Top 200 Fantasy Hockey Prospect Forwards – June 2017

Dobber

2017-06-13

The Top 200 prospect forwards to own in fantasy hockey – June edition

Fully audited, based on thorough research for this year's Fantasy Prospects Report. Ratings are based on upside, NHL certainty and wait time. Type: o, p, t, os are offensive forward, power forward, two-way, and offensive/small. As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and really would just be a matter of need for your fantasy team.

Pick up the 11th annual Fantasy Prospects Report here. We break down each drafted prospect and 2017 draftee – and give you their fantasy hockey upside, likelihood, wait time and more. If you don't have this, you're behind your competition!

Click on any player name to go to their profile page with our observations and analysis…

Jun 10	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	May 10	Apr 10
1	Clayton Keller	ARI	o	94.8	2	2
2	Dylan Strome	ARI	o	84.5	4	4
3	Vadim Shipachyov	VGK	o	82.4	29	NR
4	Brock Boeser	VAN	p	79.9	6	10
5	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM	t	77.7	7	6
6	Kevin Labanc	SJS	o	74.8	9	7
7	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ	o	74.2	10	8
8	Mathew Barzal	NYI	o	73.6	17	14
9	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ	t	72.1	23	22
10	Kyle Connor	WPG	o	71.5	12	12
11	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	os	71.3	14	34
12	Timo Meier	SJS	o	70.4	26	23
13	Sam Steel	ANA	o	70.3	47	38
14	Tyson Jost	COL	o	70.2	20	17
15	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI	o	70.1	16	15
16	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI	o	69.7	18	21
17	Jakub Vrana	WAS	o	69.6	15	19
18	Colin White	OTT	o	69.0	19	16
19	Brendan Perlini	ARI	o	68.9	22	20
20	Ivan Barbashev	STL	t	68.8	21	18
21	Luke Kunin	MIN	o	68.3	37	56
22	Kevin Fiala	NSH	o	67.7	24	25
23	Evgeny Svechnikov	DET	o	67.4	25	28
24	Christian Fischer	ARI	p	67.1	27	30
25	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	o	66.8	13	13
26	Alexander Nylander	BUF	o	66.4	28	24
27	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN	o	65.0	30	26
28	Tage Thompson	STL	o	64.3	31	42
29	Alex DeBrincat	CHI	os	64.2	36	54
30	Jayce Hawryluk	FLA	o	63.2	33	43
31	Ryan Hartman	CHI	t	62.8	34	29
32	Nicolas Roy	CAR	t	62.6	35	75
33	Kasperi Kapanen	TOR	o	62.5	53	44
34	Vladislav Kamenev	NSH	t	61.7	43	35
35	Daniel O'Regan	SJS	t	61.6	39	64
36	Logan Brown	OTT	o	61.5	40	32
37	Jack Roslovic	WPG	t	61.3	38	31
38	Nicolas Petan	WPG	os	60.7	45	37
39	Mark Jankowski	CGY	p	60.5	46	33
40	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS	o	60.4	42	45
41	Michael McLeod	NJD	t	60.4	48	55
42	Taylor Raddysh	TBL	o	60.0	54	79
43	Alex Tuch	MIN	p	59.9	70	61
44	Daniel Sprong	PIT	o	59.8	44	36
45	Denis Malgin	FLA	os	59.8	49	39
46	Charles Hudon	MON	o	59.6	56	48
47	German Rubtsov	PHI	t	59.4	68	95
48	Henrik Borgstrom	FLA	t	59.3	52	76
49	Lawson Crouse	ARI	p	59.3	50	40
50	Adam Gaudette	VAN	o	58.4	80	121
51	J.T. Compher	COL	t	58.3	57	49
52	Anthony Cirelli	TBL	o	58.1	113	107
53	Adrian Kempe	LAK	o	58.1	55	47
54	Sonny Milano	CBJ	o	57.8	58	52
55	Julien Gauthier	CAR	o	56.9	59	71
56	Anders Bjork	BOS	t	56.4	93	88
57	Hudson Fasching	BUF	p	56.3	67	50
58	Nikita Scherbak	MON	o	56.1	60	58
59	Tyler Motte	CHI	os	56.1	61	57
60	Michael Dal Colle	NYI	o	56.0	83	73
61	Maxim Letunov	SJS	o	55.8	91	87
62	Troy Terry	ANA	o	55.7	62	290
63	Jason Dickinson	DAL	t	55.6	63	46
64	John Quenneville	NJD	t	55.5	97	110
65	Aleksi Saarela	CAR	o	55.3	92	154
66	Zach Senyshyn	BOS	o	55.3	90	157
67	Jordan Greenway	MIN	p	55.2	109	102
68	Cliff Pu	BUF	o	55.1	65	80
69	Jean-Christophe Beaudin	COL	o	55.0	69	62
70	Danton Heinen	BOS	o	54.7	71	51
71	Nick Merkley	ARI	o	54.2	76	68
72	Tyler Bertuzzi	DET	p	54.1	72	63
73	Max Jones	ANA	p	53.9	73	53
74	Curtis Lazar	CGY	o	53.9	74	65
75	Anton Rodin	VAN	o	53.7	77	67
76	Nikita Soshnikov	TOR	o	53.0	79	86
77	Hunter Shinkaruk	CGY	o	52.5	81	70
78	Michael McCarron	MON	p	52.3	82	72
79	Brendan Leipsic	TOR	o	51.9	75	66
80	Riley Barber	WAS	t	51.9	84	74
81	Nikita Gusev	TBL	os	51.6	41	83
82	Austin Czarnik	BOS	os	51.4	64	59
83	Francis Perron	OTT	o	51.3	86	77
84	Jordan Weal	PHI	os	51.3	105	98
85	Kerby Rychel	TOR	p	51.2	143	136
86	Jake Virtanen	VAN	p	50.7	88	82
87	Kenny Agostino	STL	o	50.6	85	78
88	Denis Gurianov	DAL	o	49.8	78	69
89	Nicklas Jensen	NYR	p	49.6	146	141
90	Rocco Grimaldi	COL	os	49.2	120	84
91	AJ Greer	COL	p	48.9	98	92
92	Justin Bailey	BUF	o	48.9	99	93
93	Laurent Dauphin	ARI	o	48.8	101	96
94	Martin Reway	MON	o	48.6	102	97
95	John Hayden	CHI	p	48.6	103	129
96	Josh Leivo	TOR	p	48.5	112	106
97	Yakov Trenin	NSH	o	48.5	145	139
98	Dylan Sikura	CHI	o	48.4	106	132
99	Kalle Kossila	ANA	o	48.4	165	166
100	Rasmus Asplund	BUF	o	48.4	107	100
101	Jeremy Bracco	TOR	o	48.3	94	89
102	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY	o	48.3	108	101
103	Alexander Kerfoot	NJD	os	48.1	110	104
104	Vince Hinostroza	CHI	os	48.1	111	105
105	Seth Griffith	TOR	o	48.1	89	85
106	Oskar Lindblom	PHI	t	47.9	115	111
107	Adam Mascherin	FLA	os	47.8	117	113
108	Nicholas Baptiste	BUF	o	47.5	119	115
109	Pontus Åberg	NSH	t	47.1	156	151
110	Oskar Sundqvist	PIT	t	47.1	122	131
111	Riley Tufte	DAL	p	47.0	123	118
112	Dmytro Timashov	TOR	o	47.0	124	119
113	Jonathan Dahlen	VAN	o	47.0	126	161
114	Axel Holmstrom	DET	o	47.0	127	163
115	Zach Sanford	STL	o	47.0	118	114
116	Michael Sgarbossa	FLA	o	46.8	128	122
117	Nick Paul	OTT	p	46.7	125	120
118	Rourke Chartier	SJS	o	46.6	130	124
119	Carl Grundstrom	TOR	o	46.6	131	125
120	Mitchell Stephens	TBL	t	46.6	149	144
121	Brett Howden	TBL	t	46.6	178	178
122	Andrew Poturalski	CAR	o	46.6	132	126
123	Janne Kuokkanen	CAR	o	46.5	135	193
124	Valentin Zykov	CAR	o	46.4	136	109
125	Ryan Gropp	NYR	p	46.4	121	117
126	Deven Sideroff	ANA	o	46.4	137	130
127	Miro Aaltonen	TOR	o	46.1	218	218
128	Daniel Carr	MON	o	46.0	95	90
129	Vitali Abramov	CBJ	os	46.0	138	133
130	Blake Speers	NJD	o	46.0	140	211
131	Joseph Blandisi	NJD	o	45.9	141	116
132	Ryan MacInnis	ARI	t	45.8	144	137
133	Morgan Klimchuk	CGY	t	45.6	148	143
134	Travis Boyd	WAS	o	45.5	152	147
135	Peter Cehlarik	BOS	o	45.5	153	148
136	Jake DeBrusk	BOS	o	45.3	154	149
137	Ty Rattie	STL	o	45.2	104	99
138	Dominik Simon	PIT	o	45.2	155	150
139	Teemu Pulkkinen	ARI	o	44.9	87	81
140	Adam Erne	TBL	p	44.9	139	134
141	Martins Dzierkals	TOR	o	44.8	159	156
142	Mikhail Vorobyov	PHI	o	44.8	255	254
143	Ondrej Kase	ANA	o	44.8	193	195
144	Anton Slepyshev	EDM	o	44.7	142	135
145	Jujhar Khaira	EDM	p	44.7	273	273
146	Samuel Blais	STL	o	44.5	243	241
147	Warren Foegele	CAR	o	44.5	191	162
148	Calvin Thurkauf	CBJ	p	44.4	200	201
149	Matt Puempel	NYR	o	44.3	116	112
150	Julius Nattinen	ANA	o	44.3	162	138
151	Kevin Roy	ANA	o	44.3	163	165
152	Tyler Moy	NSH	o	44.3	214	214
153	Maxim Mamin	FLA	o	44.2	306	303
154	Cole Ully	DAL	o	44.1	147	142
155	Zach Aston-Reese	PIT	o	44.1	166	NR
156	Adam Helewka	SJS	t	44.0	168	167
157	Mathieu Joseph	TBL	t	44.0	169	168
158	Lucas Wallmark	CAR	o	44.0	170	284
159	Mike Vecchione	PHI	os	43.9	158	155
160	Martin Frk	DET	o	43.9	171	170
161	Stefan Noesen	NJD	o	43.9	172	171
162	Joseph Gambardella	EDM	o	43.9	134	128
163	Rudolfs Balcers	SJS	o	43.8	173	309
164	Matej Stransky	DAL	o	43.8	174	172
165	Kyle Rau	FLA	os	43.8	160	158
166	Gemel Smith	DAL	o	43.7	175	173
167	William Carrier	BUF	t	43.7	177	175
168	Patrick Harper	NSH	os	43.6	224	223
169	Tobias Lindberg	TOR	o	43.4	150	145
170	Michael Mersch	LAK	o	43.4	179	180
171	Alexander Khokhlachev	BOS	o	43.4	167	103
172	Remi Elie	DAL	p	43.4	180	181
173	Dennis Yan	TBL	o	43.4	222	221
174	Michael Spacek	WPG	o	43.1	183	184
175	Giorgio Estephan	BUF	o	43.1	184	185
176	Jordan Kyrou	STL	o	43.0	186	189
177	Brandon Hagel	BUF	o	43.0	187	190
178	Dylan Gambrell	SJS	o	43.0	188	200
179	Adam Brooks	TOR	o	43.0	151	146
180	Tyler Benson	EDM	o	43.0	190	192
181	Alexandre Grenier	VAN	p	42.8	176	174
182	Tomas Hyka	VGK	o	42.7	381	377
183	Miles Wood	NJD	o	42.7	157	152
184	Markus Hannikainen	CBJ	t	42.7	211	210
185	Cole Cassels	VAN	o	42.6	194	196
186	Filip Chlapik	OTT	o	42.6	114	108
187	Radovan Bondra	CHI	o	42.6	196	198
188	Mike Amadio	LAK	o	42.5	197	177
189	Thomas Novak	NSH	o	42.5	199	199
190	Wade Allison	PHI	o	42.5	316	313
191	Kevin Stenlund	CBJ	p	42.5	202	249
192	Yanni Gourde	TBL	os	42.4	239	236
193	Dylan Sadowy	DET	o	42.4	204	204
194	Jonny Brodzinski	LAK	o	42.4	133	127
195	Alex Iafallo	LAK	o	42.2	206	NR
196	Tomas Nosek	DET	t	42.1	207	206
197	Taylor Leier	PHI	o	42.1	208	207
198	Spencer Watson	LAK	o	42.0	210	209
199	Dmitry Sokolov	MIN	o	41.8	290	288
200	Carter Verhaeghe	NYI	o	41.7	195	197

📢 advertisement:

This month's graduates:

1 Guentzel Jake PIT
95 McGinn Brock CAR
66 Quine Alan NYI
33 Caggiula Drake EDM
4 Mantha Anthony DET
5 Buchnevich Pavel NYR
7 Zacha Pavel NJD
15 Schmaltz Nick CHI
46 Andrighetto Sven COL
103 Boucher Reid VAN
81D Johns Stephen DAL
10D Morrissey Joshua WPG
11D Carrick Connor TOR

MasterMind 2017-06-13 at 14:51Log in to Reply

Curious as to why Kieffer Bellows is not on this list or last list, but guys that will never have or reach any fantasy value at all are on here? I see guys that are 4th and 5th round picks on this list.
- Dobber 2017-06-13 at 16:54Log in to Reply
  
  I don’t see Kieffer Bellows ever being on my fantasy team. Very little upside, and very long wait.
Brad 2017-06-13 at 15:14Log in to Reply

How is it that a player like Bertuzzi doesn’t improve his position when he’s one of the only active players left on this list and has his team within 1 win of the Calder Cup?

Just curious how much could change Between May and June if that doesn’t move the dial?
- Dobber 2017-06-13 at 16:55Log in to Reply
  
  Bertuzzi was too high. And after the Prospects Report’s thorough auditing, he was moved down…and then back up again with the strong playoff. Net result: no change.
BF 2017-07-01 at 19:14Log in to Reply

Curious as to why a 30 y/o forward is classified as a prospect?
- Dobber 2017-07-02 at 08:24Log in to Reply
  
  Sure. He’s a “prospective” NHLer. If he’s not proven, he’s a prospect. You’ll notice I’ll never list hard and fast rules here. Makes things too rigid. I use my own decision making when it comes to graduating players.
  - Sev 2017-07-18 at 11:04Log in to Reply
    
    Thanks. Ship is also “prospect-eligible” in league drafts due to his NHL GP games played total of zero (0).

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 14 - 19:11	NYR	vs	S.J
Nov 14 - 19:11	T.B	vs	WPG
Nov 14 - 19:11	OTT	vs	PHI
Nov 14 - 19:11	FLA	vs	N.J
Nov 14 - 19:11	BUF	vs	STL
Nov 14 - 20:11	DAL	vs	BOS
Nov 14 - 20:11	MIN	vs	MTL
Nov 14 - 21:11	EDM	vs	NSH
Nov 14 - 22:11	VAN	vs	NYI
Nov 14 - 22:11	SEA	vs	CHI