanders) and you have a drastically different landscape than when the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs ended.

On the goalie front, Cory Schneider finally is equipped to excel in the wins category after the Devils' offensive upgrade, and John Gibson of the Anaheim Ducks should be considered a top-10 fantasy goalie after the Frederik Andersen trade to the Maple Leafs. With Marc-Andre Fleury still with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the defending Stanley Cup champions could use a timeshare tandem this season, potentially putting a cap on Matt Murray's fantasy upside. With the Tampa Bay Lightning signing Andrei Vasilevskiy to a three-year contract extension and an expansion draft looming for the Las Vegas franchise after this season, Ben Bishop's value takes at least a slight hit with the younger Vasilevskiy poised for additional starts this season. And given all the Sabres' moves, goalie Robin Lehner leads the early list of fantasy sleeper candidates.

With all these offseason trends in mind, here's an updated look at the top 200 fantasy player ranking for 2016-17. Value has been quantified based on past production trends, potential line combinations, power-play usage, team goalie situations, injury history, bounce-back or breakout upside, projected regression, age and contract status (pending restricted free agents are noted below). This list will be updated again before training camp.

NOTE: Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, penalty minutes, power-play points and shots on goal for skaters, and wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts for goalies.

1. Patrick Kane, C/RW, CHI

2. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT

3. Alex Ovechkin, LW/RW, WSH

4. Jamie Benn, LW, DAL

5. Erik Karlsson, D, OTT

6. Brent Burns, D/RW, SJS

7. Joe Pavelski, C/LW/RW, SJS

8. Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL

9. Connor McDavid, C, EDM

10. P.K. Subban, D, NSH

11. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (RFA)

12. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL

13. Kris Letang, D, PIT

14. Claude Giroux, C/RW, PHI

15. John Tavares, C, NYI

16. Braden Holtby, G, WSH

17. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (RFA)

18. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C/LW, WSH

19. Joe Thornton, C, SJS

20. Steven Stamkos, C, TBL

21. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK

22. Evgeni Malkin, C/RW, PIT

23. Ben Bishop, G, TBL

24. Blake Wheeler, RW, WPG

25. Artemi Panarin, LW, CHI

26. Carey Price, G, MTL

27. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS

28. Corey Perry, RW, ANA

29. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS

30. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT

31. Wayne Simmonds, LW/RW, PHI

32. Taylor Hall, C/LW, NJD

33. Martin Jones, G, SJS

34. Dustin Byfuglien, D/RW, WPG

35. Filip Forsberg, C/LW/RW, NSH

36. Cory Schneider, G, NJD

37. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH

38. Roman Josi, D, NSH

39. Jonathan Quick, G, LAK

40. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D, ARI

41. Corey Crawford, G, CHI

42. Ryan Getzlaf, C, ANA

43. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, PHI

44. James Neal, LW/RW, NSH

45. Jack Eichel, C, BUF

46. John Carlson, D, WSH

47. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA

48. Ryan Johansen, C/RW, NSH

49. John Gibson, G, ANA

50. Drew Doughty, D, LAK

51. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG

52. Ryan O'Reilly, C/LW/RW, BUF

53. Pekka Rinne, G, NSH

54. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (RFA)

55. Nathan MacKinnon, C/RW, COL

56. Zach Parise, LW, MIN

57. Mark Giordano, D, CGY

58. Jason Spezza, C, DAL

59. Matt Murray, G, PIT

60. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS

61. Daniel Sedin, LW, VAN

62. Jake Allen, G, STL

63. Victor Hedman, D, TBL

64. Jonathan Huberdeau, C/LW, FLA

65. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI

66. Alexander Steen, C/LW, STL

67. Max Pacioretty, LW, MTL

68. Henrik Lundqvist, G, NYR

69. John Klingberg, D, DAL

70. Tyler Toffoli, C/LW/RW, LAK

71. Tyler Johnson, C, TBL

72. Duncan Keith, D, CHI

73. Kyle Okposo, RW, BUF

74. Brian Elliott, G, CGY

75. Keith Yandle, D, FLA

76. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, PHI (RFA)

77. Jeff Carter, C/RW, LAK

78. Vincent Trocheck, C/RW, FLA

79. Matt Duchene, C/LW, COL

80. Roberto Luongo, G, FLA (INJ.)

81. Auston Matthews, C, TOR

82. Jaromir Jagr, RW, FLA

83. Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT

84. Patrick Sharp, C/LW/RW, DAL

85. Shea Weber, D, MTL

86. Milan Lucic, LW, EDM

87. Ryan Kesler, C/RW, ANA

88. Jonathan Drouin, LW, TBL

89. Tyson Barrie, D, COL (RFA)

90. T.J. Oshie, C/RW, WSH

91. Devan Dubnyk, G, MIN

92. Rasmus Ristolainen, D, BUF (RFA)

93. Brandon Saad, LW/RW, CBJ

94. Jordan Eberle, RW, EDM

95. Frederik Andersen, G, TOR

96. Kevin Shattenkirk, D, STL

97. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA

98. Andrew Ladd, LW, NYI

99. Marc-Andre Fleury, G, PIT

100. Torey Krug, D, BOS

101. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG

102. Derick Brassard, C, NYR

103. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL

104. Ryan Suter, D, MIN

105. Jakub Voracek, LW/RW, PHI

106. Brent Seabrook, D, CHI

107. Tomas Hertl, C/LW, SJS

108. Rick Nash, LW/RW, NYR

109. Jake Muzzin, D, LAK

110. Loui Eriksson, LW/RW, VAN

111. Tuukka Rask, G, BOS

112. Justin Faulk, D, CAR

113. Robby Fabbri, C, STL

114. Kyle Palmieri, LW/RW, NJD

115. Max Domi, C/LW, ARI

116. Henrik Sedin, C, VAN

117. Jussi Jokinen, C/LW/RW, FLA

118. Teuvo Teravainen, LW, CAR

119. Dylan Larkin, C/LW, DET

120. David Krejci, C, BOS

121. Alex Pietrangelo, D, STL

122. Henrik Zetterberg, C/LW, DET

123. Thomas Greiss, G, NYI

124. Seth Jones, D, CBJ

125. Adam Henrique, C/LW, NJD

126. Justin Williams, RW, WSH

127. Marian Hossa, RW, CHI

128. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, D, SJS

129. Petr Mrazek, G, DET (RFA)

130. Sami Vatanen, D, ANA

131. James van Riemsdyk, LW, TOR

132. Alexander Radulov, RW, MTL

133. Jeff Skinner, LW/RW, CAR

134. Dougie Hamilton, D, CGY

135. Boone Jenner, C/RW, CBJ

136. Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL (RFA)

137. David Backes, C/RW, BOS

138. Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL

139. Colton Parayko, D, STL

140. Mike Hoffman, C/LW, OTT (RFA)

141. Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, MTL

142. Michael Cammalleri, C/LW, NJD

143. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL

144. Ryan McDonagh, D, NYR

145. Robin Lehner, G, BUF

146. Anton Stralman, D, TBL

147. Evander Kane, LW, BUF

148. Mats Zuccarello, LW/RW, NYR

149. Mark Stone, RW, OTT

150. Bobby Ryan, LW/RW, OTT

151. Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL

152. Michal Neuvirth, G, PHI

153. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR

154. Bryan Little, C/RW, WPG

155. Anthony Duclair, LW/RW, ARI

156. Eric Staal, C/LW, MIN

157. Nick Leddy, D, NYI

158. James Reimer, G, FLA

159. Joonas Donskoi, RW, SJS

160. Reilly Smith, LW/RW, FLA

161. Paul Stastny, C, STL

162. Derek Stepan, C, NYR

163. Jaroslav Halak, G, NYI

164. Mikko Koivu, C, MIN

165. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, CBJ

166. Zdeno Chara, D, BOS

167. Victor Rask, C, CAR (RFA)

168. TJ Brodie, D, CGY

169. Hampus Lindholm, D, ANA (RFA)

170. Mikkel Boedker, LW/RW, SJS

171. Brandon Dubinsky, C/LW, CBJ

172. Rickard Rakell, C, ANA (RFA)

173. Semyon Varlamov, G, COL

174. Michael Stone, D, ARI (RFA)

175. Sean Couturier, C, PHI

176. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG

177. Frans Nielsen, C, DET

178. Alex Killorn, C/LW, TBL (RFA)

179. Andre Burakovsky, LW, WSH

180. Steve Mason, G, PHI

181. Alec Martinez, D, LAK

182. Mattias Ekholm, D, NSH

183. Jimmy Howard, G, DET

184. Trevor Daley, D, PIT

185. Mike Green, D, DET

186. Kyle Turris, C, OTT

187. PA Parenteau, RW, NYI

188. Dion Phaneuf, D, OTT

189. William Nylander, C/RW, TOR

190. Matt Niskanen, D, WSH

191. Andrei Markov, D, MTL

192. Troy Brouwer, RW, CGY

193. Brian Campbell, D, CHI

194. Sam Reinhart, C, BUF

195. Johnny Boychuk, D, NYI

196. Ryan Ellis, D, NSH

197. Leo Komarov, C/LW/RW, TOR

198. Cam Talbot, G, EDM

199. Matt Dumba, D, MIN (RFA)

200. David Pastrnak, LW/RW, BOS

Just missed: Cam Atkinson (RW, CBJ), Nick Bonino (C, PIT), Kari Lehtonen (G, DAL), Nick Holden (D, NYR), Leon Draisaitl (C/RW, EDM), Chris Kreider (LW, NYR - RFA), Dylan Strome (C, ARI), Connor Hellebuyck (G, WPG), Adam Larsson (D, EDM), Noah Hanifin (D, CAR)