Top 200 Fantasy Hockey Prospect Forwards – May 2017

Dobber

2017-05-16

Better late than never – here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your keeper league – May edition.

This month, the full audit has begun. But – only begun! As you know, I'm working on the Fantasy Prospects Report and it is out June 1st. As I do the research, and the writers submit their research, I adjust the table accordingly. Presently, about half the players have been done. So you will see half the players adjusted to their rating, while the other half are still to be tweaked. That's not to say that they're way off – don't worry. Even they "untouched" ones aren't terribly mis-ranked. I'm just explaining that it will be the June edition (as it is every year) that will have the full audit. A good indicator of a player who was adjusted and seriously needed it, is to look at any massive ranking swings.

As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and not worth splitting hairs over.

o= offensive player; t= two-way player, os= offensive-small; p= power forward

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May 10	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Apr 10	Mar 10
1	Jake Guentzel	PIT	o	102.0	1	1
2	Clayton Keller	ARI	o	87.6	2	5
3	Anthony Mantha	DET	o	82.9	3	2
4	Dylan Strome	ARI	o	81.8	4	3
5	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR	o	81.4	5	6
6	Brock Boeser	VAN	p	79.6	10	28
7	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM	t	78.6	6	4
8	Pavel Zacha	NJD	p	78.0	9	10
9	Kevin Labanc	SJS	o	74.4	7	12
10	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ	o	74.4	8	16
11	Nick Schmaltz	CHI	o	71.2	11	26
12	Kyle Connor	WPG	o	71.2	12	8
13	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	o	71.0	13	9
14	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	os	70.1	34	34
15	Jakub Vrana	WAS	o	70.0	19	13
16	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI	o	69.7	15	19
17	Mathew Barzal	NYI	o	69.4	14	11
18	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI	o	69.0	21	30
19	Colin White	OTT	o	69.0	16	17
20	Tyson Jost	COL	o	68.8	17	29
21	Ivan Barbashev	STL	t	68.8	18	24
22	Brendan Perlini	ARI	o	68.5	20	18
23	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ	t	68.0	22	14
24	Kevin Fiala	NSH	o	68.0	25	22
25	Evgeny Svechnikov	DET	o	67.4	28	60
26	Timo Meier	SJS	o	67.1	23	20
27	Christian Fischer	ARI	p	67.1	30	48
28	Alexander Nylander	BUF	o	66.4	24	25
29	Vadim Shipachyov	VGK	o	65.7	NR	NR
30	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN	o	65.0	26	27
31	Tage Thompson	STL	o	64.3	42	43
32	Drake Caggiula	EDM	os	63.4	27	36
33	Jayce Hawryluk	FLA	o	62.9	43	33
34	Ryan Hartman	CHI	t	62.8	29	44
35	Nicolas Roy	CAR	t	62.6	75	78
36	Alex DeBrincat	CHI	os	62.3	54	52
37	Luke Kunin	MIN	o	62.1	56	56
38	Jack Roslovic	WPG	t	61.7	31	32
39	Daniel O'Regan	SJS	t	61.6	64	69
40	Logan Brown	OTT	o	61.0	32	31
41	Nikita Gusev	TBL	os	60.8	83	87
42	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS	o	60.4	45	58
43	Vladislav Kamenev	NSH	t	60.4	35	42
44	Daniel Sprong	PIT	o	60.2	36	35
45	Nicolas Petan	WPG	os	60.1	37	38
46	Mark Jankowski	CGY	p	60.1	33	40
47	Sam Steel	ANA	o	59.9	38	70
48	Michael McLeod	NJD	t	59.8	55	55
49	Denis Malgin	FLA	os	59.8	39	37
50	Lawson Crouse	ARI	p	59.6	40	39
51	Sven Andrighetto	COL	os	59.4	41	41
52	Henrik Borgstrom	FLA	t	59.3	76	79
53	Kasperi Kapanen	TOR	o	59.2	44	54
54	Taylor Raddysh	TBL	o	58.2	79	82
55	Adrian Kempe	LAK	o	58.1	47	51
56	Charles Hudon	MON	o	58.0	48	46
57	J.T. Compher	COL	t	58.0	49	53
58	Sonny Milano	CBJ	o	57.6	52	50
59	Julien Gauthier	CAR	o	56.9	71	75
60	Nikita Scherbak	MON	o	56.1	58	59
61	Tyler Motte	CHI	os	56.1	57	57
62	Troy Terry	ANA	o	55.7	290	293
63	Jason Dickinson	DAL	t	55.6	46	47
64	Austin Czarnik	BOS	os	55.4	59	61
65	Cliff Pu	BUF	o	55.1	80	89
66	Alan Quine	NYI	o	54.9	60	64
67	Hudson Fasching	BUF	p	54.8	50	49
68	German Rubtsov	PHI	t	54.5	95	102
69	Jean-Christophe Beaudin	COL	o	54.4	62	65
70	Alex Tuch	MIN	p	54.3	61	62
71	Danton Heinen	BOS	o	54.3	51	45
72	Tyler Bertuzzi	DET	p	54.1	63	68
73	Max Jones	ANA	p	53.9	53	91
74	Curtis Lazar	CGY	o	53.9	65	63
75	Brendan Leipsic	TOR	o	53.7	66	66
76	Nick Merkley	ARI	o	53.4	68	72
77	Anton Rodin	VAN	o	53.2	67	71
78	Denis Gurianov	DAL	o	53.1	69	67
79	Nikita Soshnikov	TOR	o	53.0	86	90
80	Adam Gaudette	VAN	o	52.5	121	127
81	Hunter Shinkaruk	CGY	o	52.3	70	73
82	Michael McCarron	MON	p	52.3	72	76
83	Michael Dal Colle	NYI	o	52.3	73	77
84	Riley Barber	WAS	t	52.0	74	83
85	Kenny Agostino	STL	o	51.6	78	81
86	Francis Perron	OTT	o	51.1	77	80
87	Teemu Pulkkinen	MIN	o	50.9	81	84
88	Jake Virtanen	VAN	p	50.7	82	86
89	Seth Griffith	TOR	o	50.6	85	88
90	Zach Senyshyn	BOS	o	50.0	157	160
91	Maxim Letunov	SJS	o	50.0	87	92
92	Aleksi Saarela	CAR	o	49.9	154	156
93	Anders Bjork	BOS	t	49.9	88	93
94	Jeremy Bracco	TOR	o	49.5	89	95
95	Daniel Carr	MON	o	49.4	90	94
96	Brock McGinn	CAR	p	49.3	91	96
97	John Quenneville	NJD	t	49.1	110	115
98	AJ Greer	COL	p	48.9	92	99
99	Justin Bailey	BUF	o	48.9	93	100
100	Reid Boucher	VAN	o	48.7	94	106
101	Laurent Dauphin	ARI	o	48.6	96	103
102	Martin Reway	MON	o	48.6	97	98
103	John Hayden	CHI	p	48.6	129	134
104	Ty Rattie	STL	o	48.5	99	104
105	Jordan Weal	PHI	os	48.4	98	162
106	Dylan Sikura	CHI	o	48.4	132	139
107	Rasmus Asplund	BUF	o	48.4	100	105
108	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY	o	48.3	101	107
109	Jordan Greenway	MIN	p	48.3	102	108
110	Alexander Kerfoot	NJD	os	48.1	104	179
111	Vince Hinostroza	CHI	os	48.1	105	110
112	Josh Leivo	TOR	p	48.1	106	123
113	Anthony Cirelli	TBL	o	48.0	107	112
114	Filip Chlapik	OTT	o	48.0	108	113
115	Oskar Lindblom	PHI	t	47.9	111	116
116	Matt Puempel	NYR	o	47.8	112	101
117	Adam Mascherin	FLA	os	47.8	113	117
118	Zach Sanford	STL	o	47.7	114	118
119	Nicholas Baptiste	BUF	o	47.5	115	119
120	Rocco Grimaldi	COL	os	47.4	84	85
121	Ryan Gropp	NYR	p	47.4	117	121
122	Oskar Sundqvist	PIT	t	47.1	131	138
123	Riley Tufte	DAL	p	47.0	118	125
124	Dmytro Timashov	TOR	o	47.0	119	126
125	Nick Paul	OTT	p	47.0	120	124
126	Jonathan Dahlen	VAN	o	47.0	161	163
127	Axel Holmstrom	DET	o	47.0	163	167
128	Michael Sgarbossa	FLA	o	46.8	122	122
129	Grant Besse	ANA	o	46.7	123	129
130	Rourke Chartier	SJS	o	46.6	124	130
131	Carl Grundstrom	TOR	o	46.6	125	131
132	Andrew Poturalski	CAR	o	46.6	126	132
133	Jonny Brodzinski	LAK	o	46.5	127	133
134	Joseph Gambardella	EDM	o	46.5	128	NR
135	Janne Kuokkanen	CAR	o	46.5	193	196
136	Valentin Zykov	CAR	o	46.4	109	114
137	Deven Sideroff	ANA	o	46.4	130	136
138	Vitali Abramov	CBJ	os	46.0	133	140
139	Adam Erne	TBL	p	46.0	134	141
140	Blake Speers	NJD	o	46.0	211	213
141	Joseph Blandisi	NJD	o	45.9	116	120
142	Anton Slepyshev	EDM	o	45.8	135	143
143	Kerby Rychel	TOR	p	45.8	136	142
144	Ryan MacInnis	ARI	t	45.8	137	144
145	Yakov Trenin	NSH	o	45.8	139	173
146	Nicklas Jensen	NYR	p	45.7	141	135
147	Cole Ully	DAL	o	45.6	142	111
148	Morgan Klimchuk	CGY	t	45.6	143	147
149	Mitchell Stephens	TBL	t	45.5	144	148
150	Tobias Lindberg	TOR	o	45.5	145	74
151	Adam Brooks	TOR	o	45.5	146	149
152	Travis Boyd	WAS	o	45.5	147	150
153	Peter Cehlarik	BOS	o	45.5	148	151
154	Jake DeBrusk	BOS	o	45.3	149	152
155	Dominik Simon	PIT	o	45.2	150	153
156	Pontus Åberg	NSH	t	45.2	151	154
157	Miles Wood	NJD	o	45.2	152	185
158	Mike Vecchione	PHI	os	44.9	155	NR
159	Martins Dzierkals	TOR	o	44.8	156	158
160	Kyle Rau	FLA	os	44.8	158	169
161	Tyler Pitlick	EDM	o	44.6	160	161
162	Julius Nattinen	ANA	o	44.3	138	145
163	Kevin Roy	ANA	o	44.3	165	97
164	Nick Sorensen	ANA	o	44.3	164	128
165	Kalle Kossila	ANA	os	44.2	166	137
166	Zach Aston-Reese	PIT	o	44.1	NR	NR
167	Alexander Khokhlachev	BOS	o	44.1	103	109
168	Adam Helewka	SJS	t	44.0	167	170
169	Mathieu Joseph	TBL	t	44.0	168	171
170	Lucas Wallmark	CAR	o	44.0	284	287
171	Martin Frk	DET	o	43.9	170	174
172	Stefan Noesen	NJD	o	43.9	171	220
173	Rudolfs Balcers	SJS	o	43.8	309	308
174	Matej Stransky	DAL	o	43.8	172	159
175	Gemel Smith	DAL	o	43.7	173	175
176	Alexandre Grenier	VAN	p	43.7	174	176
177	William Carrier	BUF	t	43.7	175	177
178	Brett Howden	TBL	t	43.5	178	181
179	Michael Mersch	LAK	o	43.4	180	183
180	Remi Elie	DAL	p	43.4	181	165
181	Anthony Richard	NSH	o	43.4	182	184
182	Maxim Shalunov	CHI	o	43.2	183	186
183	Michael Spacek	WPG	o	43.1	184	187
184	Giorgio Estephan	BUF	o	43.1	185	188
185	Andreas Johnson	TOR	o	43.1	187	190
186	Jordan Kyrou	STL	o	43.0	189	192
187	Brandon Hagel	BUF	o	43.0	190	193
188	Dylan Gambrell	SJS	o	43.0	200	202
189	Mario Lucia	MIN	o	43.0	191	194
190	Tyler Benson	EDM	o	43.0	192	195
191	Warren Foegele	CAR	o	42.9	162	166
192	Scott Kosmachuk	WPG	t	42.7	194	198
193	Ondrej Kase	ANA	o	42.6	195	257
194	Cole Cassels	VAN	o	42.6	196	168
195	Carter Verhaeghe	NYI	o	42.6	197	199
196	Radovan Bondra	CHI	o	42.6	198	200
197	Mike Amadio	LAK	o	42.5	177	180
198	Emile Poirier	CGY	o	42.5	159	157
199	Thomas Novak	NSH	o	42.5	199	201
200	Calvin Thurkauf	CBJ	p	42.5	201	203

NHLGodfather 2017-05-16 at 09:15Log in to Reply

NOTE: Minor adjustment. Pulkkinen is with Arizona. Personal note: When the Wild placed him on waivers, I thought Carolina should have claimed him. The guy is a pure sniper and it would seem a natural fit between Tervainen and Aho. Just thinking out loud here.
- Dobber 2017-05-16 at 17:17Log in to Reply
  
  Sorry, I thought I made this change
99rules66isafatbum 2017-05-16 at 09:57Log in to Reply

I”m guessing Barzal’s drop of 3 spots will be rectified in June.
- Dobber 2017-05-16 at 17:17Log in to Reply
  
  He didn’t drop three spots, he failed to keep up with three players ;)
  
  Seriously though, I didn’t do the Islanders at all yet, so he is definitely one of the teams and depth charts that have not been ‘audited’
Benoit 2017-05-18 at 07:49Log in to Reply

Shipachyov is rated A+ by DobberProspects and yet is ranked #29. Does that mostly come down to him being unproven in North America, or a disagreement with whoever from DobberProspects that gave this rating?
- Dobber 2017-05-18 at 08:13Log in to Reply
  
  I see those two statements as complete 100% agreement. You don’t?
  
  Don’t forget the +/- 5.0 rating points rule (at the top)
7Islanders 2017-05-27 at 09:08Log in to Reply

Do Jared McCann still on Prospect-fowards Ranking, if yes what rating Do you give him?