Ryan Graves

Graves arrived in New Jersey a season ago following three years with the Avalanche. He posted career-best marks in both points (28) and average time on ice (20:43), although the eye test revealed he was noticeably less effective, which isn't a shock considering he left the best team in the league to join one which made the second-overall pick in the draft. Graves has a massive shot and moves the puck well enough to pick up some assists here and there, but he doesn't have a single power-play point in his first four NHL seasons, which torpedoes his chances of becoming a steady fantasy option.

The Avalanche assumed they were going to lose Graves to Seattle for nothing in the expansion draft, so they instead shipped him to the Devils in exchange for forward Mikhail Maltsev and a draft pick. Graves has been overhyped since leading the NHL in plus-minus rating (plus-40) two seasons ago, but he's still just 26 years old, skates like the wind, and has a cannon of a shot. In short, he might not be a top-pair guy, but he's a clear NHL regular and that makes him a solid pickup for New Jersey. Graves should flirt with 25 points in 2021-22 in addition to 100-plus shots, hits and blocks, making him a well-rounded fantasy option in the latter rounds of your draft.

Graves took a major step forward in his first full NHL season in 2019-20, tallying nine goals, 17 helpers, and 134 shots while leading the league with a highly impressive plus-40 rating. The 25-year-old blueliner also added significant totals in the hits (112) and blocked shots (150) categories. Graves will continue to skate with Cale Makar on Colorado's top pairing in 2020-21, and although he isn't expected to have a spot on either of the Avs' power-play units, he could still threaten the double-digit goal and 30-point marks while adding rock-solid figures in shots, plus-minus rating, hits and blocks over the course of a full season, making him a solid depth pickup in the late rounds of this year's fantasy drafts.

While his style of play may relate to a fan favorite Adam Graves, this 19-year-old blue liner is not of his bloodline. Although this 6-foot-4, 220-pound bruiser is far from a 50-goal scorer and further from making his NHL debut, that's not to say he hasn't held his own, recently posting 3 goals with 13 assists and a plus-7 rating with 90 penalty minutes in his third campaign with P.E.I. of the QMJHL. Yet another testament of Glen Sather's desire to keep the Rangers' defensemen pipeline stocked is their fourth-round pick from 2013 should make the jump to Greenville of the ECHL at some point.