September 24, 2013, 4:58 PM
Sportsnet magazine presents the Top 40 left wingers from its NHL Pool Guide for the upcoming 2013-14 season, complete with projections for goals, assists and points.
* Note: Penalty minutes and plus/minus projections were also taken into account for the rankings.
Positional rankings: Goalies | Defencemen | Centres | Right Wingers
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | PROJECTIONS |
| 01 | Taylor Hall | Edmonton | GP: 73 | G: 37 | A: 48 | PTS: 85 |
| 02 | Bobby Ryan | Ottawa | GP: 81 | G: 35 | A: 38 | PTS: 73 |
| 03 | Brad Marchand | Boston | GP: 78 | G: 31 | A: 34 | PTS: 65 |
| 04 | Henrik Zetterberg | Detroit | GP: 80 | G: 26 | A: 47 | PTS: 73 |
| 05 | Chris Kunitz | Pittsburgh | GP: 79 | G: 26 | A: 42 | PTS: 68 |
| 06 | Rick Nash | NY Rangers | GP: 76 | G: 35 | A: 33 | PTS: 68 |
| 07 | Thomas Vanek | Buffalo | GP: 76 | G: 34 | A: 42 | PTS: 76 |
| 08 | Loui Eriksson | Boston | GP: 80 | G: 28 | A: 43 | PTS: 71 |
| 09 | Zach Parise | Minnesota | GP: 81 | G: 32 | A: 34 | PTS: 66 |
| 10 | Patrick Sharp | Chicago | GP: 72 | G: 31 | A: 34 | PTS: 65 |
| 11 | Patrick Marleau | San Jose | GP: 82 | G: 34 | A: 32 | PTS: 66 |
| 12 | Milan Lucic | Boston | GP: 78 | G: 29 | A: 34 | PTS: 62 |
| 13 | Evander Kane | Winnipeg | GP: 75 | G: 36 | A: 31 | PTS: 67 |
| 14 | Max Pacioretty | Montreal | GP: 75 | G: 32 | A: 37 | PTS: 69 |
| 15 | Jamie Benn | Dallas | GP: 73 | G: 30 | A: 33 | PTS: 63 |
| 16 | Daniel Sedin | Vancouver | GP: 77 | G: 29 | A: 43 | PTS: 72 |
| 17 | James van Riemsdyk | Toronto | GP: 76 | G: 32 | A: 29 | PTS: 61 |
| 18 | Johan Franzen | Detroit | GP: 73 | G: 26 | A: 28 | PTS: 54 |
| 19 | Matt Moulson | NY Islanders | GP: 81 | G: 34 | A: 39 | PTS: 73 |
| 20 | Joffrey Lupul | Toronto | GP: 56 | G: 23 | A: 34 | PTS: 57 |
| 21 | Jeff Skinner | Carolina | GP: 68 | G: 24 | A: 26 | PTS: 50 |
| 22 | Andrew Ladd | Winnipeg | GP: 81 | G: 31 | A: 34 | PTS: 65 |
| 23 | Dustin Brown | Los Angeles | GP: 81 | G: 23 | A: 34 | PTS: 57 |
| 24 | Gabriel Landeskog | Colorado | GP: 80 | G: 25 | A: 35 | PTS: 60 |
| 25 | Steve Ott | Buffalo | GP: 75 | G: 16 | A: 25 | PTS: 41 |
| 26 | David Perron | Edmonton | GP: 79 | G: 26 | A: 32 | PTS: 58 |
| 27 | Patrik Elias | New Jersey | GP: 79 | G: 26 | A: 32 | PTS: 58 |
| 28 | Ryane Clowe | New Jersey | GP: 78 | G: 19 | A: 25 | PTS: 44 |
| 29 | Alexandre Burrows | Vancouver | GP: 80 | G: 22 | A: 26 | PTS: 48 |
| 30 | Bryan Bickell | Chicago | GP: 77 | G: 21 | A: 26 | PTS: 47 |
| 31 | Brandon Saad | Chicago | GP: 80 | G: 17 | A: 32 | PTS: 49 |
| 32 | Jussi Jokinen | Pittsburgh | GP: 73 | G: 24 | A: 37 | PTS: 61 |
| 33 | R.J. Umberger | Columbus | GP: 82 | G: 23 | A: 29 | PTS: 51 |
| 34 | Ray Whitney | Dallas | GP: 73 | G: 21 | A: 47 | PTS: 68 |
| 35 | Jakob Silfverberg | Anaheim | GP: 80 | G: 19 | A: 27 | PTS: 46 |
| 36 | Dany Heatley | Minnesota | GP: 78 | G: 25 | A: 26 | PTS: 51 |
| 37 | Ryan O’Reilly | Colorado | GP: 78 | G: 22 | A: 38 | PTS: 60 |
| 38 | Rene Bourque | Montreal | GP: 75 | G: 24 | A: 22 | PTS: 46 |
| 39 | Marcus Johansson | Washington | GP: 75 | G: 16 | A: 40 | PTS: 56 |
| 40 | Brayden Schenn | Philadelphia | GP: 74 | G: 16 | A: 26 | PTS: 42 |