Top 200 Prospect Forwards in Fantasy Hockey – February 2016

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2016-02-11

There is a new prospect atop this month's Top 200 Fantasy Hockey Prospects list – and his spot there is not a 'lark'!

 

Also new this month is the fact that I'm expanding and separating the two lists. Rather than give you the Top 180 forwards and Top 35 defensemen I thought I'd give each of them their own focus. So here for the first time, I present to you the Top 200 forwards. Tomorrow I will post the Top 50 defensemen. That's right, you now have 250 names to look over instead of 215. More isn't always better…but it sure as hell is in this case!

These are the top prospect forwards to own in fantasy hockey, combining a mix of NHL certainty with upside and wait time (waiting on a prospect for five years, for example, will seriously penalize their value). The 'type' of prospect is also indicated (offensive, two-way, offensive-small, power). Note: clicking on a name will take you to our profile of that prospect, complete with observations, stats, outlook and more.

 

Feb 10 Prospect Team type Prospect Rating Jan 10 Dec 10
1 Dylan Larkin DET o 93.4 4 5
2 Artemi Panarin CHI os 92.7 3 4
3 Max Domi ARI p 91.6 2 2
4 Nikolaj Ehlers WPG o 91.5 5 3
5 Sam Bennett CGY o 87.6 6 6
6 Sam Reinhart BUF o 81.5 9 12
7 Anthony Duclair ARI o 80.2 12 9
8 William Nylander TOR o 78.8 11 10
9 Dylan Strome ARI o 77.9 10 11
10 Mitch Marner TOR o 74.6 13 14
11 Robby Fabbri STL os 72.4 17 21
12 Nicolas Petan WPG os 72.2 15 19
13 Nikolay Goldobin SJS o 72.2 16 20
14 Jared McCann VAN o 72.0 14 15
15 Anthony Mantha DET o 71.4 18 22
16 Michael Dal Colle NYI o 71.1 19 18
17 Nick Ritchie ANA p 69.3 20 25
18 Kevin Fiala NSH o 69.3 21 26
19 Mikko Rantanen COL p 68.5 24 37
20 Jake Virtanen VAN p 68.2 25 16
21 Jason Dickinson DAL t 67.8 26 29
22 Christian Dvorak ARI o 67.7 27 28
23 Teemu Pulkkinen DET o 67.5 23 24
24 Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ o 67.4 29 30
25 Sonny Milano CBJ o 67.4 30 31
26 Travis Konecny PHI o 66.2 32 34
27 Kerby Rychel CBJ p 65.9 33 35
28 Emile Poirier CGY o 65.5 34 36
29 Nikita Scherbak MON o 65.1 31 32
30 Brett Ritchie DAL p 64.3 35 39
31 Alexander Khokhlachev BOS o 64.1 37 49
32 Tomas Jurco DET o 63.9 38 33
33 Ty Rattie STL o 63.6 45 47
34 Henrik Samuelsson ARI t 63.6 40 41
35 Rocco Grimaldi FLA os 63.3 39 42
36 Adrian Kempe LAK o 63.2 41 57
37 Shane Prince OTT o 63.0 47 50
38 Daniel Sprong PIT o 63.0 42 43
39 Oscar Lindberg NYR t 63.0 28 17
40 Alex Tuch MIN p 62.7 43 45
41 Pavel Zacha NJD p 62.7 44 40
42 Ivan Barbashev STL t 62.2 46 48
43 Nick Schmaltz CHI o 61.9 48 65
44 Connor Brown TOR o 61.5 49 52
45 Jimmy Vesey NSH o 61.0 50 53
46 Seth Griffith BOS o 61.0 51 44
47 Brendan Perlini ARI o 60.9 52 51
48 Jakub Vrana WAS o 60.9 53 55
49 Reid Boucher NJD o 60.5 54 54
50 Stanislav Galiev WAS o 60.4 55 58
51 Charles Hudon MON o 60.1 57 71
52 Devin Shore DAL t 60.0 58 59
53 Mikhail Grigorenko COL o 59.7 56 46
54 Sven Andrighetto MON os 59.7 59 60
55 William Karlsson CBJ o 59.6 60 61
56 Sergey Tolchinsky CAR os 59.5 61 62
57 Nick Paul OTT p 59.5 62 63
58 Jacob De La Rose MON t 59.3 63 64
59 Mathew Barzal NYI o 59.3 64 70
60 Lawson Crouse FLA p 58.8 65 79
61 Pavel Buchnevich NYR o 58.8 66 67
62 Joonas Donskoi SJS o 58.6 86 91
63 Cole Cassels VAN o 58.6 67 72
64 Markus Granlund CGY o 58.4 68 73
65 Kyle Connor WPG o 58.3 69 74
66 Nick Sorensen ANA o 58.3 70 69
67 Ryan Hartman CHI t 58.1 71 68
68 Brendan Gaunce VAN o 57.7 72 77
69 Micheal Ferland CGY p 57.6 73 56
70 Anton Slepyshev EDM o 57.2 75 76
71 Timo Meier SJS o 57.1 76 81
72 Jordan Weal PHI os 57.0 74 75
73 Mattias Janmark DAL o 57.0 79 85
74 Kasperi Kapanen TOR o 56.9 77 66
75 Andrew Copp WPG o 56.9 78 82
76 Riley Barber WAS t 56.5 80 84
77 Josh Ho-Sang NYI o 56.2 81 86
78 Scott Laughton PHI o 55.9 82 83
79 Marko Dano CHI o 55.9 83 80
80 Jeremy Bracco TOR o 55.6 84 89
81 Zach Hyman TOR o 55.3 85 87
82 Joel Eriksson Ek MIN o 55.1 87 78
83 Jonathan Marchessault TBL os 54.4 89 194
84 Tobias Lindberg TOR o 54.2 108 121
85 Michael Keranen MIN o 53.6 90 93
86 Joel Armia WPG o 53.6 91 92
87 Matt Puempel OTT o 53.5 92 94
88 Julius Nattinen ANA o 53.5 93 95
89 Hunter Shinkaruk VAN o 53.4 94 88
90 Nick Merkley ARI o 53.4 95 96
91 Hudson Fasching BUF p 53.1 96 97
92 Brendan Leipsic TOR o 52.9 98 100
93 Tyler Graovac MIN o 52.6 99 101
94 Rourke Chartier SJS o 52.5 100 126
95 Lucas Lessio MON o 52.5 101 103
96 Brendan Lemieux WPG p 52.3 102 104
97 Nick Shore LAK t 52.2 103 118
98 Brayden Point TBL os 52.2 104 125
99 Kevin Labanc SJS o 51.8 126 124
100 Kyle Rau FLA os 51.8 106 102
101 Maxim Letunov ARI o 51.5 107 108
102 Tyler Bertuzzi DET p 51.3 109 109
103 Michael McCarron MON p 51.2 110 111
104 Jayce Hawryluk FLA o 50.9 111 113
105 Brock McGinn CAR p 50.8 105 112
106 Morgan Klimchuk CGY t 50.8 113 114
107 Sebastian Collberg NYI o 50.8 114 110
108 Kevin Roy ANA o 50.8 115 115
109 Andreas Johnson TOR o 50.5 117 117
110 Landon Ferraro BOS o 50.4 116 166
111 Adam Erne TBL p 50.2 119 119
112 Sebastian Aho CAR o 49.9 121 235
113 Nicklas Jensen NYI p 49.8 97 99
114 Linden Vey VAN o 49.7 120 120
115 Denis Gurianov DAL o 49.7 118 106
116 Dmytro Timashov TOR o 49.5 122 162
117 Richard Panik CHI o 49.4 123 98
118 Artturi Lehkonen MON o 49.4 124 122
119 Vladislav Kamenev NSH t 49.0 125 137
120 Nicolas Roy CAR p 48.6 127 127
121 Dennis Rasmussen CHI o 48.6 169 NR
122 Drew Shore CGY o 48.5 128 105
123 Colin White OTT o 48.4 129 131
124 Nicolas Aube-Kubel PHI o 48.4 130 132
125 Max Friberg MON o 48.2 131 129
126 Frank Vatrano BOS o 48.1 132 150
127 Jens Looke ARI o 48.1 133 133
128 Jeremy Morin TOR o 48.0 134 134
129 Christian Fischer ARI t 48.0 135 135
130 Josh Leivo TOR p 48.0 136 136
131 Dominik Simon PIT o 48.0 137 138
132 Andreas Athanasiou DET o 48.0 138 160
133 Jake Guentzel PIT o 48.0 139 139
134 Conor Sheary PIT o 47.8 140 230
135 Phillip Di Giuseppe CAR o 47.6 141 234
136 Daniel O'Regan SJS o 47.5 142 142
137 Anthony Richard NSH o 47.5 143 143
138 Tom Kuhnhackl PIT o 47.3 144 236
139 Jack Roslovic WPG p 47.3 145 145
140 Austin Watson NSH p 47.2 146 116
141 Colton Sissons NSH t 47.2 147 140
142 Viktor Arvidsson NSH os 47.1 148 146
143 Jordan Martinook ARI o 47.1 149 168
144 Melker Karlsson SJS o 47.1 150 147
145 Deven Sideroff ANA o 47.0 151 148
146 Phillip Danault CHI t 46.9 152 149
147 Valentin Zykov LAK o 46.9 153 130
148 Laurent Dauphin ARI o 46.8 154 151
149 Remi Elie DAL p 46.8 155 152
150 Zach Sanford WAS o 46.8 156 153
151 Noah Rod SJS t 46.8 157 203
152 Frederik Gauthier TOR p 46.7 158 154
153 Connor Brickley FLA t 46.7 159 155
154 Miikka Salomaki NSH p 46.6 160 156
155 J.T. Compher COL t 46.6 161 157
156 Ryan MacInnis ARI t 46.6 162 158
157 Brett Pollock DAL t 46.6 163 159
158 Conor Garland ARI os 46.5 539 540
159 Bill Arnold CGY t 46.5 164 161
160 Martins Dzierkals TOR o 46.3 167 165
161 Ryan Donato BOS t 46.2 168 167
162 Chris Wagner COL p 46.1 170 169
163 Michael Bournival MON t 46.1 171 170
164 Vaclav Karabacek BUF t 45.9 172 171
165 Adam Tambellini NYR o 45.9 173 172
166 Cole Ully DAL o 45.9 174 173
167 Joseph Blandisi NJD o 45.9 175 265
168 Martin Reway MON o 45.8 176 174
169 Justin Bailey BUF o 45.8 177 175
170 Nicholas Baptiste BUF o 45.8 178 176
171 Jake DeBrusk BOS o 45.8 166 144
172 Nikita Gusev TBL os 45.6 179 263
173 Quinton Howden FLA p 45.6 180 163
174 John Quenneville NJD t 45.6 181 177
175 Anton Rodin VAN o 45.6 182 357
176 Michael Mersch LAK o 45.5 183 178
177 Alan Quine NYI o 45.5 184 179
178 Casey Bailey OTT o 45.4 185 180
179 Derek Grant CGY o 45.4 264 260
180 Josh Anderson CBJ t 45.4 186 181
181 James Lodge WPG o 45.4 187 182
182 Andrew Agozzino COL o 45.3 188 183
183 Mitchell Stephens TBL o 45.2 189 184
184 Scott Wilson PIT o 45.2 190 185
185 Jean-Christophe Beaudin COL o 45.2 191 186
186 Nikolay Prokhorkin LAK o 45.1 192 187
187 Taylor Leier PHI o 45.0 193 189
188 Garrett Ross CHI o 45.0 194 190
189 Radek Faksa DAL o 45.0 195 223
190 Saku Maenalanen NSH o 45.0 196 191
191 Dennis Yan TBL o 45.0 197 192
192 Nicolas Kerdiles ANA t 45.0 198 128
193 Jason Akeson BUF o 44.9 199 193
194 Tanner Kero CHI o 44.8 200 195
195 Stefan Matteau NJD o 44.7 201 197
196 Brock Boeser VAN o 44.5 202 198
197 Ryan Fitzgerald BOS o 44.4 203 199
198 Bogdan Yakimov EDM p 44.2 204 200
199 Teddy Blueger PIT o 44.0 205 202
200 Mark McNeill CHI p 44.0 206 204

 

Here are the prospects (both forwards and defensemen) who have graduated over the last two months:

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Vladislav Namestnikov
Alexander Wennberg
Michael Latta
Damon Severson
Martin Marincin
Nate Schmidt
Jyrki Jokipakka
Trevor van Riemsdyk
Klas Dahlbeck
Ben Chiarot
Matt Tennyson
Cody Goloubef
Zach Trotman
Leon Draisaitl
Andre Burakovsky
Teuvo Teravainen 
Chris Tierney
Sven Bärtschi
Johan Larsson
Joakim Nordstrom
Andy Andreoff
Alex Petrovic

 

Be sure to return tomorrow to see this month's Top 50 defensemen

 

 

16 Comments

  1. John 2016-02-11 at 18:42

    Conor Garland. Where would he rank? Not sure how he is not on this list?

    • Dobber Sports 2016-02-11 at 20:49

      Who is that guy at #158?

    • John VanDyke 2016-02-14 at 10:44

      He would rank as a player who needs to learn how to back check. No future without it.

  2. MattyJ 2016-02-12 at 04:17

    I’m dying to know why you’re so hign on Goldobin. I just don’t see it.

    • Dobber Sports 2016-02-12 at 07:29

      A combination of how close he is (he’s already played in the NHL), organization depth (team will really need his talent in a year or two), and other reasons you can read up on by clicking his name

      • Brayden Olafson 2016-03-09 at 09:39

        Why not a guy like Kevin Lebanc,, where does he fit in with SJS’s depth chart behind Goldobin, I agree, the guy’s NHLe is sitting around 25 points which isn’t much to be blown away by. Before he graduated, was Chris Tierney ahead of him? Also, I’ve gotta know, is Andew Potrualski getting any looks?

        • Dobber Sports 2016-03-09 at 16:25

          I like Lebanc, been a fan for a couple of years now. Very promising. Doesn’t have Goldobin’s pedigree, meaning Goldie will get more looks and longer looks. But Lebanc could steal the job first, who knows. Potrualski was very coveted, we’ll see how he does as a pro.

  3. Dan 2016-02-12 at 17:55

    Jurco is to high. His game has not transferred to the NHL. He will always be a 3rd or 4th line guy

    • Dobber 2016-02-17 at 22:33

      Yes I agree he is too high. Yes I agree his game hasn’t transitioned well, but that’s due to his age and because he pretty much had to play in the NHL early due to I believe waiver rules. No, he won’t always be a 3rd line guy. He’ll find his way to the 2nd line or he’ll be out of the NHL. No middle ground here. Each month I move him downwards as his standing within the organization dwindles

  4. Mark 2016-02-17 at 19:53

    I think your rankings weight NHL readiness waaaay too heavily. No way Kyle Connor should be 65 behind guys like poirier, grimaldi, prince, grigorenko, and several others. Colin White and Timo Meier are also ridiculously low. Even guys already in the NHL producing are behind career AHL guys (Blandisi not ranked top 100 while grimaldi who really just isn’t that good is ranked really high. Do you just pick names out of a hat or something?

    • Dobber 2016-02-17 at 22:27

      You have to take it easy there, son. What you’re doing here is taking something that is updated on the 20th of every month, and you’re looking at it on the 17th…so almost as old and outdated as can be, and you’re criticizing me for it. Blandisi? Really? 27 days ago the guy wasn’t even a gleam in your eye. When this list was posted he had 2 points in 8 games. The very night it was posted, he had a 3-point game and he has 10 points in 12 games since then. What, I’m supposed to go back in time and adjust his rankings? Or can you wait until this weekend for the next edition? ;)
      Colin White – pass.
      Kyle Connor – give me a break. Join my league and draft all the Kyle Connors you want. Maybe you can compete up top with me in about two decades. Wait time/NHL readiness is extremely important, and only the chronic, constant rebuilders would disagree.
      Grimaldi is a great prospect, I believe in him. I own him. Grigs, well, he’s been fading I agree, but that is reflected in the rankings. I don’t knee-jerk my rankings up or down on a whim I instead gradually roll them up or down over time as they prove themselves to their organization (and that’s what matters – what their organization thinks, not what Dobber thinks or what Mark thinks).
      Your suggested ‘hat’ method doesn’t help fantasy leagues so I won’t resort to that, rest assured ;)

      • Mark 2016-02-18 at 00:19

        First off, I didn’t mean to come off as a dick but reading back on it I was a bit rash. Never really looked at the prospect rankings before but now that I know it’s been roughly 20 days since this was ranked I’ll give you a break on Blandisi.

        As for Connor, even before this season I would’ve had him at least 35 even given your weighting towards NHL ready prospects as he was a high upside guy who I thought had top 6 potential. After this season in the NCAA, however, I don’t see how it’s possible to keep him past 12. His production is significantly higher than Larkin’s was and I think he can be in the NHL as soon as next season but definitely by the season after that. I think that’s still earlier than a lot of the people ahead of him.

        I think I was a little confused because I saw your D prospect rankings and thought they were pretty much spot on and got confused by a lot of the players I saw ranked so highly for forward prospects.

        Galiev, Dickinson, Poirier, Jurco, Grimaldi, De la Rose, Granlund, and Grigorenko immediately stand out as highly ranked but have a very slim chance of making the top-6 in their careers. Then there’s guys like Tolchinsky or Scherbak who are arguably much further away from the NHL than Connor or even Colin White and it’s hard to tell what plays a large factor in how you rank your guys. I think part of it is just overrating AHL production in post development years but again it doesn’t make sense because you nailed the D rankings pretty well.

        Again I don’t mean to pick a fight and I’m sorry for coming off as a douche just would like more explanation on why you think so highly of some of these prospects.

        • Dobber 2016-02-18 at 07:53

          I appreciate the points.
          One thing I usually put in the intro but failed to do this time was: “a rating within +/- 5.0 points is considered an equal prospect”. So in the case of Connor he’s between 35th and 91st.
          If Scherbak didn’t get hurt, he would have played this year.
          Galiev, again, he’ll be Top 6 or he’ll be Europe.
          Tolchinsky is closer than you think, thanks to an organizational need. Connor does not have that advantage – who would he displace, Ehlers? Scheifele? Petan?
          Grimaldi I stand by what I say – he’ll be a top sixer. Not a slim chance, a good chance. He’ll be in the NHL next year, and when he’s 26 he’ll really blossom. Think Steve Sullivan (same timeline too).
          It’s hard to put all of these situations and likelihoods into one formula. Just when you think you should put more weight into ‘upside’ you find a case where you should put it into ‘wait time’ due to organizational depth (or vice versa). But I’ll be adjusting for this weekend as always and I’ll keep this stuff in mind.

          • Mark 2016-02-18 at 19:37

            Yeah I see what you’re saying. I don’t really see it in Galiev but I wouldn’t be surprised if Grimaldi ends up putting up around 45-50 points in the next few years, I just haven’t really seen him take the next step yet.

            I do think Connor is more NHL ready than Tolchinsky though. He’s doing better than Larkin did last year and there will be a wing spot to fill when Ladd is moved. Winnipeg isn’t afraid to put prospects in the lineup after only a year as seen with Ehlers and Connor has the same upside or better as Ehlers in my opinion. With small guys like Tolchinsky, they either need elite hockey sense to create space or they end up failing. I’m not sure Tolchinsky has the hockey sense to make up for his size but we’ll find out soon enough. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Sebastian Aho make the NHL before Tolchinsky because he plays a much more mature game and has been in a men’s league for longer. I wouldn’t bet on either making the team next year but, as you said, the canes are desperate for some help on offense.

            Anyways, thanks for replying, it’s nice to have a website where the writers are able to touch on anything afterwards. I’ll pay more attention to Grimaldi since I kind of took him off my radar last year. Appreciate the feedback and cheers!

  5. Captain Obvious 2016-02-21 at 14:28

    Why are McDavid & Eichel missing? Because they’re the obvious number 1 & 2?

    • Dobber 2016-02-21 at 14:48

      Three graduated about three months ago

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