The Edgework model · projection
Positional Value
2026-27 projections, ranked within position.
Centers
163 qualifying centers (GP ≥ 41 in 2025-26)
| # | Player | Team | Proj | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Auston Matthews | TOR | +1.54 | 1001/163 |
| 2 |  Macklin Celebrini | SJS | +1.38 | 992/163 |
| 3 |  Tage Thompson | BUF | +1.25 | 993/163 |
| 4 |  Nathan MacKinnon | COL | +1.24 | 984/163 |
| 5 |  Seth Jarvis | CAR | +1.19 | 985/163 |
| 6 |  Jack Eichel | VGK | +1.14 | 976/163 |
| 7 |  Jack Hughes | NJD | +1.03 | 967/163 |
| 8 |  Morgan Geekie | BOS | +0.97 | 968/163 |
| 9 |  Jake Guentzel | TBL | +0.91 | 959/163 |
| 10 |  Brayden Point | TBL | +0.90 | 9410/163 |
| 11 |  Oliver Kapanen | MTL | +0.83 | 9411/163 |
| 12 |  Boone Jenner | CBJ | +0.78 | 9312/163 |
| 13 |  Mark Scheifele | WPG | +0.75 | 9313/163 |
| 14 |  Connor McDavid | EDM | +0.72 | 9214/163 |
| 15 |  Leon Draisaitl | EDM | +0.68 | 9115/163 |
| 16 |  Adam Fantilli | CBJ | +0.67 | 9116/163 |
| 17 |  Robert Thomas | STL | +0.62 | 9017/163 |
| 18 |  Wyatt Johnston | DAL | +0.59 | 9018/163 |
| 19 |  Nick Schmaltz | UTA | +0.57 | 8919/163 |
| 20 |  Leo Carlsson | ANA | +0.56 | 8820/163 |
| 21 |  Ben Kindel | PIT | +0.54 | 8821/163 |
| 22 |  Tim Stützle | OTT | +0.54 | 8722/163 |
| 23 |  Bo Horvat | NYI | +0.54 | 8623/163 |
| 24 |  Parker Kelly | COL | +0.54 | 8624/163 |
| 25 |  Nick Suzuki | MTL | +0.51 | 8525/163 |
| 26 |  Bobby McMann | TOR | +0.50 | 8526/163 |
| 27 |  Connor Bedard | CHI | +0.49 | 8427/163 |
| 28 |  Logan Cooley | UTA | +0.46 | 8328/163 |
| 29 |  Tommy Novak | PIT | +0.46 | 8329/163 |
| 30 |  Jack Roslovic | EDM | +0.43 | 8230/163 |
| 31 |  Martin Necas | COL | +0.42 | 8131/163 |
| 32 |  Will Smith | SJS | +0.38 | 8132/163 |
| 33 |  Justin Hryckowian | DAL | +0.38 | 8033/163 |
| 34 |  Sidney Crosby | PIT | +0.36 | 8034/163 |
| 35 |  Sam Bennett | FLA | +0.33 | 7935/163 |
| 36 |  Cole Perfetti | WPG | +0.33 | 7836/163 |
| 37 |  Anthony Cirelli | TBL | +0.30 | 7837/163 |
| 38 |  Matty Beniers | SEA | +0.30 | 7738/163 |
| 39 |  Evgeni Malkin | PIT | +0.27 | 7739/163 |
| 40 |  Tyler Toffoli | SJS | +0.27 | 7640/163 |
| 41 |  Shane Wright | SEA | +0.26 | 7541/163 |
| 42 |  Tomas Hertl | VGK | +0.26 | 7542/163 |
| 43 |  Elias Pettersson | VAN | +0.26 | 7443/163 |
| 44 |  Ryan Poehling | ANA | +0.25 | 7344/163 |
| 45 |  Logan Stankoven | CAR | +0.24 | 7345/163 |
| 46 |  Carter Verhaeghe | FLA | +0.23 | 7246/163 |
| 47 |  Ross Colton | COL | +0.22 | 7247/163 |
| 48 |  Fraser Minten | BOS | +0.21 | 7148/163 |
| 49 |  Frank Nazar | CHI | +0.20 | 7049/163 |
| 50 |  Sebastian Aho | CAR | +0.20 | 7050/163 |
| 51 |  John Tavares | TOR | +0.20 | 6951/163 |
| 52 |  Mavrik Bourque | DAL | +0.18 | 6952/163 |
| 53 |  Mathew Barzal | NYI | +0.18 | 6853/163 |
| 54 |  Ryan O'Reilly | NSH | +0.17 | 6754/163 |
| 55 |  Michael Rasmussen | DET | +0.15 | 6755/163 |
| 56 |  Josh Norris | BUF | +0.15 | 6656/163 |
| 57 |  Connor Dewar | PIT | +0.14 | 6557/163 |
| 58 |  Trevor Zegras | PHI | +0.13 | 6558/163 |
| 59 |  Nazem Kadri | CGY | +0.09 | 6459/163 |
| 60 |  Dylan Strome | WSH | +0.08 | 6460/163 |
| 61 |  Marco Kasper | DET | +0.08 | 6361/163 |
| 62 |  Brock Nelson | COL | +0.07 | 6262/163 |
| 63 |  Sam Reinhart | FLA | +0.07 | 6263/163 |
| 64 |  Roope Hintz | DAL | +0.07 | 6164/163 |
| 65 |  Morgan Frost | CGY | +0.06 | 6065/163 |
| 66 |  Gabriel Vilardi | WPG | +0.04 | 6066/163 |
| 67 |  Brett Howden | VGK | +0.03 | 5967/163 |
| 68 |  Nico Sturm | MIN | +0.02 | 5968/163 |
| 69 |  Nico Hischier | NJD | +0.01 | 5869/163 |
| 70 |  Ryan Donato | CHI | +0.01 | 5770/163 |
| 71 |  Joel Eriksson Ek | MIN | +0.01 | 5771/163 |
| 72 |  Jaden Schwartz | SEA | +-0.02 | 5672/163 |
| 73 |  Alex Newhook | MTL | +-0.03 | 5673/163 |
| 74 |  Dylan Cozens | OTT | +-0.04 | 5574/163 |
| 75 |  Christian Dvorak | PHI | +-0.05 | 5475/163 |
| 76 |  Mason McTavish | ANA | +-0.06 | 5476/163 |
| 77 |  Vincent Trocheck | NYR | +-0.06 | 5377/163 |
| 78 |  Eetu Luostarinen | FLA | +-0.06 | 5278/163 |
| 79 |  Anze Kopitar | LAK | +-0.07 | 5279/163 |
| 80 |  Jesperi Kotkaniemi | CAR | +-0.09 | 5180/163 |
| 81 |  Marco Rossi | VAN | +-0.10 | 5181/163 |
| 82 |  Noel Acciari | PIT | +-0.10 | 5082/163 |
| 83 |  Anton Lundell | FLA | +-0.10 | 4983/163 |
| 84 |  Alexander Wennberg | SJS | +-0.12 | 4984/163 |
| 85 |  Sean Monahan | CBJ | +-0.13 | 4885/163 |
| 86 |  Jordan Staal | CAR | +-0.13 | 4886/163 |
| 87 |  Emmitt Finnie | DET | +-0.14 | 4787/163 |
| 88 |  Charlie Coyle | CBJ | +-0.15 | 4688/163 |
| 89 |  Dawson Mercer | NJD | +-0.19 | 4689/163 |
| 90 |  Matt Duchene | DAL | +-0.19 | 4590/163 |
| 91 |  Vladislav Namestnikov | WPG | +-0.20 | 4491/163 |
| 92 |  Cody Glass | NJD | +-0.20 | 4492/163 |
| 93 |  Elias Lindholm | BOS | +-0.22 | 4393/163 |
| 94 |  Justin Sourdif | WSH | +-0.25 | 4394/163 |
| 95 |  Paul Cotter | NJD | +-0.27 | 4295/163 |
| 96 |  Alex Turcotte | LAK | +-0.27 | 4196/163 |
| 97 |  Morgan Barron | WPG | +-0.27 | 4197/163 |
| 98 |  Yegor Sharangovich | CGY | +-0.28 | 4098/163 |
| 99 |  Pius Suter | STL | +-0.28 | 4099/163 |
| 100 |  Luke Kunin | FLA | +-0.28 | 39100/163 |
| 101 |  Shane Pinto | OTT | +-0.29 | 38101/163 |
| 102 |  Steven Stamkos | NSH | +-0.32 | 38102/163 |
| 103 |  Jean-Gabriel Pageau | NYI | +-0.34 | 37103/163 |
| 104 |  Sean Couturier | PHI | +-0.36 | 36104/163 |
| 105 |  Mikael Granlund | ANA | +-0.37 | 36105/163 |
| 106 |  Cole Sillinger | CBJ | +-0.43 | 35106/163 |
| 107 |  Jack Drury | COL | +-0.43 | 35107/163 |
| 108 |  Casey Cizikas | NYI | +-0.44 | 34108/163 |
| 109 |  Ryan Greene | CHI | +-0.44 | 33109/163 |
| 110 |  Mika Zibanejad | NYR | +-0.47 | 33110/163 |
| 111 |  Fedor Svechkov | NSH | +-0.48 | 32111/163 |
| 112 |  Jesper Boqvist | FLA | +-0.51 | 31112/163 |
| 113 |  Pavel Zacha | BOS | +-0.51 | 31113/163 |
| 114 |  J.T. Miller | NYR | +-0.54 | 30114/163 |
| 115 |  Andrew Copp | DET | +-0.57 | 30115/163 |
| 116 |  Kyle MacLean | NYI | +-0.58 | 29116/163 |
| 117 |  Peyton Krebs | BUF | +-0.61 | 28117/163 |
| 118 |  Barrett Hayton | UTA | +-0.61 | 28118/163 |
| 119 |  Adam Henrique | EDM | +-0.65 | 27119/163 |
| 120 |  Sam Steel | DAL | +-0.65 | 27120/163 |
| 121 |  Yakov Trenin | MIN | +-0.66 | 26121/163 |
| 122 |  Colton Sissons | VGK | +-0.67 | 25122/163 |
| 123 |  Ryan McLeod | BUF | +-0.67 | 25123/163 |
| 124 |  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | EDM | +-0.69 | 24124/163 |
| 125 |  Radek Faksa | DAL | +-0.70 | 23125/163 |
| 126 |  Ryan Strome | ANA | +-0.73 | 23126/163 |
| 127 |  Nicolas Roy | TOR | +-0.74 | 22127/163 |
| 128 |  Zemgus Girgensons | TBL | +-0.74 | 22128/163 |
| 129 |  Noah Laba | NYR | +-0.76 | 21129/163 |
| 130 |  Zack Ostapchuk | SJS | +-0.76 | 20130/163 |
| 131 |  Isac Lundeström | CBJ | +-0.78 | 20131/163 |
| 132 |  Yanni Gourde | TBL | +-0.79 | 19132/163 |
| 133 |  Frederick Gaudreau | SEA | +-0.82 | 19133/163 |
| 134 |  Oskar Sundqvist | STL | +-0.83 | 18134/163 |
| 135 |  Nick Bjugstad | STL | +-0.84 | 17135/163 |
| 136 |  Scott Laughton | TOR | +-0.86 | 17136/163 |
| 137 |  Mark Kastelic | BOS | +-0.87 | 16137/163 |
| 138 |  Casey Mittelstadt | BOS | +-0.89 | 15138/163 |
| 139 |  Dylan Larkin | DET | +-0.91 | 15139/163 |
| 140 |  Lars Eller | OTT | +-0.91 | 14140/163 |
| 141 |  Aatu Räty | VAN | +-0.91 | 14141/163 |
| 142 |  Brayden Schenn | STL | +-0.92 | 13142/163 |
| 143 |  Max Domi | TOR | +-0.94 | 12143/163 |
| 144 |  Jake Evans | MTL | +-0.95 | 12144/163 |
| 145 |  Evan Rodrigues | FLA | +-0.97 | 11145/163 |
| 146 |  Jack McBain | UTA | +-0.99 | 10146/163 |
| 147 |  Ridly Greig | OTT | +-0.99 | 10147/163 |
| 148 |  Jason Dickinson | CHI | +-0.99 | 9148/163 |
| 149 |  Sean Kuraly | BOS | +-1.04 | 9149/163 |
| 150 |  Mikael Backlund | CGY | +-1.05 | 8150/163 |
| 151 |  Joe Veleno | MTL | +-1.06 | 7151/163 |
| 152 |  Jonathan Toews | WPG | +-1.13 | 7152/163 |
| 153 |  Adam Lowry | WPG | +-1.14 | 6153/163 |
| 154 |  Trent Frederic | EDM | +-1.16 | 6154/163 |
| 155 |  Phillip Danault | MTL | +-1.23 | 5155/163 |
| 156 |  Chandler Stephenson | SEA | +-1.35 | 4156/163 |
| 157 |  Barclay Goodrow | SJS | +-1.51 | 4157/163 |
| 158 |  Sam Carrick | NYR | +-1.51 | 3158/163 |
| 159 |  Luke Glendening | NJD | +-1.58 | 2159/163 |
| 160 |  Nic Dowd | WSH | +-1.61 | 2160/163 |
| 161 |  Michael McCarron | NSH | +-1.73 | 1161/163 |
| 162 |  Kevin Stenlund | UTA | +-1.76 | 1162/163 |
| 163 |  Ty Dellandrea | SJS | +-1.89 | 0163/163 |