Week 19: 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 (SAME)
2. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (SAME)
3. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH (SAME)
4. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (SAME)
5. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT (SAME)
6. Steven Stamkos, C/RW, TBL (SAME)
7. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW/RW, EDM (+6)
8. Brad Marchand, LW, BOS (-1)
9. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CGY (-1)
10. Brayden Point, C, TBL\* (-1)
11. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS (-1)
12. Artemi Panarin, LW, CBJ* (+3)
13. Mitch Marner, C/RW, TOR\\ (-2)
14. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG (-2)
15. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (-1)
16. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (SAME)
17. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (SAME)
18. Mikko Rantanen, RW, COL\\ (SAME)
19. John Tavares, C, TOR (+1)
20. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (+1)
21. Sebastian Aho, C/LW/RW, CAR\\ (+2)
22. Tyler Seguin, C, DAL (+2)
23. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG (-4)
24. Elias Pettersson, C, VAN (-2)
25. Elias Lindholm, C/RW, CGY (SAME)
26. Jeff Skinner, C/LW, BUF* (+1)
27. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (-1)
28. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT (SAME)
29. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH (SAME)
30. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (SAME)
31. Gabriel Landeskog, LW, COL (+1)
32. Mark Stone, RW, VGK* (+3)
33. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, SJS* (+1)
34. Matt Duchene, C, CBJ* (+2)
35. Dylan Larkin, C, DET (+2)
36. Cam Atkinson, RW, CBJ (+3)
37. Evander Kane, LW, SJS (-4)
38. Ryan O'Reilly, C, STL (SAME)
39. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI (+4)
40. Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (+6)
41. Phil Kessel, RW, PIT (-10)
42. Claude Giroux, C/LW, PHI (-2)
43. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (+15)
44. Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH (-3)
45. Viktor Arvidsson, LW/RW, NSH (-3)
46. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C/LW, CBJ (+3)
47. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN\\ (-3)
48. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY\\ (-1)
49. Max Pacioretty, LW, VGK (+7)
50. Patrik Laine, LW/RW, WPG\\ (+10)
51. Jake Guentzel, C/LW, PIT (-6)
52. Tomas Hertl, C/LW/RW, SJS (-4)
53. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM (-1)
54. Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS\\ (-3)
55. Jamie Benn, C/LW, DAL (SAME)
56. Ryan Johansen, C, NSH (-6)
57. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR (-4)
58. Alexander Radulov, RW, DAL (+3)
59. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR (-2)
60. Mikael Granlund, C/RW, NSH (+25)
61. Logan Couture, C/LW, SJS (+1)
62. Mike Hoffman, LW/RW, FLA (+2)
63. Sean Couturier, C, PHI (+2)
64. Jakub Voracek, RW, PHI (+2)
65. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (-11)
66. Nino Niederreiter, LW/RW, CAR (+1)
67. Jonathan Marchessault, C/LW, VGK (+1)
68. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, BUF (+5)
69. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG (NEW - INJ.)
70. Zach Parise, LW, MIN (-1)
71. Chris Kreider, LW, NYR (SAME)
72. T.J. Oshie, RW, WSH (-2)
73. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG\\ (+1)
74. Anders Lee, LW, NYI* (+1)
75. Brendan Gallagher, RW, MTL (+4)
76. Tom Wilson, RW, WSH (+4)
77. Dylan Strome, C, CHI (+4)
78. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, FLA (+5)
79. Gustav Nyquist, LW/RW, SJS* (-2)
80. Max Domi, C/LW, MTL (+4)
81. Wayne Simmonds, RW, NSH* (NEW)
82. Paul Stastny, C, VGK (+6)
83. Reilly Smith, LW/RW, VGK (+10)
84. Bo Horvat, C, VAN (-2)
85. Jonathan Drouin, C/LW, MTL (-22)
86. William Karlsson, C/LW, VGK\\ (SAME)
87. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK (-9)
88. Frank Vatrano, C/LW/RW, FLA (+2)
89. Jake DeBrusk, LW/RW, BOS (+10)
90. Alex Tuch, RW, VGK (-18)
91. Josh Anderson, RW, CBJ (+3)
92. Tyler Johnson, C/LW/RW, TBL (-5)
93. Vincent Trocheck, C, FLA (-1)
94. Nick Bjugstad, C/LW/RW, PIT (-3)
95. Evgenii Dadonov, LW/RW, FLA (+1)
96. Ryan Dzingel, LW/RW, CBJ* (+1)
97. Joe Thornton, C, SJS* (+3)
98. Andreas Johnsson, LW/RW, TOR (NEW)
99. Justin Williams, RW, CAR* (NEW)
100. Kasperi Kapanen, RW, TOR\\ (NEW)

Dropped out: Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL (INJ.); Mats Zuccarello, RW, DAL\ (INJ.); Kyle Palmieri, RW, NJD (INJ.); Micheal Ferland, LW/RW, CAR\; Travis Konecny, C/LW/RW, PHI\* Just missed:Marcus Johansson, LW, BOS\; David Krejci, C, BOS; Tomas Tatar, LW/RW, MTL; Josh Bailey, RW, NYI; Yanni Gourde, C/LW/RW, TBL; William Nylander, C/RW, TOR; Alex Galchenyuk, C/LW, ARI; Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI; Jaden Schwartz, LW, STL; Nico Hischier, C, NJD; Jakub Vrana, LW/RW, WSH\\; Kevin Hayes, C, WPG\; Ryan Donato, C/LW/RW, MIN\\; Danton Heinen, C/LW/RW, BOS\\; Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT; Andreas Athanasiou, C/LW/RW, DET; Anthony Mantha, LW/RW, DET; Brock Nelson, C/LW, NYI\; Patric Hornqvist, RW, PIT; Ondrej Palat, LW, TBL
Key injuries: David Pastrnak, RW, BOS; Taylor Hall, LW, NJD; Nazem Kadri, C, TOR; Ryan Getzlaf, C, ANA; 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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