NHL Network ranks the top 20 wingers in the game today.

The National Hockey League, via the NHL Network, has been steadily releasing it's lists for the top 20 players at any given position throughout the league and it has made for some pretty great discussions. I will say that they have received a ton of backlash regarding these lists because as you would expect there is a degree of bias involved in any subjective list of this nature.

This time around however the NHL Network has released two different lists when it comes to ranking the top 20 wingers currently active in the National Hockey League, and the reason for that is they have released a list based on fan-voting alongside their own rankings. I love the idea, it holds the fans feet to the fire, and there's no doubt that it will promote even more discussion than usual. 

First let's take a look at the NHL Network's top 20 wingers.

1. Artemi Panarin - New York Rangers

2. David Pastrnak - Boston Bruins

3. Nikita Kucherov - Tampa Bay Lightning

4. Alex Ovechkin - Washington Capitals

5. Patrick Kane - Chicago Blackhawks

6. Brad Marchand - Boston Bruins

7. Mitch Marner - Toronto Maple Leafs

8. Mikko Rantanen - Colorado Avalanche

9. Jonathan Huberdeau - Florida Panthers

10. Mark Stone - Las Vegas Golden Knights

11. Blake Wheeler - Winnipeg Jets

12. Kyle Connor - Winnipeg Jets

13. Matthew Tkachuk - Calgary Flames

14. Patrik Laine - Winnipeg Jets

15. Max Pacioretty - Las Vegas Golden Knights

16. Johnny Gaudreau - Calgary Flames

17. J.T. Miller - Vancouver Canucks

18. Claude Giroux - Philadelphia Flyers

19. Vladimir Tarasenko - St. Louis Blues

20. Jake Guentzel - Pittsburgh Penguins

I can already tell that there are going to be quite a few fans who strongly disagree with some of the rankings here and one of the dead giveaways for that is the list of the fan rankings by the NHL. As you will see from the list submitted by the fan voting process, there are quite literally multiple players that break into the top 10 here that never even made it onto the NHL Network's list at all.

Here is the top 20 based on fan voting:

1. Artemi Panarin - New York Rangers

2. Nikita Kucherov - Tampa Bay Lightning

3. Alex Ovechkin - Washington Capitals

4. Patrick Kane - Chicago Blackhawks

5. David Pastrnak - Boston Bruins

6. Andrei Svechnikov - Carolina Hurricanes.

7. Mark Stone - Las Vegas Golden Knights

8. Mitch Marner - Toronto Maple Leafs

9.  Mikko Rantanen - Colorado Avalanche

10. Travis Konecny - Philadelphia Flyers

11. Claude Giroux - Philadelphia Flyers

12. Brad Marchand - Boston Bruins

13. Johnny Gaudreau - Calgary Flames

14. Jake Guentzel - Pittsburgh Penguins

15. Jonathan Huberdeau - Florida Panthers

16. Gabriel Landeskog - Colorado Avalanche

17. J.T. Miller - Vancouver Canucks

18. Kyle Connor - Winnipeg Jets

19. Taylor Hall - Buffalo Sabres

20. Max Pacioretty - Las Vegas Golden Knights. 

I doubt you will agree with either list, but which do you think is a better representation of the current landscape of the NHL?