Tiering your fantasy hockey draft turns chaos into strategy. When nine ultra-productive forwards finished within a single power-play goal last season, it showed how close-graded tiers can be. This guide presents nine tiers, notes about age, rebound potential, and upside vs reliability, and emphasizes using tiers to avoid panic when top targets vanish. It also highlights how defensemen tiers can shape decisions and urges bespoke projections for your own ladder.