Ranking all NHL teams Top-6 forward groups

However, which team has the best top-six forward group in the NHL? We did our best at ranking all 32 teams:

(As per Daily Faceoff lineup combinations)

Nick Schmaltz – Travis Boyd – Clayton Keller
Lawson Crouse – Barrett Hayton – Jack McBain

Philipp Kurashev – Lukas Reichel – Patrick Kane
Andreas Athanasiou – Jonathan Toews – Max Domi

Scott Laughton – Sean Couturier – Travis Konecny
James Van Riemsdyk – Kevin Hayes – Cam Atkinson

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Mike Hoffman
Jonathan Drouin – Kirby Dach – Josh Anderson

Alexander Barabanov – Tomas Hertl – Timo Meier
Luke Kunin – Logan Couture – Kevin Labanc

Jeff Skinner – Tage Thompson – Victor Olofsson
Peyton Krebs – Dylan Cozens – Alex Tuch

Anders Lee – Mathew Barzal – Josh Bailey
Anthony Beauvilier – Brock Nelson – Kyle Palmeri

Adam Henrique – Trevor Zegras – Troy Terry
Mason McTavish – Ryan Strome – Frank Vatrano

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Filip Forsberg – Ryan Johansen – Matt Duchene
Nino Niederreiter – Markus Granlund – Eeli Tolvanen

Ellias Pettersson – JT Miller – Brock Boeser
Conor Garland – Bo Horvat – Andrei Kuzmenko

Johnny Gaudreau – Boone Jenner – Patrik Laine
Gustav Nyquist – Jack Roslovic – Jakub Voracek

Andrian Kempe – Anze Kopitar – Kevin Fiala
Trevor Moore – Philip Danault – Viktor Arvidsson

Ondrej Palat – Nico Hischier – Jesper Bratt
Igor Sharangovich – Jack Hughes – Dawson Mercer

Kirill Kaprizov – Ryan Hartman – Mats Zuccarello
Matthew Boldy – Joel Eriksson Ek – Marcus Foligno

Jason Robertson – Roope Hintz – Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn – Tyler Seguin – Denis Gurianov

Andre Burakovsky – Matty Beniers – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jared McCann – Yanni Gourde – Jordan Eberle

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Chandler Stephenson – Jack Eichel – Mark Stone
Jonathan Marchessault – William Karlsson – Reilly Smith

Alexander Ovechkin – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson
Anthony Mantha – Dylan Strome – TJ Oshie

Kyle Connor – Pierre Luc Dubois – Cole Perfetti
Nikolaj Ehlers – Mark Scheifele – Blake Wheeler

Tyler Bertuzzi – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Jakub Vrana – Andrew Copp – David Perron

Pavel Buchnevich – Robert Thomas – Vladimir Tarasenko
Brandon Saad – Ryan O'Reilly – Jordan Kyrou

Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad – Alexis Lafreniere
Artemi Panarin – Vincent Trochek – Kaapo Kakko

Jonathan Huberdeau – Elias Lindholm – Tyler Toffoli
Blake Coleman – Nazem Kadri – Andrew Mangiapane

Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall – David Krejci – Jake Debrusk

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Jake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker – Evgeni Malkin – Rikard Rakell

Brady Tkachuk – Josh Norris – Drake Batherson
Alex Debrincat – Tim Stutzle – Claude Giroux

Carter Verhaeghe – Aleksander Barkov – Matthew Tkachuk
Anthony Duclair – Sam Bennett – Sam Reinhart

Max Pacioretty – Sebastian Aho – Seth Jarvis
Teuvo Teravainen – Martin Necas – Andrei Svechnikov

Steven Stamkos – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn – Anthony Cirelli – Brandon Hagel

Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin – JT Compher – Arturri Lehkonen

Michael Bunting – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner
Alexander Kerfoot – John Tavares – William Nylander

Zach Hyman – Connor McDavid – Evander Kane
Ryan Nugent Hopkins – Leon Draisaitl – Kailer Yamamoto

The top two are pretty much tied for number one. We give the Oilers a slight edge with having a top-five player in Draisaitl as their number two centre, let alone the best player in the world in McDavid, somehow getting better every season.

What are your thoughts? Would there be anything you would change?