Top 200 Prospects

Written by Darryl Dobbs

Sunday, 25 February 2007

Here is the list of Top 200 prospects to own in your deep fantasy pool. This is not a reflection of a player’s actual upside in the NHL, but more of an indicator of his value in pools. It takes into account how many years away from the NHL a player is, as well as his upside. A potential 70-point player who is two years away is more valuable than a potential 80-point player who is four years away. Hockey pools with 300 or more players drafted should have most of the top 50 on the below list on one of the teams. Pools that are even deeper than that, may find some use in the rest of this list. Pools with 250 players may find use in only the top 20 or 30.As with the Fantasy Player list – these players are evaluated only for their offensive potential, and not for their penalty minutes, plus/minus or defense, etc. Goalies are not included in this list either.

My Prospect Ratings are NOT the same as my Fantasy Ratings, although Fantasy Ratings are taken into account. The term 'prospect' is simply my opinion, and I followed no rules to say whether or not the player is actually a prospect other than age (under 27), and the player must belong to an NHL team.

Updated the 10th, of every month.

Key
o = offensive
t = two-way
p = power forward
d = defenseman
os = offensive (small player)

March graduates: Brule (10), Boyd (25), Letang (29), Russell (49), Kennedy (54), Bergenheim (67), Byfuglien (102), Kreps (150), Grebeshkov (205).

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Jul. 10	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Jun. 10	May. 10
1	Steven Stamkos	TB	o	105.0	NR	NR
2	Kyle Turris	PHO	o	104.9	1	1
3	Nikita Filatov	CBJ	o	96.7	NR	NR
4	T.J. Oshie	STL	os	84.2	3	3
5	Derick Brassard	CBJ	o	83.1	2	2
6	Jakub Voracek	CBJ	t	81.7	6	6
7	Claude Giroux	PHI	os	80.9	8	8
8	Kyle Okposo	NYI	p	79.3	10	11
9	Bryan Little	ATL	o	78.2	4	4
10	Sergei Kostitsyn	MTL	o	77.6	5	5
11	Bobby Ryan	ANA	p	77.4	7	7
12	Patrick Berglund	STL	o	75.9	9	9
13	Mikael Backlund	CGY	o	74.2	12	10
14	Teddy Purcell	LA	o	73.0	15	15
15	Shawn Matthias	FLA	o	70.6	20	19
16	David Krejci	BOS	o	70.6	11	12
17	James van Riemsdyk	PHI	p	70.3	21	20
18	Michael Frolik	FLA	o	69.8	14	14
19	T.J. Hensick	COL	os	69.1	13	13
20	Alexei Cherepanov	NYR	o	68.5	24	22
21	Devin Setoguchi	SJ	o	68.2	16	16
22	Kevin Porter	PHO	o	67.4	34	47
23	Cody Hodgson	VAN	t	66.9	NR	NR
24	Ryan Shannon	VAN	os	66.2	32	30
25	Jiri Tlusty	TOR	t	66.2	17	17
26	Nikolai Kulemin	TOR	o	65.7	28	29
27	Nigel Dawes	NYR	os	65.1	27	25
28	Mikhail Grabovsky	TOR	os	65.1	62	61
29	Clarke MacArthur	BUF	o	64.5	19	18
30	Francois Bouchard	WAS	o	64.3	22	23
31	Fabian Brunnstrom	DAL	o	64.2	18	NR
32	Mason Raymond	VAN	o	64.1	23	21
33	Jack Skille	CHI	t	63.5	26	24
34	Eric Fehr	WAS	o	63.0	30	33
35	Vladimir Sobotka	BOS	t	62.9	25	26
36	Rob Schremp	EDM	o	62.5	29	27
37	Viktor Tikhonov	PHO	o	62.3	NR	NR
38	Cam Barker	CHI	d	62.0	31	36
39	Igor Makarov	CHI	o	61.5	45	48
40	Brett MacLean	PHO	o	60.8	36	35
41	Brian Boyle	LA	p	60.7	41	40
42	Blake Wheeler	BOS	o	60.4	35	28
43	Drayson Bowman	CAR	o	60.3	37	54
44	Dave Bolland	CHI	t	59.6	33	31
45	Jan Mursak	DET	o	59.2	39	34
46	Brett Sterling	ATL	os	58.3	38	38
47	Lars Eller	STL	o	58.3	46	46
48	Slava Trukhno	EDM	t	58.2	42	42
49	Mikkel Boedker	PHO	o	58.2	NR	NR
50	Luca Caputi	PIT	o	58.0	44	37
51	Jeff Tambellini	NYI	o	57.9	54	55
52	Nick Foligno	OTT	t	57.9	40	39
53	Patric Hornqvist	NSH	t	57.9	65	79
54	Andreas Nodl	PHI	t	57.9	47	32
55	Zach Hamill	BOS	o	57.7	51	52
56	Steve Downie	PHI	o	57.7	48	41
57	Petri Kontiola	CHI	o	57.6	68	65
58	Angelo Esposito	ATL	o	57.4	43	44
59	Ryan Potulny	PHI	o	57.3	52	43
60	Benoit Pouliot	MIN	o	57.3	49	50
61	Mattias Tedenby	NJ	o	56.9	NR	NR
62	Ville Leino	DET	o	56.8	67	NR
63	James Neal	DAL	p	56.8	53	45
64	Alexander Vasyunov	NJ	o	56.4	50	49
65	Anton Stralman	TOR	d	55.7	60	64
66	Riley Holzapfel	ATL	t	55.6	55	57
67	Daniel Ryder	CGY	o	55.5	163	159
68	Logan Couture	SJ	t	55.4	64	60
69	Michael Grabner	VAN	o	55.3	61	59
70	Ilya Zubov	OTT	o	55.2	57	56
71	Riley Nash	EDM	t	55.0	66	68
72	Cory Emmerton	DET	o	54.9	59	53
73	Artem Anisimov	NYR	o	54.8	71	71
74	Marek Zagrapan	BUF	o	54.4	58	62
75	Ryan Stone	PIT	p	54.2	73	67
76	Trevor Lewis	LA	o	54.1	72	73
77	Jeremy Williams	TOR	o	53.9	56	51
78	Cal Clutterbuck	MIN	o	53.3	75	75
79	Jordan Eberle	EDM	o	53.0	NR	NR
80	Michal Repik	FLA	o	53.0	69	66
81	Dana Tyrell	TB	o	52.9	86	95
82	Oscar Moller	LA	o	52.8	85	81
83	Robert Earl	TOR	o	52.8	70	72
84	Joakim Lindstrom	CBJ	o	52.8	81	83
85	Kris Versteeg	CHI	os	52.8	77	80
86	Chris Conner	DAL	os	52.7	110	102
87	Brad Marchand	BOS	os	52.6	89	88
88	Enver Lisin	PHO	t	52.5	108	115
89	Blake Comeau	NYI	t	52.4	103	110
90	Josh Bailey	NYI	o	52.3	NR	NR
91	Scott Parse	LA	o	52.2	78	77
92	Max Pacioretty	MTL	p	52.2	79	172
93	Mark Santorelli	NSH	o	52.1	90	89
94	Petr Vrana	NJ	o	52.1	84	92
95	Drew Doughty	LA	d	52.1	NR	NR
96	Perttu Lindgren	DAL	o	52.1	88	74
97	Jamie Benn	DAL	o	52.0	91	76
98	Matt D'Agostini	MTL	o	52.0	94	98
99	Marc-Antoine Pouliot	EDM	o	51.8	82	85
100	Michael Blunden	CHI	p	51.8	83	78
101	Pat White	VAN	o	51.8	93	96
102	Andrej Sekera	BUF	d	51.6	76	93
103	David Jones	COL	o	51.5	74	70
104	Jared Staal	PHO	o	51.5	NR	NR
105	Nathan Gerbe	BUF	os	51.3	95	99
106	Rhett Rakhshani	NYI	os	51.3	96	86
107	Matt Halischuk	NJ	t	51.3	98	107
108	Nicklas Bergfors	NJ	o	51.3	92	97
109	Cody Franson	NSH	d	51.2	87	82
110	Kyle Wilson	WAS	o	51.0	101	109
111	Cal O'Reilly	NSH	t	50.9	97	100
112	Drew Miller	ANA	o	50.9	99	108
113	Mathieu Perreault	WAS	os	50.9	104	114
114	Petr Kalus	MIN	o	50.8	100	106
115	Zac Dalpe	CAR	o	50.5	NR	NR
116	Martins Karsums	BOS	t	50.1	109	116
117	Alexander Nikulin	OTT	o	50.0	115	103
118	Corey Trivino	NYI	o	50.0	NR	NR
119	Ryan Jones	NSH	t	49.9	119	147
120	Corey Locke	MTL	os	49.8	112	120
121	Chris Stewart	COL	p	49.7	102	101
122	Matt Beleskey	ANA	p	49.7	105	112
123	Arttu Luttinen	OTT	o	49.7	107	119
124	Maxim Mayorov	CBJ	o	49.4	114	122
125	Harrison Reed	CAR	o	49.3	116	125
126	Alex Goligoski	PIT	d	49.2	113	113
127	Bill Thomas	PHO	o	49.1	118	123
128	Maxim Trunev	MTL	o	49.1	NR	NR
129	Kyle Chipchura	MTL	t	48.8	123	128
130	Carl Soderberg	BOS	o	48.8	129	137
131	Brandon Sutter	CAR	t	48.6	124	148