Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards in Fantasy Hockey – May 2016

Dobber

2016-05-11

The Top 200 Prospect Forwards to own in fantasy hockey, May edition. Aho, Vrana, Prince move up, Caggiula debuts…

Here are this month's top prospects to own in a points-only keeper league. Taking into account the organization depth chart, wait time, upside and NHL certainty. "Type" is measured by offensive/offense-small/power forward/two-way. Because every player in the Top 7 from last month was graduated this month, Toronto's William Nylander was able to take over top spot for the first time. Graduated players (from last month – other players such as Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid were graduated in February and January respectively) are listed at the bottom.

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May 10	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Apr 10	Mar 10
1	William Nylander	TOR	o	82.6	1	1
2	Dylan Strome	ARI	o	82.2	2	2
3	Mitch Marner	TOR	o	75.6	3	3
4	Christian Dvorak	ARI	o	75.1	5	13
5	Mikko Rantanen	COL	p	74.7	4	11
6	Kyle Connor	WPG	o	74.0	6	24
7	Jimmy Vesey	NSH	o	70.2	9	36
8	Nick Ritchie	ANA	p	69.6	8	9
9	Sebastian Aho	CAR	o	69.1	14	65
10	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ	o	68.4	10	14
11	Travis Konecny	PHI	o	68.4	11	19
12	Kerby Rychel	CBJ	p	68.1	12	12
13	Kevin Fiala	NSH	o	68.1	13	10
14	Anthony Mantha	DET	o	67.8	7	7
15	Mathew Barzal	NYI	o	67.7	15	47
16	Jake Virtanen	VAN	p	67.4	16	16
17	Teemu Pulkkinen	DET	o	67.1	17	17
18	Sonny Milano	CBJ	o	66.8	18	15
19	Pavel Zacha	NJD	p	65.6	21	32
20	Jakub Vrana	WAS	o	65.0	37	39
21	Andreas Athanasiou	DET	o	64.8	20	20
22	Michael Dal Colle	NYI	o	64.2	19	5
23	Nicolas Petan	WPG	os	64.1	24	4
24	Brett Ritchie	DAL	p	64.0	22	21
25	Jason Dickinson	DAL	t	63.7	28	18
26	Adrian Kempe	LAK	o	63.4	27	31
27	Michael McCarron	MON	p	63.2	25	57
28	Ty Rattie	STL	o	63.1	26	25
29	Shane Prince	NYI	o	62.1	41	37
30	Connor Brown	TOR	o	62.0	30	35
31	Daniel Sprong	PIT	o	62.0	29	27
32	Timo Meier	SJS	o	61.8	51	70
33	Joseph Blandisi	NJD	o	61.5	32	52
34	Ivan Barbashev	STL	t	61.2	33	30
35	Sven Andrighetto	MON	os	61.2	45	44
36	Brayden Point	TBL	os	61.0	35	91
37	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR	o	61.0	44	49
38	Seth Griffith	BOS	o	60.9	36	38
39	Nick Schmaltz	CHI	o	60.8	38	53
40	Tobias Lindberg	TOR	o	60.7	39	75
41	Mikhail Grigorenko	COL	o	60.6	54	42
42	Alex Tuch	MIN	p	60.6	40	29
43	Nikita Scherbak	MON	o	60.3	31	22
44	Vladislav Kamenev	NSH	t	60.3	42	110
45	Devin Shore	DAL	t	60.1	46	43
46	Oscar Lindberg	NYR	t	59.9	34	34
47	Henrik Samuelsson	ARI	t	59.4	47	26
48	Nikolay Goldobin	SJS	o	59.2	43	8
49	Colin White	OTT	o	59.2	50	86
50	Nick Paul	OTT	p	59.1	48	40
51	Rocco Grimaldi	FLA	os	59.0	52	28
52	Charles Hudon	MON	o	58.9	49	46
53	Lawson Crouse	FLA	p	58.8	53	48
54	Kasperi Kapanen	TOR	o	58.0	57	59
55	Reid Boucher	NJD	o	57.9	56	41
56	Andrew Copp	WPG	o	57.9	58	60
57	Joel Armia	WPG	o	57.4	60	73
58	Brendan Leipsic	TOR	o	57.3	61	76
59	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	o	57.2	66	72
60	Emile Poirier	CGY	o	57.1	55	33
61	Ryan Hartman	CHI	t	57.0	63	58
62	Brendan Perlini	ARI	o	56.8	59	45
63	Zach Hyman	TOR	o	56.8	64	62
64	Riley Barber	WAS	t	56.3	65	64
65	Anton Slepyshev	EDM	o	56.0	62	56
66	Frank Vatrano	BOS	o	55.5	70	116
67	Evgeny Svechnikov	DET	p	55.5	71	103
68	Scott Laughton	PHI	o	55.3	72	69
69	Cole Cassels	VAN	o	55.2	67	50
70	Brendan Gaunce	VAN	o	55.2	73	54
71	Daniel Carr	MON	o	55.1	76	371
72	Marko Dano	WPG	o	55.1	74	71
73	Sergey Tolchinsky	CAR	os	55.0	75	66
74	Alexander Khokhlachev	BOS	o	54.7	23	23
75	Brock Boeser	VAN	p	54.7	112	181
76	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI	o	54.6	69	67
77	Markus Granlund	VAN	o	54.4	77	68
78	Jonathan Marchessault	TBL	os	54.4	78	74
79	Matt Puempel	OTT	o	53.5	80	77
80	Kevin Labanc	SJS	o	53.5	81	79
81	Hunter Shinkaruk	CGY	o	53.4	82	80
82	Nick Merkley	ARI	o	53.4	83	81
83	Artturi Lehkonen	MON	o	53.3	79	107
84	Hudson Fasching	BUF	p	53.1	84	82
85	Julius Nattinen	ANA	o	53.0	85	78
86	Dennis Rasmussen	CHI	o	52.7	86	84
87	Stanislav Galiev	WAS	o	52.3	68	55
88	Jacob De La Rose	MON	t	52.3	88	61
89	Nick Shore	LAK	t	52.2	89	90
90	Conor Sheary	PIT	o	52.0	106	109
91	Maxim Letunov	ARI	o	51.5	90	93
92	Jordan Weal	PHI	os	51.5	87	63
93	Dmytro Timashov	TOR	o	51.0	91	106
94	Jayce Hawryluk	FLA	o	50.9	92	94
95	Anthony Richard	NSH	o	50.8	94	128
96	Brock McGinn	CAR	p	50.8	95	96
97	Andreas Johnson	TOR	o	50.5	97	100
98	Nikita Soshnikov	TOR	o	50.4	98	126
99	Kevin Roy	ANA	o	50.4	96	98
100	Adam Erne	TBL	p	50.2	99	102
101	Dominik Simon	PIT	o	50.1	110	145
102	Phillip Danault	MON	t	50.1	100	117
103	Tyler Bertuzzi	DET	p	49.8	93	95
104	Linden Vey	VAN	o	49.7	102	99
105	Ryan MacInnis	ARI	t	49.5	103	142
106	Drake Caggiula	EDM	os	49.4	NR	NR
107	Jake Guentzel	PIT	o	49.4	104	108
108	Sebastian Collberg	NYI	o	49.4	105	97
109	Tyler Graovac	MIN	o	49.1	107	85
110	Viktor Arvidsson	NSH	os	49.1	121	119
111	Nicolas Roy	CAR	p	49.1	108	111
112	Josh Leivo	TOR	p	49.0	109	123
113	Mark Jankowski	CGY	p	48.9	130	264
114	Nicklas Jensen	NYI	p	48.8	101	104
115	Denis Gurianov	DAL	o	48.7	111	124
116	Tom Kuhnhackl	PIT	o	48.6	133	129
117	Phillip Di Giuseppe	CAR	o	48.6	113	125
118	Radek Faksa	DAL	o	48.6	127	174
119	J.T. Compher	COL	t	48.4	115	141
120	Brendan Lemieux	WPG	p	48.4	116	89
121	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	PHI	o	48.4	117	113
122	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS	o	48.3	118	229
123	Max Friberg	MON	o	48.2	119	115
124	Alan Quine	NYI	o	48.1	177	161
125	Nick Cousins	PHI	o	48.1	120	118
126	Jens Looke	ARI	o	48.1	122	120
127	Drew Shore	CGY	o	48.0	114	112
128	Nick Sorensen	ANA	o	47.9	124	51
129	Michael Mersch	LAK	o	47.9	125	160
130	Anton Rodin	VAN	o	47.7	126	159
131	Nic Dowd	LAK	o	47.6	128	189
132	Rourke Chartier	SJS	o	47.5	129	87
133	John Quenneville	NJD	t	47.4	131	158
134	Radel Fazleyev	PHI	o	47.3	132	200
135	Jack Roslovic	WPG	p	47.3	134	130
136	Deven Sideroff	ANA	o	47.0	135	132
137	Valentin Zykov	CAR	o	46.8	136	133
138	Zach Sanford	WAS	o	46.8	137	136
139	Austin Watson	NSH	p	46.7	138	138
140	Daniel O'Regan	SJS	o	46.6	139	127
141	Miikka Salomaki	NSH	p	46.6	140	140
142	Tomas Nosek	DET	o	46.6	141	210
143	Brett Pollock	DAL	t	46.6	142	143
144	Jean-Christophe Beaudin	COL	o	46.6	143	170
145	Conor Garland	ARI	os	46.5	144	144
146	Tyler Motte	CHI	os	46.4	145	NR
147	Martins Dzierkals	TOR	o	46.3	146	147
148	Vince Hinostroza	CHI	os	45.9	147	211
149	Vaclav Karabacek	BUF	t	45.9	148	150
150	Adam Tambellini	NYR	o	45.9	149	151
151	Cole Ully	DAL	o	45.9	150	152
152	Justin Bailey	BUF	o	45.8	151	154
153	Nicholas Baptiste	BUF	o	45.8	152	155
154	Christian Fischer	ARI	t	45.6	153	122
155	Nikita Gusev	TBL	os	45.6	154	157
156	Axel Holmstrom	DET	o	45.6	123	266
157	Giorgio Estephan	BUF	o	45.5	155	NR
158	Michael Keranen	OTT	o	45.5	156	162
159	Casey Bailey	OTT	o	45.4	157	163
160	Derek Grant	CGY	o	45.4	158	164
161	Mitchell Stephens	TBL	o	45.2	160	168
162	Scott Wilson	PIT	o	45.2	161	169
163	Mark McNeill	CHI	p	45.2	162	188
164	Michael Bournival	MON	t	45.1	163	149
165	Colton Sissons	NSH	t	45.1	164	131
166	Taylor Leier	PHI	o	45.0	165	172
167	Kyle Rau	FLA	os	45.0	166	92
168	Ryan Dzingel	OTT	o	45.0	167	253
169	Saku Maenalanen	NSH	o	45.0	168	175
170	Noah Rod	SJS	t	45.0	169	137
171	Dennis Yan	TBL	o	45.0	170	176
172	Josh Anderson	CBJ	t	44.9	171	165
173	Ryan Gropp	NYR	p	44.9	173	NR
174	Jeremy Bracco	TOR	o	44.8	174	83
175	Tanner Kero	CHI	o	44.8	175	179
176	Corban Knight	FLA	p	44.7	176	180
177	Bryan Rust	PIT	o	44.6	223	223
178	Daniel Zaar	CBJ	o	44.6	211	213
179	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY	o	44.5	178	384
180	Remi Elie	DAL	p	44.4	179	135
181	Martin Reway	MON	o	44.4	180	153
182	James Lodge	WPG	o	44.4	181	166
183	Ryan Fitzgerald	BOS	o	44.4	182	182
184	Oskar Lindblom	PHI	t	44.3	183	230
185	Robin Kovacs	NYR	o	44.3	184	NR
186	Nikolay Prokhorkin	LAK	o	44.2	185	171
187	Andrew Poturalski	CAR	o	44.1	187	185
188	Samuel Blais	STL	o	44.1	188	393
189	Daniel Catenacci	BUF	o	44.1	189	186
190	Travis Boyd	WAS	o	44.1	190	NR
191	Jason Akeson	OTT	o	44.0	172	178
192	Alex Guptill	BUF	o	44.0	191	190
193	Brian Ferlin	BOS	o	44.0	192	191
194	Joel Lowry	LAK	t	44.0	193	192
195	Mario Lucia	MIN	o	44.0	194	193
196	Lucas Lessio	MON	o	43.9	195	88
197	Kyle Baun	CHI	p	43.9	196	194
198	Petr Straka	PHI	o	43.8	197	183
199	Stefan Matteau	MON	o	43.7	198	197
200	Curtis McKenzie	DAL	o	43.7	200	199

Graduates, last three months:

105 Martinook Jordan ARI
101 Ferraro Landon BOS
22 Dumoulin Brian PIT
45 Nesterov Nikita TBL
6 McCann Jared VAN
29 Hutton Ben VAN

1 Larkin Dylan DET

2 Panarin Artemi CHI
3 Domi Max ARI
4 Ehlers Nikolaj WPG
5 Bennett Sam CGY
6 Reinhart Sam BUF
7 Duclair Anthony ARI
11 Fabbri Robby STL
32 Jurco Tomas DET
55 Karlsson William CBJ
62 Donskoi Joonas SJS
69 Ferland Micheal CGY
73 Janmark Mattias DAL
117 Panik Richard CHI
144 Karlsson Melker SJS
173 Howden Quinton FLA
21 Orlov Dmitry WAS
4 Hanifin Noah CAR

isle b. 2016-05-11 at 17:13Log in to Reply

Sebastian Collberg has scored 7 goals in 87 career AHL games. If a non prospect like Collberg is #104, then a riser with in the Isles’ organization like Anthony Beauvillier ought to be in the top 20!
- Dobber Sports 2016-05-11 at 17:20Log in to Reply
  
  It’s hard to track 700 prospects, man. But writing the prospects report gives me updates on everyone – so far I’ve read/edited/wrote reports on about 250 prospects. Collberg was not one of them (obviously).
  At a quick glance however, the two prospects are close. AB is better – way more potential, more hype. But he’s at least four years away. Look at Dal Colle, Strome, etc. Players in this organization take years and years. At least with Collberg we’ll know one way or another within a year where he stands. In my league of 15 teams and 35 per team, I wouldn’t want either player. I don’t wait on guys for four or five years…and I don’t want a guy who can’t get at least 50 points.
  - Dobber Sports 2016-05-11 at 17:21Log in to Reply
    
    Actually, I just remembered that I’ll be writing the NYI prospect profiles myself – that’s one of my 12 teams. I’m working on EDM right now, reviewing/analyzing etc
    - isle b. 2016-05-13 at 19:51Log in to Reply
      
      Speak of the devil (well, Sound Tiger, actually), Collberg was waived by the Isles today and will return to Sweden.
      - Dobber Sports 2016-05-13 at 20:02
        
        Ug. Doesnt’ get any uglier than that
  - isle b. 2016-05-11 at 18:13Log in to Reply
    
    I understand. While the Isles have taken their time with prospects recently, it seems like their 2015 1st round picks (Barzal and Beauvillier) have both jumped their 2014 1st rounders (MDC and Ho-Sang) within the organization. With the likely departure of Okposo, the possible departure of Nielsen, and the disappointing 2015-16 seasons for Strome and Nelson, there could actually be a plum spot open for at least one of these guys to seize next fall.
James Lee 2016-05-12 at 11:02Log in to Reply

You need to show more love for Lehkonen. About the same size as Nylander and only a year older. Leading the Swedish league in playoff scoring has to be somewhat comparable to Nylander’s ahl season. You have Perlini who isn’t even scoring a point a game pace in the OHL at 62.
- Dobber 2016-05-12 at 11:36Log in to Reply
  
  You know how I know that I’m bang-on with him? A couple of months ago I was criticized for having him too high.
  He’s years away from the show. Perlini is not. Wait time is almost as important as upside. Lehkonen is nowhere near Nylander, switch out your rose-colored glasses! lol
Stan Raine 2016-05-22 at 19:19Log in to Reply

What about the Gost? Didn’t you have him rated before?

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