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Ranking of the 100 best attackers
WHEAT = Injured, but reassessed daily
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM
2. LĂ©on Draisaitl, C/AG, EDM
3. Nikita Kucherov, AD, TBL
4. Jack Hughes, C, NJD
5. David Pastrnak, AD, BOS
6. Artemi Panarin, AG, New York
7. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL
8. Elias Pettersson, C/AG, VAN
9. Mikko Rantanen, C/AD, COL
10. JT Miller, C/AG, VAN
11. Auston Matthews, C, TOR
12. William Nylander, AG/AD, TOR
13. Tim StĂĽtzle, C/AG, OTT
14. Jason Robertson, AG, DAL
15. Sam Reinhart, C/AD, FLA
16. Brayden Point, C, TBL
17. Brady Tkachuk, AG, OTT
18. Jesper Bratt, AD, NJD
19. Mitchell Marner, AD, TOR
20. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT
21. Jake Guentzel, AG, PIT
22. Kyle Connor, AG, WPG
23. Filip Forsberg, AG, NSH
24. Matthew Tkachuk, AG, FLA
25. Steven Stamkos, C/AG, TBL
26. Alexander Barkov, C, FLA
27. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG
28. Jack Eichel, C, VGK
29. Kirill Kaprizov, AG, MIN
30. Connor Bedard, C, CHI
31. Evander Kane, AG, EDM
32. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR
33. John Tavares, C, TOR
34. Sebastian Aho, C, CAR
35. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN
36. Robert Thomas, C, STL
37. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT
38. Adrian Kempe, AG/AD, LAK
39. Kevin Fiala, AG/AD, LAK
40. Zach Hyman, AG/AD, EDM
41. Chris Kreider, AG/AD, NYR
42. Brad Marchand, AG, BOS
43. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK
44. Alex Ovechkin, AG, WSH
45. Andrei Svechnikov, AG, RCA
46. ​​Mats Zuccarello, AD, MIN
47. Alex DeBrincat, AG, DET
48. Clayton Keller, AG/AD, ARI
49. Claude Giroux, C/AD, OTT
50. Mason McTavish, C, ANA
51. Dylan Larkin, C, DET
52. William Karlsson, C, VGK
53. Brandon Hagel, AG/AD, TBL
54. Joe Pavelski, C/AD, DAL
55. Roope Hintz, C, DAL
56. Mark Stone, AD, VGK
57. Cole Caufield, AG/AD, MTL
58. Nick Suzuki, C, MTL
59. Matt Boldy, AG/AD, MIN
60. Tyler Toffoli, AG/AD, NJD
61. Ryan O’Reilly, C, NSH
62. Frank Vatrano, C/AG, ANA
63. Quinton Byfield, C, LAK
64. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/AG, EDM
65. Valeri Nichushkin, AG/AD, COL
66. Joel Eriksson Ek, C, MIN
67. Timo Meier, AG/AD, NJD
68. Vincent Trocheck, C, NYR
69. Bryan Rust, AD, PIT
70. Trevor Moore, AG, LAK
71. Matt Duchene, C, DAL
72. Nick Schmaltz, C/AD, ARI
73. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI
74. Pavel Buchnevich, AG/AD, TSL
75. Wyatt Johnston, C, DAL
76. Nico Hischier, C, NJD
77. Bo Horvat, C, NYI
78. Casey Mittelstadt, C, BUF
79. Johnny Gaudreau, AG, CBJ
80. Vladimir Tarasenko, AD, OTT
81. Jordan Kyrou, AG/AD, TSL
82. Charlie Coyle, C, BOS
83. Seth Jarvis, C/AD, CAR
84. Jeff Skinner, AG, BUF
85. Mathieu Joseph, AD, OTT
86. Travis Konecny, AD, PHI
87. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, C, CAR
88. Alex Tuch, AD, BUF
89. Ryan Strome, AG/AD, ANA
90. Drake Batherson, AD, OTT
91. Jamie Benn, C/AG, DAL
92. Troy Terry, AD, ANA
93. Pavel Zacha, C, BOS
94. Cole Perfetti, C, WPG
95. Josh Norris, C, OTT
96. Andrei Kuzmenko, AG, VAN
97. Patrik Laine, AG/AD, CBJ
98. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C, LAK
99. Nikolaj Ehlers, AG, WPG
100. Philipp Kurashev, C/AG, CHI
Blessed: Gabriel Landeskog, C/AG, COL; Max Pacioretty, AG, WSH; Patrick Kane, AD, UFA; Logan Couture, C, SJS; Kirby Dach, MTL, C; André Burakovsky, AG/AD, SEA; Nicklas Backstrom, C, WSH; Artturi Lehkonen, AG/AD, COL; Tage Thompson, C, BUF; Tommy Novak, C, NSH; Trevor Zegras, C, ANA; Taylor Hall, AG, CHI
Honorable mentions: Oliver Bjorkstrand, AD, MER; Michael Bunting, AG, CAR; Lucas Raymond, AD, DET; Jake DeBrusk, AG/AD, BOS; Matias Maccelli, AG, ARI; Tomas Hertl, C, SJS; Andrew Mangiapane, AG/AD, CGY; Ivan Barbashev, AD/AG, VGK; Boone Jenner, C, CBJ; Brayden Schenn, C/AG, STL; Brock Nelson, C, NYI; Carter Verhaeghe, AG, FLA; Sean Couturier, C, PHI; Ryan Hartman, C, MIN; Dylan Cozens, C, BUF; Matty Beniers, C, MER; Jared McCann, C, MER; Jonathan Huberdeau, AG, CGY; Elias Lindholm, C, CGY; Marco Rossi, C, MIN; Chandler Stephenson, C/AD/AG, VGK; Reilly Smith, AD, PIT; Sean Monahan, C, MTL; Leo Carlsson, C, ANA; Teuvo Teravainen, AG/AD, RCA; Evan Rodrigues, C/AD/AG, FLA; Jaden Schwartz, AG, MER; Alexis Lafrenière, AG/AD, NYR; Jordan Eberle, AD, MER; Tom Wilson, AD, WSH; Jonathan Marchessault, AG/AD, VGK; Logan Cooley, C, ARI; Martin Necas, AD, CAR; Connor Zary, C, CGY; JT Compher, C/AG, DET
