Week 17: Fantasy top 100 forward rankings for 2017-18

Each week during the regular season, NHL.com has you covered with an overview of the fantasy forward landscape. With production trends, injury news and top 100 rankings based on performance and upside in standard Yahoo leagues, fantasy owners should use this information as a basis for roster decision-making.

With NHL.com releasing updated top 250 player rankings at the All-Star break, this week's top 100 forward rankings include movement based on production, lineup and injury trends within the overall landscape.
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TOP 100 FORWARD RANKINGS

Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, PIMs, PPP and SOG for skaters. ... Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, line combinations, power-play usage, injury history, age, sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, contract status, Yahoo ADP and overall upside for the rest of the season. ... Any players with day-to-day injury concerns (DTD) are noted. NEW - INJ. indicates a player who has returned from injury and rejoined the rankings.
1. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL (SAME)
2. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (SAME)
3. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (SAME)
4. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (SAME)
5. Steven Stamkos, C, TBL (SAME)
6. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (+2)
7. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (-1)
8. John Tavares, C, NYI (+1)
9. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (DTD)
10. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (+4)
11. Tyler Seguin, C/RW, DAL (-4)
12. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT (SAME)
13. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (SAME)
14. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS - SUSP. (-3)
15. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (+1)
16. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (-1)
17. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (+1)
18. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (+2)
19. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (SAME)
20. Ryan Getzlaf, C, ANA (+3)
21. Patrik Laine, RW, WPG (-4)
22. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (-1)
23. Claude Giroux, C/LW, PHI (-1)
24. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (NEW - INJ.)
25. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (SAME)
26. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL (SAME)
27. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (-3)
28. Taylor Hall, LW, NJD (-1)
29. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (-1)
30. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (+2)
31. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (+3)
32. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (-1)
33. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (+2)
34. Josh Bailey, LW/RW, NYI (+4)
35. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (-6)
36. Leon Draisaitl, C/RW, EDM (-3)
37. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (-7)
38. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN (-2)
39. Artemi Panarin, C/LW, CBJ (-2)
40. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (-1)
41. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (-1)
42. Vincent Trocheck, C, FLA (-1)
43. Mikko Rantanen, LW/RW, COL (-1)
44. Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL (NEW - INJ.)
45. Brayden Point, C/RW, TBL (-2)
46. Tyler Johnson, C/RW, TBL (SAME)
47. Anders Lee, LW, NYI (-3)
48. William Karlsson, C/LW, VGK (-3)
49. Mikael Granlund, C/RW, MIN (-1)
50. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, WPG (-3)
51. William Nylander, C/RW, TOR (SAME)
52. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, SJS (-3)
53. Max Pacioretty, LW, MTL (+1)
54. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY (-1)
55. Tyler Toffoli, C/RW, LAK (-5)
56. Wayne Simmonds, RW, PHI (-4)
57. Eric Staal, C, MIN (-2)
58. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS (+5)
59. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (SAME)
60. Vladislav Namestnikov, C/LW, TBL (SAME)
61. Rickard Rakell, C/LW, ANA (SAME)
62. Sebastian Aho, LW/RW, CAR (NEW - INJ.)
63. Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT (-6)
64. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL (-2)
65. Evander Kane, LW, BUF (-7)
66. Reilly Smith, LW/RW, VGK (-2)
67. James Neal, LW/RW, VGK (-2)
68. Mitch Marner, C/RW, TOR (+8)
69. David Perron, LW/RW, VGK (-3)
70. Dustin Brown, LW/RW, LAK (-3)
71. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, OTT (SAME)
72. Jason Zucker, LW/RW, MIN (+14)
73. Jordan Eberle, C/RW, NYI (SAME)
74. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH (SAME)
75. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH (-7)
76. Corey Perry, RW, ANA (-6)
77. Evgenii Dadonov, RW, FLA (+4)
78. Nick Schmaltz, C/LW, CHI (+2)
79. Anthony Mantha, LW/RW, DET (-4)
80. Dylan Larkin, C/RW, DET (-2)
81. James van Riemsdyk, LW, TOR (-4)
82. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH (-3)
83. Kyle Turris, C, NSH (-14)
84. Mathieu Perreault, C/LW, WPG (+15)
85. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (-3)
86. Patrick Maroon, LW, EDM (-1)
87. Danton Heinen, C/LW/RW, BOS (-4)
88. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, NSH (-4)
89. Micheal Ferland, LW/RW, CGY (+7)
90. David Krejci, C, BOS (+7)
91. Alexander Steen, C/LW/RW, STL (+1)
92. Jeff Skinner, LW, CAR (-1)
93. Teuvo Teravainen, C/LW/RW, CAR (SAME)
94. Travis Konecny, C/LW/RW, PHI (NEW)
95. Anthony Beauvillier, C/LW, NYI (+5)
96. Kyle Okposo, RW, BUF (NEW)
97. Erik Haula, C/LW, VGK (NEW)
98. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (-11)
99. Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI (-5)
100. Yanni Gourde, C/RW, TBL (NEW)
Droppedout: Pierre-Luc Dubois, C/LW, CBJ; Mats Zuccarello, RW, NYR; Ryan Kesler, C, ANA; Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD; Kyle Connor, LW, WPG
Justmissed: Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ; Mikael Backlund, C, CGY; Milan Lucic, LW, EDM; Matt Duchene, C/RW, OTT; Jake Guentzel, C/LW, PIT; Tomas Hertl, C/LW/RW, SJS; Tom Wilson, LW/RW, WSH; Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, MTL; Justin Williams, RW, CAR; Mikko Koivu, C, MIN; Henrik Zetterberg, C/LW, DET; Anthony Duclair, LW/RW, CHI; Rick Nash, LW/RW, NYR; Jordan Staal, C, CAR; Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL; Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI; Jesse Puljujarvi, RW, EDM; Alex Kerfoot, C/RW, COL; Ryan O'Reilly, C, BUF; Nico Hischier, C, NJD
Keyinjuries: Mark Scheifele, C, WPG; Mark Stone, RW, OTT (dropped out); Nino Niederreiter, LW/RW, MIN; Jeff Carter, C, LAK; Joe Thornton, C, SJS (dropped out); Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL
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