Fantasy Hockey Forward Rankings - December 8th, 2021


Regularly updated fantasy hockey forward rankings.

Our fantasy hockey forward rankings project the next 2 to 3 seasons, and consider each player's track record, upside, age, team and injury history. Because fantasy hockey league categories vary widely, these rankings focus on point production.
 
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1Connor McDavid, EDM  
2Leon Draisaitl, EDM  
3Nathan MacKinnon, COL  
4Auston Matthews, TOR Reigning Rocket winner heating up after slow start
5Nikita Kucherov, TB Injuries a concerning trend
6Artemi Panarin, NYR  
7Mikko Rantanen, COL  
8David Pastrnak, BOS How will B's aging core impact him long term?
9Patrick Kane, CHI  
10Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA  
11Mitch Marner, TOR  
12Aleksander Barkov, FLA  
13Alex Ovechkin, WAS Scoring at will, but he's getting a pile of assists too
14Brad Marchand, BOS  
15Sidney Crosby, PITUpBack on track after an injury and Covid-riddled start
16Sebastian Aho, CAR  
17Andrei Svechnikov, CAR  
18Mark Scheifele, WPG  
19John Tavares, TOR  
20Kyle Connor, WPG  
21Kirill Kaprizov, MINUp 
22Jack Eichel, VGK Vegas winger depth could take Eichel to new heights
23Jake Guentzel, PIT  
24Brayden Point, TB Playoff stud, but a solid regular season play as well
25Steven Stamkos, TB When he's healthy, he's a top 10 centerman
26Matthew Tkachuk, CGY  
27Mark Stone, VGK  
28Mika Zibanejad, NYR  
29J.T. Miller, VAN One of the few consistent Canucks this year
30Alex DeBrincat, CHIUpProbably doesn't get the fanfare he deserves
31Gabriel Landeskog, COL  
32Nikolaj Ehlers, WPG  
33Elias Pettersson, VAN New coach, new opportunity
34Johnny Gaudreau, CGY  
35Evgeny Kuznetsov, WASUpDug himself out of the doghouse; he's still elite
36William Nylander, TORUpImproves a bit every seaso
37Mathew Barzal, NYI  
38Anze Kopitar, LA  
39Max Pacioretty, VGK  
40Evgeni Malkin, PITDownInjuries piling up for the elder statesman
41Patrice Bergeron, BOS  
42Nicklas Backstrom, WASDown 
43Elias Lindholm, CGY  
44Ryan O'Reilly, STL  
45Tyler Seguin, DALDown 
46Blake Wheeler, WPGDownSet such a high benchmark; trending downward
47Sean Couturier, PHI  
48Brady Tkachuk, OTT Contract done, can focus on leading young Sens
49Patrik Laine, CBJ He's better than he's shown, but is he a Rocket threat?
50Kevin Fiala, MIN  
51Vincent Trocheck, CAR  
53Timo Meier, SJUpYoung power forward continues to make strides
52Vladimir Tarasenko, STLUpWhen he's healthy, he's elite
54Filip Forsberg, NAS He'd be higher if he wasn't hurt half of the time
55Trevor Zegras, ANHUpHuman highlight reel leading Ducks out of NHL cellar
56Jason Robertson, DAL  
57Taylor Hall, BOSDownShould be a good fit in Boston...in theory
58David Perron, STL  
59Jack Hughes, NJ Ranked here for the upside
60Teuvo Teravainen, CAR  
61Jonathan Marchessault, VGK  
62Claude Giroux, PHI  
63Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, EDM  
64Dominik Kubalik, CHI  
65Pierre-Luc Dubois, WPG  
66Brock Boeser, VAN  
67Andrei Burakovsky, COL  
68Nazem Kadri, COLUpPutting together a nice bounceback season
69Nick Suzuki, MTL  
70Dylan Larkin, DET Will improve as Detroit improves
71Bo Horvat, VAN  
72Pavel Buchnevich, STL  
73Bryan Rust, PIT  
74Brayden Schenn, STLDown 
75Oliver Bjorkstrand, CBJ  
76T.J. Oshie, WAS  
77Jordan Kyrou, STL  
78Zach Hyman, EDMUpHas been everything the Oilers hoped for and more
79Tomas Hertl, SJ  
80Sam Reinhart, FLA  
81Troy Terry, ANHUpWhat a start! Can he keep it up?
82Tyler Bertuzzi, DET Injuries, COVID situation cap otherwise high upside
83Martin Necas, CAR  
84Andrew Mangiapane, CGY  
85Travis Konecny, PHI  
86Tom Wilson, WAS  
87Lucas Raymond, DETUpDetroit's young stud is off to a quick start
88Jaden Schwartz, SEA  
89Jakub Voracek, CBJ  
90Joe Pavelski, DAL  
91Roope Hintz, DAL  
92Ryan Strome, NYR  
93Viktor Arvidsson, LA  
94Jesse Puljujarvi, EDM Pretty good opportunity rotating through Oilers top 6
95Tyler Toffoli, MTL  
96Logan Couture, SJ  
97Robert Thomas, STL Emerging as one of the game's top passers
98Mikael Granlund, NAS  
99Matt Duchene, NAS  
100Clayton Keller, AZ Plenty of skill, but has struggled in AZ
    
    
 THE SPARES  
 William Karlsson, VGK  
 Anders Lee, NYI  
 Nico Hischier, NJ  
 Anthony Duclair, FLA  
 Drake Batherson, OTT  
 Alex Killorn, TB  
 Jakub Vrana, DET  
 Mike Hoffman, MTL  
 Rickard Rakell, ANH  
 Sam Bennett, FLA  
 Cam Atkinson, CBJ  
 Reilly Smith, VGK  
 Jordan Eberle, SEA  
 Victor Olofsson, BUF  
 Sean Monahan, CGY  
 Jamie Benn, DAL  
 Alexander Radulov, DAL  
 Anthony Cirelli, TB  
 Brendan Gallagher, MTL  
 Tomas Tatar, MTL  
 Kailer Yamamoto, EDM  
 Alexis Lafreniere, NYR  
 James van Riemsdyk, PHI  
 Tim Stutzle, OTT  
 Anthony Mantha, WAS  
 Jonathan Drouin, MTL  
 Evgenii Dadonov, VGK  
 Jonathan Toews, CHI  
 Dennis Gurianov, DAL  
 Ondrej Palat, TB  
 Evander Kane, SJ  
 Max Domi, CBJ  
 Phil Kessel, AZ  
 Ryan Johansen, NAS  
 Kyle Palmieri, NYI  
 Nick Schmaltz, AZ  
 Kaapo Kakko, NYR  
 Jeff Skinner, BUF  
 Ryan Getzlaf, ANH  
 Yanni Gourde, SEA  
 Josh Bailey, NYI  
 Kevin Hayes, PHI  
 Wayne Simmonds, TOR  
 Jeff Carter, PIT  
 Mats Zuccarello, MIN  
 Nolan Patrick, VGK  
 Tyler Johnson, CHI  
 Jake DeBrusk, BOS  
 Jason Zucker, PIT  
 Zach Parise, NYI  
 Patric Hornqvist, FLA  
 Jakob Silvferberg, ANH  
 Chris Kreider, NYR  
 Gustav Nyquist, CBJ  
 Casey Mittelstadt, BUF  
 Kasperi Kapanen, PIT  
 Nino Niederreiter, CAR  
 Craig Smith, BOS  
 Paul Stastny, WPG  
 David Krejci, BOS  
 Marcus Johansson, SEA  
 Brandon Saad, STL  
 Nick Foligno, BOS  
 Robby Fabbri, DET  
 Josh Anderson, MTL  
 Valeri Nichushkin, COL  
 Arturri Lehkonen, MTL  
 Filip Zadina, DET  
 Michael Bunting, TOR