Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – August 2016

Dobber

2016-08-11

The Top 50 Prospect Defensemen to own in fantasy hockey, August edition. Provorov still rules, Matheson surges…

Here are this month's top defense prospects to own in a points-only keeper league. Taking into account the organization depth chart, wait time, upside and NHL certainty.

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

Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – August 2016 – can be found here. As I note in those rankings, these ones have been adjusted due to changes to the main rankings list.

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Aug 10	Prospect	Team	age	type	Jul 10	Jun 10
1	Ivan Provorov	PHI	d	68.9	1	1
2	Shea Theodore	ANA	d	64.4	2	3
3	Zach Werenski	CBJ	d	62.0	4	7
4	Ryan Pulock	NYI	d	61.5	3	4
5	Mike Matheson	FLA	d	61.0	9	13
6	Anthony DeAngelo	ARI	d	60.9	5	2
7	Derrick Pouliot	PIT	d	60.7	6	5
8	Julius Honka	DAL	d	59.4	8	8
9	Connor Carrick	TOR	d	58.9	7	6
10	Nikita Zadorov	COL	d	57.7	10	10
11	Colin Miller	BOS	d	56.9	11	9
12	Madison Bowey	WAS	d	56.3	15	15
13	Joshua Morrissey	WPG	d	56.2	14	14
14	Thomas Chabot	OTT	d	55.1	13	16
15	Brandon Montour	ANA	d	54.4	16	17
16	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	d	53.9	12	12
17	Travis Sanheim	PHI	d	53.8	17	18
18	Olli Juolevi	VAN	d	53.6	18	NR
19	Jakub Zboril	BOS	d	52.8	19	20
20	Esa Lindell	DAL	d	52.2	21	21
21	Mikhail Sergachev	MON	d	51.9	22	NR
22	Ryan Graves	NYR	d	51.3	23	22
23	Ville Pokka	CHI	d	51.3	26	26
24	Mike Reilly	MIN	d	51.2	24	23
25	Noah Juulsen	MON	d	50.8	25	25
26	Slater Koekkoek	TBL	d	50.8	20	19
27	Jordan Subban	VAN	d	49.7	28	27
28	Joe Morrow	BOS	d	49.4	27	24
29	Jake Bean	CAR	d	48.5	29	NR
30	Jacob Larsson	ANA	d	48.3	30	29
31	Jake Walman	STL	d	48.1	40	34
32	Haydn Fleury	CAR	d	48.1	31	28
33	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	d	47.6	32	NR
34	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	d	46.9	33	NR
35	Lucas Johansen	WAS	d	46.7	34	NR
36	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	d	46.7	58	52
37	Mirco Mueller	SJS	d	46.3	35	32
38	Chris Bigras	COL	d	46.3	36	30
39	Jack Dougherty	NSH	d	46.1	37	31
40	Jeremy Roy	SJS	d	45.9	38	33
41	Samuel Morin	PHI	d	45.7	39	35
42	Dennis Cholowski	DET	d	45.6	41	NR
43	Griffin Reinhart	EDM	d	45.5	43	40
44	Brady Skjei	NYR	d	45.2	42	36
45	Roland McKeown	CAR	d	45.0	44	37
46	Ethan Bear	EDM	d	44.6	46	39
47	Will Butcher	COL	d	44.3	47	41
48	Philip Larsen	VAN	d	44.2	48	42
49	Linus Hultstrom	FLA	d	43.8	92	83
50	Xavier Ouellet	DET	d	43.8	45	38

simon cadieux 2016-08-11 at 08:11Log in to Reply

Dante Fabbro ??
- Dobber 2016-08-11 at 08:30Log in to Reply
  
  You think he’ll be up quickly? After seeing how long we’re waiting on Schmaltz? And Walman and Vannelli?
  In my league (which is very deep) I pretty much have a “no 18-year-old defenseman” policy when drafting. The wait is too long.
  - LAKings 2016-08-11 at 11:15Log in to Reply
    
    Fabbro has been drafted by Nashville, not St.Louis ;-)
    - Dobber 2016-08-11 at 11:20Log in to Reply
      
      LOL how many times have I done that? A million? Though usually I catch it while it’s in my head and before it gets typed. Fabbri on the brain, subconsciously I guess?
      But Nashville is even worse for taking dmen slowly
Jeff 2016-08-12 at 15:00Log in to Reply

Keeper, Provolov or Theodore ?!?!?!?
- R McGinnis 2016-08-22 at 14:14Log in to Reply
  
  Yikes. Tough call. I think Provolov has better upside but Theodore is ready to put up decent points this year, especially if Fowler ends up getting dealt for a forward.
Jeff 2016-08-15 at 13:47Log in to Reply

Masin anywhere on there? I think he is better than Bear among others..
R McGinnis 2016-08-22 at 12:59Log in to Reply

Stecher is a better NHL prospect than Subban for Vancouver. I’d be tempted to put Stecher in Subban’s spot, Subban in Larsen’s spot and drop Larsen from consideration since he’s not really a prospect.
- audiopile 2016-09-01 at 15:12Log in to Reply
  
  Forsling was traded to the Hawks.
Julien 2016-09-11 at 19:08Log in to Reply

Travis Dermott seem to be a really good 2 way defensemen with a nice offensive touch. Can he climb the ranking ? Do he deserved to be in this list like juulsen, Bear, Larsen etc. And more important, do you guys think he can be a dominant player at the NHL level?!
- Dobber 2016-09-11 at 20:03Log in to Reply
  
  Dermott is 59th, he’ll move up, give him time

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 19 - 19:12	T.B	vs	STL
Dec 19 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	N.J
Dec 19 - 19:12	PHI	vs	L.A
Dec 19 - 20:12	NSH	vs	PIT
Dec 19 - 20:12	CHI	vs	SEA
Dec 19 - 21:12	EDM	vs	BOS
Dec 19 - 21:12	CGY	vs	OTT
Dec 19 - 22:12	VGK	vs	VAN
Dec 19 - 22:12	S.J	vs	COL