Florida Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk ranked second, while teammate Sam Reinhart ranked ninth on NHL Network’s countdown Top 20 Wings Right Now, ranking the best wingers in the National Hockey League, earlier. The two-time All-Star, Tkachuk, who also ranked second on last year’s Top 20 Wings Right Now countdown, finished one spot ahead of the Colorado Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen and one spot behind the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov. Reinhart finished one spot ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner and one spot behind Toronto’s William Nylander.
NHL’s Top 20 Right Wings Now:
- Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers
- Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche
- David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins
- Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers
- Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars
- Kirill Kaprizov, Minnesota Wild
- William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers
- Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers
- Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators
- Steven Stamkos, Nashville Predators
- Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators
- Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets
- Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Clayton Keller, Utah Clubbers
- Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins
- Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
- Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers
Briefly a member of the Florida Panthers organization, journeyman goaltender Magnus Hellberg signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Dallas Stars. Hellberg appeared in eight regular games and one postseason tilt for the Charlotte Checkers after the Cats acquired him from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for goaltender Ludovic Waeber and a conditional 2025 seventh-round pick on March 8.