Fantasy hockey top 100 forward rankings
Most valuable options at position for standard leagues; new podcast episodes
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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. Kirill Kaprizov, F, MIN
4. Nikita Kucherov, F, TBL
5. Leon Draisaitl, F, EDM
6. Mikko Rantanen, F, COL
7. Brady Tkachuk, F, OTT
8. Sam Reinhart, F, FLA
9. Jack Hughes, F, NJD
10. Jack Eichel, F, VGK
11. Artemi Panarin, F, NYR
12. Auston Matthews, F, TOR
13. Kyle Connor, F, WPG
14. William Nylander, F, TOR
15. Jesper Bratt, F, NJD
16. Matthew Tkachuk, F, FLA
17. Brayden Point, F, TBL
18. Alex Ovechkin, F, WSH (INJ. - nearing return)
19. Martin Necas, F, CAR
20. Mark Scheifele, F, WPG
21. Mitch Marner, F, TOR
22. Filip Forsberg, F, NSH
23. David Pastrnak, F, BOS
24. Nico Hischier, F, NJD
25. Sidney Crosby, F, PIT
26. Tim Stützle, F, OTT
27. Jake Guentzel, F, TBL
28. Travis Konecny, F, PHI
29. Matt Boldy, F, MIN
30. Sebastian Aho, F, CAR
31. Adrian Kempe, F, LAK
32. Cole Caufield, F, MTL
33. Mark Stone, F, VGK
34. J.T. Miller, F, VAN
35. Andrei Svechnikov, F, CAR
36. Timo Meier, F, NJD
37. Aleksander Barkov, F, FLA
38. Carter Verhaeghe, F, FLA
39. Nick Suzuki, F, MTL
40. John Tavares, F, TOR
41. Sam Bennett, F, FLA
42. Seth Jarvis, F, CAR
43. Macklin Celebrini, F, SJS (rookie)
44. Tage Thompson, F, BUF
45. Matvei Michkov, F, PHI (rookie)
46. Matt Duchene, F, DAL
47. Mikael Granlund, F, SJS
48. Vincent Trocheck, F, NYR
49. Brandon Hagel, F, TBL
50. Connor Bedard, F, CHI
51. Elias Pettersson, F, VAN
52. Zach Hyman, F, EDM
53. Jake DeBrusk, F, VAN
54. Dylan Larkin, F, DET
55. Anze Kopitar, F, LAK
56. Nikolaj Ehlers, F, WPG
57. Drake Batherson, F, OTT
58. Wyatt Johnston, F, DAL
59. Tomas Hertl, F, VGK
60. Jason Robertson, F, DAL
61. Brad Marchand, F, BOS
62. Robert Thomas, F, STL
63. Brock Boeser, F, VAN
64. Mason Marchment, F, DAL (INJ.)
65. Dylan Strome, F, WSH
66. Connor McMichael, F, WSH
67. Tom Wilson, F, WSH
68. Mats Zuccarello, F, MIN
69. Kiefer Sherwood, F, VAN
70. Dylan Guenther, F, UTA
71. Kirill Marchenko, F, CBJ
72. Lucas Raymond, F, DET
73. Jordan Kyrou, F, STL
74. Tyler Toffoli, F, SJS
75. Gabriel Vilardi, F, WPG
76. Jared McCann, F, SEA
77. Valeri Nichushkin, F, COL
78. Ross Colton, F, COL
79. Ivan Barbashev, F, VGK (INJ.)
80. Sean Monahan, F, CBJ
81. Mathew Barzal, F, NYI
82. Alex Tuch, F, BUF
83. Kent Johnson, F, CBJ
84. Logan Stankoven, F, DAL (rookie)
85. Nazem Kadri, F, CGY
86. Patrik Laine, F, MTL
87. Rickard Rakell, F, PIT
88. Josh Norris, F, OTT
89. Roope Hintz, F, DAL
90. Evgeni Malkin, F, PIT
91. Alex DeBrincat, F, DET
92. Stefan Noesen, F, NJD
93. Fabian Zetterlund, F, SJS
94. Artturi Lehkonen, F, COL
95. Matthew Knies, F, TOR
96. Alexis Lafrenière, F, NYR
97. Kevin Fiala, F, LAK
98. Anton Lundell, F, FLA
99. Cole Perfetti, F, WPG
100. Bo Horvat, F, NYI
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Other forwards to consider in fantasy:
101. William Eklund, F, SJS
102. Will Cuylle, F, NYR
103. Jonathan Marchessault, F, NSH
104. Alex Laferriere, F, LAK
105. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, F, EDM
106. Marco Rossi, F, MIN
107. Brock Nelson, F, NYI
108. Pavel Buchnevich, F, STL
109. Clayton Keller, F, UTA
110. Nick Schmaltz, F, UTA
111. Dylan Holloway, F, STL
112. Steven Stamkos, F, NSH
113. Anders Lee, F, NYI
114. Frank Vatrano, F, ANA
115. Jake Neighbours, F, STL
116. Casey Mittelstadt, F, COL
117. Pavel Dorofeyev, F, VGK
118. Logan Cooley, F, UTA
119. Mika Zibanejad, F, NYR
120. Juraj Slafkovsky, F, MTL
121. Anthony Cirelli, F, TBL
122. Kyle Palmieri, F, NYI
123. Conor Garland, F, VAN
124. Bryan Rust, F, PIT
125. Owen Tippett, F, PHI
126. Claude Giroux, F, OTT
127. Aliaksei Protas, F, WSH
128. Oliver Bjorkstrand, F, SEA
129. Troy Terry, F, ANA
130. Jonathan Huberdeau, F, CGY
131. Pierre-Luc Dubois, F, WSH
132. Victor Olofsson, F, VGK
133. Nikolai Kovalenko, F, SJS (rookie)
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Back from injury (could rejoin rankings in next update):
Anthony Duclair, F, NYI
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Other key injuries:
Joel Eriksson Ek, F, MIN (nearing return)
Yegor Chinakhov, F, CBJ
Boone Jenner, F, CBJ (nearing return)
Evander Kane, F, EDM
Jonathan Drouin, F, COL
Tyler Seguin, F, DAL
Jordan Eberle, F, SEA
Gabriel Landeskog, F, COL
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Other player to consider in keeper / dynasty leagues:
Leo Carlsson, F, ANA