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As always, players ranked within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of your keeper team’s needs (immediate help vs long-term upside) or personal preference.

Top 200 prospect forwards posted yesterday

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Aug	Prospect	Team	Type	Prospect Rating	July	Jun
1	Luke Hughes	NJD	LD	82.2	1	1
2	Brandt Clarke	LAK	RD	75.6	2	2
3	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	LD	72.5	3	3
4	David Jiricek	CBJ	RD	68.3	4	4
5	Simon Nemec	NJD	RD	63.2	5	6
6	Simon Edvinsson	DET	LD	62.2	7	5
7	Lane Hutson	MON	LD	61.8	6	7
8	Scott Perunovich	STL	LD	60.5	8	8
9	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	LD	57.8	9	9
10	Jordan Spence	LAK	RD	53.2	11	11
11	Thomas Harley	DAL	LD	52.5	13	14
12	Philip Broberg	EDM	LD	52.4	14	16
13	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	LD	50.8	10	10
14	Olen Zellweger	ANA	LD	49.5	12	12
15	Justin Barron	MON	RD	47.8	16	17
16	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	LD	46.9	17	15
17	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	46.0	18	18
18	Ville Heinola	WPG	LD	46.0	15	13
19	Scott Morrow	CAR	RD	42.1	20	20
20	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	41.7	22	23
21	Henry Thrun	SJS	LD	41.6	21	22
22	Zac Jones	NYR	LD	40.7	19	19
23	Axel Sandin Pellikka	DET	RD	40.4	32	NR
24	Sean Behrens	COL	LD	39.8	23	24
25	Topi Niemela	TOR	RD	39.7	24	25
26	Carson Lambos	MIN	LD	39.0	26	26
27	Ian Mitchell	BOS	RD	38.1	27	27
28	Corson Ceulemans	CBJ	RD	37.4	28	30
29	Ryker Evans	SEA	LD	37.3	29	28
30	Jeremie Poirier	CGY	LD	37.3	30	29
31	Jackson LaCombe	ANA	LD	36.8	33	31
32	Helge Grans	PHI	RD	36.7	31	40
33	Owen Pickering	PIT	LD	35.5	34	32
34	Lassi Thomson	OTT	RD	35.3	35	33
35	Victor Soderstrom	ARI	RD	35.1	25	21
36	Daniil Miromanov	VGK	RD	32.7	40	42
37	Brock Faber	MIN	RD	32.1	39	41
38	Samuel Bolduc	NYI	LD	32.1	37	37
39	Artyom Duda	ARI	LD	32.0	41	43
40	Yegor Zamula	PHI	LD	31.9	38	38
41	Shakir Mukhamadullin	SJS	LD	31.3	46	46
42	Michael Benning	FLA	RD	31.3	43	44
43	Jack Rathbone	VAN	LD	30.3	42	34
44	David Reinbacher	MON	RD	30.1	59	NR
45	Mason Lohrei	BOS	LD	30.0	47	47
46	Ryan O’Rourke	MIN	LD	29.4	49	49
47	Ryan Merkley	COL	RD	28.9	44	39
48	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ	RD	28.7	36	36
49	Ronnie Attard	PHI	RD	28.6	51	50
50	Ryan Ufko	NSH	RD	28.0	55	54