Unveiled: The Surprising NHL Forward Rankings for 2025-26 That Could Shake Up the Entire League

Extra: Zach Aston-Reese

Quietly, this has become one of the most fun forward groups to watch in the league. Voronkov, Marchenko, Fantilli, Johnson, Sillinger and Chinakhov are all 25 and under and seemed to progress more and more as last year’s charmed season went on.

If that group can take another collective step, the Blue Jackets could really surprise. But what they need is a couple of players in that fivesome to become high-end, top-line-caliber contributors. As it stands, they’re outgunned at the top by the best teams in the league, and some of the newcomers further down don’t look like they’re going to help the cause.

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