Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – March 2017

Dobber

2017-03-17

The Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in fantasy hockey, March edition.

This month I did a full and thorough audit, as I do every four or five months. The list takes into account upside, likelihood, wait time, team depth, and organizational status. This month's graduates can be found at the bottom…

You can check out the Top 200 prospect forwards (posted yesterday) right here. As always, ratings within plus or minus 5.0 are considered equal value and at that point would depend on your needs, your mood, and your 'gut'.

Mar 10	Prospect	Team	age	type	Feb 10	Jan 10
1	Shea Theodore	ANA	d	63.0	1	1
2	Thomas Chabot	OTT	d	61.7	8	8
3	Mike Matheson	FLA	d	61.2	2	2
4	Julius Honka	DAL	d	60.4	4	4
5	Mikhail Sergachev	MON	d	60.3	5	5
6	Anthony DeAngelo	ARI	d	59.1	7	7
7	Ryan Pulock	NYI	d	58.3	6	6
8	Brandon Montour	ANA	d	57.2	16	15
9	Connor Carrick	TOR	d	57.1	9	9
10	Esa Lindell	DAL	d	56.4	11	21
11	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	d	56.3	12	12
12	Joshua Morrissey	WPG	d	56.2	14	11
13	Madison Bowey	WAS	d	56.1	13	13
14	Travis Sanheim	PHI	d	55.6	17	17
15	Gustav Forsling	CHI	d	54.6	10	10
16	Olli Juolevi	VAN	d	53.7	18	18
17	Derrick Pouliot	PIT	d	51.7	20	20
18	Ryan Graves	NYR	d	51.2	15	14
19	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	d	50.2	30	31
20	Troy Stecher	VAN	d	50.0	22	26
21	Slater Koekkoek	TBL	d	49.1	21	22
22	Jacob Larsson	ANA	d	48.7	24	25
23	Noah Juulsen	MON	d	48.7	31	29
24	Jake Walman	STL	d	48.3	25	27
25	Mike Reilly	MIN	d	47.7	28	23
26	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	d	47.7	29	30
27	Oliver Kylington	CGY	d	47.6	40	41
28	Joe Morrow	BOS	d	46.8	33	34
29	Jakub Zboril	BOS	d	46.0	32	33
30	Jeremy Roy	SJS	d	45.9	35	36
31	Jake Bean	CAR	d	45.7	37	38
32	Ryan Sproul	DET	d	45.3	39	40
33	Jordan Subban	VAN	d	45.2	23	24
34	Ville Pokka	CHI	d	44.6	27	28
35	Ethan Bear	EDM	d	44.6	41	42
36	Dennis Cholowski	DET	d	44.5	38	39
37	Will Butcher	COL	d	44.3	43	44
38	Chris Bigras	COL	d	44.0	44	45
39	Dante Fabbro	NSH	d	43.9	62	61
40	Philippe Myers	PHI	d	43.9	194	196
41	Parker Wotherspoon	NYI	d	43.8	47	48
42	Luc Snuggerud	CHI	d	43.6	131	132
43	Michal Kempny	CHI	d	43.5	48	49
44	Samuel Morin	PHI	d	43.5	61	43
45	Brendan Guhle	BUF	d	43.4	49	50
46	Adam Pelech	NYI	d	43.3	50	51
47	Kyle Wood	ARI	d	43.3	51	69
48	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	d	43.2	36	37
49	Samuel Girard	NSH	d	43.0	55	55
50	Mackenzie Weegar	FLA	d	42.9	97	99

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This month's graduates:

Adam Clendening
Brandon Carlo
Colin Miller
Derek Forbort
Dylan DeMelo
Nikita Zaitsev
Philip Larsen
Xavier Ouellet

SB M 2017-03-17 at 08:08Log in to Reply

I don’t really understand why this site remains so high on Matheson. He seems like a candidate to be a solid player but never really post the kind of point totals that make a defenceman a difference maker for fantasy. Aren’t guys like Pulock and DeAngelo much more likely to become fantasy relevant?
- Dobber 2017-03-17 at 08:21Log in to Reply
  
  He’ll be good. Last year at the Worlds he led Canada D in scoring. This year as a 30-pt guy with no PP time is impressive.
  DeAngelo a wild card, but is rated equal on this list – remember that +/-5.0 rating points are considered equal value. Pulock too. Equal
  - SB M 2017-03-17 at 08:24Log in to Reply
    
    Thanks for your comment. The reminder on the +/- 5 thing is helpful so I don’t read too much into it. He’s not getting 30 points this year though, he’s at 15 pts thru 68 games. Maybe next year.
    - Dobber 2017-03-17 at 11:29Log in to Reply
      
      You’re right, I hadn’t checked in on him in a month or two, his pace has fallen off. I’m still not worried
Geoffrey Yas Guthe 2017-03-17 at 11:12Log in to Reply

Curious about when Adam Fox will get recognized
- Dobber 2017-03-17 at 11:30Log in to Reply
  
  He’s on the cusp – I have him 58th, 3.5 years away
Mathieu 2017-03-17 at 12:28Log in to Reply

Out of curiosity, where would you rank Dante Fabbro if he was owned by a team that actually needs a defenseman? Being a Predators, he stands at the end of a pretty long waiting line, but say we put that aside…
- Dobber 2017-03-19 at 10:58Log in to Reply
  
  On another team he’d sit around 20th right now I’m guessing
Brad Phillips 2017-03-18 at 16:04Log in to Reply

Curious to know where Toews and Djoos are on the list.
- Dobber 2017-03-19 at 10:57Log in to Reply
  
  Toews is 51. Djoos is 71
  
  Keep in mind too, that the rating difference between 50th and 110th is 5.0 – practically equal value. Similar to the difference between 19th and 33rd for example. The best of the group stands tall with fewer peers…and then you have this large group of guys in the next group – and a bigger group of guys in the tier below that.
Jerry 2017-04-20 at 01:06Log in to Reply

Where does McAvoy jump up to = 3? 2? 1?

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 05 - 19:11	CAR	vs	PHI
Nov 05 - 19:11	MTL	vs	CGY
Nov 05 - 19:11	BUF	vs	OTT
Nov 05 - 19:11	TOR	vs	BOS
Nov 05 - 19:11	NYI	vs	PIT
Nov 05 - 20:11	MIN	vs	L.A
Nov 05 - 20:11	STL	vs	T.B
Nov 05 - 20:11	WPG	vs	UTA
Nov 05 - 21:11	COL	vs	SEA
Nov 05 - 22:11	ANA	vs	VAN
Nov 05 - 22:11	S.J	vs	CBJ