Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – April 2018
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2018-04-18
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own your fantasy hockey keeper league – April edition!
Takes into account several aspects – each one is very important and how you prioritize them for your fantasy squad depends on your current needs (long-term, high upside or short-term, NHL-ready, lower ceiling). As always, two players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point comes down to team needs or personal preference. Below the chart are the prospects I have graduated over the past two months.
In case you missed it yesterday, click here to see the Top 200 fantasy prospect forwards. You'll also find a list of recent prospect graduates.
Click any player name to be taken to his scouting fantasy profile.
| Apr 10 | Prospect | Team | age | type | Mar 10 | Feb 10 |
| 1 | Samuel Girard | COL | d | 68.4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | d | 65.8 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | d | 65.8 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | d | 65.2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | d | 64.0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | d | 61.6 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | d | 61.2 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | Cale Makar | COL | d | 60.5 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Julius Honka | DAL | d | 59.8 | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | Anthony DeAngelo | NYR | d | 58.7 | 10 | 12 |
| 11 | Victor Mete | MON | d | 57.4 | 12 | 14 |
| 12 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | d | 57.3 | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | d | 56.6 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Madison Bowey | WAS | d | 55.5 | 14 | 15 |
| 15 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | d | 55.0 | 15 | 16 |
| 16 | Christian Djoos | WAS | d | 54.6 | 16 | 30 |
| 17 | Travis Dermott | TOR | d | 53.8 | 17 | 32 |
| 18 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | d | 53.4 | 18 | 20 |
| 19 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | d | 53.1 | 19 | 18 |
| 20 | Gustav Forsling | CHI | d | 53.0 | 20 | 17 |
| 21 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | d | 52.7 | 23 | 21 |
| 22 | Adam Fox | CGY | d | 52.4 | 21 | 34 |
| 23 | Kale Clague | LAK | d | 51.9 | 22 | 47 |
| 24 | Brendan Guhle | BUF | d | 51.9 | 25 | 24 |
| 25 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | d | 51.1 | 24 | 27 |
| 26 | Conor Timmins | COL | d | 50.8 | 26 | 37 |
| 27 | Noah Juulsen | MON | d | 50.2 | 27 | 26 |
| 28 | Jake Bean | CAR | d | 48.8 | 28 | 29 |
| 29 | Jeremy Roy | SJS | d | 48.8 | 29 | 28 |
| 30 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | ARI | d | 48.8 | 30 | 41 |
| 31 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | d | 48.5 | 31 | 31 |
| 32 | Libor Hajek | NYR | d | 47.9 | 32 | 72 |
| 33 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | d | 47.3 | 33 | 33 |
| 34 | Cal Foote | TBL | d | 46.4 | 34 | 43 |
| 35 | Jake Walman | STL | d | 46.0 | 35 | 22 |
| 36 | Ethan Bear | EDM | d | 45.8 | 36 | 39 |
| 37 | Gabriel Carlsson | CBJ | d | 45.8 | 37 | 36 |
| 38 | Filip Hronek | DET | d | 45.6 | 38 | 79 |
| 39 | Nicolas Hague | VGK | d | 45.3 | 39 | 50 |
| 40 | Kyle Capobianco | ARI | d | 45.3 | 40 | 52 |
| 41 | Sebastian Aho | NYI | d | 44.9 | 41 | 55 |
| 42 | Vili Saarijarvi | DET | d | 44.7 | 42 | 44 |
| 43 | Chad Krys | CHI | d | 44.5 | 43 | 40 |
| 44 | Jacob Larsson | ANA | d | 44.5 | 44 | 42 |
| 45 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | d | 44.5 | 45 | 45 |
| 46 | Sean Day | NYR | d | 44.2 | 46 | 49 |
| 47 | Devon Toews | NYI | d | 44.1 | 47 | 59 |
| 48 | Lucas Johansen | WAS | d | 43.9 | 48 | 84 |
| 49 | Philippe Myers | PHI | d | 43.3 | 49 | 46 |
| 50 | Joe Hicketts | DET | d | 43.0 | 51 | 56 |
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Aho still redirect’s to the forwards profile
Thanks, haha I wonder how may sites run into this problem?
No love for Pionk?
Around 65th
Where would Niku rank?
62nd and moving up quickly
Koekkoek?