I have Rantanen ahead. I think he's a monster. 6'4, clearly last season was not a fluke as he's leading the NHL in points.
I was researching the
best wingers in the NHL for right now and the
future.
If I had to sign this NHL winger to a 10 year contract for 9 million dollars per year who would I want?
I left of all the players drafted prior to 2010, starting with Taylor Hall. Hall at 27 just missed my cut.
I went through every draft from 2011. The oldest player on my list is Kucherov at 25. I would sign Kucherov to a 10 year deal. He also has a 100 point season so it makes sense to have him on. I left of all the 2018 drafted players because even though Svechnikov and Brady Tkachuk look promising I wouldn't want to commit 9 million a season to them.
Here are the top NHL wingers right now and potentially for the next 10 years.
1. Miko Rantannen (22)
2. Mitch Marner (21)
3. Nikita Kucherov (25)
4. Johnny Gaudreau (24)
5. David Pastrňák (22)
6. Matt Tkachuk (20)
7. Patrik Laine (20)
So obviously i'm putting an emphasis on age. I also had a preference for playmaking wingers that drive the offence.
Here are players I left of that also have big potential.
Forsberg, Nylander, Domi, Ehlers, Clayton Keller all missed the cut and look closer to 70-75 point potential players worth around 6.5 million 7.0 million.