Top 100 NHL Fantasy Hockey Forward Rankings - December 2022 2.0

December 2022 NHL fantasy hockey forward rankings update part two.

Our fantasy hockey forward rankings project the next 1 to 2 seasons, and consider each player's track record, upside, age, team, injury history and fantasy trade value. Min/Max is our estimation of a player's points floor and ceiling per season, assuming relatively good health. Because fantasy hockey league categories vary widely, these rankings focus on point production. Notes made in previous rankings may carry over to new rankings if they remain relevant. 

 

 

Rk	Player	Trend	Min/Max	Notes	Age
1	Connor McDavid, EDM	-	90/150 pt		25.9
2	Leon Draisaitl, EDM	-	80/130		27.2
3	Auston Matthews, TOR	-	80/125	Down year, but still racking up the points	25.3
4	Nathan MacKinnon, COL	-	80/125		27.3
5	Nikita Kucherov, TB	-	75/115		29.5
6	Mikko Rantanen, COL	-	75/115		26.2
7	Kirill Kaprizov, MIN	-	65/115		25.7
8	David Pastrnak, BOS	-	70/115		26.6
9	Mitchell Marner, TOR	-	70/115		25.6
10	Artemi Panarin, NYR	-	70/110		31.2

 

11	Sidney Crosby, PIT	-	70/115		35.4
12	Matthew Tkachuk, FLA	-	65/105		25.0
13	Jason Robertson, DAL	⟰	50/105		23.4
14	Jack Eichel, VGK	⟰	65/115	On his way up; top 5 upside is still possible	26.2
15	Brad Marchand, BOS	-	70/105		34.6
16	Alex Ovechkin, WAS	-	60/100		37.3
17	Aleksander Barkov, FLA	-	70/105		27.3
18	Kyle Connor, WPG	-	55/95		26.0
19	Patrick Kane, CHI	-	65/105		34.1
20	Mika Zibanejad, NYR	-	55/95		29.7

   

 

21	Jack Hughes, NJ	⟰	45/105	He's officially arrived	21.6
22	Sebastian Aho, CAR	-	65/95		25.4
23	J.T. Miller, VAN	-	55/95		29.8
24	Jake Guentzel, PIT	-	60/95		28.2
25	Steven Stamkos, TB	-	55/95		32.9
26	Johnny Gaudreau, CBJ	-	55/110	Somehow producing in CBJ sinkhole	29.4
27	Andrei Svechnikov, CAR	-	55/95		22.7
28	Tage Thompson, BUF	⟰	40/95	Meteoric rise continues unabated	25.2
29	Mark Scheifele, WPG	-	60/90		29.8
30	John Tavares, TOR	-	55/95	Looks revived after slow 2021-2022	32.3
31	Jonathan Huberdeau, CGY	⟱	70/110	Still hasn't clicked in Calgary	29.6
32	Elias Pettersson, VAN	-	45/100		24.1
33	William Nylander, TOR	⟰	50/90		26.6
34	Timo Meier, SJ	-	45/85	Back on track after slow start	26.2
35	Alex DeBrincat, OTT	-	50/95		25.0
36	Brayden Point, TB	-	50/90		26.8
37	Roope Hintz, DAL	-	40/75		26.1
38	Mark Stone, VGK	-	50/90	If he can stay healthy, he's money	30.6
39	Pavel Buchnevich, STL	-	40/85		27.7
40	Evgeni Malkin, PIT	-	60/95	If health wasn't an issue, he'd be higher	36.4

 

   

41	Brady Tkachuk, OTT	-	45/85		23.3
42	Elias Lindholm, CGY	⟱	45/90	Missing Tkachuk and Gaudreau	28.1
43	Jesper Bratt, NJ	⟰	30/85	I'm buying stocks in this Devils offence	24.4
44	Kevin Fiala, LA	-	45/85		26.4
45	Filip Forsberg, NAS	-	45/85		28.4
46	Patrice Bergeron, BOS	-	50/85		37.4
47	Joe Pavelski, DAL	-	45/85	Refuses to act his age	38.5
48	Nick Suzuki, MTL	-	40/90		23.4
49	Claude Giroux, OTT	-	50/85		35.0
50	Dylan Larkin, DET	-	45/85		26.4
51	Mathew Barzal, NYI	-	55/95		25.6
52	Gabriel Landeskog, COL	-	50/90		30.1
53	Cole Caufield, MTL	⟰	35/85		22.0
54	Anze Kopitar, LA	-	50/85		35.3
55	Troy Terry, ANH	-	40/85		25.3
56	Bo Horvat, VAN	-	30/80	Scoring machine likely moved by deadline	27.7
57	Tim Stutzle, OTT	-	45/95		20.9
58	Jordan Kyrou, STL	-	45/85		24.6
59	Nazem Kadri, CGY	-	40/95		32.2
60	Evgeny Kuznetsov, WAS	-	45/85		30.6
61	Martin Necas, CAR	⟰	30/75		23.9
62	Vladimir Tarasenko, STL	-	45/85		31.0
63	Mats Zuccarello, MIN	⟰	40/80		35.3
64	Tomas Hertl, SJ	⟰	45/85		29.1
65	Chris Kreider, NYR	-	40/85		31.7
66	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM	-	45/80	Playing like a first overall pick, at last	29.7
67	Drake Batherson, OTT	-	40/80		24.7
68	Nico Hischier, NJ	⟰	40/85		24.0
69	Tyler Seguin, DAL	-	40/85		30.9
70	Trevor Zegras, ANH	-	45/95		21.8
71	Travis Konecny, PHI	-	40/75		25.8
72	Clayton Keller, AZ	-	45/95		24.4
73	Robert Thomas, STL	-	45/90		23.5
74	Jeff Skinner, BUF	⟰	35/80	9 mill man playing up to contract right now	30.6
75	Patrik Laine, CBJ	-	40/90	Just can't stay healthy	24.7

76	Matt Duchene, NAS	-	30/80		31.9
77	Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG	⟱	50/85	Another season, another major injury	26.9
78	Pierre-Luc Dubois, WPG	-	35/85		24.5
79	Bryan Rust, PIT	-	45/80		30.6
80	Zach Hyman, EDM	-	40/80		30.5
81	Alex Tuch, BUF	⟰	35/80	Any piece of BUF's top line is gold right now	26.6
82	Evander Kane, EDM	⟱	35/80	Hold if you can; long recovery ahead	31.4
83	Sam Reinhart, FLA	-	40/85		27.1
84	Valeri Nichushkin, COL	-	40/75		27.8
85	Blake Wheeler, WPG	⟰	40/80		36.3
86	Lucas Raymond, DET	-	40/85		20.7
87	David Perron, DET	-	30/75		34.6
88	Brayden Schenn, STL	-	40/75		31.3
89	Tyler Bertuzzi, DET	-	45/85		27.8
90	Andre Burakovsky, SEA	-	30/80		27.9
91	Taylor Hall, BOS	-	40/85		31.1
92	Jonathan Marchessault, VGK	-	40/80		32.0
93	Vincent Trocheck, NYR	-	40/80		29.5
94	Dylan Cozens, BUF	⟰	40/80	Less heralded part of BUF's surge	21.9
95	Dominik Kubalik, DET	⟰	30/75		27.3
96	Matty Beniers, SEA	-	30/80		20.1
97	Teuvo Teravainen, CAR	⟱	45/85		28.3
98	Jamie Benn, DAL	-	35/80		33.4
99	Brock Nelson, NYI	-	40/80		31.2
100	Jake DeBrusk, BOS	-	30/80		26.2

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