Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – January 2018

Dobber

2018-01-11

Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper league. January edition

As always, players within +/- 5.0 ratings points should be considered about equal value and at that point would depend on personal preference and team needs. Taken into account includes: wait time, NHL certainty, upside, the depth chart of the franchise. Check back tomorrow when I post the Top 50 prospect defensemen.

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See more prospect profiles – just the ones who 'could' get in 10 games at the end of the season with their NHL team and perhaps give your fantasy team an edge – in the 10th annual Midseason Fantasy Guide. Out Friday – PRE-ORDER IT NOW before you forget!

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Dec 10	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Dec 10	Nov 10
1	Dylan Strome	ARI	o	82.2	6	6
2	Kyle Connor	WPG	o	79.0	7	8
3	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ	t	78.7	11	13
4	Danton Heinen	BOS	o	77.7	33	49
5	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ	o	77.0	9	10
6	Kevin Labanc	SJS	o	76.7	10	11
7	Jesper Bratt	NJD	o	74.3	15	15
8	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM	t	73.7	14	14
9	Jakub Vrana	WAS	o	73.7	13	12
10	Alex Tuch	VGK	p	73.2	19	22
11	Nolan Patrick	PHI	o	72.9	8	5
12	Tyson Jost	COL	o	72.3	12	9
13	Luke Kunin	MIN	o	71.4	17	17
14	Christian Fischer	ARI	p	71.0	18	25
15	Timo Meier	SJS	o	70.8	21	19
16	Casey Mittelstadt	BUF	o	70.1	32	32
17	Sam Steel	ANA	o	69.8	24	21
18	Kailer Yamamoto	EDM	os	69.6	22	20
19	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI	o	69.0	23	30
20	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI	o	68.9	20	18
21	Elias Pettersson	VAN	o	68.8	27	34
22	Brendan Perlini	ARI	o	68.6	16	16
23	Alexander Kerfoot	COL	os	68.4	36	46
24	Colin White	OTT	o	68.4	28	24
25	Adrian Kempe	LAK	o	68.1	29	35
26	Cody Glass	VGK	o	67.9	30	29
27	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	o	67.2	25	23
28	Owen Tippett	FLA	o	67.0	34	26
29	Anders Bjork	BOS	t	66.1	26	28
30	Alexander Nylander	BUF	o	65.1	37	36
31	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN	o	64.9	38	37
32	Logan Brown	OTT	o	64.7	39	38
33	Mark Jankowski	CGY	p	64.7	40	40
34	Evgeny Svechnikov	DET	o	63.7	31	31
35	Ivan Barbashev	STL	t	63.7	35	27
36	Nicolas Roy	CAR	t	63.0	43	41
37	Daniel O'Regan	SJS	t	63.0	42	42
38	Gabriel Vilardi	LAK	o	62.9	41	39
39	Daniel Sprong	PIT	o	62.8	51	51
40	Henrik Borgstrom	FLA	t	62.5	44	61
41	Tage Thompson	STL	o	62.5	52	52
42	Kasperi Kapanen	TOR	o	62.4	45	43
43	Nick Suzuki	VGK	t	62.4	46	44
44	Charles Hudon	MON	o	62.2	47	54
45	Michael McLeod	NJD	t	61.9	48	47
46	Jack Roslovic	WPG	t	61.8	49	48
47	Vladislav Kamenev	COL	t	61.6	50	50
48	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY	o	61.6	91	91
49	Lias Andersson	NYR	t	61.5	70	68
50	Adam Gaudette	VAN	o	61.5	64	65
51	Dylan Sikura	CHI	o	61.2	92	122
52	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	os	61.2	54	45
53	Jayce Hawryluk	FLA	o	61.0	55	55
54	Filip Chytil	NYR	o	60.9	56	56
55	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS	o	60.8	57	57
56	Yanni Gourde	TBL	os	60.7	81	93
57	Troy Terry	ANA	o	60.3	58	75
58	Anthony Cirelli	TBL	o	60.2	60	66
59	Vitali Abramov	CBJ	os	60.1	61	59
60	Denis Malgin	FLA	os	59.9	62	60
61	J.T. Compher	COL	t	59.8	53	53
62	Nick Merkley	ARI	o	59.6	67	71
63	Jake DeBrusk	BOS	o	59.4	73	76
64	Ondrej Kase	ANA	o	59.1	65	72
65	Martin Necas	CAR	o	59.1	93	94
66	Sonny Milano	CBJ	o	59.1	59	63
67	Taylor Raddysh	TBL	o	59.0	63	62
68	Lawson Crouse	ARI	p	58.9	66	64
69	German Rubtsov	PHI	t	58.2	68	67
70	Brendan Leipsic	VGK	o	57.7	69	87
71	Michael Rasmussen	DET	p	57.6	71	69
72	Julien Gauthier	CAR	o	57.4	72	70
73	Martin Frk	DET	o	56.7	76	84
74	John Quenneville	NJD	t	55.8	77	77
75	Aleksi Saarela	CAR	o	55.8	78	78
76	Zach Senyshyn	BOS	o	55.7	79	79
77	Jordan Weal	PHI	os	55.7	74	58
78	Jordan Greenway	MIN	p	55.6	80	80
79	Tyler Motte	CBJ	os	55.3	82	81
80	Jason Dickinson	DAL	t	55.2	83	82
81	Eeli Tolvanen	NSH	o	55.2	84	146
82	Jean-Christophe Beaudin	COL	o	54.8	85	85
83	Maxim Letunov	SJS	o	54.6	86	74
84	Hudson Fasching	BUF	p	54.5	75	73
85	Tyler Bertuzzi	DET	p	54.4	90	90
86	Nicolas Petan	WPG	os	54.3	88	86
87	John Hayden	CHI	p	53.0	87	83
88	Nikita Soshnikov	TOR	o	52.7	94	95
89	Jake Virtanen	VAN	p	52.6	95	108
90	Nicholas Baptiste	BUF	o	52.0	96	88
91	Henrik Haapala	FLA	o	51.9	97	97
92	Josh Leivo	TOR	p	51.7	98	98
93	Max Jones	ANA	p	51.7	89	89
94	Nikita Scherbak	MON	o	51.3	99	107
95	Denis Gurianov	DAL	o	51.3	100	100
96	Zach Aston-Reese	PIT	o	51.1	101	102
97	Morgan Frost	PHI	o	50.9	103	144
98	Kevin Roy	ANA	o	50.9	104	152
99	Michael McCarron	MON	p	50.7	105	104
100	Alex Iafallo	LAK	o	50.5	106	130
101	Robert Thomas	STL	t	50.5	107	106
102	Francis Perron	OTT	o	50.3	108	99
103	Lucas Wallmark	CAR	o	50.1	109	147
104	Josh Norris	SJS	o	50.0	110	101
105	Anton Slepyshev	EDM	o	49.5	112	110
106	Janne Kuokkanen	CAR	o	49.5	102	103
107	Laurent Dauphin	CHI	o	49.4	113	112
108	Jordan Kyrou	STL	o	49.1	114	113
109	Austin Czarnik	BOS	os	48.9	115	96
110	Warren Foegele	CAR	o	48.9	116	128
111	AJ Greer	COL	p	48.9	117	114
112	Miro Aaltonen	TOR	o	48.8	111	109
113	Riley Barber	WAS	t	48.8	118	115
114	Remi Elie	DAL	p	48.6	119	117
115	Brett Howden	TBL	t	48.6	120	118
116	Seth Griffith	BUF	o	48.5	121	121
117	Rasmus Asplund	BUF	o	48.4	122	123
118	Jeremy Bracco	TOR	o	48.3	123	125
119	Cliff Pu	BUF	o	48.2	124	105
120	Jaret Anderson-Dolan	LAK	o	48.1	125	NR
121	Jonathan Dahlen	VAN	o	48.0	126	137
122	Oskar Lindblom	PHI	t	47.9	127	127
123	Dylan Gambrell	SJS	o	47.8	128	194
124	Adam Mascherin	FLA	os	47.8	129	129
125	Nikita Gusev	VGK	os	47.7	130	119
126	Jake Evans	MON	o	47.5	338	474
127	Kenny Agostino	BOS	o	47.4	132	132
128	Dominik Simon	PIT	o	47.4	175	200
129	Kieffer Bellows	NYI	p	47.3	250	246
130	Oskar Sundqvist	STL	t	47.1	134	134
131	Riley Tufte	DAL	p	47.0	135	135
132	Dmytro Timashov	TOR	o	47.0	136	136
133	Kerby Rychel	TOR	p	46.9	137	124
134	Travis Boyd	WAS	o	46.7	138	139
135	Rourke Chartier	SJS	o	46.6	139	141
136	Carl Grundstrom	TOR	o	46.6	140	142
137	Mitchell Stephens	TBL	t	46.6	141	143
138	Michael Dal Colle	NYI	o	46.5	131	92
139	Alex Formenton	OTT	o	46.5	142	145
140	Justin Bailey	BUF	o	46.4	143	148
141	Patrick Harper	NSH	os	46.4	133	187
142	Ryan Gropp	NYR	p	46.4	144	149
143	Deven Sideroff	ANA	o	46.4	145	150
144	Spencer Foo	CGY	o	46.2	146	116
145	Valentin Zykov	CAR	o	46.1	147	131
146	Kalle Kossila	ANA	o	46.1	148	154
147	Nathan Walker	EDM	o	46.1	149	155
148	Pontus Åberg	NSH	t	46.1	150	133
149	Joseph Blandisi	LAK	o	46.1	151	156
150	Taylor Leier	PHI	o	46.1	152	157
151	Gemel Smith	DAL	o	46.1	153	182
152	Blake Speers	NJD	o	46.0	154	158
153	Yakov Trenin	NSH	o	45.8	155	120
154	Daniel Carr	MON	o	45.8	158	201
155	Klim Kostin	STL	p	45.8	191	191
156	Jujhar Khaira	EDM	p	45.7	156	184
157	Morgan Klimchuk	CGY	t	45.6	157	160
158	Aleksi Heponiemi	FLA	o	45.5	221	221
159	Peter Cehlarik	BOS	o	45.5	159	161
160	Drake Batherson	OTT	p	45.5	231	228
161	Jonny Brodzinski	LAK	o	45.4	160	215
162	Maxim Mamin	FLA	o	45.1	161	174
163	Zach Sanford	STL	o	45.1	162	162
164	Mike Vecchione	PHI	os	44.9	163	163
165	Adam Erne	TBL	p	44.9	164	164
166	Teemu Pulkkinen	VGK	o	44.9	165	165
167	Martins Dzierkals	TOR	o	44.8	167	166
168	Mikhail Vorobyov	PHI	o	44.8	168	167
169	Mason Appleton	WPG	o	44.7	502	503
170	Tyler Steenbergen	ARI	o	44.7	181	NR
171	Kristian Vesalainen	WPG	p	44.5	169	169
172	Axel Holmstrom	DET	o	44.5	170	138
173	Samuel Blais	STL	o	44.5	171	170
174	Kole Lind	VAN	o	44.5	197	196
175	Calvin Thurkauf	CBJ	p	44.4	172	171
176	Tanner Laczynski	PHI	o	44.4	173	288
177	Julius Nattinen	ANA	o	44.3	174	172
178	Alexander Khokhlachev	BOS	o	44.2	207	208
179	Cole Ully	DAL	o	44.1	176	175
180	Trent Frederic	BOS	t	44.1	177	291
181	Adam Helewka	SJS	t	44.0	178	176
182	Mathieu Joseph	TBL	t	44.0	179	177
183	David Pope	DET	o	43.9	180	429
184	Rudolfs Balcers	SJS	o	43.8	183	180
185	Nick Paul	OTT	p	43.8	184	151
186	Tyler Moy	NSH	o	43.8	185	173
187	Hunter Shinkaruk	CGY	o	43.7	186	183
188	Chandler Stephenson	WAS	o	43.7	187	185
189	Markus Hannikainen	CBJ	t	43.7	188	204
190	Martin Reway	MON	o	43.6	166	126
191	Rocco Grimaldi	COL	os	43.5	182	140
192	Tobias Lindberg	VGK	o	43.4	189	188
193	Dennis Yan	TBL	o	43.4	190	190
194	Ryan MacInnis	ARI	t	43.3	192	159
195	Michael Spacek	WPG	o	43.1	193	192
196	Victor Ejdsell	NSH	p	43.1	194	224
197	Brandon Hagel	BUF	o	43.0	195	193
198	Boris Katchouk	TBL	t	43.0	416	411
199	Adam Brooks	TOR	o	43.0	196	195
200	Tyler Benson	EDM	o	43.0	198	197

Graduating from the lists this month:

1	Keller	Clayton	ARI
2	Boeser	Brock	VAN
3	Hischier	Nico	NJD
4	Barzal	Mathew	NYI
5	DeBrincat	Alex	CHI
1	Sergachev	Mikhail	TBL
2	Montour	Brandon	ANA
3	McAvoy	Charlie	BOS

Francis 2018-01-11 at 13:15Log in to Reply

Where did Debrincat go??
- Dobber 2018-01-11 at 13:23Log in to Reply
  
  Oops, I forgot to list this month’s graduates:
  1 Keller Clayton ARI
  2 Boeser Brock VAN
  3 Hischier Nico NJD
  4 Barzal Mathew NYI
  5 DeBrincat Alex CHI
  1 Sergachev Mikhail TBL
  2 Montour Brandon ANA
  3 McAvoy Charlie BOS
  - Francis 2018-01-11 at 13:34Log in to Reply
    
    Thank you, if I may ask, would you rather have Debrincat or Puljujarvi for the long haul?
    - Dobber 2018-01-11 at 15:20Log in to Reply
      
      I have those rankings up two days ago, link is here: http://www.dobberhockey.com/hockey-home/hockey-rankings/top-300-keeper-league-players-january-2018/
FatFrodo 2018-01-11 at 16:52Log in to Reply

You don’t seem to be as high on Kyrou as many others. Any particular reason?
- Gerard Lundrigan 2018-01-16 at 14:05Log in to Reply
  
  Thomas and Tolvenen also seem to have incredible hype around them as well but low on this list. I would also be curious as to why on those guys.
  - Dobber 2018-01-16 at 14:32Log in to Reply
    
    St. Louis and Nashville will keep them off your pro team for 3-4 years. Don’t fall into the Ty Rattie trap!
    - Gerard Lundrigan 2018-01-16 at 14:57Log in to Reply
      
      Hasn’t Poile already come out and said he hopes to have Tolvenen on the Preds as soon as the KHL season is over?
      - Dobber 2018-01-16 at 15:23
        
        I’m sure he will be, and his ranking will continue to rise if that happens. And when it does happen, he won’t shoot up to #1 either, because I saw Fiala do the same thing (three years later, barely making fantasy pro teams). Let’s not forget Radulov. I just don’t like the wait time on prospects with Nashville and St. Louis.
        Besides, Tolvenen was a Top 10 KHL scorer in October. November he was Top 20. December Top 25… WJC only one goal. Great prospect, but a lot of the hype is that early Sept/Oct impact and hot KHL start.
        He’s 81st now, +/- 5.0 rating points puts him as high as 60th. If they sign him he’ll be around 15-25th. If I like his impact as a pro first few games then he’ll be Top 10. If he makes the team out of camp he could be Top 3.
      - Gerard Lundrigan 2018-01-16 at 16:10
        
        Ok that makes total sense. I’m really interested in prospects cause I’m rebuilding in my keeper/dynasty league pool with a cap.
        
        Rookies are extremely valuable in the set up and the guy who owns Tolvenen has expressed interest in trading for Scheifele from me. I know you don’t know the full ins and out of my specific pool but would like to get your thoughts on a Arvidsson or Nylander/Tolvenen/high draft pick for Scheifele trade?
        
        At present, Both Arvidsson and Nylander have roughly 1.5 fp/g and Scheifele is around 2. I value Scheifele tremendously but thinking if I could trade him for 3 valuable pieces I might pull the trigger.
      - Dobber 2018-01-16 at 16:17
        
        I would consider that if Scheifele was 31 years old, but he’s just getting started.
        I traded Malkin last summer for Arvidsson, Drouin and Marchessault…I wouldn’t have done that if Malkin was 24.
Katharsis 2018-01-11 at 17:12Log in to Reply

Not that Kaprizov is that high, but I’m curious if there’s any reasoning behind his ranking that high considering he won’t be in the league for 3 years at least after signing that KHL extension.
- Dobber 2018-01-16 at 14:31Log in to Reply
  
  He’s down from 1st. So that’s his decline due to the 3 years

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 27 - 19:12	DET	vs	TOR
Dec 27 - 19:12	BUF	vs	CHI
Dec 27 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	BOS
Dec 27 - 19:12	N.J	vs	CAR
Dec 27 - 20:12	DAL	vs	MIN
Dec 27 - 20:12	STL	vs	NSH
Dec 27 - 21:12	UTA	vs	COL
Dec 27 - 22:12	S.J	vs	VGK