Here are the top 50 prospect goalies to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – Winter edition!

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Remember, these are prospects. And goalies. Wildly fluctuating, and with no guarantees. Jacob Markstrom, the top prospect goalie in his time, didn’t have his first 20-win season until he was 27! Dryden McKay, now 27, dominated the NCAA all four years he was there and won the Hobey Baker award – still without an NHL contract. Jonathan Bernier was beloved by fantasy owners everywhere – until he was blocked by Jonathan Quick, which eventually ruined his promising upside with the sporadic starts, etc.
The worst thing to happen to fantasy owners is to sit on a goalie for five years only to have never become an NHLer. Goalies generally don’t get their first 20-win season until after they are 24, usually closer to 26. You can count on one hand those goalies that do it before they are 23. So wait time is factored in. Anyway, goalies within +/-6.0 ratings points of each other should be considered equal value, and become a matter of whether you want more upside and longer wait time, or shorter wait time but no upside.
Jan 2025 | Goalie | Team | Rating | Jan 2024 |
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1 | Yaroslav Askarov | SJS | 66.3 | 3 |
2 | Jesper Wallstedt | MIN | 55.4 | 10 |
3 | Justus Annunen | NSH | 53.0 | 17 |
4 | Sebastian Cossa | DET | 52.3 | 16 |
5 | Akira Schmid | VGK | 51.1 | 15 |
6 | Devon Levi | BUF | 50.9 | 5 |
7 | Nico Daws | NJD | 50.6 | 13 |
8 | Aleksei Kolosov | PHI | 50.0 | 34 |
9 | Mads Sogaard | OTT | 49.1 | 14 |
10 | Jakub Dobes | MON | 47.6 | 44 |
11 | Erik Portillo | LAK | 47.3 | 23 |
12 | Daniil Tarasov | CBJ | 47.0 | 11 |
13 | Clay Stevenson | WAS | 45.6 | 32 |
14 | Olivier Rodrigue | EDM | 44.4 | 24 |
15 | Joel Blomqvist | PIT | 43.5 | 36 |
16 | Arturs Silovs | VAN | 42.5 | 27 |
17 | Drew Commesso | CHI | 41.9 | 22 |
18 | Dennis Hildeby | TOR | 41.8 | 35 |
19 | Dylan Garand | NYR | 41.8 | 31 |
20 | Michael DiPietro | BOS | 41.4 | 28 |
21 | Vadim Zherenko | STL | 40.2 | 25 |
22 | Leevi Merilainen | OTT | 39.6 | 39 |
23 | Adam Gajan | CHI | 39.5 | 73 |
24 | Cayden Primeau | MON | 38.3 | 21 |
25 | Matt Villalta | UTA | 37.7 | 26 |
26 | Nikita Tolopilo | VAN | 36.8 | NR |
27 | Brandon Bussi | BOS | 36.7 | 20 |
28 | Topias Leinonen | BUF | 36.7 | 30 |
29 | Artur Akhtyamov | TOR | 35.9 | 33 |
30 | Jiri Patera | VAN | 35.7 | 38 |
31 | Niklas Kokko | SEA | 35.7 | 45 |
32 | Jaxson Stauber | UTA | 35.4 | 65 |
33 | Ilya Nabokov | COL | 35.1 | NR |
34 | Hugo Alnefelt | TBL | 34.4 | 18 |
35 | Isaiah Saville | VGK | 33.0 | 64 |
36 | Jacob Fowler | MON | 32.9 | 83 |
37 | Jet Greaves | CBJ | 32.5 | 62 |
38 | Carter George | LAK | 32.5 | NR |
39 | Jakub Malek | NJD | 31.8 | 46 |
40 | Trey Augustine | DET | 31.8 | 42 |
41 | Colten Ellis | STL | 31.6 | 52 |
42 | Magnus Chrona | NSH | 31.6 | 57 |
43 | Hampton Slukynsky | LAK | 31.5 | 124 |
44 | Calle Clang | ANA | 31.3 | 56 |
45 | Carl Lindbom | VGK | 31.1 | 81 |
46 | Sergey Murashov | PIT | 31.0 | 79 |
47 | Hunter Jones | MIN | 30.7 | 47 |
48 | Ruslan Khazheyev | CAR | 30.6 | 59 |
49 | Hunter Shepard | WAS | 30.5 | 58 |
50 | Damian Clara | ANA | 30.5 | 50 |
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