The 2026 NHL Draftees are in! Here are the top forward prospects to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – July edition!

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Legend: o=offensive player, os=offense (small), p=power or big forward, t=two-way forward

July	Prospect	Team	Type	Prospect Rating	Jun	May
1	Gavin McKenna	TOR	o	173.8	NR	NR
2	Ivar Stenberg	SJS	t	163.0	NR	NR
3	Porter Martone	PHI	p	157.7	1	1
4	Igor Chernyshov	SJS	p	145.9	2	14
5	Anton Frondell	CHI	o	144.4	4	4
6	James Hagens	BOS	t	144.3	3	9
7	Tij Iginla	UTA	o	143.1	5	5
8	Konsta Helenius	BUF	t	140.6	6	10
9	Michael Hage	MON	o	140.3	7	11
10	Roman Kantserov	CHI	os	140.0	9	8
11	Jake O’Brien	SEA	o	139.0	8	16
12	Ilya Protas	WAS	p	137.2	10	18
13	Alexander Zharovsky	MON	o	135.6	11	13
14	Matvei Gridin	CGY	o	128.7	12	23
15	Caleb Desnoyers	UTA	o	124.4	13	17
16	Cole Reschny	CGY	o	120.5	14	24
17	Caleb Malhotra	VAN	t	117.4	NR	NR
18	Viggo Bjorck	WPG	os	117.4	NR	NR
19	Bradly Nadeau	CAR	o	117.2	15	20
20	Andrew Cristall	WAS	o	115.8	16	29
21	Victor Eklund	NYI	o	113.5	17	31
22	Roger McQueen	ANA	p	111.3	18	26
23	Charlie Stramel	MIN	p	109.9	19	27
24	Dean Letourneau	BOS	p	109.5	22	113
25	Liam Greentree	NYR	p	108.4	20	30
26	Conor Geekie	TBL	p	108.3	21	34
27	Rutger McGroarty	PIT	o	108.0	23	32
28	Brady Martin	NSH	t	107.5	24	36
29	Jonathan Lekkerimaki	VAN	o	107.0	25	33
30	Nick Lardis	CHI	o	105.0	26	35
31	Denver Barkey	PHI	os	104.4	27	37
32	Ville Koivunen	PIT	t	104.2	28	41
33	Daniil But	UTA	p	103.1	29	47
34	Michael Brandsegg-Nygard	DET	t	102.9	30	42
35	Jett Luchanko	PHI	o	102.8	31	43
36	Alex Bump	PHI	o	102.7	32	44
37	Trevor Connelly	VGK	o	102.4	33	46
38	Wyatt Cullen	NSH	o	101.8	NR	NR
39	Justin Carbonneau	STL	o	101.3	34	48
40	Liam Ruck	PIT	o	99.8	NR	NR
41	Felix Unger Sorum	CAR	o	99.3	35	88
42	Oliver Suvanto	WAS	o	98.9	NR	NR
43	Otto Stenberg	STL	o	98.5	36	49
44	Tynan Lawrence	STL	o	98.4	NR	NR
45	Jagger Firkus	SEA	o	97.6	37	58
46	Ethan Belchetz	UTA	p	97.5	NR	NR
47	Elton Hermansson	LAK	o	96.3	NR	NR
48	Ivan Miroshnichenko	WAS	o	96.1	38	51
49	Nate Danielson	DET	t	95.9	40	53
50	Isaac Howard	EDM	o	95.9	39	52
51	Cole Eiserman	NYI	o	95.9	41	50
52	Isak Rosen	WPG	o	95.6	42	54
53	Quentin Musty	SJS	o	95.4	43	60
54	Benjamin Rautiainen	TBL	o	95.2	49	84
55	Brayden Yager	WPG	t	94.5	44	55
56	Jani Nyman	SEA	o	94.5	45	62
57	Egor Surin	NSH	o	94.4	46	56
58	Braeden Cootes	VAN	o	94.4	47	57
59	Alexander Command	NJD	t	93.6	NR	NR
60	Cayden Lindstrom	CBJ	p	93.6	48	59
61	Oscar Hemming	CBJ	p	92.6	NR	NR
62	Emil Hemming	DAL	o	92.5	50	63
63	Cole Beaudoin	UTA	t	91.9	51	65
64	JP Hurlbert	DET	o	91.7	NR	NR
65	Carter Bear	DET	o	91.6	52	66
66	Cullen Potter	CGY	o	91.6	53	61
67	Justin Hryckowian	DAL	t	91.0	54	70
68	Ivan Ryabkin	CAR	o	90.4	55	69
69	Ryker Lee	NSH	o	90.3	58	78
70	Sam O’Reilly	TBL	t	90.3	56	68
71	Braeden Bowman	VGK	o	90.2	57	72
72	Oleg Kulebiakin	TBL	o	89.3	NR	NR
73	Lynden Lakovic	WAS	p	89.2	59	64
74	Nikita Klepov	ANA	o	89.1	NR	NR
75	Luca Del Bel Belluz	CBJ	o	89.0	60	67
76	Cameron Schmidt	DAL	os	88.6	61	73
77	Aiden Fink	NSH	o	87.9	66	125
78	Bill Zonnon	PIT	o	87.3	62	74
79	Max Plante	DET	o	87.1	63	75
80	Maxim Masse	ANA	p	86.8	68	79
81	Samuel Honzek	CGY	o	86.8	65	76
82	Stephen Halliday	OTT	p	86.5	67	77
83	Jonas Lagerberg Hoen	OTT	o	86.2	NR	NR
84	Gavin Brindley	COL	os	86.0	64	40
85	Ethan Wyttenbach	CGY	o	85.5	70	98
86	Maxim Shabanov	NYI	os	85.3	71	86
87	Nikita Artamonov	CAR	o	85.3	69	108
88	Vitali Pinchuk	NSH	p	85.1	74	89
89	Adam Novotny	VAN	o	85.0	NR	NR
90	Jack Berglund	PHI	p	84.9	75	81
91	Lenni Hameenaho	NJD	t	84.5	72	82
92	Vaclav Nestrasil	CHI	p	84.3	77	83
93	Filip Hallander	PIT	t	84.3	73	80
94	Marek Vanacker	CHI	t	84.1	78	85
95	William Horcoff	PIT	p	83.9	76	142
96	Chase Harrington	CGY	o	83.6	NR	NR
97	Jaxon Cover	OTT	o	83.4	NR	NR
98	Charlie Cerrato	CAR	t	83.3	79	71
99	Jack Nesbitt	PHI	p	83.2	80	87
100	Zachary L’Heureux	COL	p	83.2	83	95
101	Joakim Kemell	NSH	o	83.1	81	92
102	Brodie Ziemer	BUF	o	82.6	82	91
103	Tomas Chrenko	NYR	o	82.5	NR	NR
104	Adam Benak	MIN	os	82.2	84	96
105	Markus Ruck	PIT	o	81.3	NR	NR
106	Justin Poirier	CAR	os	81.0	85	97
107	Jack Devine	FLA	o	80.8	86	101
108	Vojtech Cihar	LAK	o	80.2	88	102
109	Brennan Othmann	CGY	o	80.0	87	100
110	Joshua Roy	UTA	o	80.0	89	103
111	Kasper Halttunen	OTT	p	79.7	90	117
112	Oscar Fisker Molgaard	SEA	t	79.2	91	94
113	Eduard Sale	SEA	o	79.0	93	90
114	Kieron Walton	WPG	p	79.0	92	105
115	Liam Lefebvre	LAK	p	79.0	NR	NR
116	Victor Plante	DET	os	78.7	NR	NR
117	Maddox Dagenais	STL	p	78.0	NR	NR
118	Ilia Morozov	BUF	t	78.0	NR	NR
119	Sacha Boisvert	CHI	t	77.7	95	110
120	Danny Nelson	NYI	p	77.7	94	115
121	Beckett Hamilton	COL	o	77.7	NR	NR
122	Luca Pinelli	CBJ	o	77.5	96	155
123	Jakob Ihs Wozniak	VGK	o	77.5	97	111
124	Gleb Pugachyov	MON	p	77.4	NR	NR
125	Ryan Roobroeck	CHI	p	77.4	NR	NR
126	Anton Wahlberg	ANA	p	76.9	98	112
127	Terik Parascak	WAS	o	76.9	99	104
128	Fabian Lysell	COL	o	76.7	100	93
129	Owen Beck	MON	t	76.1	101	118
130	Matthew Poitras	BOS	t	76.0	103	120
131	Gracyn Sawchyn	FLA	o	76.0	102	116
132	Amadeus Lombardi	NJD	o	75.9	172	159
133	Gabe Smith	UTA	p	75.7	104	165
134	Nikita Chibrikov	WPG	o	75.6	105	123
135	William Zellers	BOS	o	75.4	106	119
136	Malcolm Spence	NYR	o	75.1	107	121
137	Filip Bystedt	SJS	p	75.1	109	126
138	Nathan Behm	CHI	o	75.1	108	122
139	Mathis Preston	ANA	o	75.1	NR	NR
140	Tommy Lafreniere	EDM	o	73.9	110	128
141	Rory Kerins	CGY	o	73.7	111	129
142	Miroslav Holinka	TOR	t	73.7	112	130
143	Ethan Gauthier	TBL	t	73.6	114	133
144	Jesse Kiiskinen	DET	o	73.6	113	175
145	Teddy Stiga	NSH	o	73.5	116	136
146	Dans Locmelis	BOS	o	73.4	115	153
147	Eddie Genborg	DET	o	73.3	117	99
148	Lucas Pettersson	ANA	o	73.2	118	131
149	Carson Rehkopf	SEA	o	72.9	119	132
150	Marcus Nordmark	ANA	o	72.9	NR	NR
151	Jack Hextall	CGY	o	72.8	NR	NR
152	Malcom Gastrin	EDM	o	72.6	NR	NR
153	Kenny Connors	LAK	o	72.5	120	135
154	TJ Hughes	COL	o	72.5	121	NR
155	Jimmy Lombardi	LAK	o	72.4	122	162
156	Viljami Marjala	EDM	o	72.1	123	138
157	Nikita Grebenkin	PHI	o	71.9	125	140
158	Andrew Basha	CGY	t	71.5	127	137
159	Dmitri Buchelnikov	STL	o	71.5	126	107
160	Brad Lambert	WPG	o	71.5	129	109
161	Riley Patterson	VAN	o	71.4	128	139
162	Alan Shaikhlislamov	CGY	o	71.4	NR	NR
163	Sasha Pastujov	ANA	o	71.2	130	145
164	Jack Pridham	TBL	o	71.1	131	207
165	Jacob Quillan	TOR	o	71.1	132	141
166	Colby Barlow	WPG	o	70.9	133	143
167	Quinn Finley	NYI	o	70.7	134	148
168	Prokhor Poltapov	BUF	o	70.7	135	151
169	Julius Miettinen	SEA	p	70.6	136	144
170	Maximillian Curran	CGY	p	70.5	137	147
171	Theo Stockselius	CGY	p	70.5	138	200
172	Aydar Suniev	CGY	o	70.4	140	156
173	Justin Robidas	CAR	os	70.3	139	154
174	Riley Heidt	MIN	o	70.1	141	149
175	Zachary Lansard	CAR	o	70.1	NR	NR
176	Carter Mazur	DET	t	70.0	142	152
177	Xavier Bourgault	OTT	t	70.0	143	187
178	William Moore	BOS	p	69.9	144	178
179	Jordan Dumais	CBJ	os	69.8	145	158
180	Hunter Haight	MIN	t	69.5	146	163
181	Koehn Ziemmer	LAK	o	69.0	149	170
182	John Mustard	CHI	o	69.0	150	160
183	Shea Busch	FLA	p	69.0	151	161
184	Quinn Hutson	EDM	o	68.8	147	157
185	Juraj Pekarcik	STL	o	68.6	152	166
186	Jayson Shaugabay	TBL	os	68.6	153	167
187	Mikey Berchild	CAR	os	68.6	NR	NR
188	Eric Nilson	ANA	t	68.5	154	168
189	Dylan Duke	TBL	o	68.5	155	185
190	Arshdeep Bains	VAN	o	68.4	156	181
191	Tristan Broz	PIT	o	68.4	157	169
192	Sasha Chmelevski	SJS	o	68.2	158	150
193	Yegor Sidorov	ANA	o	68.1	159	177
194	Miguel Marques	NSH	o	68.1	160	164
195	Will Whitelaw	CBJ	o	68.1	161	172
196	Mikhail Ilyin	PIT	o	67.8	162	176
197	Blake Zielinski	LAK	o	67.7	NR	NR
198	L.J. Mooney	MON	os	67.5	163	179
199	Cooper Simpson	BOS	o	67.5	164	180
200	Austin Burnevik	ANA	p	67.1	165	183

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	Players	Team
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	JET GREAVES	CBJ
	JESPER WALLSTEDT	MIN
	JAKE OETTINGER	DAL
	KAREL VEJMELKA	UTA

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	17.9	JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU ANDERS LEE EMIL HEINEMAN

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