The Top 50 Prospect Defensemen to own in fantasy hockey, June edition. Provorov rules, Zaitsev debuts, Graves emerges…

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 – June 2016 – can be found here.

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Jun 10	Prospect	Team	age	type	Prospect Rating	May 10
1	Ivan Provorov	PHI	19	d	67.238	5
2	Anthony DeAngelo	TBL	20	d	66.705	4
3	Shea Theodore	ANA	21	d	64.519	2
4	Ryan Pulock	NYI	21	d	61.042	8
5	Derrick Pouliot	PIT	22	d	60.879	6
6	Connor Carrick	TOR	22	d	58.669	13
7	Zach Werenski	CBJ	19	d	58.424	9
8	Julius Honka	DAL	20	d	58.093	10
9	Colin Miller	BOS	22	d	57.137	11
10	Nikita Zadorov	COL	21	d	57.126	12
11	Jake McCabe	BUF	22	d	56.381	14
12	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	25	d	56.249	NR
13	Mike Matheson	FLA	22	d	56.146	22
14	Joshua Morrissey	WPG	21	d	54.999	15
15	Madison Bowey	WAS	21	d	54.942	16
16	Thomas Chabot	OTT	19	d	54.289	17
17	Brandon Montour	ANA	22	d	54.153	18
18	Travis Sanheim	PHI	20	d	53.374	19
19	Slater Koekkoek	TBL	22	d	52.57	36
20	Jakub Zboril	BOS	19	d	52.236	20
21	Esa Lindell	DAL	22	d	51.97	21
22	Ryan Graves	NYR	21	d	51.304	102
23	Mike Reilly	MIN	23	d	51.013	23
24	Joe Morrow	BOS	23	d	50.818	24
25	Noah Juulsen	MON	19	d	50.276	25
26	Ville Pokka	CHI	22	d	49.958	26
27	Jordan Subban	VAN	21	d	49.705	27
28	Haydn Fleury	CAR	20	d	47.763	29
29	Jacob Larsson	ANA	19	d	47.716	30
30	Chris Bigras	COL	21	d	46.252	33
31	Jack Dougherty	NSH	20	d	46.134	55
32	Mirco Mueller	SJS	20	d	46.123	34
33	Jeremy Roy	SJS	19	d	45.915	35
34	Jake Walman	STL	20	d	45.637	37
35	Samuel Morin	PHI	21	d	45.388	39
36	Brady Skjei	NYR	22	d	45.23	40
37	Roland McKeown	CAR	20	d	45.017	42
38	Xavier Ouellet	DET	23	d	44.753	43
39	Ethan Bear	EDM	19	d	44.584	88
40	Griffin Reinhart	EDM	22	d	44.565	44
41	Will Butcher	COL	21	d	44.288	46
42	Philip Larsen	VAN	27	d	44.167	47
43	Niklas Hansson	DAL	21	d	43.58	51
44	Adam Clendening	EDM	23	d	43.418	52
45	Brendan Guhle	BUF	19	d	43.388	53
46	Ryan Sproul	DET	23	d	43.164	54
47	Gabriel Carlsson	CBJ	19	d	43.069	56
48	Christian Folin	MIN	26	d	43.018	58
49	Oliver Kylington	CGY	19	d	42.833	59
50	Travis Dermott	TOR	19	d	42.75	38

Graduated defensemen from the prospects list this month:

Parayko	Colton
Gostisbehere	Shayne
Nurse	Darnell
Slavin	Jaccob
Pysyk	Mark
Murphy	Ryan
Wideman	Chris
Pesce	Brett
Davidson	Brandon

9 Comments

Oilking79 2016-06-14 at 07:50Log in to Reply

Hi Dobbs was wondering if/where Michal Kempny Chi would fit in here. In a very deep league and was looking at maybe Graves Instead, thnx
- Dobber Sports 2016-06-14 at 09:21Log in to Reply
  
  Kempny is an insurance policy in the event that Pokka is not yet ready. If Pokka bombs training camp, then Kempny might be a No.4 or 5 guy this year. Not close to Graves in fantasy value
Randy Wright 2016-06-14 at 11:41Log in to Reply

Surprised that Rasmus Andersson isn’t on the list, but Kylington is?
- Dobber Sports 2016-06-14 at 14:16Log in to Reply
  
  Rasmus is 60th. Kylington is 49th. And the difference in their rating is 1.1 points – pretty much equal value. Rasmus a little more ‘certain’, Kylington a little higher ‘upside’, and both players are several years off.
Mark 2016-06-16 at 17:47Log in to Reply

Is this list related just to their offensive potential, or does it include their defensive play and peripherals? When will Derrick Pouliot get a shot? Does he need to be traded (my Oilers would love him) or for Letang to suffer a long-term injury? Thanks.
- Dobber 2016-06-17 at 09:27Log in to Reply
  
  I wish I knew. I own him and am contemplating trading him. There’s a bit of a risk suddenly. I’ll wait to see what happens with Schultz and if they re-sign him (at a pay cut)
  - Mark 2016-06-17 at 18:22Log in to Reply
    
    I’ve picked Schultz in several 1-year leagues and I’ve been burned big time, especially since they count +/-. Good example of someone overestimating a player for fantasy because they play for your favourite team. He’s not the only Oiler to do so, because I keep thinking that this is “the year”.
    So, is the ranking points-only or multi-cat? Thanks.
Big Ulf 2016-07-12 at 12:58Log in to Reply

What do you think of Kylington? Any chance to play a meaningful role next year on Calgary’s D?
- Dobber 2016-07-12 at 13:02Log in to Reply
  
  That won’t happen next year, I’d bet good money on that