The first thing you’ll notice here is how quickly the sure things dry up. that doesn’t mean you have to reach for left-wingers when better centres are still available, but it does mean you need to load up on sleepers and lottery tickets if you neglect the position early.
Positional rankings: Goalies | Defencemen | Centres | Right-Wingers
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | |
| 01 | Alex Ovechkin | Washington | |
| 02 | Taylor Hall | Edmonton | |
| 03 | Jamie Benn | Dallas | |
| 04 | Henrik Zetterberg | Detroit | |
| 05 | Zach Parise | Minnesota | |
| 06 | Thomas Vanek | Minnesota | |
| 07 | Max Pacioretty | Montreal | |
| 08 | Daniel Sedin | Vancouver | |
| 09 | James Van Riemsdyk | Toronto | |
| 10 | Gabriel Landeskog | Colorado | |
| 11 | Milan Lucic | Boston | |
| 12 | Chris Kunitz | Pittsburgh | |
| 13 | Scott Hartnell | Columbus | |
| 14 | Patrick Sharp | Chicago | |
| 15 | Patrick Marleau | San Jose | |
| 16 | Jeff Skinner | Carolina | |
| 17 | Chris Kreider | New York | |
| 18 | Mikkel Boedker | Arizona | |
| 19 | Jonathan Drouin | Tampa Bay | |
| 20 | Mike Cammalleri | New Jersey | |
| 21 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Washington | |
| 22 | Brandon Saad | Chicago | |
| 23 | Jaden Schwartz | St. Louis | |
| 24 | Patrik Elias | New Jersey | |
| 25 | Andrew Ladd | Winnipeg | |
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