Ranking Forward Groups across the league.

[Mitch nylander]

Please tell me if there are needed corrections to your team's lineup. I just made them as I went.

Anaheim
Rakell - Getzlaf - Kase
Ritchie - Henrique - Terry
Jones - Steel - Sprong
Deslauriers - Rowney - Shore
Grant/Kesler

Arizona

Keller - Stepan - Kessel
Soderberg - Schmaltz - Grabner
Crouse - Dvorak - Hinostroza
Garland - Richardson - Fischer
Bunting/Chaput

Boston

Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak
Debrusk - Krejci - Kuhlman
Heinen - Coyle - Backes
Wagner - Kuraly - Ritchie
Nordstrom/Lindholm

Buffalo

Skinner - Eichel - Reinhart
Sheary - Mittelstadt - Okposo
Vesey - Rodrigues - Olofsson
Sobotka - Girgensons - Larsson
Wilson/Lazar/Dea

Calgary

Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Dube
Mangiapane - Ryan - Neal
Czarnik/Quine/Lomberg

Carolina

Svechnikov - Aho -Teravainen
Haula - Necas - Niederreiter
Wallmark - Staal - Mcginn
Foegele - Bishop - Martinook
Kuokkanen/Maenelainen


Chicago

Debrincat - Strome - Kane
Saad - Toews -Perlini
Kubalik - Anisimov - Shaw
Carpenter - Kampf -Caggiula
Quenneville/Sikura/Wedin

Colorado

Landeskog - Mackinnon - Rantanen
Donskoi - Kadri - Burakovsky
Compher - Jost - Wilson
Calvert - Bellemare - Nieto
Greer/Kamenev

Columbus
Nyquist - Dubois - Atkinson
Jenner - Wennberg - Anderson
Foligno - Nash - Bjorkstrand
Texier - Sedlak - Hannikainen
Robinson/Sherwood/Milano

Dallas
Benn - Seguin - Radulov
Dickinson - Hintz - Pavelski
Janmark- Faksa - Perry
Cogliano - Dowling- Comeau
Hanzal/Gurianov/ Kiviranta

Detroit
Bertuzzi - Larkin - Mantha
Athanasiou - Nielsen - Zadina
Hirose - Filppula - Rasmussen
Abdelkader- Glendening - Helm
Svechnikov/De La Rose/ Ehn

Edmonton

Draisaitl - Mcdavid - Puljujarvi
Chiasson - Nuge - Kassian
Lucic - Granlund - Khaira
Nygard- Has - Gagner
Brodziak/Cave/Jurco

Florida

Huberdeau - Barkov - Dadonov
Hoffman - Trocheck - Tippett
Vatrano - Borgstrom - Connolly
Sceviour - Acciari - Malgin
Greco/Toninato/Hawryluk

LA

Iaffalo- Kopitar - Brown
Kovalchuk - Carter - Toffoli
Grundstrom - Kempe - Wagner
Clifford - Lizotte - Lewis
Amadio/Luff

Minnesota

Zucker - Staal - Zuccarello
Parise - Eriksson Ek - Fiala
Donato - Koivu - Kunin
Greenway- Rask - Hartman
Brown/Foligno/Sturm

Montreal
Tatar- Danault- Gallagher
Drouin - Domi -Suzuki
Lehkonen- Kotkaniemi - Poehling
Byron - Thompson - Armia
Hudon/Peca/Weal

Nashville

Forsberg - Johansen - Arvidsson
Granlund - Duchene- Turris
Jarnkrok - Bonino - Smith
Grimaldi - Sissons -Watson
Gaudreau/Salomaki

New Jersey

Hall - Hughes - Palmieri
Coleman - Zajac - Simmonds
Zacha - Hischier - Bratt
Wood - Mcleod - Anderson
Rooney/Hayden/Gignac

New York Islanders

Lee - Barzal - Eberle
Beauvillier - Nelson - Bailey
Martin - Cizikas - Clutterbuck
Ladd - Fritz - Komarov
Kuhnhackl/Ho-Sang/ Johnston/Dal Colle


New York Rangers

Panarin - Zibanejad - Buchnevich
Kreider - Chytil - Kakko
Lemieux -Howden- Andersson
Namesnitkov- Strome - Fast
Nieves/Mckegg/Fogarty/Beleskey

Ottawa
Tkachuk - White - Ryan
Duclair - Tierney - Batherson
Smith - Pageau - Brown
Ennis - Brown - Boedker
Verronneau/Paul/Balcers

Philadelphia

Giroux - Couturier - Konecny
JVR - Hayes - Voracek
Lindblom - Patrick - Frost
Raffl - Laughton - Pitlick
Vorobyev/Kase

Pittsburgh
Guentzel - Crosby - Hornqvist
Galchenyuk - Malkin - Kahun
Bjugstad - Mccann - Rust
Simon - Blueger - Tanev
Lafferty/ZAR/Johnson

San Jose

Meier - Couture - Labanc
Kane - Hertl - True
Sorensen - Gambrell - Karlsson
Radil - Brodzinski- Goodrow
Suomela/Kellman

ST Louis

Schwartz- Schenn- Tarasenko
Blais - O'reilly - Perron
Fabbri - Bozak -Thomas
Steen - Barbashev - Sundqvist
Kyrou/Sanford/Nolan

Tampa

Palat - Stamkos - Kucherov
Gourde- Point - Johnson
Killorn - Cirelli - Joseph
Martel - Paquette - Erne
Conacher/Volkov

Toronto

Hyman - Tavares - Marner
Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander
Mikheyev - Kerfoot - Kapanen
Moore - Spezza - Shore
Gauthier/Agostino/Petan

Vancouver

Pearson - Pettersson - Boeser
Miller - Horvat - Virtanen
Baertschi - Gaudette - Roussel
Eriksson - Sutter - Goldobin
Beagle/Leivo/Schaller/Motte

Vegas

Pacioretty - Stastny -Stone
Marchessault - Karlsson - Smith
Gusev- Glass - Tuch
Carrier - Eakin - Reaves
Nosek/Pirri/Mackenzie/Zykov

Washington

Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Wilson
Vrana - Backstrom -Oshie
Hagelin - Eller - Panik
Stephenson - Dowd - Hathaway
Leipsic/Boyd/Gersich

Winnipeg

Connor - Scheifele - Wheeler
Ehlers - Little - Laine
Perreault - Roslovic - Vesalainen
Copp - Lowry - Appleton
Griffith/Shaw/Lipon

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[Pavel Buchnevich]

Rangers needs a lot of corrections.

Try something like this instead.

Kreider-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Panarin-Chytil-Kakko
Lemieux-Howden-Andersson
Namestnikov-Strome-Fast

If those players are all on the team to start the season, which they almost certainly won't, I doubt Kravtsov makes the team. More likely, Kreider and Namestnikobv won't be on the team.

 

[Tripod]

Prospects section?

Flyers look right...13th forward could be NAK, but who cares.

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

1. Leafs
2. Lightning

 

[HandsomeTom43]

Caps look good.

Few scant hot take observations:

1)Pittsburgh misses the playoffs next year with that group.
2)Vegas is my pick to come out of the West.
3)Ottawa may be icing the worst team since the lockout.
4)The Rangers still need a 2nd line center (not so hot take).
5)Florida Panthers finish 2nd in the Atlantic.

 

[vcanuck]

Offence that took the most hit:

SJ - without Pavelski, it doesn't look good tbh. the bottom 6 looks like a bunch of unknowns.
PIT - losing Kessel is huge, thats 82 points out off the lineup.
OTT - there's not a single line combo they can put out that resembles a top line. they can very well be a lottery pick team again.
EDM - same old story, after Mcdavid/Draistle there is literally nothing to be scared of lol and now Pulju might not even play next season.

Most improved offence:

DAL - Loved the Pavelski and Perry signings.
COL - Added a legit 2nd line center and some winger depth.
ARZ - Kessel gives them a legit scoring threat now besides Keller.
MTL - i really like the Domi - Drouin - Suzuki line
VAN - *BIAS PICK* - i think the J.T Miller will be huge boost to the top line and i think our forward depth is good.

 

[Snippit]

Is this a poll series and this is #1?

 

[AKL]

Straight up left Donato out of all 15 Minnesota forwards. But you got Brown and Rau?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Please tell me if there are needed corrections to your team's lineup. I just made them as I went.

Pittsburgh
Guentzel - Crosby - Hornqvist
Galchenyuk - Malkin - Kahun
Bjugstad - Mccann - Rust
Simon - Blueger - Tanev
Lafferty/ZAR/Johnson

No clue what the lines will look like once Sullivan puts them in a blender. Plus, likely at least one of those guys is moved out soon (maybe Rust) to dump the Jack Johnson contract.

Assuming no changes, however, it's more like:

Guentzel - Crosby - McCann
Galchenyuk - Malkin - Rust
Kahun - Bjugstad - Hornqvist
Tanev - Blueger - ZAR/Simon

 

[McDavidCrushedLarkin]

Tampa easily

 

[Mitch nylander]

Is this a poll series and this is #1?

Yes

 

[Mitch nylander]

Straight up left Donato out of all 15 Minnesota forwards. But you got Brown and Rau?

Yikes, my bad. Idk how i missed him.

Thanks for responding

 

[Stewie Griffin]

This poll is definitely early as there's still some free agents to be signed. For instrance, Marleau and Thornton are both expected to sign in San Jose, and will take up spots in the bottom 6.

 

[Mighty Makar]

I went with Tampa.

 

[JustinCase]

Tampa looks the best on paper.

 

[DRW204]

TBL, then TOR for me

 

[JaegerDice]

Tampa, not particularly close.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Rangers needs a lot of corrections.

Try something like this instead.

Kreider-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Panarin-Chytil-Kakko
Lemieux-Howden-Andersson
Namestnikov-Strome-Fast

If those players are all on the team to start the season, which they almost certainly won't, I doubt Kravtsov makes the team. More likely, Kreider and Namestnikobv won't be on the team.

Why have Strome on the 4th?

 

[VoluntaryDom]

6 people think colorado has a better offense than tampa? really?

 

[Spilot23]

6 people think colorado has a better offense than tampa? really?

There's always people like that or maybe that's some Avs fans excited about the fact they added an entire 2nd line. No drama to be made when some or should I say someone actually think Kase is a top 10 forward.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Why have Strome on the 4th?

Where should he be?

 

[RedWingzz]

I like this idea for a poll. I don't think you need all 31 teams here though, in order for it to be more accurate you may want to stick to the obvious ones, that way teams like the Canucks would not have votes yet. The biased votes like that one could potentially skew the results a bit.

Tampa easy #1 for me.

 

[QJL]

Tampa and it’s not close.

Also, you won’t need a Rangers fan who doesn’t consider Kravtsov a top 6 forward talent going into this season. He’s a lock, a top Calder candidate, and should be listed.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Where should he be?

2nd or 3rd line depending on how much sheltering the young guys need. I'd argue he's too good for the 4th line.

 

[Joey Moss]

Edmonton has 2 100 point players and there's still no way they aren't bottom 3.