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.

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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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HOT PLAYERS

Players	Team	GP	G	A	P
EVGENI MALKIN	PIT	5	4	7	11
ADAM FOX	NYR	4	1	6	7
JAKUB VORACEK	PHI	6	0	10	10
NATHAN MACKINNON	COL	5	2	6	8
MIKA ZIBANEJAD	NYR	29	25	19	44
NIKITA KUCHEROV	T.B	24	16	20	36
KEVIN FIALA	MIN	11	9	7	16
EVANDER KANE	S.J	7	5	5	10
KYLE CONNOR	WPG	7	8	2	10
RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS	EDM	17	8	16	24