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 in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, line combinations, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the rest of the 2024-25 season.
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1. Connor McDavid, F, EDM
2. Nathan MacKinnon, F, COL
3. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
4. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
5. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
6. Mikko Rantanen, F, COL
7. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
8. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
9. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
10. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
11. Auston Matthews, F, TOR (INJ.)
12. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
13. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
14. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
15. William Nylander, F, TOR
16. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
17. Brayden Point, F, TBL
18. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
19. Martin Necas, F, CAR
20. Mitch Marner, F, TOR
21. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
22. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
23. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
24. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
25. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
26. Tage Thompson, F, BUF (INJ.)
27. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
28. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
29. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
30. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
31. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
32. Timo Meier, F, NJD
33. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
34. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
35. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, WPG
36. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
37. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
38. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
39. John Tavares, F, TOR
40. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
41. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
42. Chris Kreider, F, NYR
43. Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN
44. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
45. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
46. Logan Stankoven, F, DAL
47. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
48. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
49. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
50. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
51. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
52. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
53. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
54. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
55. Brad Marchand, F, BOS
56. Mark Stone, F, VGK (INJ.)
57. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
58. Robert Thomas, F, STL
59. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
60. Mason Marchment, F, DAL
61. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
62. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK
63. Mikael Granlund, F, SJS
64. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
65. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
66. Connor McMichael, F, WSH
67. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
68. Jared McCann, F, SEA
69. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
70. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
71. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR (INJ.)
72. JJ Peterka, F, BUF
73. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI (rookie)
74. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
75. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
76. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
77. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
78. Claude Giroux, F, OTT
79. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
80. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
81. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
82. Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
83. Bo Horvat, F, NYI
84. Jonathan Marchessault, F, NSH
85. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
86. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
87. Tyler Seguin, F, DAL
88. Casey Mittelstadt, F, COL
89. Blake Coleman, F, CGY
90. Patrick Kane, F, DET
91. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
92. Alexis Lafrenière, F, NYR
93. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
94. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS (rookie)
95. Alex Laferriere, F, LAK
96. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
97. Marco Rossi, F, MIN
98. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
99. Yegor Chinakhov, F, CBJ
100. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
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Other forwards to consider in fantasy:
101. Brock Nelson, F, NYI
102. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
103. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
104. Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
105. Josh Norris, F, OTT
106. Matthew Knies, F, TOR (INJ.)
107. Stefan Noesen, F, NJD
108. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
109. William Karlsson, F, VGK
110. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
111. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
112. Frank Vatrano, F, ANA
113. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
114. Ryan O'Reilly, F, NSH
115. Quinton Byfield, F, LAK
116. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
117. Jack Roslovic, F, CAR
118. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
119. Jordan Eberle, F, SEA (INJ.)
120. Fabian Zetterlund, F, SJS
121. Leo Carlsson, F, ANA
122. Trevor Moore, F, LAK
123. Jonathan Drouin, F, COL
124. Kyle Palmieri, F, NYI
125. Bobby McMann, F, TOR
126. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
127. Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
128. Jordan Martinook, F, CAR
129. Ryan Donato, F, CHI
130. Andrew Mangiapane, F, WSH
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Other key injuries:
Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH
Brock Boeser, F, VAN
Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
Ross Colton, F, COL
Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
Evander Kane, F, EDM
Anthony Duclair, F, NYI
Patrik Laine, F, MTL
Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
Leave of absence:
J.T. Miller, F, VAN
