Here's how the top forwards in the NHL break down into different tiers for this season

The top forwards in the NHL break down into different tiers for fantasy hockey players.

Players in similar tiers have similar value, though the order the players are listed should not be considered a firm ranking.

The tiers are based on Yahoo 's default scoring settings.

The players in Tier 1 are all a virtual lock for 100 points and likely well more than that.

Bo Horvat, Brad Marchand , Claude Giroux , Andrei Svechnikov , Brock Nelson , Jordan Kyrou , Joel Eriksson Ek , Chris Kreider , Mats Zuccarello , Evgeni Malkin , Jared McCann , Jamie Benn , Filip Forsberg , Nikolaj Ehlers , Dylan Cozens , Jonathan Marchessault , Vincent Trocheck , Jonathan Huberdeau and Patrik Laine .

Some of these players have at least one major red flag — age, skewed percentages in 2022-23 , shaky team situations, smaller roles on deeper teams, etc..