I'm not sure I can fully provide sound reasoning, but my three would be Tarasenko, Granlund, and Conacher and I didn't have to think that long. Tarasenko, based on his NHL body of work and how well he always did in the KHL. Conacher is proving that least years AHL rookie of the year and MVP wasn't a fluke good season by just proving himself. And Tampa's top 6 will have him in it always, probably replacing St. Louis once he retires. I personally have a lot of faith in Granlund. I know he started the year rough, but I think of everyone on your list he has the most talent, and has just had a tougher time adapting to the NHL. I have never been high on Schenn and I don't ever see me being high on Schenn, I think he has been overrated way to much since that world junior tournament. Brunner is always gonna rely on his linemates to boost his production which means for me his out, and Zibanejad to me is an after thought, he is way behind these 3

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12 Team Keeper, Keep 17, Keepers
Roster: 4C, 3RW, 3LW, 5D, 2U, 3B, 3IR, 4G (Start 2)
Stats: G(3), A(2), +/-, PIM(0.5), PPP(2), SHP(3), GWG(2), HITS(0.1), BLKS(0.2), W(3), L(-1), OTL (1), GA(-1), SV(0.2), SO(3)

C: Crosby, Tavares, Nugent-Hopkins, Johansson
LW: Hall, Parise, Silfverberg, Skinner, Conacher, Jokinen
RW: Seguin, Hossa, Wheeler, Burns, Pavelski, Yakupov
D: Doughty, Fowler, J. Johnson
G: Schneider, Hiller, Fasth, Nabokov