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TOP 100 FORWARD RANKINGS
Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, projected line combinations, power-play usage, injury history, sleeper upside, anticipated regression or bounce-back candidacy, age and contract status (current unrestricted and restricted free agents listed below). Potential 2020 UFAs (*) and RFAs (**) are also noted.
1. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (SAME)2. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW, EDM (SAME)3. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (+1)4. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (+1)5. Artemi Panarin, LW, NYR (+1)6. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (-3)7. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (SAME)8. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (SAME)9. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (+1)10. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (+1)11. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (-2)12. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (SAME)13. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (SAME)14. Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR (+2)15. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (-1)16. Max Pacioretty, LW, VGK (+1)17. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN (+2)18. J.T. Miller, LW/RW, VAN (+7)19. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (+7)20. Sebastian Aho, C, CAR (+2)21. Andrei Svechnikov, LW/RW, CAR (-3)22. Brayden Point, C, TBL (-1)23. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (-3)24. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (-1)25. John Tavares, C, TOR (+3)26. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG (DTD
)27. Matthew Tkachuk, LW/RW, CGY (+2)28. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (+2)29. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (+2)30. Claude Giroux, C/LW/RW, PHI (+2)31. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG (+2)32. Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL (+2)33. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR (+2)34. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (+2)35. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM (+2)36. Johnny Gaudreau, LW/RW, CGY (+2)37. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (+4)38. David Perron, LW/RW, STL (+2)39. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (+6)40. Travis Konecny, RW, PHI (+10)41. Jakub Vrana, LW, WSH (-2)42. William Nylander, C/LW/RW, TOR (SAME)43. Gabriel Landeskog, C/LW, COL (+9)44. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (SAME)45. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (+2)46. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (-3)47. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH (+1)48. Taylor Hall, LW, ARI* (-2)49. Bryan Rust, LW/RW, PIT (+2)50. Reilly Smith, RW, VGK (+4)51. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, FLA* (+6)52. Tomas Tatar, LW/RW, MTL (+6)53. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (+7)54. Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY (+7)55. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (-2)56. Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL (-1)57. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI** (+6)58. Ryan O’Reilly, C, STL (+7)59. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL (+7)60. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, MIN (+34)61. Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT (-2)62. Kailer Yamamoto, RW, EDM (NEW – INJ.)63. Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW, FLA* (-7)64. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG (+3)65. Ryan Strome, C/RW, NYR** (+3)66. Evander Kane, LW, SJS (+3)67. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (+4)68. Dominik Kubalik, LW/RW, CHI** (+6)69. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (-7)70. Logan Couture, C, SJS (+5)71. Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT (+1)72. Tyler Toffoli, LW/RW, VAN* (+1)73. Zach Hyman, C/LW, TOR (+4)74. Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL (+4)75. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (+7)76. Victor Olofsson, LW/RW, BUF** (DTD
)77. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (-7)78. Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS (+7)79. Jason Zucker, LW/RW, PIT (+1)80. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C, CBJ** (+4)81. Andreas Athanasiou, C/LW/RW, EDM** (-5)82. Ilya Kovalchuk, LW/RW, WSH* (-1)83. Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL (+4)84. William Karlsson, C, VGK (+5)85. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (+5)86. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, BUF** (-3)87. Clayton Keller, LW/RW, ARI (+10)88. Dylan Larkin, C, DET (+5)89. Max Domi, C/LW, MTL** (+9)90. Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD (-4)91. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI (-3)92. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, C, NYI (-1)93. Nick Foligno, C/LW/RW, CBJ (NEW)94. Vincent Trocheck, C, CAR (-15)95. Anthony Cirelli, C, TBL** (SAME)96. Paul Stastny, C, VGK (+3)97. Pavel Buchnevich, RW, NYR (NEW)98. Anthony Mantha, LW/RW, DET** (-2)99. Brock Nelson, C/LW, NYI (+1)100. Robert Thomas, C/RW, STL (NEW)
Dropped out: Steven Stamkos, C/LW/RW, TBL (INJ
.); Mark Stone, RW, VGK (INJ
.); Chris Kreider, LW, NYR (INJ
.); Andre Burakovsky, LW/RW, COL** (DTD
)
Just missed: Anders Lee, LW, NYI; Denis Gurianov, LW/RW, DAL**; Alex Killorn, LW/RW, TBL; Nikita Gusev, LW/RW, NJD; Jordan Eberle, RW, NYI; Zach Sanford, C/LW, STL; Zack Kassian, RW, EDM; Phil Kessel, RW, ARI; Mikael Backlund, C/RW, CGY; Kevin Hayes, C, PHI; David Krejci, C, BOS; Mikael Granlund, LW/RW, NSH*; Ondrej Kase, RW, BOS; Adam Henrique, C/LW, ANA; Vladislav Namestnikov, LW/RW, COL*; Emil Bemstrom, C/RW, CBJ; Andrew Mangiapane, LW/RW, CGY**
Key injuries: Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL; Jake Guentzel, LW/RW, PIT; Brock Boeser, RW, VAN; Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL; Oliver Bjorkstrand, LW/RW, CBJ; Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ; Nazem Kadri, C, COL; Tomas Hertl, C/LW, SJS
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