Here are the Top 50 prospect blueliners to own in your points-only fantasy hockey keeper league, February edition!

As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point would depend on your team needs (NHL-ready but lower upside, or several years away with high upside) and personal biases. The top forwards list was out Monday – click here. Click any name to be taken to their DobberProspects scouting profile.

Feb 10	Prospect	Team	age	type	Jan 10	Dec 10
1	Shea Theodore	VGK	d	67.4	1	4
2	Samuel Girard	COL	d	67.3	2	7
3	Will Butcher	NJD	d	63.2	3	5
4	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	d	63.0	4	6
5	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	d	62.1	5	8
6	Thomas Chabot	OTT	d	61.7	6	9
7	Ryan Pulock	NYI	d	61.6	9	13
8	Julius Honka	DAL	d	60.9	8	11
9	Cale Makar	COL	d	58.6	12	17
10	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	d	58.0	11	14
11	Erik Brannstrom	VGK	d	57.9	10	12
12	Anthony DeAngelo	NYR	d	57.9	7	10
13	Travis Sanheim	PHI	d	56.6	13	15
14	Victor Mete	MON	d	56.3	14	16
15	Madison Bowey	WAS	d	55.2	15	18
16	Olli Juolevi	VAN	d	55.0	16	19
17	Gustav Forsling	CHI	d	53.3	17	20
18	Dante Fabbro	NSH	d	53.1	18	22
19	Vince Dunn	STL	d	52.9	19	23
20	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	d	52.6	21	25
21	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	d	51.7	22	26
22	Jake Walman	STL	d	51.2	23	27
23	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	d	51.0	32	35
24	Brendan Guhle	BUF	d	50.9	25	28
25	Jan Rutta	CHI	d	50.5	24	21
26	Noah Juulsen	MON	d	50.2	26	29
27	Henri Jokiharju	CHI	d	49.9	27	30
28	Jeremy Roy	SJS	d	49.0	28	31
29	Jake Bean	CAR	d	48.8	29	32
30	Christian Djoos	WAS	d	48.5	30	33
31	Oliver Kylington	CGY	d	48.5	31	34
32	Travis Dermott	TOR	d	47.8	34	49
33	Dennis Cholowski	DET	d	47.3	35	37
34	Adam Fox	CGY	d	46.8	47	66
35	Derrick Pouliot	VAN	d	46.8	20	24
36	Gabriel Carlsson	CBJ	d	46.8	36	38
37	Conor Timmins	COL	d	46.1	41	57
38	Slater Koekkoek	TBL	d	45.9	37	39
39	Ethan Bear	EDM	d	45.8	38	40
40	Chad Krys	CHI	d	45.6	39	41
41	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	ARI	d	45.6	43	44
42	Jacob Larsson	ANA	d	45.5	33	36
43	Cal Foote	TBL	d	45.3	58	59
44	Vili Saarijarvi	DET	d	44.7	42	43
45	Ian Mitchell	CHI	d	44.5	102	104
46	Philippe Myers	PHI	d	44.4	49	50
47	Kale Clague	LAK	d	44.4	50	51
48	Jakub Zboril	BOS	d	44.2	44	45
49	Sean Day	NYR	d	44.2	45	46
50	Nicolas Hague	VGK	d	44.2	46	47

8 Comments

François-Xavier Ringuet 2018-02-15 at 12:27Log in to Reply

Is there a reason why Filip Hronek is still not part of the top 50?

-2nd in AHL for points by rookie defenceman (10th in all D)
-Carries on much more offence then Saarijarvi in the same team, while being 1 year younger.
-Best +- in his team by far. (+21)
-Is in an organisation where he can quickly climb on the depth chart and will maybe get a call-up this year.

Is it something in his game that I did not notice because, from my point of view, he looks like a steal in the 2nd round of the 2016 draft.
- Dobber 2018-02-15 at 12:59Log in to Reply
  
  He’s 79th, thanks for bringing it to my attention
  - Fernando Javier 2018-02-15 at 17:38Log in to Reply
    
    You’re welcome. Thank you for sharing this list!
disqus_Aj3sWwR6nq 2018-02-16 at 12:52Log in to Reply

*Sees no MIN D in your top 50* *Understands why and leaves*
- Dobber 2018-02-16 at 14:41Log in to Reply
  
  haha
  Yeah, no one elite. They have three in the Top 80 but zero in the Top 60
Michael 2018-02-21 at 13:07Log in to Reply

Just curious, on the Prospects Rankings Theodore is 4.2 points higher than Butcher but on the Keeper Rankings Butcher is 11.4 points higher than Theodore.

How should I read this?
- Dobber 2018-02-21 at 13:41Log in to Reply
  
  Butcher is helping more right now, and immediacy has more weight in the full keeper rankings and less weight in these ones
Dzingel Bells 2018-03-07 at 15:40Log in to Reply

I read your stuff all the time man, keep up the good work! My fantasy keeper Squad sends its regards *tips hat*

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