ROOS LETS LOOSE POLL: Most Underrated in Fantasy

[RizzeeDizzee]

When I ran my poll last month on players who were most overrated in fantasy, my guess is many of you figured - correctly - that I'd pull a 180 and focus on their underrated counterparts in the following poll. So gathered here are the 20 skaters I feel are - as of right now - most underrated in fantasy. For what it's worth, this list was a lot more difficult to assemble than the overrated list, mainly because the fantasy hype machine goes into overdrive at the drop of a hat.

Your task is to vote for the five players who are more underrated among the 20. In terms of voting guidance, this is based on points only leagues and it's relative, meaning that a more highly rated player can be more underrated than a lower rated player because he is still somehow more underrated on a relative scale than the lower rated player. Hopefully that makes sense.

As usual, when casting your votes please also post here to let us know who you voted for and why.

[RizzeeDizzee]

My votes went to:

Buchnevich - on pace for the SIXTH straight season to see his scoring rate increase, he just keeps getting better and better but still lacks proper recognition
Dunn - When is the fantasy universe going to realize this isn't short term variance we're seeing?
Hintz - He's as good or better than so many centers who get far more hype
M. Tkachuk - Last year everyone thought he was elevated by Johnny Gaudreau, and even now I feel he still isn't seen as the ultra-elite player he's clearly become
Verhaeghe - Solid, steady, and unspectacular means he's undeservedly too far under the fantasy radar

[ross10019]

My votes went to:

Buchnevich - on pace for the SIXTH straight season to see his scoring rate increase, he just keeps getting better and better but still lacks proper recognition
Dunn - When is the fantasy universe going to realize this isn't short term variance we're seeing?
Hintz - He's as good or better than so many centers who get far more hype
M. Tkachuk - Last year everyone thought he was elevated by Johnny Gaudreau, and even now I feel he still isn't seen as the ultra-elite player he's clearly become
Verhaeghe - Solid, steady, and unspectacular means he's undeservedly too far under the fantasy radar

My thoughts exactly on Buchnevich, Hintz and Verhaeghe - and with the latter he produces despite no PP1.

My other 2:

- Stephenson - as under the radar and unsexy as it gets, but puts up fantasy-worthy stats. Nothing to knock anyone’s socks off, and certainly light in some areas (SOG), but a low-owned guy who puts up 64 in 79 is the definition of underrated.

- Hischier - this one may be controversial as for years he was OVERrated. But for last several years he’s bern underrated in my books, overshadowed by Jack. But I could just as easily have picked Bratt here.