Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – October 2017

Dobber

2017-10-11

After a two-month health related hiatus, we're back with the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only fantasy hockey league – October edition!

Factors include NHL certainly, upside and wait time. Prospects who are within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other are considered equal value and at that point would be a matter of your personal taste and/or your team needs.

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

Come back tomorrow to check out the defensemen version of these rankings…

Hint: click any player name below to be taken to their scouting report (from a fantasy standpoint!)

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Oct 10	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Jul 10	Jun 10
1	Clayton Keller	ARI	o	100.8	1	1
2	Nico Hischier	NJD	o	97.8	2	NR
3	Nolan Patrick	PHI	o	88.5	3	NR
4	Brock Boeser	VAN	p	82.7	6	4
5	Vadim Shipachyov	VGK	o	79.9	5	3
6	Dylan Strome	ARI	o	79.8	4	2
7	Kevin Labanc	SJS	o	77.4	8	6
8	Tyson Jost	COL	o	76.5	13	14
9	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM	t	76.1	7	5
10	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ	o	75.7	9	7
11	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ	t	75.0	11	9
12	Mathew Barzal	NYI	o	74.3	10	8
13	Jakub Vrana	WAS	o	74.2	20	17
14	Alex DeBrincat	CHI	os	74.0	34	29
15	Kyle Connor	WPG	o	71.9	12	10
16	Brendan Perlini	ARI	o	71.9	22	19
17	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI	o	70.5	18	15
18	Timo Meier	SJS	o	70.5	16	12
19	Cody Glass	VGK	o	70.3	15	NR
20	Luke Kunin	MIN	o	69.8	24	21
21	Sam Steel	ANA	o	69.8	17	13
22	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	o	69.6	29	25
23	Colin White	OTT	o	69.1	21	18
24	Christian Fischer	ARI	p	68.8	25	24
25	Ivan Barbashev	STL	t	68.2	23	20
26	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI	o	68.0	19	16
27	Evgeny Svechnikov	DET	o	67.9	27	23
28	Owen Tippett	FLA	o	67.2	38	NR
29	Casey Mittelstadt	BUF	o	67.2	28	NR
30	Elias Pettersson	VAN	o	66.9	30	NR
31	Anders Bjork	BOS	t	65.8	56	56
32	Kevin Fiala	NSH	o	65.7	26	22
33	Alexander Nylander	BUF	o	65.1	31	26
34	Nikolay Goldobin	VAN	o	64.9	32	27
35	Tage Thompson	STL	o	64.9	33	28
36	Logan Brown	OTT	o	64.7	42	36
37	Jesper Bratt	NJD	o	64.5	NR	NR
38	Ryan Hartman	CHI	t	63.9	39	31
39	Gabriel Vilardi	LAK	o	63.8	35	NR
40	Jayce Hawryluk	FLA	o	63.2	36	30
41	Kirill Kaprizov	MIN	os	63.1	14	11
42	Nicolas Roy	CAR	t	63.0	37	32
43	Daniel O'Regan	SJS	t	63.0	44	35
44	Jordan Weal	PHI	os	62.4	68	84
45	Kasperi Kapanen	TOR	o	62.4	40	33
46	Nick Suzuki	VGK	t	62.4	41	NR
47	Mark Jankowski	CGY	p	62.1	49	39
48	Vladislav Kamenev	NSH	t	62.0	43	34
49	Michael McLeod	NJD	t	61.9	46	41
50	Jack Roslovic	WPG	t	61.8	45	37
51	Filip Chytil	NYR	o	60.9	102	NR
52	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS	o	60.8	48	40
53	Charles Hudon	MON	o	60.7	57	46
54	Taylor Raddysh	TBL	o	60.5	50	42
55	Daniel Sprong	PIT	o	60.3	51	44
56	Alex Tuch	VGK	p	60.2	53	43
57	Denis Malgin	FLA	os	59.9	52	45
58	Henrik Borgstrom	FLA	t	59.8	55	48
59	Alexander Kerfoot	COL	os	59.3	116	103
60	Sonny Milano	CBJ	o	59.2	63	54
61	J.T. Compher	COL	t	59.2	60	51
62	Lawson Crouse	ARI	p	58.9	58	49
63	Adam Gaudette	VAN	o	58.7	59	50
64	Anthony Cirelli	TBL	o	58.5	61	52
65	German Rubtsov	PHI	t	58.2	54	47
66	Nicolas Petan	WPG	os	58.0	47	38
67	Lias Andersson	NYR	t	57.7	64	NR
68	Michael Rasmussen	DET	p	57.6	79	NR
69	Julien Gauthier	CAR	o	57.4	65	55
70	Kailer Yamamoto	EDM	os	57.1	86	NR
71	Adrian Kempe	LAK	o	57.0	62	53
72	Ondrej Kase	ANA	o	56.9	162	143
73	Hudson Fasching	BUF	p	56.5	67	57
74	Nikita Scherbak	MON	o	56.4	69	58
75	Michael Dal Colle	NYI	o	56.2	70	60
76	John Quenneville	NJD	t	56.2	73	64
77	Maxim Letunov	SJS	o	56.1	71	61
78	Troy Terry	ANA	o	56.1	72	62
79	Aleksi Saarela	CAR	o	55.8	74	65
80	Zach Senyshyn	BOS	o	55.7	76	66
81	Jordan Greenway	MIN	p	55.6	77	67
82	Cliff Pu	BUF	o	55.6	78	68
83	Tyler Motte	CBJ	os	55.3	66	59
84	Jason Dickinson	DAL	t	55.2	75	63
85	Curtis Lazar	CGY	o	55.1	80	74
86	Jean-Christophe Beaudin	COL	o	54.8	82	69
87	Nick Merkley	ARI	o	54.7	83	71
88	Nicholas Baptiste	BUF	o	54.5	120	108
89	Danton Heinen	BOS	o	54.5	81	70
90	Max Jones	ANA	p	54.5	84	73
91	Tyler Bertuzzi	DET	p	54.4	85	72
92	Zach Aston-Reese	PIT	o	54.0	173	155
93	John Hayden	CHI	p	53.5	109	95
94	Vitali Abramov	CBJ	os	53.1	146	129
95	Martin Necas	CAR	o	53.0	97	NR
96	Nikita Soshnikov	TOR	o	52.7	88	76
97	Henrik Haapala	FLA	o	52.6	108	NR
98	Austin Czarnik	BOS	os	52.4	91	82
99	Anton Rodin	VAN	o	52.0	87	75
100	Brendan Leipsic	VGK	o	52.0	92	79
101	Francis Perron	OTT	o	51.7	95	83
102	Michael McCarron	MON	p	51.5	90	78
103	Denis Gurianov	DAL	o	51.3	101	88
104	Martin Frk	DET	o	51.2	179	160
105	Josh Norris	SJS	o	51.2	98	NR
106	Janne Kuokkanen	CAR	o	51.0	138	123
107	Jake Virtanen	VAN	p	50.5	99	86
108	Josh Leivo	TOR	p	50.4	110	96
109	Jake DeBrusk	BOS	o	50.0	152	136
110	Miro Aaltonen	TOR	o	49.8	144	127
111	Seth Griffith	BUF	o	49.5	117	105
112	Laurent Dauphin	CHI	o	49.4	103	93
113	AJ Greer	COL	p	48.9	106	91
114	Riley Barber	WAS	t	48.8	93	80
115	Spencer Foo	CGY	o	48.7	156	NR
116	Remi Elie	DAL	p	48.6	137	172
117	Yanni Gourde	TBL	os	48.6	163	192
118	Nikita Gusev	VGK	os	48.5	94	81
119	Yakov Trenin	NSH	o	48.5	111	97
120	Dylan Sikura	CHI	o	48.4	112	98
121	Rasmus Asplund	BUF	o	48.4	113	100
122	Kerby Rychel	TOR	p	48.3	96	85
123	Jeremy Bracco	TOR	o	48.3	114	101
124	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY	o	48.3	115	102
125	Martin Reway	MON	o	48.1	107	94
126	Oskar Lindblom	PHI	t	47.9	118	106
127	Adam Mascherin	FLA	os	47.8	119	107
128	Pontus Åberg	NSH	t	47.1	122	109
129	Oskar Sundqvist	STL	t	47.1	123	110
130	Riley Tufte	DAL	p	47.0	124	111
131	Dmytro Timashov	TOR	o	47.0	125	112
132	Kenny Agostino	BOS	o	47.0	100	87
133	Jonathan Dahlen	VAN	o	47.0	126	113
134	Axel Holmstrom	DET	o	47.0	127	114
135	Hunter Shinkaruk	CGY	o	46.9	89	77
136	Robert Thomas	STL	t	46.8	129	NR
137	Nick Paul	OTT	p	46.7	128	117
138	Rocco Grimaldi	COL	os	46.6	105	90
139	Rourke Chartier	SJS	o	46.6	131	118
140	Carl Grundstrom	TOR	o	46.6	132	119
141	Mitchell Stephens	TBL	t	46.6	133	120
142	Brett Howden	TBL	t	46.6	134	121
143	Andrew Poturalski	CAR	o	46.6	135	122
144	Morgan Frost	PHI	o	46.5	136	NR
145	Alex Formenton	OTT	o	46.5	NR	NR
146	Warren Foegele	CAR	o	46.4	139	147
147	Justin Bailey	BUF	o	46.4	140	92
148	Valentin Zykov	CAR	o	46.4	141	124
149	Ryan Gropp	NYR	p	46.4	142	125
150	Deven Sideroff	ANA	o	46.4	143	126
151	Nicklas Jensen	NYR	p	46.2	104	89
152	Kalle Kossila	ANA	o	46.1	155	99
153	Taylor Leier	PHI	o	46.1	216	197
154	Nathan Walker	WAS	o	46.1	223	201
155	Joseph Blandisi	NJD	o	46.1	145	131
156	Blake Speers	NJD	o	46.0	147	130
157	Ryan MacInnis	ARI	t	45.8	148	132
158	Morgan Klimchuk	CGY	t	45.6	149	133
159	Travis Boyd	WAS	o	45.5	150	134
160	Peter Cehlarik	BOS	o	45.5	151	135
161	Zach Sanford	STL	o	45.1	121	115
162	Adam Erne	TBL	p	44.9	158	140
163	Teemu Pulkkinen	VGK	o	44.9	159	139
164	Martins Dzierkals	TOR	o	44.8	160	141
165	Mikhail Vorobyov	PHI	o	44.8	161	142
166	Kristian Vesalainen	WPG	p	44.5	165	NR
167	Samuel Blais	STL	o	44.5	166	146
168	Matt Puempel	NYR	o	44.4	167	149
169	Calvin Thurkauf	CBJ	p	44.4	168	148
170	Julius Nattinen	ANA	o	44.3	169	150
171	Tyler Moy	NSH	o	44.3	170	152
172	Maxim Mamin	FLA	o	44.2	171	153
173	Cole Ully	DAL	o	44.1	172	154
174	Adam Helewka	SJS	t	44.0	174	156
175	Anton Slepyshev	EDM	o	44.0	175	144
176	Matthew Highmore	CHI	o	44.0	NR	NR
177	Mathieu Joseph	TBL	t	44.0	176	157
178	Lucas Wallmark	CAR	o	44.0	177	158
179	Mike Vecchione	PHI	os	43.9	178	159
180	Frederik Gaudreau	NSH	o	43.9	181	258
181	Joseph Gambardella	EDM	o	43.9	182	162
182	Rudolfs Balcers	SJS	o	43.8	183	163
183	Matej Stransky	DAL	o	43.8	184	164
184	Gemel Smith	DAL	o	43.7	185	166
185	Jujhar Khaira	EDM	p	43.7	164	145
186	Patrick Harper	NSH	os	43.6	186	168
187	Tobias Lindberg	VGK	o	43.4	187	169
188	Michael Mersch	LAK	o	43.4	188	170
189	Dennis Yan	TBL	o	43.4	189	173
190	Klim Kostin	STL	p	43.3	190	NR
191	Michael Spacek	WPG	o	43.1	191	174
192	Kevin Roy	ANA	o	43.1	192	151
193	Jordan Kyrou	STL	o	43.0	194	176
194	Brandon Hagel	BUF	o	43.0	195	177
195	Dylan Gambrell	SJS	o	43.0	196	178
196	Adam Brooks	TOR	o	43.0	197	179
197	Tyler Benson	EDM	o	43.0	198	180
198	Ty Rattie	EDM	o	43.0	153	137
199	Michael Sgarbossa	WPG	o	42.9	130	116
200	Dominik Simon	PIT	o	42.9	154	138

cc 2017-10-11 at 07:20Log in to Reply

No Tolvanen? I’d draft him ahead of quite a number of this list, no?
- Dobber 2017-10-11 at 08:44Log in to Reply
  
  Ranked 223
  Our experience with Nashville prospects is generally a longer wait than most teams, no? Fiala, Aberg, Kamenev, Trenin, etc. Bench space is valuable and I’d rather take a chance with a 15% chance guy who is ready now and can be replaced next year by another 15% chance guy and the year after by another 15% chance guy, etc…then grab a 60% chance guy and sit on him for four or five years and perhaps wind up with nothing
  - Baabz 2017-10-11 at 10:46Log in to Reply
    
    At the rate Tolvanen is producing with men in the KHL, based on trade value alone I would take him in 25-40 range. Maybe I’m wrong, but I can’t see Nashville risking to lose Tolvanen long term to the KHL. His current KHL contract is one year with a possibility of extension… but if he continues to perform at this pace, I bet NAS could open the doors a lot quicker than to these aforementioned prospects. No?
    - SBN 2017-10-11 at 15:39Log in to Reply
      
      Im with Dobber, way too early to jump on the Tolvanen band wagon. Fiala went almost PPG for over 100games in the AHL before even a whiff of NHL ice time. Even on his current contract where he could walk and come to the NHL next offseason, the risk is too real that he signs a new contract and stays in the KHL.
  - Dobber 2017-10-11 at 11:00Log in to Reply
    
    Wow, between the two comments and the two emails I got this morning in the first two hours of posting this, people are in love with this guy! With my +/- 5.0 rating rule, Tolvanen is between 134th and 260th. I’m fine with that range. If we get our rocks off over his big 16 KHL games, then I guess Ryan Hartman is a 100-point guy. Tolvanen is barely outscoring Matt Gilroy and Nick Jensen, his teammate. How did they do? Let’s not forget that the KHL has kept Kaprizov and Shalunov for the next three years so there’s a risk. I’m 100% comfortable with Tolvanen where he is. If he continues at this pace for another month, he’ll get into the Top 200. But you won’t see any premature e-rank-ulation here today.
Marc Edge 2017-10-11 at 16:41Log in to Reply

so you’re back?
- Paul Rain 2017-12-02 at 01:35Log in to Reply
  
  U r a fag
Dean Youngblood 2017-10-11 at 20:16Log in to Reply

I see my boy Jesper Bratt made his way onto the list after his omission last month ;). Got a feeling he’ll climb into the top 10 soon enough.

You’re welcome
- Dobber 2017-10-11 at 21:14Log in to Reply
  
  That was a nice call. I’ve never seen a player go from mediocre numbers in the Swedish second league, to instant NHL impact before. Never. But so far he’s doing it
Tony Broadway 2017-10-14 at 17:08Log in to Reply

I’m a bit confused how to use this list – on one hand Dobber has Kaprizov in the 40s while Tolvanen is listed in his 200s (both only with KHL sample sizes – Tolvanen’s is much smaller but has 1st round NHL draft pedigree). I also see guys like Axel Holmstrom and Kirby Rychel who have limited upside and have seen their development stalled falling somewhere in the middle. Is this list saying I should be making those trades (Holmstrom for Tolvanen) in a dynasty league? Am I expecting better upside from Kerby Rychel? I also see Bratt jump 200(!) places in a month – how am I supposed to make sense of that when valuing these guys in fantasy for present or long term value?
- Dobber 2017-10-14 at 18:27Log in to Reply
  
  Bratt – extremely rare. A low draft pick, mediocre numbers in the Swedish second league and a huge NHL impact right away. Never seen it before, probably won’t see it again. An anomaly.
  
  Rychel – modest upside, low NHL certainty, but wait time is near-zero. Either he makes it or he doesn’t but at least we won’t waste a roster space for five years waiting to find out.
  
  Tolvanen – you’ll see him move up if he continues his great production, but IMO four years away. Kaprizov could be a star right now, but is under a three year contract so is three years away. May see him move down.
  
  Tough to balance certainty vs. upside vs. wait time. And different fantasy teams have different needs among those three criteria
  - Tony Broadway 2017-10-14 at 21:13Log in to Reply
    
    Thank you for the explanation. I own both Tolvanen and Kaprizov in leagues and also find it hard to gauge value there. Some teams can’t do the wait and therefore their value is nil, but some can swallow it and would have them much higher on this list – tough to represent value for all, I guess.

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