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

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As always – players ranked within +/-5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal. Click any name to be taken to his DobberProspects fantasy scouting profile page for more details.

The following players have graduated this month:
Ivan Demidov
Beckett Sennecke
Frank Nazar
Fedor Svechkov
Oliver Kapanen

Dec	Prospect	Team	Type	Prospect Rating	Nov	Oct
1	Berkly Catton	SEA	o	148.3	2	3
2	Michael Misa	SJS	o	145.5	3	2
3	Ryan Leonard	WAS	t	131.6	8	5
4	Porter Martone	PHI	p	130.9	5	16
5	Tij Iginla	UTA	o	130.0	7	8
6	Dalibor Dvorsky	STL	t	127.5	11	10
7	Gabe Perreault	NYR	o	126.7	9	7
8	Jake O’Brien	SEA	o	126.1	10	30
9	Matt Savoie	EDM	o	124.5	12	12
10	Caleb Desnoyers	UTA	o	122.6	14	17
11	Jimmy Snuggerud	STL	o	122.1	13	9
12	James Hagens	BOS	t	121.5	15	15
13	Jonathan Lekkerimaki	VAN	o	117.9	16	13
14	Igor Chernyshov	SJS	p	116.5	39	51
15	Konsta Helenius	BUF	t	114.9	17	35
16	Cole Eiserman	NYI	o	114.3	18	20
17	Gavin Brindley	COL	os	114.3	19	32
18	Benjamin Kindel	PIT	o	114.1	20	49
19	Jiri Kulich	BUF	t	113.3	21	11
20	Noah Ostlund	BUF	o	111.4	22	19
21	Jett Luchanko	PHI	o	111.1	24	18
22	Arseniy Gritsyuk	NJD	o	110.6	23	22
23	Anton Frondell	CHI	o	110.5	25	26
24	Easton Cowan	TOR	o	108.6	28	47
25	Andrew Cristall	WAS	o	108.3	27	29
26	Danila Yurov	MIN	o	106.4	36	31
27	Rutger McGroarty	PIT	o	106.2	29	23
28	Cayden Lindstrom	CBJ	p	105.7	26	25
29	Aatu Raty	VAN	o	105.3	30	28
30	Liam Greentree	LAK	o	105.2	31	45
31	Matvei Gridin	CGY	o	105.1	32	38
32	Ville Koivunen	PIT	t	105.1	33	24
33	Roman Kantserov	CHI	os	105.0	34	57
34	Brayden Yager	WPG	t	104.8	37	21
35	Matthew Wood	NSH	p	104.5	43	72
36	Trevor Connelly	VGK	o	103.7	38	41
37	Isak Rosen	BUF	o	103.2	54	55
38	Oliver Moore	CHI	o	102.9	40	27
39	Roger McQueen	ANA	p	102.1	35	53
40	Bradly Nadeau	CAR	o	100.8	45	50
41	Michael Brandsegg-Nygard	DET	t	100.0	46	46
42	Emmitt Finnie	DET	o	99.6	76	67
43	Calum Ritchie	NYI	t	99.5	47	42
44	Conor Geekie	TBL	p	99.2	48	36
45	Victor Eklund	NYI	o	98.5	42	37
46	Ilya Protas	WAS	p	98.1	96	119
47	Cole Reschny	CGY	o	97.0	52	75
48	Jani Nyman	SEA	o	96.7	44	34
49	Quentin Musty	SJS	o	96.7	53	54
50	Liam Ohgren	VAN	t	96.0	55	44
51	Brady Martin	NSH	t	95.5	56	65
52	Isaac Howard	EDM	o	95.2	49	39
53	Brennan Othmann	NYR	o	95.2	51	48
54	Michael Hage	MON	o	94.7	57	76
55	Braeden Bowman	VGK	o	94.7	119	353
56	Maxim Shabanov	NYI	os	94.3	41	33
57	Jagger Firkus	SEA	o	94.2	58	52
58	Ivan Miroshnichenko	WAS	o	94.2	50	43
59	Nick Lardis	CHI	o	93.9	75	89
60	Cullen Potter	CGY	o	93.4	60	73
61	Otto Stenberg	STL	o	92.7	61	61
62	Alexander Zharovsky	MON	o	92.2	62	78
63	Lynden Lakovic	WAS	p	92.0	63	110
64	Alex Bump	PHI	o	91.7	86	86
65	Luca Del Bel Belluz	CBJ	o	91.3	65	60
66	Samuel Honzek	CGY	o	91.3	66	63
67	Daniil But	UTA	p	90.4	73	82
68	Nate Danielson	DET	t	90.2	67	56
69	Egor Surin	NSH	o	90.2	68	91
70	Yegor Sidorov	ANA	o	89.8	69	77
71	Terik Parascak	WAS	o	89.7	70	93
72	Emil Hemming	DAL	o	89.4	71	94
73	Carter Bear	DET	o	89.1	72	105
74	Denver Barkey	PHI	os	88.8	110	123
75	Nikita Artamonov	CAR	o	87.8	64	66
76	Collin Graf	SJS	o	87.3	120	96
77	Bill Zonnon	PIT	o	87.2	74	95
78	Teddy Stiga	NSH	o	86.8	77	106
79	Lenni Hameenaho	NJD	t	86.5	78	71
80	Eduard Sale	SEA	o	86.4	79	100
81	Brad Lambert	WPG	o	86.3	80	59
82	Max Plante	DET	o	85.8	81	147
83	Fraser Minten	BOS	t	85.5	82	68
84	Braeden Cootes	VAN	o	85.5	83	98
85	Justin Carbonneau	STL	o	84.8	87	136
86	Filip Hallander	PIT	t	84.4	88	69
87	Riley Heidt	MIN	o	84.3	89	111
88	Nikita Chibrikov	WPG	o	83.5	91	58
89	Stephen Halliday	OTT	p	83.3	92	103
90	Gracyn Sawchyn	FLA	o	83.3	93	112
91	Ryan Greene	CHI	t	83.2	94	184
92	Joakim Kemell	NSH	o	82.6	97	80
93	Jack Nesbitt	PHI	p	82.4	98	141
94	Sam O’Reilly	TBL	t	81.9	99	104
95	Ethan Gauthier	TBL	t	81.8	100	84
96	Tomas Mrsic	STL	o	81.4	101	154
97	Joshua Roy	MON	o	80.6	102	87
98	Colton Dach	CHI	p	79.3	103	113
99	Justin Poirier	CAR	os	79.3	104	168
100	Dmitri Buchelnikov	DET	o	79.0	90	64
101	Kieron Walton	WPG	p	79.0	105	170
102	Cameron Lund	SJS	o	78.8	106	83
103	Sacha Boisvert	CHI	t	78.8	107	133
104	Ryker Lee	NSH	o	78.6	108	213
105	Fabian Lysell	BOS	o	78.5	109	79
106	Colby Barlow	WPG	o	78.1	85	92
107	Cole Beaudoin	UTA	t	77.7	111	121
108	Jakob Ihs Wozniak	VGK	o	77.5	113	186
109	Matthew Poitras	BOS	t	77.4	112	74
110	Owen Beck	MON	t	77.3	114	102
111	Justin Sourdif	WAS	p	76.9	115	88
112	Jack Devine	FLA	o	76.6	116	120
113	Maxim Berezkin	EDM	p	76.3	117	124
114	Nikita Nesterenko	ANA	o	76.3	118	165
115	Elmer Soderblom	DET	p	75.9	121	99
116	Kasper Halttunen	SJS	p	75.9	122	131
117	Charlie Cerrato	CAR	o	75.7	123	NR
118	Rory Kerins	CGY	o	75.6	124	108
119	Brodie Ziemer	BUF	o	75.1	126	196
120	Aidan Thompson	CHI	o	75.0	127	122
121	Miguel Marques	NSH	o	74.8	128	199
122	Justin Hryckowian	DAL	t	74.8	139	85
123	Niko Huuhtanen	TBL	o	74.5	129	128
124	Mathieu Cataford	VGK	o	74.5	130	142
125	Tuomas Uronen	VGK	t	74.5	131	144
126	Nathan Gaucher	ANA	p	74.4	132	155
127	Koehn Ziemmer	LAK	o	74.2	133	146
128	Jack Finley	TBL	p	74.0	134	116
129	Maxim Masse	ANA	o	74.0	135	176
130	Samuel Helenius	LAK	t	73.9	136	97
131	Danny Nelson	NYI	p	73.9	137	158
132	David Edstrom	NSH	p	73.7	138	117
133	Carson Rehkopf	SEA	o	73.2	95	70
134	Matyas Sapovaliv	VGK	p	73.2	140	137
135	Dans Locmelis	BOS	o	73.2	141	138
136	Filip Bystedt	SJS	p	73.1	142	101
137	Carter Mazur	DET	t	73.0	143	109
138	Ivan Ryabkin	CAR	o	72.6	125	212
139	John Mustard	CHI	o	72.6	144	224
140	Cameron Schmidt	DAL	os	72.6	145	243
141	Jordan Dumais	CBJ	os	72.6	146	149
142	Aleksanteri Kaskimaki	STL	t	72.4	147	145
143	Oscar Fisker Molgaard	SEA	t	72.4	155	174
144	Nathan Villeneuve	SEA	t	72.1	148	175
145	Jesse Kiiskinen	DET	o	72.0	149	143
146	Sam Colangelo	ANA	p	71.8	150	62
147	Anton Wahlberg	BUF	p	71.6	151	198
148	Alex Steeves	BOS	o	71.6	287	240
149	William Zellers	BOS	o	71.4	152	239
150	Sasha Pastujov	ANA	o	71.3	153	171
151	Arshdeep Bains	VAN	o	71.2	154	107
152	Noah Laba	NYR	o	71.1	157	130
153	Nikita Grebenkin	PHI	o	70.8	156	129
154	Vaclav Nestrasil	CHI	p	70.8	188	324
155	Hunter Haight	MIN	t	70.6	158	114
156	Andrew Basha	CGY	t	70.5	159	209
157	Aydar Suniev	CGY	o	70.3	160	90
158	Vadim Moroz	UTA	o	70.2	161	182
159	Quinn Finley	NYI	o	70.1	162	160
160	Felix Unger Sorum	CAR	o	70.1	163	161
161	Massimo Rizzo	PHI	o	70.0	164	163
162	Arttu Hyry	DAL	p	70.0	165	132
163	Mason West	CHI	p	69.9	166	321
164	Ayrton Martino	DAL	o	69.7	167	140
165	Brett Berard	NYR	os	69.5	168	125
166	Adam Jecho	STL	p	69.3	169	245
167	Malcolm Spence	NYR	o	69.3	170	265
168	Juraj Pekarcik	STL	o	69.0	171	260
169	Will Whitelaw	CBJ	o	69.0	172	261
170	Lucas Pettersson	ANA	o	69.0	173	251
171	Cole O’Hara	NSH	o	68.7	174	181
172	Reid Schaefer	NSH	p	68.7	251	208
173	William Horcoff	PIT	p	68.6	175	318
174	Quinn Hutson	EDM	o	68.5	449	NR
175	Tristan Broz	PIT	o	68.4	176	151
176	Jacob Quillan	TOR	o	68.4	177	152
177	Matvey Petrov	EDM	o	68.4	179	183
178	Jack Berglund	PHI	o	68.3	180	215
179	Joey Willis	NSH	o	68.1	182	218
180	Vasiliy Ponomarev	PIT	o	68.1	183	134
181	Viljami Marjala	EDM	o	67.9	260	NR
182	Zakhar Bardakov	COL	o	67.9	184	150
183	Ryan Winterton	SEA	o	67.8	185	139
184	Amadeus Lombardi	DET	o	67.6	186	167
185	William Moore	BOS	p	67.5	187	350
186	Jacob Battaglia	CGY	o	67.4	189	211
187	Connor Kurth	TBL	o	67.2	190	193
188	Theo Stockselius	CGY	p	67.1	191	294
189	Prokhor Poltapov	BUF	o	67.0	192	194
190	Linus Karlsson	VAN	o	66.9	233	162
191	Matthew Maggio	NYI	o	66.9	193	180
192	David Goyette	SEA	o	66.9	181	217
193	Gavin Hayes	CHI	t	66.9	194	231
194	Matthew Seminoff	DAL	o	66.9	195	232
195	Marek Vanacker	CHI	t	66.7	196	279
196	Julius Miettinen	SEA	p	66.7	197	280
197	Tanner Howe	PIT	t	66.7	198	281
198	Viljami Marjala	BUF	o	66.6	199	216
199	Roby Jarventie	EDM	o	66.6	200	135
200	Javon Moore	OTT	p	66.6	201	307

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5 Comments

Francois Lemelin 2025-12-25 at 09:17Log in to Reply

Hey Dobber where do you have Mikhail Ilyin who is doing good in the KHL at 20?
- Dobber 2025-12-26 at 20:42Log in to Reply
  
  275!
  - Francois Lemelin 2026-01-05 at 12:55Log in to Reply
    
    Thanks Dobber :)
Karlos El Taco Piquante 2025-12-31 at 12:28Log in to Reply

I know this is a subjective list but Zharovsky in the late 60s feels like a whiff to me. The guys on pace to shatter the record for 1870yo scoring in the K (set By Demidov)- and not by a little- by a lot. In the realm of 150% Ivans production. Ive heard the counter arguments- weaker division/better deployment/better team and most of that is hogwash. Thats a better team he had to crack and earned substantially more deployment. If not a plus Id say thats a wash at least AND I dont know why were talking about “weaker divisions” when hes about to blow the doors off an all time record- feels a little pedantic. Not a gripe btw- just thought it might be something worth getting ahead of- always a fan- tc…
Karlos El Taco Piquante 2025-12-31 at 12:34Log in to Reply

Sorry early 60s- mb…

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