Week 20: Fantasy forward top 100 rankings for 2018-19
Draisaitl climbs to No. 6; Laine, Benn bouncing back; Donato joins list on line with Staal, Zucker
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FANTASY TOP 100 FORWARD RANKINGS
Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters. Forward positions indicate Yahoo eligibility for 2018-19 season (subject to additions, but never subtractions, at Yahoo's discretion). ... 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 (potential 2019 UFA: \; RFA: \\). ...DTDindicates player with day-to-day injury.
1. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (SAME)
2. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (+1)
3. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (-1)
4. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (SAME)
5. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (SAME)
6. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW/RW, EDM (+1)
7. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (+1)
8. Steven Stamkos, C/RW, TBL (-2)
9. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (+5)
10. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (+1)
11. Mitch Marner, C/RW, TOR\* (+2)
12. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (-3)
13. Brayden Point, C, TBL\\ (-3)
14. Sebastian Aho, C/LW/RW, CAR\\ (+7)
15. Artemi Panarin, LW, CBJ* (-3)
16. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (SAME)
17. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (SAME)
18. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL\\ (SAME)
19. John Tavares, C, TOR (SAME)
20. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (-5)
21. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (-1)
22. Tyler Seguin, C, DAL (SAME)
23. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (SAME)
24. Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY (+1)
25. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (+2)
26. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN (-2)
27. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (+1)
28. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (+2)
29. Jeff Skinner, C/LW, BUF* (-3)
30. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (-1)
31. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, SJS* (+2)
32. Claude Giroux, C/LW, PHI (+10)
33. Mark Stone, RW, VGK (-1)
34. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG\\ (+16)
35. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (+9)
36. Jake Guentzel, C/LW, PIT (+15)
37. Dylan Larkin, C, DET (DTD)
38. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI (+1)
39. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (+1)
40. Matt Duchene, C, CBJ* (-6)
41. Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ (-5)
42. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (+1)
43. Tomas Hertl, C/LW/RW, SJS (+9)
44. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (+11)
45. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT (-4)
46. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY\\ (+2)
47. Evander Kane, LW, SJS (DTD)
48. Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL (-10)
49. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (+14)
50. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR (+7)
51. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH (-6)
52. Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS\\ (+2)
53. Max Pacioretty, LW, VGK (-4)
54. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN\\ (-7)
55. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C/LW, CBJ (-9)
56. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM (-3)
57. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (+1)
58. Mikael Granlund, C/RW, NSH (+2)
59. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS (+2)
60. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, FLA (+2)
61. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (DTD)
62. Nino Niederreiter, LW/RW, CAR (+4)
63. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL (NEW - INJ.)
64. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (-5)
65. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (+2)
66. Zach Parise, LW, MIN (+4)
67. Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL (+8)
68. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH (+4)
69. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH (-13)
70. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (-5)
71. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, BUF (-3)
72. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG (-3)
73. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG\\ (SAME)
74. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (+2)
75. Anders Lee, LW, NYI* (-1)
76. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR (-5)
77. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (+1)
78. Dylan Strome, C, CHI (-1)
79. Max Domi, C/LW, MTL (+1)
80. Reilly Smith, LW/RW, VGK (+3)
81. Paul Stastny, C, VGK (+1)
82. Jake DeBrusk, LW/RW, BOS (DTD)
83. William Karlsson, C/LW, VGK\\ (+3)
84. Joe Thornton, C, SJS* (+13)
85. Gustav Nyquist, LW/RW, SJS* (-6)
86. David Krejci, C, BOS (+17)
87. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (-3)
88. Jonathan Drouin, C/LW, MTL (-3)
89. Travis Konecny, C/LW/RW, PHI\\ (NEW)
90. Wayne Simmonds, RW, NSH* (-9)
91. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (-4)
92. Vincent Trocheck, C, FLA (+1)
93. Justin Williams, RW, CAR* (+6)
94. Josh Anderson, RW, CBJ (-3)
95. Jakub Vrana, LW/RW, WSH\\ (NEW)
96. Tyler Johnson, C/LW/RW, TBL (-4)
97. Ryan Donato, C/LW/RW, MIN\\ (NEW)
98. Eric Staal, C, MIN (NEW)
99. Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT (NEW)
100. Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD (NEW - INJ.)
Dropped out:Frank Vatrano, C/LW/RW, FLA; Alex Tuch, RW, VGK; Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW, FLA; Nick Bjugstad, C/LW/RW, PIT; Ryan Dzingel, LW/RW, CBJ\*
Just missed: Josh Bailey, RW, NYI; Andreas Johnsson, LW/RW, TOR; Kasperi Kapanen, RW, TOR\\; Tomas Tatar, LW/RW, MTL; Kevin Hayes, C, WPG\; Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, ARI; Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI; Danton Heinen, C/LW/RW, BOS\\; Anthony Mantha, LW/RW, DET; Yanni Gourde, C/LW/RW, TBL; Rickard Rakell, C/LW/RW, ANA; William Nylander, C/RW, TOR; Jason Zucker, LW/RW, MIN; James van Riemsdyk, LW, PHI; Brock Nelson, C/LW, NYI\; Andreas Athanasiou, C/LW/RW, DET; Dustin Brown, RW, LAK; Jared McCann, C/LW, PIT; Zach Hyman, LW, TOR; Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL; Jakob Silfverberg, RW, ANA; Zack Kassian, RW, EDM
Key injuries:David Pastrnak, RW, BOS; Taylor Hall, LW, NJD; Mats Zuccarello, RW, DAL\; Nazem Kadri, C, TOR; David Perron, LW/RW, STL; Nico Hischier, C, NJD
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