Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league. January edition

As always, players within +/- 5.0 ratings points should be considered about equal value and at that point would depend on personal preference and team needs. Taken into account includes: wait time, NHL certainty, upside, the depth chart of the franchise. To see the list of top forwards, click here.

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Jan 10	Prospect	Team	age	type	Dec 10	Nov 10
1	Shea Theodore	VGK	d	67.4	4	3
2	Samuel Girard	COL	d	67.3	7	5
3	Will Butcher	NJD	d	63.1	5	8
4	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	d	63.0	6	11
5	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	d	62.1	8	6
6	Thomas Chabot	OTT	d	61.7	9	9
7	Anthony DeAngelo	NYR	d	61.4	10	7
8	Julius Honka	DAL	d	60.9	11	10
9	Ryan Pulock	NYI	d	60.8	13	13
10	Erik Brannstrom	VGK	d	60.4	12	12
11	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	d	57.6	14	14
12	Cale Makar	COL	d	57.3	17	18
13	Travis Sanheim	PHI	d	56.6	15	16
14	Victor Mete	MON	d	56.3	16	17
15	Madison Bowey	WAS	d	55.2	18	15
16	Olli Juolevi	VAN	d	55.0	19	19
17	Gustav Forsling	CHI	d	53.9	20	20
18	Dante Fabbro	NSH	d	53.1	22	22
19	Vince Dunn	STL	d	52.9	23	23
20	Derrick Pouliot	VAN	d	52.7	24	24
21	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	d	52.6	25	27
22	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	d	51.7	26	29
23	Jake Walman	STL	d	51.2	27	21
24	Jan Rutta	CHI	d	51.1	21	25
25	Brendan Guhle	BUF	d	50.9	28	26
26	Noah Juulsen	MON	d	50.2	29	28
27	Henri Jokiharju	CHI	d	49.9	30	52
28	Jeremy Roy	SJS	d	49.0	31	30
29	Jake Bean	CAR	d	48.8	32	31
30	Christian Djoos	WAS	d	48.5	33	57
31	Oliver Kylington	CGY	d	48.5	34	32
32	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	d	48.4	35	33
33	Jacob Larsson	ANA	d	47.9	36	35
34	Travis Dermott	TOR	d	47.4	49	48
35	Dennis Cholowski	DET	d	47.3	37	36
36	Gabriel Carlsson	CBJ	d	46.8	38	37
37	Slater Koekkoek	TBL	d	45.9	39	39
38	Ethan Bear	EDM	d	45.8	40	42
39	Chad Krys	CHI	d	45.6	41	79
40	Ryan Graves	NYR	d	45.6	42	34
41	Conor Timmins	COL	d	45.6	57	NR
42	Vili Saarijarvi	DET	d	44.7	43	41
43	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	ARI	d	44.5	44	45
44	Jakub Zboril	BOS	d	44.2	45	38
45	Sean Day	NYR	d	44.2	46	46
46	Nicolas Hague	VGK	d	44.2	47	47
47	Adam Fox	CGY	d	44.2	66	80
48	Kyle Wood	ARI	d	44.1	48	40
49	Philippe Myers	PHI	d	43.9	50	49
50	Kale Clague	LAK	d	43.8	51	50

3 Comments

riseabove17 2018-01-12 at 10:01Log in to Reply

The record run of Joe Morrow being on this list is over? :(
Anthony Young 2018-01-13 at 09:10Log in to Reply

Which player would you grab if you can select only one:
Guhle, Jokiharju, Bear, Tmmins, Hague, Fox or Clague? (most of the others on the list are already owned)

I must mention that I can sit on that player for many years as I don’t need him to contribute too quickly, so I want the higher upside. I would tend to lean towards Timmins or Fox.

Thanks alot and keep on the good work, it is really appreciated to read you guys
- Brad Phillips 2018-01-13 at 18:37Log in to Reply
  
  For me, I’d take Fox. I think he has as high an upside as anyone on the list.

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Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – January 2018

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2018-01-12

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