The NHL is full of talent, and today I’m going to take a crack at ranking the top-50 players currently in the league. The inspiration for this post was the NHL Network who has been putting out top-50 lists ahead of the last several seasons. I’ve always planned on doing a post like this one, but finally sat down and compiled my list. Let’s take a look who my top-50 NHL players are!
- 1) Connor McDavid – Edmonton Oilers
- 2) Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado Avalanche
- 3) Auston Matthews – Toronto Maple Leafs
- 4) Leon Draisaitl – Edmonton Oilers
- 5) David Pastrnak – Boston Bruins
- 6) Nikita Kucherov – Tampa Bay Lightning
- 7) Artemi Panarin – New York Rangers
- 8) Victor Hedman – Tampa Bay Lightning
- 9) Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins
- 10) Alexander Ovechkin – Washington Capitals
- 11) Andrei Vasilevskiy – Tampa Bay Lightning
- 12) Mikko Rantanen – Colorado Avalanche
- 13) Cale Makar – Colorado Avalanche
- 14) Brayden Point – Tampa Bay Lightning
- 15) Sebastian Aho – Carolina Hurricanes
- 16) Brad Marchand – Boston Bruins
- 17) Jack Eichel – Buffalo Sabres
- 18) Alex Pietrangelo – Vegas Golden Knights
- 19) Aleksander Barkov – Florida Panthers
- 20) Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks
- 21) Shea Theodore – Vegas Golden Knights
- 22) Jonathan Huberdeau – Florida Panthers
- 23) Adam Fox – New York Rangers
- 24) Mika Zibanejad – New York Rangers
- 25) Patrice Bergeron – Boston Bruins
- 26) Connor Hellebuyck – Winnipeg Jets
- 27) Roman Josi – Nashville Predators
- 28) Mat Barzal – New York Islanders
- 29) Elias Pettersson – Vancouver Canucks
- 30) Dougie Hamilton – New Jersey Devils
- 31) Kyle Connor – Winnipeg Jets
- 32) Mitch Marner – Toronto Maple Leafs
- 33) Mark Stone – Vegas Golden Knights
- 34) Mark Scheifele – Winnipeg Jets
- 35) Marc-Andre Fleury – Chicago Blackhawks
- 36) Miro Heiskanen – Dallas Stars
- 37) Nikolaj Ehlers – Winnipeg Jets
- 38) Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens
- 39) Quinn Hughes – Vancouver Canucks
- 40) Patrik Laine – Columbus Blue Jackets
- 41) Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins
- 42) Seth Jones – Chicago Blackhawks
- 43) Kirill Kaprizov – Minnesota Wild
- 44) Charlie McAvoy – Boston Bruins
- 45) Matthew Tkachuk – Calgary Flames
- 46) Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary Flames
- 47) Taylor Hall – Boston Bruins
- 48) Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning
- 49) Max Pacioretty – Vegas Golden Knights
- 50) Sean Couturier – Philadelphia Flyers
Thanks to everyone who has been reading, I appreciate it.
-Cooper.