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