NHL.com identifies the top 10 fantasy hockey bounce-back candidates for the 2025-26 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy .

NOTE: Players on the top 10 bounce-backs list are listed in order of NHL.com top 200 fantasy rank.

1. Dougie Hamilton , D, NJD

Yahoo average draft position: 73.5

2. Gabriel Landeskog , F, COL

Yahoo ADP: 170.1

3. Noah Dobson , D, MTL

Yahoo ADP: 80.0

4. Miro Heiskanen , D, DAL

Yahoo ADP: 86.8

5. Elias Pettersson , F, VAN

Yahoo ADP: 64.9

6. Mathew Barzal , F, NYI

Yahoo ADP: 149.0

7. Mika Zibanejad , F, NYR

Yahoo ADP: 134.5

8. Jeremy Swayman , G, BOS

Yahoo ADP: 109.8

9. Thatcher Demko , G, VAN

Yahoo ADP: 98.6

10. Andrew Mangiapane , F, EDM

Yahoo ADP: N/A

Other bounce-back candidates to consider:

Juuse Saros , G, NS

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