DRAFT ADVICE AND POSITION RANK

Based on our latest pre-season projection, you can expect Leon Draisaitl will be an elite fantasy starter. His 305 projected fantasy points puts him ahead of Brad Marchand making him our #1 ranked left wing. He has averaged 3.62 fantasy points in his past 82 games, which is slightly less than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 3.87 fantasy points. He is slightly underrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 98%, he is the #4 most highly owned left wing. Last season he was also the #1 ranked left wing.

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WEEK 1 AND 2 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Leon Draisaitl is projected for 8.47 fantasy points in 2 games the rest of the week which is good enough to be the #2 ranked center and a must start for most owners. This is projected to be a better than average week with more fantasy points per game than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Evander Kane but behind Alex Ovechkin the rest of the week. His projected rank in Week 2 is the same as it is in Week 1. He is projected for 10.27 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Below the projection are actual stats from last season.