Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – October 2022

Dobber

2022-10-17

Here are the top prospect forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – October edition!

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Click on any player to be taken to his DobberProspects player profile. As always, players rated between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal preference and team needs.

LEGEND: o=offensive, t=two-way, p=big forward and/or power forward, os=offensive but small

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Oct	Prospect	Team	Type	Prospect Rating	Sep	Aug
1	Marco Rossi	MIN	os	112.1	1	1
2	Cole Perfetti	WPG	o	102.3	2	2
3	Matty Beniers	SEA	t	100.2	3	3
4	Kent Johnson	CBJ	o	99.4	4	4
5	Alexander Holtz	NJD	o	98.1	5	5
6	Peyton Krebs	BUF	o	98.0	6	6
7	Quinton Byfield	LAK	p	96.4	7	7
8	Jack Quinn	BUF	o	93.5	8	8
9	Mason McTavish	ANA	p	91.5	9	9
10	Dylan Guenther	ARI	o	88.7	10	10
11	Wyatt Johnston	DAL	o	88.4	16	16
12	Morgan Frost	PHI	o	85.1	15	15
13	Juraj Slafkovsky	MON	p	83.2	17	17
14	Logan Cooley	ARI	o	82.2	13	13
15	Hendrix Lapierre	WAS	o	82.0	14	14
16	Jakob Pelletier	CGY	os	80.6	12	12
17	William Eklund	SJS	o	79.3	11	11
18	Mavrik Bourque	DAL	o	78.7	18	18
19	Dylan Holloway	EDM	o	77.7	24	24
20	Matthew Coronato	CGY	o	77.7	20	20
21	Shane Wright	SEA	o	77.0	19	19
22	Thomas Bordeleau	SJS	o	76.5	21	21
23	Brendan Brisson	VGK	o	74.8	22	22
24	Lukas Reichel	CHI	o	74.7	23	23
25	Yegor Chinakhov	CBJ	o	73.6	30	30
26	Shane Pinto	OTT	p	71.7	25	25
27	Bobby Brink	PHI	os	71.5	26	26
28	Nicholas Robertson	TOR	o	70.2	32	32
29	Xavier Bourgault	EDM	o	70.2	28	28
30	John-Jason Peterka	BUF	o	69.6	37	38
31	Jake Neighbours	STL	o	69.5	33	33
32	Jonatan Berggren	DET	o	68.9	29	29
33	Matias Maccelli	ARI	o	68.8	34	34
34	Connor Zary	CGY	o	68.8	35	35
35	Cody Glass	NSH	p	67.9	36	37
36	Sasha Chmelevski	SJS	o	67.5	27	27
37	Frank Nazar	CHI	o	66.6	31	31
38	Ty Dellandrea	DAL	o	63.3	39	40
39	Brennan Othmann	NYR	o	62.8	40	41
40	Jan Jenik	ARI	o	62.8	41	42
41	Alex Turcotte	LAK	t	62.2	42	36
42	Joshua Roy	MON	o	62.2	43	66
43	Samuel Poulin	PIT	p	62.1	54	53
44	Andrei Kuzmenko	VAN	o	61.5	52	51
45	Vitali Kravtsov	NYR	o	61.0	44	43
46	Jack Drury	CAR	t	61.0	45	44
47	Jesse Ylonen	MON	o	60.9	46	45
48	Zachary Bolduc	STL	o	60.7	47	46
49	Ridly Greig	OTT	o	59.4	65	64
50	Riley Damiani	DAL	o	59.3	55	54
51	Logan Stankoven	DAL	os	59.1	74	74
52	Jacob Perreault	ANA	o	58.9	50	49
53	Matthew Knies	TOR	p	58.5	53	52
54	Nolan Foote	NJD	p	58.1	56	55
55	Fabian Lysell	BOS	o	57.5	57	56
56	Samuel Fagemo	LAK	o	57.4	58	57
57	Rasmus Kupari	LAK	o	57.3	38	39
58	Nicholas Abruzzese	TOR	o	57.2	59	58
59	Alexei Protas	WAS	p	57.0	60	59
60	Adam Beckman	MIN	o	56.3	62	61
61	Jaret Anderson-Dolan	LAK	t	56.2	48	47
62	Jonathan Lekkerimaki	VAN	o	56.1	64	63
63	Egor Sokolov	OTT	p	56.0	51	50
64	Tyson Foerster	PHI	o	55.4	66	65
65	Aatu Raty	NYI	o	55.2	67	67
66	Fabian Zetterlund	NJD	o	55.1	68	68
67	Nathan Smith	ARI	o	54.8	49	48
68	Marco Kasper	DET	t	54.3	70	70
69	Grigori Denisenko	FLA	o	54.3	61	60
70	Jesper Boqvist	NJD	o	54.2	72	73
71	Pavel Dorofeyev	VGK	o	53.9	73	72
72	Jack Studnicka	BOS	o	53.9	81	82
73	Ryan Suzuki	CAR	o	53.1	75	75
74	Joe Snively	WAS	os	52.6	77	77
75	Tristen Robins	SJS	o	52.4	78	78
76	Matthew Savoie	BUF	os	52.4	79	80
77	Morgan Barron	WPG	o	52.3	80	81
78	Ryan Poehling	PIT	p	51.9	102	104
79	Noah Ostlund	BUF	o	51.5	82	84
80	Kole Lind	SEA	o	51.1	76	76
81	Fyodor Svechkov	NSH	t	51.0	84	86
82	Kirill Marchenko	CBJ	o	51.0	85	87
83	Jack McBain	ARI	p	50.7	108	110
84	Brayden Tracey	ANA	o	50.6	86	88
85	Tanner Laczynski	PHI	o	50.2	87	89
86	Rodion Amirov	TOR	o	50.1	88	90
87	Joakim Kemell	NSH	o	49.7	90	92
88	Ville Koivunen	CAR	t	49.6	91	93
89	Alex Beaucage	COL	o	49.4	92	94
90	Jamieson Rees	CAR	t	49.2	121	122
91	Noah Cates	PHI	o	49.1	93	95
92	Adam Ruzicka	CGY	p	48.6	95	97
93	Connor Dewar	MIN	o	48.4	97	99
94	Simon Holmstrom	NYI	o	48.4	98	100
95	Matthew Phillips	CGY	os	48.4	99	101
96	Cutter Gauthier	PHI	p	47.8	101	103
97	Boris Katchouk	CHI	t	47.7	96	98
98	Colton Dach	CHI	p	47.7	103	105
99	Trey Fix-Wolansky	CBJ	os	47.6	104	106
100	Elmer Soderblom	DET	p	47.6	176	177
101	Raphael Lavoie	EDM	p	47.4	105	107
102	Nikita Alexandrov	STL	o	47.3	135	136
103	Tyce Thompson	NJD	o	47.0	107	109
104	Chaz Lucius	WPG	o	47.0	109	111
105	Matthew Samoskevich	FLA	t	46.9	110	112
106	Jiri Kulich	BUF	t	46.8	111	113
107	Aleksi Heponiemi	FLA	o	46.7	100	102
108	William Dufour	NYI	p	46.6	143	144
109	Marc McLaughlin	BOS	t	46.6	148	149
110	Oskar Olausson	COL	o	46.4	112	114
111	Jimmy Snuggerud	STL	o	46.4	113	115
112	Logan Brown	STL	o	46.3	114	79
113	Isaac Ratcliffe	PHI	p	46.3	94	96
114	Gabriel Fortier	TBL	o	46.3	115	116
115	Drew O’Connor	PIT	p	45.8	116	117
116	Egor Afanasyev	NSH	p	45.7	117	118
117	Noel Gunler	CAR	o	45.7	118	119
118	Benoit-Olivier Groulx	ANA	t	45.7	119	120
119	Valtteri Puustinen	PIT	os	45.7	120	121
120	Liam Foudy	CBJ	t	45.5	159	160
121	Axel Jonsson Fjallby	WAS	t	45.0	122	123
122	Alex Steeves	TOR	o	45.0	123	124
123	Jan Mysak	MON	o	44.8	124	125
124	Carter Savoie	EDM	os	44.8	125	126
125	Luke Evangelista	NSH	t	44.7	126	127
126	Dmitri Rashevsky	WPG	o	44.7	127	128
127	Pontus Holmberg	TOR	o	44.5	144	145
128	John Beecher	BOS	p	44.5	129	130
129	Vasiliy Ponomarev	CAR	o	44.5	130	131
130	Alex Barre-Boulet	TBL	os	44.4	63	62
131	Emil Bemstrom	CBJ	o	44.3	83	85
132	Patrik Puistola	CAR	o	43.9	131	132
133	Jake Leschyshyn	VGK	o	43.8	155	156
134	Zachary L’Heureux	NSH	p	43.8	132	133
135	Conor Geekie	ARI	p	43.7	133	134
136	Wade Allison	PHI	p	43.7	134	135
137	Ivan Morozov	VGK	t	43.5	136	137
138	Isak Rosen	BUF	o	42.9	139	140
139	Marat Khusnutdinov	MIN	o	42.9	140	141
140	Justin Sourdif	FLA	o	42.9	141	142
141	Brandon Coe	SJS	P	42.9	142	143
142	Sean Farrell	MON	os	42.7	145	146
143	Oskar Steen	BOS	os	42.7	69	69
144	Danila Yurov	MIN	o	42.5	147	148
145	David Gustafsson	WPG	o	42.2	150	151
146	Cole Koepke	TBL	t	42.1	200	201
147	Linus Karlsson	VAN	o	42.0	151	152
148	Ben Meyers	COL	o	42.0	152	153
149	Tyler Tullio	EDM	t	42.0	153	154
150	Tanner Dickinson	STL	o	42.0	154	155
151	Ozzy Wiesblatt	SJS	o	41.9	156	157
152	Nikita Chibrikov	WPG	o	41.9	157	158
153	Zayde Wisdom	PHI	o	41.8	158	159
154	Matvei Petrov	EDM	o	41.5	161	162
155	Alex Nylander	PIT	o	41.4	137	138
156	Garrett Pilon	WAS	o	41.3	162	163
157	Lauri Pajuniemi	NYR	o	41.3	164	165
158	Mathias Emilio Pettersen	CGY	o	41.1	165	166
159	Brett Berard	NYR	os	41.1	166	167
160	Martin Chromiak	LAK	o	41.1	167	168
161	Theodor Niederbach	DET	o	41.1	168	169
162	Elliot Desnoyers	PHI	o	40.8	170	171
163	Glenn Gawdin	ANA	o	40.7	171	172
164	Tyler Boucher	OTT	o	40.7	160	161
165	Tyler Madden	LAK	t	40.7	138	139
166	Jonas Rondbjerg	VGK	t	40.5	163	164
167	Klim Kostin	EDM	p	40.5	89	91
168	Logan Hutsko	FLA	o	40.3	128	129
169	Tyler Angle	CBJ	o	40.2	174	175
170	Danila Klimovich	VAN	p	40.2	225	225
171	Filip Hallander	PIT	t	40.2	175	176
172	Roni Hirvonen	TOR	os	40.1	177	178
173	Riley Kidney	MON	o	40.0	178	179
174	Josh Doan	ARI	p	39.9	180	181
175	Mason Shaw	MIN	os	39.7	149	150
176	Tyler Benson	EDM	o	39.7	181	182
177	Aleksi Saarela	FLA	o	39.6	182	183
178	Alexei Toropchenko	STL	p	39.3	277	275
179	Lias Andersson	LAK	t	39.3	106	108
180	Otto Koivula	NYI	p	38.8	146	147
181	Brandon Biro	BUF	t	38.5	189	191
182	Jack Dugan	NJD	o	38.5	190	189
183	Semyon Der-Arguchintsev	TOR	o	38.5	191	192
184	Liam Ohgren	MIN	t	38.4	192	193
185	Carter Mazur	DET	t	38.4	193	194
186	Thomas Novak	NSH	o	38.4	184	185
187	Sampo Ranta	COL	p	38.3	173	174
188	Danil Gushchin	SJS	o	38.2	194	195
189	Scott Reedy	SJS	p	38.2	185	186
190	Sasha Pastujov	ANA	o	38.1	195	196
191	Zach Dean	VGK	o	38.0	196	197
192	Jakub Brabenec	VGK	o	38.0	197	198
193	Jonah Gadjovich	SJS	p	37.9	205	205
194	Arseni Gritsyuk	NJD	o	37.6	199	200
195	Lukas Rousek	BUF	o	37.5	201	202
196	Gage Goncalves	TBL	o	37.5	202	203
197	Aidan McDonough	VAN	o	37.4	203	204
198	Taro Hirose	DET	o	37.4	172	173
199	Nathan Legare	PIT	p	37.3	243	243
200	Brad Lambert	WPG	o	37.2	227	227

Tyler Thompson 2022-10-17 at 12:37Log in to Reply

I don’t get it, Berniers is clearly leading all eligible prospects in this list yet Rossi is 10 points higher?
- Dobber 2022-10-17 at 16:21Log in to Reply
  
  Bernier doesn’t have near the upside of Rossi, nor is he on a team that will surround him with studs to help him reach it. I think deep down you know this.
  - Karl 2022-12-18 at 13:51Log in to Reply
    
    I’m not sure this is aging well. Admittedly it might just be a guy playing a very mature game or peaking early but he’s been thrust into the role of topline center with the deployment, matches and icetime that entails and hes…. not only survived but thrived! I don’t own beniers but in trade talks I’m valuing him as a topline C (ppg or so) with at least 10 more points of hypothetixal upside. I just feel like Jason robertson and tage Thompson are showing us that we have to consistently re-evaluate the pure upside of certain players. I have no issue with benoers ranking ftr but I do wonder if he has the capacity to shock and awe us in fantasy land…
    - Dobber 2022-12-18 at 23:37Log in to Reply
      
      In 2024 we can discuss comments aging well, but I’ll never change an opinion drastically about a prospect’s upside in two months like that and you shouldn’t either. Not good practice. Tweak, but don’t completely turn upside down.
      
      I think Rossi can be a 100-point player. I won’t change this opinion within the next year, so we can circle back to this every month if you want but you know my stance. He had an entire year off, so treat him as a year younger.
      
      With Beniers, my initial projection as a prospect had him peaking in the low 70s. Now I think he can get mid 80s. He’s a much better offensive player than I realized, but more importantly – his game is translating to the NHL very quickly. We do need to constantly evaluate and tweak these guys, that’s why I do the rankings every month.
sabrefan27 2022-10-23 at 10:46Log in to Reply

Where’s Tolvanen on this list? Both him and Frost are 23 – and are ranked similar in the Top 300 keepers. I thought he’d be on this list for sure.
- James Adam 2022-10-23 at 19:53Log in to Reply
  
  Damn – didn’t realize he had so many games played last season.
Graham 2022-11-01 at 14:45Log in to Reply

Add Jordan Dumais CLB to your list and just thank me later.
- Dobber 2022-11-02 at 01:10Log in to Reply
  
  He’s 278th. In my experience, 5-9 players take several years and often struggle to transition from 140-point junior seasons to even sticking in the AHL when they’re 20. Especially ones not taken in the top 50. If you own him, you’re probably sitting on him until he’s 23 before he finally gets a 50-point NHL season. Some don’t make it at all (Steenbergen). But as I see more from him (WJC, especially) I’ll quickly move him higher, trust me on that. What’s holding him down is the wait time.
Andrew 2022-11-10 at 12:17Log in to Reply

Marco Rossi’s NHL career to date: 21 yrs old, 14 GP, 1 point. An undersized player takes 400 games to break-out. There has to be a dozen guys on this list who should be above Rossi.

– Rossi owner since 2020
- Dobber 2022-11-10 at 18:42Log in to Reply
  
  Problem is – I can’t name 3 guys on this entire list with Rossi’s upside. And while he is 21, he missed a year – so best to consider him “20” for fantasy purposes. And nobody – nobody – has his conditioning.
  - Karl 2022-12-18 at 13:52Log in to Reply
    
    Good to know! I pitched fiala for him and Cooley (and tolvanen for a dman swap but thats just to balance active rosters)
    - Dobber 2022-12-18 at 23:38Log in to Reply
      
      Fiala? Fiala has upside in the mid-90s. No way you trade him for any prospect.
Karl 2022-12-18 at 13:47Log in to Reply

Not a big dwal- just pointing out- Rossi has a rating of 8.0. I’m not even sure its a mistake as I know this list doesn’t represent “pure talent” so to speak but I often give some weight to a prospects dp rating and 8 feels low to me when he tops this list. Can you at least arify if the rating is correct?? Thanks…
- Dobber 2022-12-18 at 23:41Log in to Reply
  
  He is a 9.7 now. Obviously the MIN scout at DobberProspects reacts quickly/changes opinion. I don’t believe in that. I believe in slow, steady adjustments and giving prospects the time they need. People who knock Rossi’s upside down to 80 points are the same people who knocked Tage Thompson’s upside down to 50 points two years ago.

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