Here are the top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!

The 17th annual Midseason Fantasy Guide was released on January 16 and updated January 17. Order it here! Immediate download, spreadsheet and PDF

As always, players rated within +/-5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal. o=offensive forward, t=two-way, p=power or big forward, os=offensive, but small.

Graduates this month:

Maxim Tsyplakov
Alex Turcotte
Bobby Brink
Jakub Lauko

Click any player name to be taken to his DobberProspects scouting profile.

Dec	Prospect	Team	Type	Prospect Rating	Dec	Nov
1	Macklin Celebrini	SJS	o	142.8	1	1
2	Matvei Michkov	PHI	o	136.8	2	2
3	Logan Stankoven	DAL	os	126.6	3	3
4	Ivan Demidov	MON	o	113.0	4	4
5	Will Smith	SJS	o	98.4	5	5
6	Cutter Gauthier	ANA	p	95.1	6	6
7	Shane Wright	SEA	o	90.9	7	7
8	Dylan Holloway	STL	o	85.2	12	24
9	Gabriel Perreault	NYR	o	83.5	16	15
10	Matt Coronato	CGY	o	82.2	9	11
11	Tij Iginla	UTA	o	82.1	8	8
12	Dalibor Dvorsky	STL	t	81.5	23	23
13	Ryan Leonard	WAS	t	81.5	18	17
14	Jonathan Lekkerimaki	VAN	o	81.0	10	10
15	Mavrik Bourque	DAL	o	80.9	11	9
16	Berkly Catton	SEA	o	79.2	13	14
17	Matthew Savoie	EDM	o	78.7	14	13
18	Cayden Lindstrom	CBJ	p	78.4	15	12
19	Jiri Kulich	BUF	t	76.6	17	16
20	Noah Ostlund	BUF	o	74.8	19	18
21	Gavin Brindley	CBJ	os	74.7	21	21
22	Jimmy Snuggerud	STL	o	74.6	22	22
23	Joshua Roy	MON	o	73.9	24	20
24	Brennan Othmann	NYR	o	71.1	25	26
25	Matthew Poitras	BOS	t	70.9	26	27
26	Beckett Sennecke	ANA	p	70.5	27	25
27	Matthew Samoskevich	FLA	t	70.3	28	28
28	Frank Nazar	CHI	o	68.9	40	40
29	Oliver Moore	CHI	o	68.9	29	29
30	Joakim Kemell	NSH	o	67.6	30	30
31	Rutger McGroarty	PIT	o	67.5	32	32
32	Thomas Bordeleau	SJS	o	66.7	33	33
33	Fabian Lysell	BOS	o	66.5	34	34
34	Ville Koivunen	PIT	t	64.7	35	35
35	Nikolai Kovalenko	SJS	o	64.4	31	31
36	Ivan Miroshnichenko	WAS	o	63.8	37	37
37	Konsta Helenius	BUF	t	63.6	38	39
38	Zachary Bolduc	STL	o	62.8	67	66
39	Conor Geekie	TBL	p	62.8	36	36
40	Marco Kasper	DET	t	62.0	41	41
41	Nate Danielson	DET	t	61.8	42	42
42	Jagger Firkus	SEA	o	61.3	43	44
43	Fraser Minten	TOR	t	61.3	44	45
44	Jett Luchanko	PHI	o	61.1	45	46
45	Brendan Brisson	VGK	o	61.0	46	43
46	Zachary L’Heureux	NSH	p	60.6	51	51
47	Brayden Yager	WPG	t	60.0	52	52
48	Calum Ritchie	COL	t	59.3	39	38
49	Fyodor Svechkov	NSH	t	58.4	49	49
50	Danila Yurov	MIN	o	58.3	47	47
51	Samuel Honzek	CGY	o	58.0	50	50
52	Josh Doan	UTA	p	57.7	54	54
53	Andrew Cristall	WAS	o	57.2	55	55
54	Cole Eiserman	NYI	o	56.2	91	91
55	Liam Ohgren	MIN	t	55.9	56	56
56	Otto Stenberg	STL	o	55.7	87	87
57	Filip Bystedt	SJS	p	55.6	58	58
58	Liam Greentree	LAK	o	55.4	85	85
59	Jakob Pelletier	CGY	os	55.2	70	71
60	Jordan Dumais	CBJ	os	54.0	59	59
61	Marat Khusnutdinov	MIN	t	53.9	57	57
62	Arshdeep Bains	VAN	o	53.3	62	62
63	Vasiliy Ponomarev	PIT	o	53.3	63	63
64	Brad Lambert	WPG	o	52.6	64	64
65	Arseni Gritsyuk	NJD	o	52.4	65	67
66	Easton Cowan	TOR	o	52.2	53	53
67	William Dufour	NYI	p	51.9	69	70
68	Jackson Blake	CAR	o	50.9	68	69
69	Emil Heineman	MON	o	50.6	88	88
70	Quentin Musty	SJS	p	50.5	71	65
71	Roman Kantserov	CHI	os	50.1	135	174
72	Carson Rehkopf	SEA	o	50.0	72	72
73	Isak Rosen	BUF	o	49.1	73	74
74	Nikita Chibrikov	WPG	o	48.8	74	75
75	Isaac Howard	TBL	o	48.7	75	76
76	Chaz Lucius	WPG	o	48.6	76	77
77	Sam Colangelo	ANA	p	48.6	77	78
78	Owen Beck	MON	t	48.3	78	79
79	Jean-Luc Foudy	COL	o	48.3	79	80
80	Riley Heidt	MIN	o	48.1	80	73
81	David Goyette	SEA	o	48.1	81	81
82	Martin Chromiak	LAK	o	47.8	82	82
83	Danil Gushchin	SJS	o	47.7	66	68
84	Colby Barlow	WPG	o	47.3	86	86
85	Felix Unger Sorum	CAR	o	46.8	134	134
86	Yegor Sidorov	ANA	o	46.6	89	89
87	Samu Tuomaala	PHI	o	46.6	90	90
88	Aatu Raty	VAN	o	46.5	92	92
89	Terik Parascak	WAS	o	46.0	93	93
90	Jack Devine	FLA	o	45.9	94	94
91	Michael Brandsegg-Nygard	DET	t	45.8	95	95
92	Bradly Nadeau	CAR	o	45.7	60	60
93	Raphael Lavoie	VGK	p	45.0	96	96
94	Nolan Foote	NJD	p	44.7	84	84
95	Lenni Hameenaho	NJD	t	44.7	97	97
96	Zack Ostapchuk	OTT	p	44.6	98	98
97	Justin Sourdif	FLA	o	44.1	100	100
98	Luca Del Bel Belluz	CBJ	o	44.1	102	102
99	Dmitri Buchelnikov	DET	o	43.9	103	103
100	Xavier Bourgault	OTT	o	43.8	83	83
101	Michael Hage	MON	o	43.8	121	121
102	Trevor Connelly	VGK	o	43.3	105	105
103	Maxim Groshev	TBL	o	43.2	107	107
104	Tristen Robins	SJS	o	43.1	108	108
105	Akil Thomas	LAK	o	43.0	109	109
106	Igor Chernyshov	SJS	o	43.0	110	110
107	Eduard Sale	SEA	o	42.7	138	137
108	Sean Farrell	MON	os	42.7	111	111
109	Georgii Merkulov	BOS	o	42.3	112	112
110	Samuel Poulin	PIT	p	42.3	113	113
111	James Malatesta	CBJ	os	42.3	114	114
112	Samuel Fagemo	LAK	o	42.2	115	115
113	Roby Jarventie	EDM	o	42.2	116	116
114	Jani Nyman	SEA	p	42.2	117	117
115	Matvey Petrov	EDM	o	42.1	118	118
116	Koehn Ziemmer	LAK	o	42.1	119	119
117	Nathan Gaucher	ANA	p	41.9	120	120
118	Brett Berard	NYR	os	41.9	172	171
119	Grigori Denisenko	VGK	o	41.7	99	99
120	Elmer Soderblom	DET	p	41.5	106	106
121	Francesco Pinelli	LAK	o	41.5	122	122
122	Colton Dach	CHI	p	41.2	124	124
123	Ivan Morozov	VGK	t	41.1	125	125
124	Teddy Stiga	NSH	o	41.1	104	104
125	Zach Dean	STL	o	41.0	126	126
126	Massimo Rizzo	PHI	o	40.9	127	127
127	Oliver Kapanen	MON	o	40.6	129	129
128	Riley Kidney	MON	o	40.3	130	130
129	Cruz Lucius	PIT	o	40.3	131	131
130	Viktor Neuchev	BUF	o	40.3	132	132
131	Roni Hirvonen	TOR	os	40.3	133	133
132	Gleb Trikozov	CAR	o	40.2	101	101
133	Cole Guttman	CHI	os	40.1	136	135
134	Dans Locmelis	BOS	o	39.8	137	136
135	Adam Beckman	NJD	o	39.7	123	123
136	Alex Jefferies	NYI	o	39.7	139	138
137	Collin Graf	SJS	o	39.7	140	139
138	Ethan Cardwell	SJS	o	39.7	141	140
139	Ryan Suzuki	CAR	o	39.6	142	141
140	Nikita Grebenkin	TOR	o	39.6	143	142
141	Nikita Alexandrov	STL	o	39.4	128	128
142	Tyler Boucher	OTT	o	39.4	144	143
143	Trey Fix-Wolansky	CBJ	os	39.3	145	144
144	Sasha Pastujov	ANA	o	39.2	146	145
145	Gracyn Sawchyn	FLA	o	39.2	147	146
146	Cole Reinhardt	OTT	o	39.1	148	147
147	Lukas Rousek	BUF	o	38.7	149	149
148	John Farinacci	BOS	t	38.6	150	150
149	Oskar Olausson	COL	o	38.5	151	151
150	Filip Mesar	MON	o	38.4	152	152
151	Carter Mazur	DET	t	38.1	153	153
152	Cross Hanas	DET	o	37.8	154	154
153	Linus Karlsson	VAN	o	37.6	156	156
154	Caedan Bankier	MIN	o	37.6	157	157
155	Niko Huuhtanen	TBL	o	37.6	158	158
156	Jacob Melanson	SEA	o	37.6	159	159
157	Gage Goncalves	TBL	o	37.5	160	160
158	Philippe Daoust	OTT	o	37.4	161	161
159	Jan Jenik	OTT	o	37.2	163	163
160	Egor Sokolov	UTA	p	37.2	164	164
161	Matthew Wood	NSH	o	37.1	165	148
162	Sasha Chmelevski	SJS	o	37.0	166	165
163	Ryan Winterton	SEA	o	36.9	167	166
164	Ilya Safonov	CHI	t	36.7	168	167
165	Ty Voit	TOR	os	36.6	169	168
166	Kasper Simontaival	LAK	os	36.6	170	169
167	Ayrton Martino	DAL	o	36.6	171	170
168	Graeme Clarke	MIN	o	36.4	173	172
169	Ilya Fedotov	UTA	o	36.4	174	173
170	Carey Terrance	ANA	o	36.3	191	190
171	Matej Blumel	DAL	o	36.0	175	175
172	Antonio Stranges	DAL	o	35.9	176	176
173	Aidan Thompson	CHI	o	35.9	177	177
174	Jakub Brabenec	VGK	o	35.8	178	178
175	Justin Poirier	CAR	os	35.8	179	179
176	Ryan Greene	CHI	t	35.7	180	180
177	Hunter Haight	MIN	t	35.7	181	181
178	Matthew Maggio	NYI	o	35.6	182	182
179	Prokhor Poltapov	BUF	p	35.6	183	183
180	Samuel Helenius	LAK	t	35.6	184	184
181	Max Plante	DET	o	35.5	221	220
182	Ryan Tverberg	TOR	o	35.5	185	185
183	Daniil But	UTA	p	35.4	186	186
184	Miguel Marques	NSH	o	35.3	187	187
185	Sacha Boisvert	CHI	t	35.1	189	214
186	Maxim Berezkin	EDM	p	34.9	190	189
187	Tuomas Uronen	VGK	t	34.7	NR	NR
188	Luke Tuch	MON	p	34.6	192	191
189	Servac Petrovsky	MIN	o	34.6	193	192
190	Matvei Gridin	CGY	o	34.6	194	193
191	Brodie Ziemer	BUF	o	34.6	219	218
192	Alex Steeves	TOR	o	34.4	195	195
193	Matyas Sapovaliv	VGK	p	34.3	196	196
194	David Edstrom	NSH	p	34.0	197	197
195	Gavin Hayes	CHI	t	33.8	198	198
196	Tanner Dickinson	STL	o	33.8	199	199
197	Tristan Broz	PIT	o	33.8	200	200
198	Trevor Kuntar	BOS	o	33.8	201	201
199	Paul Ludwinski	CHI	t	33.5	205	205
200	Egor Surin	NSH	o	33.4	207	207

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	RYAN LEONARD	WSH
	NAZEM KADRI	COL
	OWEN TIPPETT	PHI
	ROOPE HINTZ	DAL
	ALEX LAFERRIERE	L.A

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	JAKUB DOBES	MTL
	JET GREAVES	CBJ
	KAREL VEJMELKA	UTA
	LINUS ULLMARK	OTT
	JESPER WALLSTEDT	MIN

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	T.B Players
	21.7	NIKITA KUCHEROV BRANDON HAGEL ANTHONY CIRELLI
	18.8	NICK PAUL YANNI GOURDE ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS
	18.6	DOMINIC JAMES GAGE GONCALVES OLIVER BJORKSTRAND

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