2023-24 Fantasy Hockey Draft Rankings: Forward Tiers

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.

McDavid is the early-season favorite for the Rookie of the Year this season.

The players in Tier 1 likely have those nominations locked down for year-end awards.

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 .

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