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 |
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No Tolvanen? I’d draft him ahead of quite a number of this list, no?
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
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?
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.
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.
so you’re back?
U r a fag
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
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
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?
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
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.