Here are the top 200 forward prospects to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – August edition!

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For this month, the rankings adjust for this year’s projections. As always, players between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal preference (upside, certainty, depth chart, injury risk, wait time etc.)

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o – offensive forward, os – offensive, but small, p – power or big forward, t – two-way forward

Aug	Prospect	Team	Type	Prospect Rating	July	June
1	Ivan Demidov	MON	o	126.1	1	1
2	Michael Misa	SJS	o	95.2	2	NR
3	Tij Iginla	UTA	o	93.2	3	2
4	Gabe Perreault	NYR	o	92.5	7	6
5	Berkly Catton	SEA	o	91.6	6	5
6	Ryan Leonard	WAS	t	91.6	5	4
7	Frank Nazar	CHI	o	90.6	4	3
8	Dalibor Dvorsky	STL	t	85.3	9	9
9	Jonathan Lekkerimaki	VAN	o	84.6	10	8
10	Jiri Kulich	BUF	t	84.0	8	7
11	Beckett Sennecke	ANA	p	83.1	11	10
12	Porter Martone	PHI	p	82.1	12	NR
13	James Hagens	BOS	t	81.4	13	NR
14	Jimmy Snuggerud	STL	o	81.3	14	12
15	Jett Luchanko	PHI	o	79.0	15	13
16	Matt Savoie	EDM	o	78.7	16	11
17	Brayden Yager	WPG	t	77.4	18	14
18	Caleb Desnoyers	UTA	o	77.1	17	NR
19	Andrew Cristall	WAS	o	75.2	20	17
20	Oliver Moore	CHI	o	74.9	19	15
21	Noah Ostlund	BUF	o	74.6	21	16
22	Cayden Lindstrom	CBJ	p	74.5	22	19
23	Mackie Samoskevich	FLA	t	74.2	24	18
24	Cole Eiserman	NYI	o	73.7	23	20
25	Jake O’Brien	SEA	o	73.2	25	NR
26	Rutger McGroarty	PIT	o	72.4	27	23
27	Matthew Poitras	BOS	t	70.9	26	22
28	Danila Yurov	MIN	o	70.4	28	24
29	Joshua Roy	MON	o	69.5	29	21
30	Aatu Raty	VAN	o	69.0	31	25
31	Conor Geekie	TBL	p	68.2	32	39
32	Luca Del Bel Belluz	CBJ	o	67.4	30	26
33	Arseniy Gritsyuk	NJD	o	67.1	46	38
34	Isaac Howard	EDM	o	66.5	33	49
35	Anton Frondell	CHI	o	66.2	34	NR
36	Gavin Brindley	COL	os	66.2	40	30
37	Konsta Helenius	BUF	t	66.1	41	36
38	Liam Greentree	LAK	o	66.0	35	31
39	Trevor Connelly	VGK	o	65.9	36	32
40	Ville Koivunen	PIT	t	65.7	37	27
41	Jani Nyman	SEA	o	65.5	42	34
42	Calum Ritchie	NYI	t	65.5	44	37
43	Ivan Miroshnichenko	WAS	o	65.3	38	29
44	Maxim Shabanov	NYI	os	64.8	43	NR
45	Liam Ohgren	MIN	t	64.2	45	35
46	Brennan Othmann	NYR	o	63.3	48	33
47	Igor Chernyshov	SJS	p	63.0	47	40
48	Fyodor Svechkov	NSH	t	63.0	39	28
49	Quentin Musty	SJS	o	62.4	52	45
50	Victor Eklund	NYI	o	62.3	49	NR
51	Bradly Nadeau	CAR	o	61.9	50	44
52	Fraser Minten	BOS	t	61.3	51	42
53	Jagger Firkus	SEA	o	60.5	54	43
54	Roger McQueen	ANA	p	60.5	53	NR
55	Fabian Lysell	BOS	o	60.2	55	41
56	Easton Cowan	TOR	o	59.8	56	47
57	Benjamin Kindel	PIT	o	58.8	57	NR
58	Isak Rosen	BUF	o	58.7	59	46
59	Brad Lambert	WPG	o	58.5	58	48
60	Michael Brandsegg-Nygard	DET	t	57.2	61	52
61	Cullen Potter	CGY	o	56.6	60	NR
62	Otto Stenberg	STL	o	56.4	62	53
63	Samuel Honzek	CGY	o	56.1	64	55
64	Roman Kantserov	CHI	os	55.9	63	50
65	Dmitri Buchelnikov	DET	o	55.9	65	51
66	Joakim Kemell	NSH	o	54.5	66	56
67	Sam Colangelo	ANA	p	54.0	67	54
68	Michael Hage	MON	o	54.0	68	58
69	Brady Martin	NSH	t	53.4	69	NR
70	Nate Danielson	DET	t	53.0	70	57
71	Terik Parascak	WAS	o	52.7	71	62
72	Lenni Hameenaho	NJD	t	52.2	72	60
73	Yegor Sidorov	ANA	o	51.8	73	61
74	Nick Lardis	CHI	o	51.8	74	66
75	Nikita Chibrikov	WPG	o	51.3	75	59
76	Carson Rehkopf	SEA	o	51.0	76	69
77	Nikita Artamonov	CAR	o	50.8	77	70
78	Filip Bystedt	SJS	p	50.5	78	67
79	Marat Khusnutdinov	BOS	t	50.3	79	64
80	Filip Hallander	PIT	t	50.2	80	65
81	Bill Zonnon	PIT	o	49.6	81	NR
82	Riley Heidt	MIN	o	49.1	82	75
83	Cameron Lund	SJS	o	49.0	83	121
84	Emil Hemming	DAL	o	48.6	84	78
85	Daniil But	UTA	p	48.4	85	79
86	Justin Sourdif	WAS	p	48.4	86	77
87	Ethan Gauthier	TBL	t	48.3	87	80
88	Zack Ostapchuk	SJS	p	48.0	88	72
89	Matthew Wood	NSH	p	47.8	92	83
90	Aydar Suniev	CGY	o	47.8	89	76
91	Justin Hryckowian	DAL	t	47.7	90	73
92	Alex Bump	PHI	o	47.6	91	74
93	Thomas Bordeleau	NJD	o	46.9	93	71
94	Colby Barlow	WPG	o	46.6	94	86
95	Samuel Helenius	LAK	t	46.6	95	63
96	Collin Graf	SJS	o	46.5	96	68
97	Eduard Sale	SEA	o	46.4	97	88
98	Elmer Soderblom	DET	p	46.0	98	81
99	Stephen Halliday	OTT	p	45.7	99	82
100	Sam O’Reilly	TBL	t	45.3	100	97
101	Owen Beck	MON	t	45.2	101	90
102	Carter Bear	DET	o	45.2	102	NR
103	Vitali Kravtsov	VAN	o	45.1	465	436
104	Arshdeep Bains	VAN	o	44.9	103	84
105	Niko Huuhtanen	TBL	o	44.9	104	85
106	Carter Mazur	DET	t	44.6	105	87
107	Lynden Lakovic	WAS	p	44.4	106	NR
108	Jordan Dumais	CBJ	os	44.4	107	94
109	Brendan Brisson	NYR	o	44.3	108	89
110	Samuel Fagemo	WPG	o	44.2	109	91
111	Matvei Gridin	CGY	o	44.1	110	102
112	Denver Barkey	PHI	os	44.1	111	107
113	Gracyn Sawchyn	FLA	o	43.9	112	108
114	Nikita Grebenkin	PHI	o	43.8	113	92
115	Brett Berard	NYR	os	43.7	114	93
116	Kasper Halttunen	SJS	p	43.5	115	109
117	Vasiliy Ponomarev	PIT	o	43.5	117	95
118	Matej Blumel	BOS	o	43.3	116	96
119	Arttu Hyry	DAL	p	43.0	118	98
120	Colton Dach	CHI	p	42.5	119	99
121	David Edstrom	NSH	p	42.5	120	112
122	Ilya Protas	WAS	p	42.2	121	114
123	Georgii Merkulov	BOS	o	42.2	122	100
124	Jack Devine	FLA	o	42.2	123	101
125	Cole Beaudoin	UTA	t	42.1	124	115
126	Aidan Thompson	CHI	o	42.1	125	103
127	Oliver Kapanen	MON	o	42.1	126	104
128	Maxim Berezkin	EDM	p	42.1	127	105
129	Teddy Stiga	NSH	o	42.1	128	116
130	Ryan Suzuki	CAR	o	42.1	129	106
131	Daniil Gushchin	SJS	o	41.6	130	111
132	Ayrton Martino	DAL	o	41.3	131	110
133	Egor Surin	NSH	o	41.2	132	119
134	Sacha Boisvert	CHI	t	41.1	133	122
135	Cole Reschny	CGY	o	40.9	134	NR
136	Roby Jarventie	EDM	o	40.7	135	242
137	Tristan Broz	PIT	o	40.3	136	113
138	Nathan Gaucher	ANA	p	40.2	137	118
139	Matyas Sapovaliv	VGK	p	39.8	138	123
140	Ryan Winterton	SEA	o	39.6	139	117
141	Braeden Cootes	VAN	o	39.5	140	NR
142	Mathieu Cataford	VGK	o	39.4	141	135
143	Jesse Kiiskinen	DET	o	39.4	142	136
144	Tuomas Uronen	VGK	t	39.4	143	137
145	Aleksanteri Kaskimaki	STL	t	39.2	144	126
146	Koehn Ziemmer	LAK	o	39.2	145	127
147	Max Plante	DET	o	39.2	146	138
148	Jack Finley	TBL	p	39.0	147	120
149	Zakhar Bardakov	COL	o	38.7	148	357
150	Rory Kerins	CGY	o	38.6	149	124
151	Dylan Duke	TBL	o	38.5	150	125
152	Tomas Mrsic	STL	o	38.3	151	143
153	Sasha Pastujov	ANA	o	38.2	152	128
154	James Malatesta	CBJ	os	38.0	153	129
155	Max Sasson	VAN	o	37.8	154	130
156	Sean Farrell	MON	os	37.8	160	134
157	Danny Nelson	NYI	p	37.7	155	152
158	Quinn Finley	NYI	o	37.6	156	141
159	Felix Unger Sorum	CAR	o	37.6	157	153
160	Linus Karlsson	VAN	o	37.5	158	132
161	Massimo Rizzo	PHI	o	37.4	159	133
162	Dans Locmelis	BOS	o	37.3	161	144
163	Filip Mesar	MON	o	36.9	162	149
164	Hunter Haight	MIN	t	36.9	163	151
165	Cross Hanas	UFA	o	36.8	164	139
166	Amadeus Lombardi	DET	o	36.8	165	140
167	Justin Poirier	CAR	os	36.8	166	158
168	Vadim Moroz	UTA	o	36.6	167	142
169	Kieron Walton	WPG	p	36.5	168	161
170	Ethan Cardwell	SJS	o	36.1	169	145
171	Antonio Stranges	DAL	o	36.1	170	146
172	Nikita Alexandrov	STL	o	36.1	171	147
173	Sasha Chmelevski	SJS	o	36.0	172	148
174	Kenny Connors	LAK	o	35.9	173	150
175	Emmitt Finnie	DET	o	35.8	174	168
176	Oscar Fisker Molgaard	SEA	t	35.5	175	170
177	Nathan Villeneuve	SEA	t	35.4	176	171
178	Maxim Masse	ANA	o	35.4	177	172
179	Mikael Pyyhtia	CBJ	o	35.4	178	248
180	Justin Carbonneau	STL	o	35.3	179	NR
181	Matthew Maggio	NYI	o	34.9	180	154
182	Cole O’Hara	NSH	o	34.9	181	155
183	Matvey Petrov	EDM	o	34.8	182	156
184	Stiven Sardarian	BUF	o	34.8	183	157
185	Ryan Greene	CHI	t	34.7	184	159
186	Carey Terrance	NYR	o	34.4	185	184
187	Matyas Melovsky	NJD	o	34.4	186	173
188	Raphael Lavoie	VGK	p	34.4	187	162
189	Samu Tuomaala	PHI	o	34.2	188	163
190	Xavier Bourgault	OTT	t	34.1	189	164
191	Artyom Galimov	ANA	o	34.0	190	165
192	Connor Kurth	TBL	o	33.9	191	166
193	Tyson Kozak	BUF	o	33.9	192	167
194	Prokhor Poltapov	BUF	o	33.8	193	169
195	Brodie Ziemer	BUF	o	33.6	194	196
196	Ryker Lee	NSH	o	33.6	195	NR
197	Miguel Marques	NSH	o	33.4	196	197
198	Viktor Neuchev	BUF	o	33.4	197	174
199	Ryan McAllister	FLA	o	33.3	198	175
200	Ty Mueller	VAN	o	33.2	199	176

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

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	Frequency	ANA Players
	14.6	BECKETT SENNECKE ALEX KILLORN MIKAEL GRANLUND
	10.4	TROY TERRY ALEX KILLORN MIKAEL GRANLUND
	6.0	BECKETT SENNECKE CHRIS KREIDER LEO CARLSSON

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