Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards in Fantasy Hockey – July 2016

Dobber

2016-07-10

The Top 200 Prospect Forwards to own in fantasy hockey, July edition. The 2016 draftees make their debut!

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 are listed at the bottom.

+/- 5.0 rating points please consider them similar in value

The Top 50 Prospect Defensemen – Posted Tuesday, so check back in for that one…

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Jul 10	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Jun 10	May 10
1	Auston Matthews	TOR	o	111.2	NR	NR
2	Patrik Laine	WPG	p	110.7	NR	NR
3	Jesse Puljujarvi	EDM	t	103.7	NR	NR
4	Pierre-Luc Dubois	CBJ	o	87.5	NR	NR
5	Dylan Strome	ARI	o	86.5	1	2
6	William Nylander	TOR	o	83.5	2	1
7	Mitch Marner	TOR	o	79.3	3	3
8	Mikko Rantanen	COL	p	76.5	4	5
9	Christian Dvorak	ARI	o	76.1	5	4
10	Kyle Connor	WPG	o	75.3	6	6
11	Nick Ritchie	ANA	p	71.2	10	8
12	Travis Konecny	PHI	o	70.9	9	11
13	Jimmy Vesey	BUF	o	70.8	8	7
14	Sebastian Aho	CAR	o	69.6	11	9
15	Brayden Point	TBL	os	69.5	7	36
16	Oliver Bjorkstrand	CBJ	o	69.0	12	10
17	Kerby Rychel	TOR	p	68.7	13	12
18	Mathew Barzal	NYI	o	68.3	14	15
19	Sonny Milano	CBJ	o	68.0	15	18
20	Jake Virtanen	VAN	p	67.7	17	16
21	Anthony Mantha	DET	o	67.7	16	14
22	Pavel Zacha	NJD	p	67.6	18	19
23	Clayton Keller	ARI	o	67.3	NR	NR
24	Colin White	OTT	o	66.2	19	49
25	Matthew Tkachuk	CGY	p	66.2	NR	NR
26	Jakub Vrana	WAS	o	65.3	20	20
27	Kevin Fiala	NSH	o	65.2	21	13
28	Andreas Athanasiou	DET	o	65.0	22	21
29	Michael Dal Colle	NYI	o	64.5	24	22
30	Teemu Pulkkinen	DET	o	64.2	23	17
31	Adrian Kempe	LAK	o	64.2	27	26
32	Brett Ritchie	DAL	p	64.1	26	24
33	Nicolas Petan	WPG	os	63.5	25	23
34	Michael McCarron	MON	p	63.2	29	27
35	Ty Rattie	STL	o	63.2	28	28
36	Pavel Buchnevich	NYR	o	62.9	31	37
37	Timo Meier	SJS	o	62.7	32	32
38	Nick Paul	OTT	p	62.6	30	50
39	Daniel Sprong	PIT	o	62.5	35	31
40	Tyson Jost	COL	o	62.4	NR	NR
41	Alexander Nylander	BUF	o	62.2	NR	NR
42	Ivan Barbashev	STL	t	62.1	36	34
43	Connor Brown	TOR	o	61.9	33	30
44	Brock Boeser	VAN	p	61.9	37	75
45	Sven Andrighetto	MON	os	61.7	34	35
46	Jason Dickinson	DAL	t	61.4	39	25
47	Kevin Labanc	SJS	o	60.7	41	80
48	Lawson Crouse	FLA	p	60.7	42	53
49	Devin Shore	DAL	t	60.3	46	45
50	Ryan Dzingel	OTT	o	60.1	48	168
51	Jayce Hawryluk	FLA	o	59.9	50	94
52	Joseph Blandisi	NJD	o	59.8	38	33
53	Alex Tuch	MIN	p	59.8	43	42
54	Nick Schmaltz	CHI	o	59.7	51	39
55	Nikita Scherbak	MON	o	59.7	45	43
56	Tobias Lindberg	TOR	o	59.5	44	40
57	Rocco Grimaldi	COL	os	59.4	47	51
58	Vladislav Kamenev	NSH	t	59.4	53	44
59	Seth Griffith	BOS	o	59.2	40	38
60	Hudson Fasching	BUF	p	59.2	49	84
61	Charles Hudon	MON	o	59.1	52	52
62	Nikolay Goldobin	SJS	o	58.7	54	48
63	Marko Dano	WPG	o	58.6	55	72
64	Evgeny Svechnikov	DET	p	58.5	56	67
65	Andrew Copp	WPG	o	58.1	57	56
66	Jonathan Marchessault	FLA	os	58.1	72	78
67	Reid Boucher	NJD	o	57.6	58	55
68	Logan Brown	OTT	o	57.6	NR	NR
69	Joel Armia	WPG	o	57.5	59	57
70	Joel Eriksson Ek	MIN	o	57.4	60	59
71	Nick Merkley	ARI	o	57.0	63	82
72	Kasperi Kapanen	TOR	o	56.9	61	54
73	Emile Poirier	CGY	o	56.6	64	60
74	Zach Hyman	TOR	o	56.5	62	63
75	Brendan Perlini	ARI	o	56.4	66	62
76	Josh Ho-Sang	NYI	o	56.1	68	76
77	Riley Barber	WAS	t	56.1	67	64
78	Brendan Leipsic	TOR	o	55.9	65	58
79	Frank Vatrano	BOS	o	55.7	70	66
80	Anton Slepyshev	EDM	o	55.6	69	65
81	Daniel Carr	MON	o	55.2	71	71
82	Conor Sheary	PIT	o	54.9	73	90
83	Cole Cassels	VAN	o	54.8	76	69
84	Bryan Rust	PIT	o	54.8	74	177
85	Artturi Lehkonen	MON	o	54.7	77	83
86	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	BOS	o	54.5	127	122
87	Sergey Tolchinsky	CAR	os	53.8	75	73
88	Matt Puempel	OTT	o	53.6	80	79
89	Martin Reway	MON	o	53.6	79	181
90	Hunter Shinkaruk	CGY	o	53.4	83	81
91	Dennis Rasmussen	CHI	o	53.3	81	86
92	Julius Nattinen	ANA	o	53.0	84	85
93	J.T. Compher	COL	t	52.6	85	119
94	Stanislav Galiev	WAS	o	52.3	82	87
95	Nick Cousins	PHI	o	52.2	86	125
96	Michael McLeod	NJD	t	52.2	NR	NR
97	Brendan Gaunce	VAN	o	52.0	87	70
98	Henrik Samuelsson	ARI	t	51.9	78	47
99	Riley Tufte	DAL	p	51.9	NR	NR
100	Jordan Weal	PHI	os	51.6	89	92
101	Maxim Letunov	SJS	o	51.5	88	91
102	Markus Granlund	VAN	o	51.4	90	77
103	Ryan Hartman	CHI	t	51.2	92	61
104	Brock McGinn	CAR	p	51.0	95	96
105	Dmytro Timashov	TOR	o	51.0	93	93
106	Anthony Richard	NSH	o	50.8	94	95
107	Andreas Johnson	TOR	o	50.5	96	97
108	Kalle Kossila	ANA	os	50.5	270	NR
109	Nikita Soshnikov	TOR	o	50.4	97	98
110	Kevin Roy	ANA	o	50.2	100	99
111	Tyler Bertuzzi	DET	p	50.2	101	103
112	Adam Erne	TBL	p	50.2	98	100
113	German Rubtsov	PHI	t	50.2	NR	NR
114	Dominik Simon	PIT	o	50.1	99	101
115	Ryan MacInnis	ARI	t	49.5	102	105
116	Drake Caggiula	EDM	os	49.4	103	106
117	Jake Guentzel	PIT	o	49.4	104	107
118	Tyler Graovac	MIN	o	49.1	105	109
119	Josh Leivo	TOR	p	49.1	107	112
120	Nicolas Roy	CAR	p	49.1	106	111
121	Denis Gurianov	DAL	o	48.9	113	115
122	Nicklas Jensen	NYR	p	48.9	109	114
123	Mark Jankowski	CGY	p	48.9	108	113
124	Brendan Lemieux	WPG	p	48.8	112	120
125	Tom Kuhnhackl	PIT	o	48.6	110	116
126	Phillip Di Giuseppe	CAR	o	48.6	111	117
127	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	PHI	o	48.4	114	121
128	Alexander Khokhlachev	BOS	o	48.2	91	74
129	Alan Quine	NYI	o	48.1	115	124
130	Luke Kunin	MIN	o	48.1	NR	NR
131	Jens Looke	ARI	o	48.1	116	126
132	Tyler Motte	CHI	os	48.0	117	146
133	Jacob De La Rose	MON	t	47.9	118	88
134	Nick Sorensen	ANA	o	47.9	119	128
135	Anton Rodin	VAN	o	47.7	120	130
136	Christian Fischer	ARI	t	47.6	121	154
137	Rourke Chartier	SJS	o	47.5	122	132
138	John Quenneville	NJD	t	47.4	123	133
139	Radel Fazleyev	PHI	o	47.3	124	134
140	Jack Roslovic	WPG	p	47.3	125	135
141	Nikita Gusev	TBL	os	47.3	126	155
142	Deven Sideroff	ANA	o	47.0	128	136
143	Rasmus Asplund	BUF	o	46.9	NR	NR
144	Zach Sanford	WAS	o	46.8	129	138
145	J.C. Lipon	WPG	t	46.7	130	275
146	Daniel O'Regan	SJS	o	46.6	131	140
147	Laurent Dauphin	ARI	o	46.6	186	212
148	Brett Pollock	CGY	t	46.6	132	143
149	Jean-Christophe Beaudin	COL	o	46.6	133	144
150	Anthony Beauvillier	NYI	o	46.6	134	317
151	Austin Czarnik	BOS	os	46.3	135	232
152	Martins Dzierkals	TOR	o	46.3	136	147
153	Oskar Lindblom	PHI	t	46.0	137	184
154	Vince Hinostroza	CHI	os	45.9	138	148
155	Vaclav Karabacek	BUF	t	45.9	139	149
156	Cole Ully	DAL	o	45.9	140	151
157	Ryan Gropp	NYR	p	45.9	141	173
158	Justin Bailey	BUF	o	45.8	142	152
159	Nicholas Baptiste	BUF	o	45.8	143	153
160	Axel Holmstrom	DET	o	45.6	144	156
161	Giorgio Estephan	BUF	o	45.5	145	157
162	Derek Grant	BUF	o	45.4	146	160
163	Scott Wilson	PIT	o	45.2	147	162
164	Danton Heinen	BOS	o	45.1	148	251
165	Kyle Rau	FLA	os	45.0	149	167
166	Francis Perron	OTT	o	45.0	215	393
167	Aleksi Saarela	CAR	o	45.0	150	216
168	Noah Rod	SJS	t	45.0	151	170
169	Adam Tambellini	NYR	o	44.9	152	150
170	Josh Anderson	CBJ	t	44.9	153	172
171	Jeremy Bracco	TOR	o	44.8	154	174
172	Tanner Kero	CHI	o	44.8	155	175
173	Daniel Zaar	CBJ	o	44.6	157	178
174	Andrew Mangiapane	CGY	o	44.5	158	179
175	Remi Elie	DAL	p	44.4	159	180
176	Ryan Fitzgerald	BOS	o	44.4	160	183
177	Drew Shore	UFA	o	44.2	162	127
178	Andrew Poturalski	CAR	o	44.1	163	187
179	Colton Sissons	NSH	t	44.1	173	165
180	Samuel Blais	STL	o	44.1	164	188
181	Paul Bittner	CBJ	p	44.1	209	240
182	Travis Boyd	WAS	o	44.1	166	190
183	Eric Cornel	BUF	o	44.0	167	202
184	Joel Lowry	LAK	t	44.0	169	194
185	Mario Lucia	MIN	o	44.0	170	195
186	Conor Garland	ARI	os	44.0	171	145
187	Mitchell Stephens	TBL	o	43.7	175	161
188	Jake DeBrusk	BOS	o	43.5	258	283
189	T.J. Tynan	CBJ	os	43.5	208	239
190	Nicolas Kerdiles	ANA	t	43.5	176	204
191	Scott Kosmachuk	WPG	t	43.4	177	205
192	Adam Helewka	SJS	o	43.4	178	206
193	Dylan Sadowy	DET	o	43.4	179	253
194	Valentin Zykov	CAR	o	43.3	181	137
195	Bogdan Yakimov	EDM	p	43.3	182	207
196	Teddy Blueger	PIT	o	43.1	183	208
197	Kieffer Bellows	NYI	p	43.1	NR	NR
198	Thomas Di Pauli	WAS	o	43.0	187	215
199	Zach Senyshyn	BOS	o	43.0	188	285
200	Petr Straka	PHI	o	42.9	174	198

Graduates this month:

226	Wagner	Chris	ANA

Valec 2016-07-10 at 17:08Log in to Reply

Kerby Rychel should be with TOR
- Jeremy Campbell 2016-07-11 at 08:14Log in to Reply
  
  Should be, but we will see how he does in camp. He should be really motivated, hopefully he’s having a great offseason in the health dept.
  - Captain Obvious 2016-07-11 at 13:10Log in to Reply
    
    I think what he meant was that when this was released, Rychel was probably still listed as “CBJ”
Jeremy Campbell 2016-07-11 at 08:13Log in to Reply

Great to see lots of elite prospects in the Leafs organization, hopefully (another) Vesey joins the party in mid August!!
Chunky's Choice 2016-07-11 at 22:49Log in to Reply

Just curious why this year’s #3 + 4 draft picks are ranked ahead of last year’s #3 + 4 draft picks? Last year everyone said it was a super deep draft, and now they’ve had an extra year to develop too.
- Dobber 2016-07-11 at 22:56Log in to Reply
  
  That’s a great point. I don’t think Dubois would be ahead of them if he didn’t shock the world by going third.
  But to me, if the 2015 and 2016 draft went at the same time and took place in January, with both classes available at once, then it would be in order:
  McDavid, Eichel, Matthews, Laine, Puljujarvi
  – and then a whole slow of 2015 guys because, as you said, that draft was DEEP
  - Chunky's Choice 2016-07-12 at 01:23Log in to Reply
    
    Ah I see, so ‘deep’ doesn’t necessarily mean each slot is better than the corresponding slot in a shallower draft. Even still, if marner/strome make the nhl this fall and dubois/puljujarvi don’t, then might we see them switch spots in your rankings in a few months? And then next summer might we see the 2017 #3 + 4 temporarily ranked higher than dubois and puljujarvi? I guess my overall point is just that the value of prospects are inflated a few months before and after their draft.
    - Dobber 2016-07-12 at 06:53Log in to Reply
      
      exactly right
Dave 2016-07-20 at 07:53Log in to Reply

Can’t seem to find Chicago’s smallish Alex Debrincat? As a boom or bust prospect, hasn’t he done enough?!
- Dobber 2016-07-25 at 08:49Log in to Reply
  
  He’s 274th. It’s Chicago. You’ll wait on him as long as you did with Hartman, McNeill,etc.
lfchockey 2016-07-25 at 07:24Log in to Reply

Surprised a guy like Rasmussen is so high. He has 4th liner written all over him IF he’s able to stick in the NHL.
Seems like outside of the 30 or so, the rankings haven’t had a lot of attention placed on them. i.e. Justin Bailey is now head and shoulders above Baptiste (yet, at the start of the season they were very close).
Heinen had a ridiculous second half of the year in Denver and was signed by Boston after his sophomore year.
Francis Perron dominated the Q this year and a cross-bar away from burying London in the Mem. Cup finals.
Cole Cassells seems too high after the year he had, and Frank Vatrano had an unprecedented year in the AHL.
My 0.02
- Dobber 2016-07-25 at 08:48Log in to Reply
  
  Rasmussen – I agree. But his 1% chance of moving up the roster is really no different then that highly-touted 19-year-old long shot everybody’s rushing to get. And with Rasmussen the wait time on finding out about him is 0, whereas that 19-year-old hogs a roster spot on your bench for five years before you find out the truth. 91 is not so high and under my +/- 5.0 rating spots rule, he could be considered 130th on this list. I’m fine with that.
  
  Rankings are thoroughly considered at this time of year. The Prospects Report ensures that each prospect gets touched/adjusted. The Fantasy Guide ensures further tweaking. Rest assured, I look at these beyond the Top 30. I’m not sure I care to have a Bailey vs. Baptiste argument though since I won’t have either one on my list – and my league is 15 teams, 39 players per team. NOT ON MY LIST! lol
  
  Heinen has moved up this list quickly. As you can see, two months ago he was 251. That’s from Prospects Report research (two months ago) that he shot up.
  
  Perron has been rocketing up the list, but you’ll still have to wait on him, come on. Ottawa makes their guys wait, generally speaking. Lots of players dominated the Memorial Cup – Remember Chaput? Me neither. But he went from 393 to 215 to 166 this month, come on. He’s there, he’s 3 years away from the NHL. I’m happy with him there.
  
  Cassels fall has been documented. Not fast enough for fantasy owners who love the knee-jerk movements (Perron had a great year, should be Top 10, Cassels a terrible year, should be 500th). It doesn’t work like that. Cassels is in an organization that needs forwards. The wait time on him with Vancouver will be minimal. One good productive month and they’ll call him up if there’s an injury – and just like that, his fortune changes. Big picture, my man. Big picture!
  
  Vatrano – yes he did. That’s why he’s in the Top 80. Minimal upside for points though. He’ll be that 30-goal, 50-point guy. Jamie McGinn. There’s a place for him in deep points leagues, but not a prominent one.