One of the Most Underrated Fantasy Players in NHL Fantasy is Right in Front of You.
Here is a question worth sitting with: how does a player rank 12th in the entire NHL in points over the past four seasons — 340 points in 323 games — and still slip under the fantasy radar every single year?
The answer, in Clayton Keller’s case, is a combination of market, narrative, and the quiet, unglamorous consistency that rarely generates the kind of buzz that drives early picks. He does not play in a major market. He does not have a signature highlight that lives on social media. He simply goes out every night, plays every game, and produces.
Look at the numbers across the last four seasons and tell me this is not one of the most impressive sustained offensive runs in the NHL. In 2022-23 he posted 86 points in 82 games. In 2023-24 he had 76 points in 78 games, his worst season of the four, on a struggling team, and still nearly a point per game. In 2024-25 he broke through for 90 points in 81 games, the first 90-point season of his career. Last season he delivered 88 points in 82 games and led the entire Utah Mammoth in assists with 62 ( most of his career ), even-strength points, and power play points, while captaining his franchise to its first playoff appearance in history.
The fantasy case for 2026-27 is as clean as it gets. Keller enters the season locked into Utah’s top line and first power play unit alongside Logan Cooley, Dylan Guenther, and Mikhail Sergachev…a supporting cast that NHL.com specifically cited as among the most potent first unit combinations in the Western Conference. He is signed through 2028 at $7.15 million annually…no contract drama, no trade rumours, no uncertainty. He plays every game. He produces every season.
NHL.com’s fantasy analysts put it simply: he is worth prioritizing in the first four rounds of drafts. That is not aggressive advice. That is a correction for a player who has been undervalued for four straight years and shows no signs of giving anyone a reason to stop overlooking him.
Projection Tier: 90 to 99 Points
Floor: 88 Points
Expected: 95 Points
Ceiling: 101 Points
Fantasy Risk Rating: Low
Opportunity: 5/5
Trend: Stable
Statistics and biographical details sourced from NHL.com, The Hockey Writers, Utah Mammoth official website, and RotoWire, July 2026.
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