Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – August 2016

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2016-08-10

The Top 200 Prospect Forwards to own in fantasy hockey, August edition. 

 

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. This month, the main adjustments are from players being adjusted/added to the 'main' fantasy rankings. Those rankings have a small impact on these rankings, with the idea being that prospects worthy of consideration in the main rankings are obviously a little more valuable. 

 

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

 

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

 

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Aug 10 Prospect Team type Prospect Rating Jul 10 Jun 10
1 Auston Matthews TOR o 112.8 1 NR
2 Patrik Laine WPG p 112.2 2 NR
3 Jesse Puljujarvi EDM t 98.5 3 NR
4 Mitch Marner TOR o 91.9 7 3
5 Dylan Strome ARI o 90.0 5 1
6 William Nylander TOR o 87.7 6 2
7 Pierre-Luc Dubois CBJ o 81.6 4 NR
8 Christian Dvorak ARI o 77.3 9 5
9 Sebastian Aho CAR o 76.4 14 11
10 Mikko Rantanen COL p 76.2 8 4
11 Kyle Connor WPG o 75.3 10 6
12 Jimmy Vesey BUF o 75.0 13 8
13 Pavel Zacha NJD p 74.4 22 18
14 Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ o 73.7 16 12
15 Travis Konecny PHI o 70.9 12 9
16 Nick Ritchie ANA p 70.9 11 10
17 Brayden Point TBL os 69.5 15 7
18 Mathew Barzal NYI o 69.3 18 14
19 Sonny Milano CBJ o 68.0 19 15
20 Jake Virtanen VAN p 67.7 20 17
21 Anthony Mantha DET o 67.7 21 16
22 Clayton Keller ARI o 67.3 23 NR
23 Colin White OTT o 67.2 24 19
24 Kerby Rychel TOR p 66.3 17 13
25 Matthew Tkachuk CGY p 66.2 25 NR
26 Andreas Athanasiou DET o 65.8 28 22
27 Jakub Vrana WAS o 65.3 26 20
28 Kevin Fiala NSH o 65.2 27 21
29 Adrian Kempe LAK o 64.2 31 27
30 Brett Ritchie DAL p 64.1 32 26
31 Michael Dal Colle NYI o 63.8 29 24
32 Teemu Pulkkinen DET o 63.7 30 23
33 Ty Rattie STL o 63.3 35 28
34 Michael McCarron MON p 62.9 34 29
35 Martin Reway MON o 62.7 89 79
36 Timo Meier SJS o 62.7 37 32
37 Pavel Buchnevich NYR o 62.6 36 31
38 Nick Paul OTT p 62.6 38 30
39 Daniel Sprong PIT o 62.5 39 35
40 Tyson Jost COL o 62.4 40 NR
41 Alexander Nylander BUF o 62.2 41 NR
42 Ivan Barbashev STL t 62.1 42 36
43 Brock Boeser VAN p 61.9 44 37
44 Lawson Crouse FLA p 61.7 48 42
45 Connor Brown TOR o 61.6 43 33
46 Nicolas Petan WPG os 61.5 33 25
47 Sven Andrighetto MON os 61.3 45 34
48 Jonathan Marchessault FLA os 61.1 66 72
49 Jayce Hawryluk FLA o 60.9 51 50
50 Alex Tuch MIN p 60.8 53 43
51 Nick Schmaltz CHI o 60.7 54 51
52 Kevin Labanc SJS o 60.7 47 41
53 Jason Dickinson DAL t 60.4 46 39
54 Devin Shore DAL t 60.3 49 46
55 Ryan Dzingel OTT o 60.1 50 48
56 Nick Cousins PHI o 59.9 95 86
57 Frank Vatrano BOS o 59.8 79 70
58 Tyler Motte CHI os 59.7 132 117
59 Tobias Lindberg TOR o 59.4 56 44
60 Vladislav Kamenev NSH t 59.4 58 53
61 J.T. Compher COL t 59.4 93 85
62 Seth Griffith BOS o 59.2 59 40
63 Hudson Fasching BUF p 59.2 60 49
64 Charles Hudon MON o 59.1 61 52
65 Nikita Scherbak MON o 58.9 55 45
66 Nikolay Goldobin SJS o 58.7 62 54
67 Rocco Grimaldi COL os 58.6 57 47
68 Evgeny Svechnikov DET p 58.5 64 56
69 Joseph Blandisi NJD o 58.3 52 38
70 Marko Dano WPG o 58.2 63 55
71 Andrew Copp WPG o 58.1 65 57
72 Logan Brown OTT o 57.6 68 NR
73 Joel Armia WPG o 57.5 69 59
74 Reid Boucher NJD o 57.3 67 58
75 Nick Merkley ARI o 57.0 71 63
76 Kasperi Kapanen TOR o 56.8 72 61
77 Emile Poirier CGY o 56.6 73 64
78 Zach Hyman TOR o 56.5 74 62
79 Joel Eriksson Ek MIN o 56.4 70 60
80 Brendan Perlini ARI o 56.4 75 66
81 Josh Ho-Sang NYI o 56.1 76 68
82 Riley Barber WAS t 56.1 77 67
83 Drake Caggiula EDM os 56.1 116 103
84 Conor Sheary PIT o 56.0 82 73
85 Brendan Leipsic TOR o 55.9 78 65
86 Alan Quine NYI o 55.1 129 115
87 Anton Rodin VAN o 55.1 135 120
88 Daniel Carr MON o 54.8 81 71
89 Cole Cassels VAN o 54.8 83 76
90 Artturi Lehkonen MON o 54.7 85 77
91 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson BOS o 54.5 86 127
92 Hunter Shinkaruk CGY o 54.4 90 83
93 Sergey Tolchinsky CAR os 53.9 87 75
94 Matt Puempel OTT o 53.6 88 80
95 Dennis Rasmussen CHI o 53.3 91 81
96 Julius Nattinen ANA o 53.0 92 84
97 Henrik Samuelsson ARI t 52.9 98 78
98 Bryan Rust PIT o 52.5 84 74
99 Francis Perron OTT o 52.4 166 215
100 Brendan Gaunce VAN o 52.4 97 87
101 Anton Slepyshev EDM o 52.3 80 69
102 Jordan Weal PHI os 52.2 100 89
103 Michael McLeod NJD t 52.2 96 NR
104 Riley Tufte DAL p 51.9 99 NR
105 Anthony Beauvillier NYI o 51.8 150 134
106 Jean-Christophe Beaudin COL o 51.8 149 133
107 Maxim Letunov SJS o 51.5 101 88
108 Tyler Bertuzzi DET p 51.2 111 101
109 Ryan Hartman CHI t 51.2 103 92
110 Dmytro Timashov TOR o 51.0 105 93
111 Anthony Richard NSH o 50.8 106 94
112 Markus Granlund VAN o 50.8 102 90
113 Brock McGinn CAR p 50.7 104 95
114 Stanislav Galiev WAS o 50.5 94 82
115 Andreas Johnson TOR o 50.5 107 96
116 Nikita Soshnikov TOR o 50.4 109 97
117 Kevin Roy ANA o 50.2 110 100
118 Adam Erne TBL p 50.2 112 98
119 German Rubtsov PHI t 50.2 113 NR
120 Kalle Kossila ANA os 50.1 108 270
121 Dominik Simon PIT o 50.1 114 99
122 Ryan MacInnis ARI t 49.5 115 102
123 Jake Guentzel PIT o 49.4 117 104
124 Tyler Graovac MIN o 49.1 118 105
125 Josh Leivo TOR p 49.1 119 107
126 Nicolas Roy CAR p 49.1 120 106
127 Denis Gurianov DAL o 48.9 121 113
128 Mark Jankowski CGY p 48.9 123 108
129 Brendan Lemieux WPG p 48.8 124 112
130 Phillip Di Giuseppe CAR o 48.6 126 111
131 Nicolas Aube-Kubel PHI o 48.4 127 114
132 Alexander Khokhlachev BOS o 48.2 128 91
133 Luke Kunin MIN o 48.1 130 NR
134 Jens Looke ARI o 48.1 131 116
135 Jacob De La Rose MON t 47.9 133 118
136 Nick Sorensen ANA o 47.9 134 119
137 Christian Fischer ARI t 47.6 136 121
138 Rourke Chartier SJS o 47.5 137 122
139 John Quenneville NJD t 47.4 138 123
140 Radel Fazleyev PHI o 47.3 139 124
141 Jack Roslovic WPG p 47.3 140 125
142 Nikita Gusev TBL os 47.3 141 126
143 Josh Anderson CBJ t 47.2 170 153
144 Deven Sideroff ANA o 47.0 142 128
145 Rasmus Asplund BUF o 46.9 143 NR
146 Zach Sanford WAS o 46.8 144 129
147 J.C. Lipon WPG t 46.7 145 130
148 Daniel O'Regan SJS o 46.6 146 131
149 Laurent Dauphin ARI o 46.6 147 186
150 Brett Pollock CGY t 46.6 148 132
151 Nicklas Jensen NYR p 46.4 122 109
152 Austin Czarnik BOS os 46.3 151 135
153 Martins Dzierkals TOR o 46.3 152 136
154 Tom Kuhnhackl PIT o 46.1 125 110
155 Oskar Lindblom PHI t 46.0 153 137
156 Vince Hinostroza CHI os 45.9 154 138
157 Vaclav Karabacek BUF t 45.9 155 139
158 Cole Ully DAL o 45.9 156 140
159 Ryan Gropp NYR p 45.9 157 141
160 Justin Bailey BUF o 45.8 158 142
161 Nicholas Baptiste BUF o 45.8 159 143
162 Axel Holmstrom DET o 45.6 160 144
163 Giorgio Estephan BUF o 45.5 161 145
164 Derek Grant BUF o 45.4 162 146
165 Scott Wilson PIT o 45.2 163 147
166 Danton Heinen BOS o 45.1 164 148
167 Kyle Rau FLA os 45.0 165 149
168 Aleksi Saarela CAR o 45.0 167 150
169 Valentin Zykov CAR o 45.0 194 181
170 Adam Tambellini NYR o 44.9 169 152
171 Jeremy Bracco TOR o 44.8 171 154
172 Tanner Kero CHI o 44.8 172 155
173 Daniel Zaar CBJ o 44.6 173 157
174 Andrew Mangiapane CGY o 44.5 174 158
175 Remi Elie DAL p 44.4 175 159
176 Ryan Fitzgerald BOS o 44.4 176 160
177 Andrew Poturalski CAR o 44.1 178 163
178 Colton Sissons NSH t 44.1 179 173
179 Samuel Blais STL o 44.1 180 164
180 Paul Bittner CBJ p 44.1 181 209
181 Travis Boyd WAS o 44.1 182 166
182 Mario Lucia MIN o 44.0 185 170
183 Noah Rod SJS t 44.0 168 151
184 Conor Garland ARI os 44.0 186 171
185 Mitchell Stephens TBL o 43.7 187 175
186 Jake DeBrusk BOS o 43.5 188 258
187 T.J. Tynan CBJ os 43.5 189 208
188 Nicolas Kerdiles ANA t 43.5 190 176
189 Scott Kosmachuk WPG t 43.4 191 177
190 Adam Helewka SJS o 43.4 192 178
191 Dylan Sadowy DET o 43.4 193 179
192 Bogdan Yakimov EDM p 43.3 195 182
193 Drew Shore UFA o 43.2 177 162
194 Teddy Blueger PIT o 43.1 196 183
195 Kieffer Bellows NYI p 43.1 197 NR
196 Oskar Sundqvist PIT p 43.1 250 242
197 Thomas Di Pauli WAS o 43.0 198 187
198 Zach Senyshyn BOS o 43.0 199 188
199 Mark McNeill CHI p 42.8 203 191
200 Alex DeBrincat CHI os 42.8 274 NR

 

 

18 Comments

  1. Tom Collins 2016-08-10 at 12:51

    Surprised DeBrincat is so low (200). He’s been going pretty high in a lot of drafts I’ve been doing this summer.

    • Dobber 2016-08-10 at 13:08

      That’s a coup for you then. Let those GMs sit on him for a few years.

      Did those same guys grab McNeill? Schmaltz (at 18, therefore sitting on him two years now, will likely be three)? Hartman? Teravainen (still didn’t make a points-only pro roster until likely 2016-17 after sitting on him for four years)? Kyle Beach? Pirri?

      Minimum four years for DeBrincat – and that’s just four years before his first 40-point season. How long for his actual fantasy-helpful season? Chicago is not the team to go out and grab 18-year-old high draft picks. Better off taking another 18-year-old with another organization, or targeting 20 or 21-year-olds (i.e. now is the time I’d be targeting Schmatlz and Motte in my 15-team, 37-player roster league)

      • Dobber 2016-08-10 at 13:15

        A player like DeBrincat would jump up about 60 spots each year and would be a Top 20 own (if all goes well) in the summer of 2019.

  2. LAKings 2016-08-10 at 15:58

    Good update, much better than the July ranking. I can’t really argue with anything (I may have Dubois behind the next three or four below him)

  3. Cam Robinson 2016-08-11 at 11:16

    Great stuff as always, Dobber.

    Any thoughts on Brock Boeser climbing the rankings? He’s a strong candidate to make the Canucks in 2017-18 and has the look of an A prospect. I see a lot of Patrick Sharp in him.

    • Dobber 2016-08-11 at 12:02

      Thanks Cam
      Sharp is a fair comparison. And Sharp was 24 when he first became useful in points-only leagues, so…
      Besides, Boeser is in college and has not turned pro

      • Cam Robinson 2016-08-12 at 12:43

        Sharp certainly took his time reaching fantasy relevance, but from what I’ve seen, Boeser is quite a bit ahead in terms of development at the same age. He’s on a path that would see him turn pro after this season and begin producing quality NHL points by 2018-19 or 2019-20 at age 21/22.

        I may be higher on him then some, but he’s got an elite shot that is going to only get better. Now Vancouver needs to find a distributor to grow up alongside him.

        • Dobber 2016-08-12 at 12:50

          Don’t rush prospects man, they almost always take four years minimum to become fantasy relevant, even the great ones.
          He is in college again this year, so that’s for sure one year wait. Plus on a crap team like VAN you know his first year is going to be sub-50 points. So best case is – best case – in 2018-19 he gets over 50 points.
          I won’t bank on best case, I’ll add in a year for ‘likely case’. So 2019-20.

          The beauty thing about monthly rankings is that as soon as something changes, you can adjust them! So if Vancouver signs him in March then he’ll bump up 60 spots or more.

  4. Alex 2016-08-11 at 21:35

    Awesome stuff as always Dobber.

    One guy I would have much higher is Buchnevich. He should be top-15 guy with his level of talent and opportunity for success right away. He will likely on the 3rd line but has an opportunity to move up quickly especially if Nash is moved as has been speculated for awhile.

  5. Jeremy Campbell 2016-08-12 at 09:41

    Looks good! Hopefully there’s a TOR beside Vesey next week but sounds like the Leafs are out of the running for him depending on who you believe.

  6. R McGinnis 2016-08-22 at 13:10

    Tkachuk, Boeser, Brown, Bellows and Senyshyn far too low. Boeser is close to a mortal lock to be in the NHL next season (2018-2018). Tkachuk could be there this season and has star potential. Neither should be downrated due to their years away from the NHL. They are 1 year out. There are to many marginal prospects rated high simply due to being perceived as NHL ready that have very, very lmited upside. Jensen for the NYR springs to mind. What do you see in him?

    The methodology seems odd to me. Far too much preference for time to NHL. Even with that approach, I see Clayton Keller ahead of Boeser and I shake my head.

    • Dobber 2016-08-22 at 13:16

      I think you’ll be disappointed, man. You can’t sit on a player for five years waiting for him to get 50 measly points. Not when there’s a ‘less hyped’ guy sitting right there who could get 45 points immediately and 55 within two years.
      After seeing the Khoch treatment, I’m not sure how you can be all that high on Senyshyn, either…

      • R McGinnis 2016-08-22 at 13:46

        Who are you referring to? Boeser? If so you are way off. He is the Canucks top prospect and will certainly be a better points producer than Virtanen. Probably as soon as next year. He has first line upside and second line downside. Better NHL prospect than Vesey and only a year behind him in NHL readiness.

        I’m not “high” on Senyshyn. He’s a legit NHL prospect that was just taken too high.

        • Dobber 2016-08-22 at 13:55

          These discussions are great because two years from now when you’re right you can laugh in my face. And if you’re wrong you can just forget you ever said anything. Beauty!
          ;)

          • R McGinnis 2016-08-22 at 14:04

            To be fair my only other critique was pointing out this spring the incredibly low ranking on Kyle Connor. I’m just not sure what else Boeser needed to accomplish last year to be considered vastly superior to Vrana, Fiala, Rychel, Pulkkinen, Sprong, Paul, Reway, Virtanen (I’m a Canucks fan), Kempe, Athanasiou, Brett Richie, Mantha, Rattie, Barbashev and Milano. I also rate him ahead of Konecny (who I really like), Nick Ritchie (I will give you NHL readiness on this one), Point, Dal Colle (very poor season) and White.

  7. Tyler Thompson 2016-08-22 at 23:14

    Thomas Di Pauli profile no work

  8. Paul 2016-08-24 at 12:16

    I’d rank Nylander ahead of Strome personally, but it’s nice to see a lot of TOR prospects in the top 200. Good list. :)

    • Paul 2016-08-24 at 12:21

      Strome just doesn’t impress me… I know he puts up numbers in the OHL; however, it seems that whenever the competition gets stiffer, he doesn’t rise to the occasion. Marner destroyed him head-to-head in the OHL playoffs and he wasn’t very good in the playoffs last year either. I’ve heard he also didn’t look particularly impressive at the Coyotes’ summer camp. He’ll be an NHL player, but I think he may be more of a Chris Gratton type than a Toews or Kopitar.

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