Top 100 Forwards in the NHL

[RedWingzz]

Just like many of you, by this time in the middle of the summer I start itching for anything hockey. I was bored and had some spare time so I decided to put together my list of the top 100 forwards in the league.

My Criteria:

This list is based on the top 100 forwards at this very moment. It has nothing to do with potential and nothing to do with contracts, it is simply based on who I believe are the best forwards in the NHL at the moment, entering the 2019/2020 season. While the 2018/2019 season is very influential in these rankings, I try to look at the prior 3 seasons (when applicable) rather than simply looking at last year. For this reason, some players who had monster years ( Brayden Point) may not be as high as some would like. I also don't like completely writing players off after one subpar year (J. Benn/Kopitar).

I will acknowledge that I am a huge Wings fan, so it is only natural that some Wings bias appears in my rankings, however I really did try to be as unbiased as possible, and tried hard not to overvalue any of the Red Wings on the list. I am also aware that many people will have completely different opinions, and I welcome the feedback. Rather than just telling me "my list sucks" tell me who I forgot, tell me who I have rated too high or too low. If you really do think it sucks, and you want to call my list bad, at least put forth an argument as to why it is bad.

Top 100 NHL Forwards- 2019/2020

1. C. McDavid- Edmonton
2. S. Crosby- Pittsburgh
3. N. Kucherov- Tampa Bay
4. A. Ovechkin- Washington
5. N. Mackinnon- Colorado
6. P. Kane- Chicago
7. B. Marchand- Boston
8. S. Stamkos- Tampa Bay
9. E. Malkin- Pittsburgh
10. A. Matthews- Toronto
11. L. Draisaitl- Edmonton
12. J. Tavares- Toronto
13. J. Gaudreau- Calgary
14. A. Barkov- Florida
15. P. Bergeron- Boston
16. A. Panarin- N.Y. Rangers
17. T. Hall- New Jersey
18. D. Pastrnak- Boston
19. M. Marner- Toronto
20. M. Scheifele- Winnipeg
21. M. Rantanen- Colorado
22. J. Eichel- Buffalo
23. C. Giroux- Philadelphia
24. V. Tarasenko- St. Louis
25. B. Point- Tampa Bay
26. T. Seguin- Dallas
27. B. Wheeler- Winnipeg
28. S. Aho- Carolina
29. N. Backstrom- Washington
30. R. O’Reilly- St. Louis
31. A. Kopitar- Los Angeles
32. E. Kuznetsov- Washington
33. E. Pettersson- Vancouver
34. D. Larkin- Detroit
35. M. Stone- Vegas
36. J. Toews- Chicago
37. J. Benn- Dallas
38. F. Forsberg- Nashville
39. P. Kessel- Arizona
40. M. Barzal- N.Y. Islanders
41. M. Duchene- Nashville
42. L. Couture- San Jose
43. S. Couturier- Philadelphia
44. S. Monahan- Calgary
45. J. Voracek- Philadelphia
46. B. Boeser- Vancouver
47. J. Huberdeau- Florida
48. P. Laine- Winnipeg
49. A. Radulov- Dallas
50. G. Landeskog- Colorado
51. T. Teravainen- Carolina
52. T. Hertl- San Jose
53. A. DeBrincat- Chicago
54. R. Getzlaf- Anaheim
55. M. Tkachuk- Calgary
56. J. Pavelski- Dallas
57. V. Arvidsson- Nashville
58. E. Lindholm- Calgary
59. J. Marchessault- Vegas
60. T. Meier- San Jose
61. M. Zibanejad- N.Y. Rangers
62. C. Atkinson- Columbus
63. M. Domi- Montreal
64. P. Dubois- Columbus
65. J. Skinner- Buffalo
66. J. Guentzel- Pittsburgh
67. K. Connor- Winnipeg
68. M. Hoffman- Florida
69. R. Johansen- Nashville
70. N. Hischier- New Jersey
71. A. Mantha- Detroit
72. W. Nylander- Toronto
73. S. Reinhart- Buffalo
74. B. Schenn- St. Louis
75. W. Karlsson- Vegas
76. R. N-Hopkins- Edmonton
77. E. Staal- Minnesota
78. E. Dadonov- Florida
79. M. Zuccarello- Minnesota
80. J. Schwartz- St. Louis
81. P. Stastny- Vegas
82. Z. Parise- Minnesota
83. N. Kadri- Colorado
84. B. Horvat- Vancouver
85. N. Ehlers- Winnipeg
86. C. Keller- Arizona
87. M. Pacioretty- Vegas
88. J. Bailey- N.Y. Islanders
89. M. Granlund- Nashville
90. R. Rakell- Anaheim
91. A. Lee- N.Y. Islanders
92. D. Krejci- Boston
93. Y. Gourde- Tampa Bay
94. A. Athanasiou- Detroit
95. B. Tkachuk- Ottawa
96. D. Strome- Chicago
97. T. Tatar- Montreal
98. T. Oshie- Washington
99. J. Drouin- Monteal
100. D. Perron- St. Louis

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[ottawa]

Kucherov is too low

 

[JT Kreider]

Pettersson and Stone too low

 

[illpucks]

Kucherov is too low

Kucherov should be #1 @RedWingzz

 

[LuckyBoeser]

The most noticeable thing for me is Stone being way too low for a elite defensive winger who drives the play really well.

 

[Hostile Offer]

No Gallagher?

 

[Mrb1p]

Gallagher is the Habs best player and he's not in there, Jonathan Drouin of all people is ahead of him This is incredible

 

[Midnight Judges]

Not a bad list.

Not sure how Crosby over Kucherov could possibly be justified.

 

[RedWingzz]

No Gallagher?

If I'm completely honest, he was #101, and I knew people would have issues with this. I based it off the last 3 years, so wha hurt him a bit was his 16/17 season.

Looking over it, Gallagher should probably be there over Tatar, but I love Tatar so thats my Red Wings bias creeping in.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Stamkos too high, Stone & Pettersson too low. Would personally have top 5 as 1. McDavid, 2. Kucherov, 3. Crosby, 4. Mackinnon, 5. Ovechkin; overall good list.

 

[Kale Hulls]

Connor too low, Kessel and Meier too high.

 

[Scott Stevens]

Just in terms of the Vancouver players I can’t put Boeser over Horvat. Whether that means Brock is too high, or Bo too low?

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

McDavid too low

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I’m not sure how Matthews cracks the top 10 if you ignore potential. He’s a PPG type player right now. That’s not top 10 imo. If you take into account potential then I can see it.
For example, how is he ahead of Drai and Tavares who are the two guys right after him on the list. To me it looks like you’re taking into account potential.

 

[Hostile Offer]

If I'm completely honest, he was #101, and I knew people would have issues with this. I based it off the last 3 years, so wha hurt him a bit was his 16/17 season.

Looking over it, Gallagher should probably be there over Tatar, but I love Tatar so thats my Red Wings bias creeping in.

It's alright, the list could be worse. Tatar is still a solid player, now Drouin on the other hand...

 

[RalphKing]

Mikael Backlund should be on the list. He's better than plenty. It's a pretty good list overall. Better than I could do.

 

[RalphKing]

If I'm completely honest, he was #101, and I knew people would have issues with this. I based it off the last 3 years, so wha hurt him a bit was his 16/17 season.

Looking over it, Gallagher should probably be there over Tatar, but I love Tatar so thats my Red Wings bias creeping in.

Then how did Dylan Strome make it?

Still a pretty good list.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

How exactly is Gaudreau still so underrated?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Kane below MacKinnon is a joke. He's also better than Ovechkin.

MacKinnon continues to be the most overrated player in the league AINEC

 

[Krewe]

I agree I’d put him better than 13, but of the players above him only maybe 1 or 2 don’t have a decent argument for being put above depending on what you value

 

[LuckyBoeser]

No Gallagher?

Gallagher is the Habs best player and he's not in there, Jonathan Drouin of all people is ahead of him This is incredible

Yeah that is a huge snub. Gallagher is one of the best shot generating machine in the league. I love how ferocious of a player he is.

If I'm completely honest, he was #101, and I knew people would have issues with this. I based it off the last 3 years, so wha hurt him a bit was his 16/17 season.

Looking over it, Gallagher should probably be there over Tatar, but I love Tatar so thats my Red Wings bias creeping in.

Gallagher played fine in the 2017 season. He was just very unlucky so his productuon suffered. He had a 5.56 oish% (extremely low) but all of his analytics suggested he played well. So I wouldn't fuzz too much about his production in 2017.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Kane below MacKinnon is a joke. He's also better than Ovechkin.

MacKinnon continues to be the most overrated player in the league AINEC

Lol no Mack daddy is two. Did you watch the Calgary series? He’s close to McDavid IMO

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Just in terms of the Vancouver players I can’t put Boeser over Horvat. Whether that means Brock is too high, or Bo too low?

Boeser > Horvat. Love the determination and heart that Horvat plays with over Boeser’s casualness, but burying the puck is what truly matters and Boeser is simply a more talented player.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

I agree I’d put him better than 13, but of the players above him only maybe 1 or 2 don’t have a decent argument for being put above depending on what you value

Personally I think if you put Gaudreau in the position of Marchand then he’s talked about as a no doubt top 5 player.

Stamkos and Draisatl in particular are no where close to Gaudreau.

He turns 55-60 point players into PPG guys

 

[Leafsrock95]

I’m not sure how Matthews cracks the top 10 if you ignore potential. He’s a PPG type player right now. That’s not top 10 imo. If you take into account potential then I can see it.
For example, how is he ahead of Drai and Tavares who are the two guys right after him on the list. To me it looks like you’re taking into account potential.

So why would oveckin be top 10 basically same player but Matthews is a center.

Not saying your wrong about Matthews but I feel Ovie is overrated a lot.