This is the first week of comparing forwards. A couple of guys have made some really big jumps, Sidney Crosby hasn't cracked the top forwards rankings yet. However the top line of the Oilers have gone nuts and forced their way into the rankings. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle combined for 23 points this past week, although most of them came from the monster game against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Top Forwards Ranking
1. Phil Kessel (↑1)
2. Claude Giroux (↑3)
3. Thomas Vanek (↓2)
4. Steven Stamkos
5. Joffrey Lupul (↑7)
6. James Neal (↓3)
7. Kris Versteeg (↑4)
8. Jamie Benn (↑7)
9. Ryan Smyth (↑8)
10. Tyler Seguin (↓3)
11. Patrick Sharp (↑5)
12. Marian Gaborik (↓6)
13. Daniel Sedin (↓5)
14. Jonathan Toews (↑10)
15. Teemu Selanne (↑6)
16. Joe Pavelski (↓7)
17. Johan Franzen (↑5)
18. Patrick Kane (↓5)
19. Corey Perry (↑1)
20. Marian Hossa (↓10)
21. Nicklas Backstrom (↑6)
22. Patrick Marleau (↑13)
23. Stephen Weiss (↑20)
24. Ryan Callahan (↑4)
25. Tomas Fleischmann (↑8)
26. Anze Kopitar (↓7)
27. Jason Pominville (↓13)
28. Vincent Lecavalier (↓2)
29. Scott Hartnell (↑16)
30. Brad Marchand (↓7)
31. Alex Ovechkin (↓1)
32. Loui Eriksson (↓3)
33. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (↑38)
34. Radim Vrbata (↑12)
35. Ryane Clowe (↓3)
36. John Tavares (↓18)
37. Evgeni Malkin (↑18)
38. Pavel Datsyuk (NEW)
39. Mike Richards (↑17)
40. Evander Kane (↑2)
41. Max Pacioretty (↓16)
42. Tomas Plekanec (↓8)
43. Jason Spezza (↓5)
44. Jeff Skinner (↓7)
45. Patrik Elias (↓4)
46. Henrik Sedin (↓15)
47. Taylor Hall (NEW)
48. Alexander Steen (↑5)
49. Craig Smith (↓5)
50. Joe Thornton
51. Milan Michalek (↓11)
52. Rick Nash (↑21)
53. Logan Couture (↓2)
54. Milan Lucic (↓15)
55. Jordan Eberle (NEW)
56. Patrice Bergeron (↓4)
57. Vaclav Prospal (↑6)
58. James van Riemsdyk (↓9)
59. Andrew Ladd (NEW)
60. David Backes (↑6)
61. Danny Briere (↑3)
62. Pascal Dupuis (NEW)
63. Martin St. Louis (↓4)
64. Shane Doan (↓6)
65. David Clarkson (↓18)
66. Milan Hejduk (↓18)
67. Jordan Staal (↓10)
68. Ray Whitney (↓14)
69. Zach Parise (↓8)
70. Jason Chimera (NEW)
71. Matt Read (NEW)
72. Jaromir Jagr (↓36)
73. Matt Duchene (↑1)
74. Dustin Brown (↓12)
75. Brad Richards (↓6)
Out: Jason Williams, Dany Heatley, Olli Jokinen, Patric Hornqvist, Derek Roy, Simon Gagne, Brandon Dubinsky
Phil Kessel looks like he's on pace for 57 goals while Giroux could hit 48 this year. Pavelski, Seguin, and Stamkos look like they'll hit 47 and James Neal could finish with 46 goals. Nicklas Backstrom looks like he could return to his monster season with 70 assists. Daniel Sedin, Joe Thornton, Jamie Benn, Claude Giroux, Jason Pominville, and Jordan Eberle look like they could hit 60+ assists as well. Looks like the only guys that'll break 100 points this season though are Phil Kessel and Claude Giroux.
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