The pinnacle of a hundred NHL gamers for the 2022-23 season is tough to rank, given the superb intensity of expertise at nearly every position. Here The Sports Giant will make the Top player predictions in NHL Season 2022 -23.
To create our annual rating of the NHL’s pinnacle of a hundred gamers, we requested an ESPN panel of greater than 50 hockey specialists to fee gamers primarily based totally on how accurate they may be withinside the 2022-23 season in comparison to their peers.
The Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche has been tied for the maximum number of gamers withinside the pinnacle a hundred with six, together with the New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Vancouver Canucks. Only 3 groups did not locate a participant withinside the pinnacle a hundred — and the Arizona Coyotes are now no longer one of the 3.
Emphasis changed into positioned completely on expectancies for the imminent season and predicting cap potential greatness, in preference to beyond performance, professional résumé, or positional value. Hence, long-time period accidents to gamers, which includes the season-finishing surgical operation for Robin Lehner of the Vegas Golden Knights, have been taken into consideration.
There can be no more indication of the NHL’s intensity than the truth that the middle position — the supply of the league’s big-name strength for decades — accounted for the handiest seven spots withinside the pinnacle 20. Centers do embody 4 slots withinside the pinnacle seven gamers, however.
The fine hundred NHL avid game enthusiasts for the 2022-23 season are difficult to rank, given the fantastic depth of cap potential at almost every location.
To create our annual score of the NHL’s fine hundred avid game enthusiasts, we asked an ESPN panel of more than 50 hockey experts to fee avid game enthusiasts consistent with how terrific they’ll be in the 2022-23 season in evaluation to their friends.
The Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche has been tied for possibly the maximum number of avid game enthusiasts in the fine a hundred with six, collectively with the New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Vancouver Canucks. Only three groups did not place a participant in the fine a hundred — and the Arizona Coyotes don’t appear to be a number of the three.
Emphasis changed as soon as located handiest on expectations for the approaching season and predicting feasible greatness, pretty than preceding efficiency, career résumé, or positional price. Hence, lengthy-term injuries to avid game enthusiasts, such as due to the fact the season-completing surgery for Robin Lehner of the Vegas Golden Knights, have been considered.
There is likewise no better indication of the NHL’s depth than the reality that the center location — the delivery of the league’s super mega-celebrity strength for lots of years — accounted for the simplest seven spots in the fine 20. Centers do surround four slots in the fine seven avid game enthusiasts, on the alternative hand.
Today we expose Nos. fifty thru a hundred on the record. Tune in to “The Point” on Tuesday night time for a expose of the very best avid game enthusiasts, so as to possibly be available online Wednesday morning.
Top player predictions in 2022-23 NHL
1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM
2. Leon Draisaitl, C/LW, EDM
3. Auston Matthews, C, TOR
4. Cale Makar, D, COL
5. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL
6. Kirill Kaprizov, LW, MIN
7. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR
8. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
9. Mikko Rantanen, C/RW, COL
10. Sidney Crosby, C, PIT
11. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TBL
12. Artemi Panarin, LW, NYR
13. Jonathan Huberdeau, LW, CGY
14. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA
15. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
16. Alex Ovechkin, LW, WSH
17. Steven Stamkos, C/LW, TBL
18. Adam Fox, D, NYR
19. Roman Josi, D, NSH
20. Matthew Tkachuk, RW, FLA
21. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS*
22. Mika Zibanejad, C, NYR
23. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG
24. Mitchell Marner, RW, TOR
25. J.T. Miller, C/LW, VAN
26. Brady Tkachuk, LW, OTT
27. Frederik Andersen, G, CAR*
28. Jacob Markstrom, G, CGY
29. Jake Guentzel, LW, PIT
30. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
31. Sebastian Aho, C, CAR
32. Chris Kreider, LW/RW, NYR
33. Moritz Seider, D, DET
34. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
35. Jason Robertson, LW, DAL
36. Andrei Svechnikov, LW, CAR
37. Evander Kane, LW, EDM
38. Jack Eichel, C, VGK
39. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA (INJ.)
40. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
41. John Carlson, D, WSH
42. Timo Meier, LW/RW, SJS
43. Alex DeBrincat, LW, OTT
44. Thatcher Demko, G, VAN
45. Patrick Kane, RW, CHI*
46. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
47. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, CBJ
48. Mark Stone, RW, VGK
49. Elias Pettersson, C/LW, VAN
50. Kris Letang, D, PIT
51. Jack Campbell, G, EDM
52. Brent Burns, D, CAR
53. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL*
54. Elias Lindholm, C, CGY
55. Filip Forsberg, LW, NSH
56. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
57. Devon Toews, D, COL
58. Brayden Point, C, TBL
59. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, LAK
60. William Nylander, LW/RW, TOR
61. Dylan Larkin, C, DET*
62. Evgeni Malkin, C, PIT
63. Jack Hughes, C, NJD
64. Tristan Jarry, G, PIT*
65. Nazem Kadri, C, CGY
66. Mark Scheifele, C, WPG
67. Evgeny Kuznetsov, C, WSH (suspended 1 game)
68. Patrice Bergeron, C, BOS*
69. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG
70. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
71. Josh Norris, C, OTT
72. Sam Reinhart, C/RW, FLA
73. Anze Kopitar, C, LAK
74. Darcy Kuemper, G, WSH
75. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
76. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
77. John Tavares, C, TOR
78. Claude Giroux, C/RW, OTT
79. Joe Pavelski, C/RW, DAL*
80. Pavel Buchnevich, LW/RW, STL
81. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
82. Teuvo Teravainen, LW/RW, CAR
83. Tim Stützle, C/LW, OTT
84. Lucas Raymond, RW, DET
85. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
86. Matty Beniers, C, SEA (rookie)
87. Marc-Andre Fleury, G, MIN
88. Alexandar Georgiev, G, COL
89. Drew Doughty, D, LAK
90. Torey Krug, D, STL
91. Robert Thomas, C, STL
92. Roope Hintz, C, DAL
93. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
94. Cole Caufield, LW/RW, MTL
95. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
96. Logan Thompson, G, VGK (rookie)
97. Noah Dobson, D, NYI
98. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
99. Adrian Kempe, LW/RW, LAK
100. Jonathan Marchessault, LW/RW, VGK
101. Matt Boldy, LW/RW, MIN
102. Spencer Knight, G, FLA
103. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C, WPG
104. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
105. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
106. Artturi Lehkonen, LW/RW, COL
107. Matt Duchene, RW, NSH
108. Darnell Nurse, D, EDM
109. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
110. Drake Batherson, RW, OTT
111. Zach Hyman, LW/RW, EDM
112. Jordan Kyrou, LW/RW, STL
113. Jakub Vrana, LW, DET
114. Bryan Rust, RW, PIT
115. Mason McTavish, LW, ANA (rookie)
116. Trevor Zegras, C, ANA
117. Jacob Trouba, D, NYR
118. Jesper Bratt, RW, NJD
119. Mats Zuccarello, RW, MIN
120. Vincent Trocheck, C, NYR
121. Jonathan Quick, G, LAK*
122. Ville Husso, G, DET
123. Ryan O’Reilly, C, STL*
124. Tage Thompson, C, BUF
125. Owen Power, D, BUF (rookie)
126. David Perron, RW, DET
127. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI
128. Blake Wheeler, C/RW, WPG
129. Sam Bennett, C, FLA
130. Semyon Varlamov, G, NYI*
131. Bo Horvat, C, VAN*
132. Tyler Toffoli, LW/RW, CGY
133. Troy Terry, RW, ANA
134. Bowen Byram, D, COL
135. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
136. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C/LW, EDM
137. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
138. Tony DeAngelo, D, PHI
139. Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW, SEA
140. Brayden Schenn, C/LW, STL
141. Andrew Mangiapane, LW/RW, CGY
142. David Krejci, C, BOS*
143. Mason Marchment, LW/RW, DAL
144. Erik Karlsson, D, SJS
145. Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL
146. Jordan Binnington, G, STL
147. John Klingberg, D, ANA*
148. Tomas Hertl, C, SJS
149. Michael Bunting, LW, TOR*
150. Valeri Nichushkin, LW/RW, COL
151. Nick Suzuki, C, MTL
152. Andre Burakovsky, LW/RW, SEA
153. Clayton Keller, LW/RW, ARI
154. Ilya Samsonov, G, TOR
155. Seth Jarvis, LW/RW, CAR
156. Alex Tuch, RW, BUF
157. Andrei Kuzmenko, LW, VAN
158. Linus Ullmark, G, BOS
159. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT (rookie)
160. Justin Schultz, D, SEA (NEW)
161. Martin Necas, RW, CAR
162. Nino Niederreiter, LW, NSH
163. Travis Konecny, RW, PHI (NEW)
164. Boone Jenner, C, CBJ
165. Vasily Podkolzin, LW/RW, VAN
166. Seth Jones, D, CHI
167. Ondrej Palat, LW, NJD
168. Pavel Francouz, G, COL
169. Justin Faulk, D, STL
170. Anton Forsberg, G, OTT
171. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN
172. Pavel Zacha, C/LW, BOS*
173. Juraj Slafkovsky, LW, MTL (rookie)
174. Taylor Hall, LW, BOS
175. Carter Verhaeghe, LW, FLA
176. Cole Perfetti, C/RW, WPG (rookie)
177. Carter Hart, G, PHI (NEW)
178. Ivan Provorov, D, PHI (NEW)
179. Hampus Lindholm, D, BOS
180. Tanner Jeannot, RW, NSH
181. T.J. Oshie, C/RW, WSH
182. Rickard Rakell, LW/RW, PIT (NEW)
183. Gustav Forsling, D, FLA
184. Brock Nelson, C, NYI
185. Reilly Smith, RW, VGK
186. Alexis Lafrenière, LW/RW, NYR (NEW)
187. Dawson Mercer, C/RW, NJD (NEW)
188. Joel Eriksson Ek, C, MIN
189. K’Andre Miller, D, NYR (NEW)
190. Alex Nedeljkovic, G, DET (NEW)
191. JJ Peterka, RW, BUF (rookie)
192. Calen Addison, D, MIN (rookie)
193. Alex Newhook, C/LW, COL
194. Dylan Strome, C/RW, WSH
195. Chandler Stephenson, C/RW, VGK
196. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, ARI (NEW)
197. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, C/LW, CAR
198. Oliver Wahlstrom, RW, NYI (NEW)
199. Ross Colton, C/LW, TBL (NEW)
200. Gabriel Vilardi, LW/RW, LAK (NEW)
Dropped out of the top 200 this week:
Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ
Jakob Chychrun, D, ARI (INJ.)
Jacob Slavin, D, CAR
Tyler Bertuzzi, LW/RW, DET* (INJ.)
John Gibson, G, ANA
Ryan Hartman, C, MIN
Vitek Vanecek, G, NJD
Matt Murray, G, TOR (INJ.)
Alexander Holtz, RW, NJD (rookie)
Marco Rossi, C, MIN (rookie)
Dylan Holloway, C, EDM (rookie)
Cole Sillinger, C, CBJ
Jack Quinn, RW, BUF (rookie)
