Week 16: Fantasy forward top 100 rankings for 2018-19

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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. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (+1)
2. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (-1)
3. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (SAME)
4. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (SAME)
5. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (+3)
6. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (+1)
7. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (+2)
8. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (-3)
9. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL\* (-3)
10. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (+1)
11. Steven Stamkos, C/RW, TBL (+4)
12. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (+2)
13. Mitchell Marner, C/RW, TOR\\ (-3)
14. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (-2)
15. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (+1)
16. Brayden Point, C, TBL\\ (-3)
17. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (+2)
18. John Tavares, C, TOR (-1)
19. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (-1)
20. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (SAME)
21. Tyler Seguin, C, DAL (+1)
22. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW/RW, EDM (+1)
23. Artemi Panarin, LW, CBJ* (+1)
24. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN (+1)
25. Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY (+4)
26. Sebastian Aho, C/LW/RW, CAR\\ (+4)
27. Jeff Skinner, C/LW, BUF* (-6)
28. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL (-2)
29. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (+12)
30. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (DTD)
31. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY\\ (-3)
32. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (-1)
33. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (-1)
34. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT (-1)
35. Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ (+1)
36. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, SJS* (+1)
37. Claude Giroux, C/LW, PHI (-3)
38. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (-3)
39. Evander Kane, LW, SJS (SAME)
40. Mark Stone, RW, OTT* (-2)
41. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (-1)
42. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C/LW, CBJ (SAME)
43. Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS\\ (+2)
44. Matt Duchene, C, OTT* (+3)
45. Jake Guentzel, C/LW, PIT (+5)
46. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN\\ (+5)
47. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG\\ (-3)
48. Tomas Hertl, C/LW/RW, SJS (+6)
49. Max Pacioretty, LW, VGK (+4)
50. Dylan Larkin, C, DET (-7)
51. Alex Tuch, RW, VGK (-5)
52. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (+3)
53. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS (+3)
54. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (-6)
55. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (-6)
56. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM (+2)
57. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH (+2)
58. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG\\ (+3)
59. Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL (+3)
60. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, FLA (+3)
61. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI (+8)
62. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (+8)
63. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (+17)
64. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (-12)
65. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR (+1)
66. Zach Parise, LW, MIN (-1)
67. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH (-7)
68. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, BUF (-11)
69. Anders Lee, LW, NYI* (-5)
70. Jonathan Drouin, C/LW, MTL (+22)
71. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH (+1)
72. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (+6)
73. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (+6)
74. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR (+3)
75. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (SAME)
76. Vincent Trocheck, C, FLA (-5)
77. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (+9)
78. Paul Stastny, C, VGK (+9)
79. Gustav Nyquist, LW/RW, DET* (+9)
80. Nino Niederreiter, LW/RW, CAR (+9)
81. Tyler Johnson, C/LW/RW, TBL (-13)
82. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (-9)
83. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (-9)
84. Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT (-3)
85. Mats Zuccarello, RW, NYR* (+15)
86. Max Domi, C/LW, MTL (-19)
87. Rickard Rakell, C/LW/RW, ANA (-11)
88. Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD (-6)
89. Mikael Granlund, C/RW, MIN (-6)
90. William Karlsson, C/LW, VGK\\ (-6)
91. Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW, FLA (-6)
92. Micheal Ferland, LW/RW, CAR* (+2)
93. Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI (+2)
94. Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL (+3)
95. Nick Bjugstad, C/LW/RW, PIT (NEW)
96. Ryan Getzlaf, C, ANA (-6)
97. Ryan Dzingel, LW/RW, OTT (+2)
98. Nico Hischier, C, NJD (NEW)
99. Frank Vatrano, C/LW/RW, FLA (-1)
100. Brayden Schenn, C, STL (NEW)
Dropped out: Josh Bailey, RW, NYI; Yanni Gourde, C/LW/RW, TBL; William Nylander, C/RW, TOR
Just missed: Dustin Brown, RW, LAK; Travis Konecny, C/LW/RW, PHI\\; Kevin Hayes, C, NYR\; James van Riemsdyk, LW, PHI; Corey Perry, RW, ANA; Andreas Athanasiou, C/LW, DET; Tomas Tatar, LW/RW, MTL; Blake Coleman, C/LW/RW, NJD; Josh Anderson, RW, CBJ; Mikael Backlund, C, CGY; Jack Roslovic, C/RW, WPG; Jakub Vrana, LW/RW, WSH\\; Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL; Wayne Simmonds, RW, PHI\; Dylan Strome, C, CHI; Ilya Kovalchuk, LW/RW, LAK; Joe Thornton, C, SJS\; Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT; Andrei Svechnikov, LW/RW, CAR; Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, ARI; Nazem Kadri, C, TOR; Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL; David Krejci, C, BOS; Derick Brassard, C, FLA\; Conor Garland, RW, ARI\\
Key injuries: Taylor Hall, LW, NJD; Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG; David Perron, LW/RW, STL; Kyle Turris, C, NSH
READ: [Last Week's Top 100 Forward Rankings]
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