The Athletic Player Tiers Project

Created by: Klara

Team: 2021-22 Custom Team

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 12, 2021

Published: Oct. 12, 2021

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

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Description from article on how this was decided:
"Starting as a conversation between Dom Luszczyszyn, Corey Pronman and Sean Gentille, with Dom’s model as a baseline, we spent hours on Zoom shifting players up and down, debating the merits of each player’s individual value. Then, as the responses arrived from scouting staffs, analytics departments and front offices, we shifted again. We debated again. We merged quantifiable data with our own intuitions and observations"

Link: https://theathletic.com/2878100/2021/10/12/nhl-player-tiers-top-100-skaters-ranked-in-groups-from-connor-mcdavid-to-ivan-provorov/

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
78	$999,999,999	$566,986,830	$0	$932,500	$433,013,169

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tier 1, MVP Caliber $750,000$750,000	Tier 2, Franchise Player $750,000$750,000	Tier 3, All Star $750,000$750,000
--1, A-- $750,000$750,000	--2, A-- $750,000$750,000	--3, A-- $750,000$750,000
McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 5	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 4	Kaprizov, Kirill $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW UFA - 5
Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 3	Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857$11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 5	Huberdeau, Jonathan $5,900,000$5,900,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 2
MacKinnon, Nathan $6,300,000$6,300,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Barkov, Aleksander $5,900,000$5,900,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 2
--1, B-- $750,000$750,000	Point, Brayden $6,750,000$6,750,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Couturier, Sean $4,333,333$4,333,333 C UFA - 1
Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW NMC UFA - 4	O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 2
Kucherov, Nikita $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 6	Stone, Mark $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 6	Svechnikov, Andrei $7,750,000$7,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 8
Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C UFA - 4	Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 8
Makar, Cale $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 6	Fox, Adam $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 1	Josi, Roman $9,059,000$9,059,000 LD NMC UFA - 7
Hedman, Victor $7,875,000$7,875,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	McAvoy, Charlie $4,900,000$4,900,000 RD UFA - 1	Carlson, John $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 5
	--2, B-- $750,000$750,000	Pietrangelo, Alex $8,800,000$8,800,000 RD NMC UFA - 6
	Aho, Sebastian $8,460,250$8,460,250 C UFA - 3	--3, B-- $750,000$750,000
	Pettersson, Elias $7,350,000$7,350,000 C, LW UFA - 3	Zibanejad, Mika $5,350,000$5,350,000 C NMC UFA - 1
	Bergeron, Patrice $6,875,000$6,875,000 C M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Scheifele, Mark $6,125,000$6,125,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3
	Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Tkachuk, Matthew $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA - 1
	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 5	DeBrincat, Alex $6,400,000$6,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
	Barzal, Mathew $7,000,000$7,000,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 4
	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 5
	Theodore, Shea $5,200,000$5,200,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD UFA - 4
	Heiskanen, Miro $8,450,000$8,450,000 LD/RD UFA - 8	Pelech, Adam $5,750,000$5,750,000 LD UFA - 8
		Toews, Devon $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD UFA - 3
		Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 6
		Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
		Ekblad, Aaron $7,500,000$7,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 4
		Slavin, Jaccob $5,300,000$5,300,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
	Tier 4, Top of the Lineup $750,000$750,000

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
--4, A-- $750,000$750,000	--4, B-- $750,000$750,000	--4, C-- $750,000$750,000
Pavelski, Joe $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Kopitar, Anze $10,000,000$10,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 8
Nylander, William $6,962,366$6,962,366 RW UFA - 3	Bäckström, Nicklas $9,200,000$9,200,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6
Hertl, Tomas $5,625,000$5,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Seguin, Tyler $9,850,000$9,850,000 C, RW NMC UFA - 6	Horvat, Bo $4,125,000$4,125,000 C UFA - 2
Malkin, Evgeni $9,500,000$9,500,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Giroux, Claude $4,137,500$4,137,500 RW, C NMC UFA - 1	Lindholm, Elias $4,850,000$4,850,000 C, RW UFA - 3
Gaudreau, Johnny $6,750,000$6,750,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Larkin, Dylan $6,100,000$6,100,000 C UFA - 2	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($537,500$538K) C UFA - 1
Ehlers, Nikolaj $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 4	Hall, Taylor $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW NMC UFA - 4	Perron, David $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Connor, Kyle $7,142,857$7,142,857 LW UFA - 5	Teräväinen, Teuvo $5,400,000$5,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Pacioretty, Max $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Forsberg, Filip $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW UFA - 1	Karlsson, William $5,900,000$5,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 6
Hintz, Roope $3,150,000$3,150,000 C UFA - 2	Robertson, Jason $795,000$795,000 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW RFA - 1	Konecny, Travis $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Stamkos, Steven $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 3	Tkachuk, Brady $750,000$750,000	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 6
Klingberg, John $4,250,000$4,250,000 RD UFA - 1	Werenski, Zachary $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 1	McDonagh, Ryan $6,750,000$6,750,000 LD NTC UFA - 5
Letang, Kris $7,250,000$7,250,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Chabot, Thomas $8,000,000$8,000,000 LD UFA - 7	Giordano, Mark $3,375,000$3,375,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
Pulock, Ryan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Ekholm, Mattias $3,750,000$3,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Pesce, Brett $4,025,000$4,025,000 RD UFA - 3
Weegar, MacKenzie $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Ellis, Ryan $6,250,000$6,250,000 RD UFA - 6	Brodin, Jonas $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 7
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Muzzin, Jake $5,625,000$5,625,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Provorov, Ivan $4,725,000$4,725,000 LD UFA - 4
Hughes, Quinn $7,850,000$7,850,000 LD UFA - 6	Nurse, Darnell $5,600,000$5,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Parayko, Colton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 1
Jones, Seth $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 6

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Oct. 12, 2021 at 6:20 p.m.

Ragsandbluesfan

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So Panarin who was 3rd in MVP his last full season is not an MVP caliber player? Also are they ordered within the tiers.

Oct. 12, 2021 at 6:22 p.m.

Aussie_Blackhawk

Joined: Oct. 2019

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Kane copping some serious disrespect in the article being on that level.

Oct. 12, 2021 at 6:23 p.m.

Klara

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Quoting: Ragsandbluesfan

So Panarin who was 3rd in MVP his last full season is not an MVP caliber player? Also are they ordered within the tiers.

Doesn't look like it, since they are all in order by position within the tiers.

Oct. 12, 2021 at 6:25 p.m.

Klara

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Quoting: Aussie_Blackhawk

Kane copping some serious disrespect in the article being on that level.

Probably has something to do with his consistently league worst defensive play if I had to guess.

Oct. 12, 2021 at 6:33 p.m.

RazWild

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Quoting: Ragsandbluesfan

So Panarin who was 3rd in MVP his last full season is not an MVP caliber player? Also are they ordered within the tiers.

Quoting: Klara

Doesn't look like it, since they are all in order by position within the tiers.

To be fair, they did say he just barely missed the cut, and that they heavily considered him for that tier all things considered. It was a extremely close decision. He's more or less right there as far as they're concerned.

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