Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – July edition!

As always, players within +/-5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of your team’s needs or personal preference.

Get detailed, thorough analysis of all these players in the latest Fantasy Prospects Report (14th annual edition). Just released, it breaks down outlook, upside, likely production, likelihood of success and wait time of over 400 NHL drafted prospects, plus an additional 100 draftees from the upcoming NHL Draft. Pick it up here for an immediate download!

Click any player name to be taken to his fantasy scouting profile over at DobberProspects.

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This month’s Graduates:

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Steel Sam ANA
Milano Sonny ANA
Jones Max ANA
Bjork Anders BOS
Kylington Oliver CGY
Necas Martin CAR
Dach Kirby CHI
Nylander Alexander CHI
Zadina Filip DET
Timashov Dmytro DET
Cholowski Dennis DET
Jones Caleb EDM
Lizotte Blake LAK
Prokhorkin Nikolai LAK
Fabbro Dante NSH
Myers Philippe PHI
Lafferty Sam PIT
Ferraro Mario SJS
Appleton Mason WPG

July	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	May	Apr
1	Adam Boqvist	CHI	d	75.5	1	1
2	Noah Dobson	NYI	d	70.7	2	2
3	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	d	70.4	3	3
4	Evan Bouchard	EDM	d	67.6	4	4
5	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	d	62.1	5	5
6	Bowen Byram	COL	d	60.4	7	7
7	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	d	58.5	6	6
8	Nils Lundkvist	NYR	d	56.4	19	19
9	K’Andre Miller	NYR	d	55.3	24	24
10	Scott Perunovich	STL	d	54.5	8	8
11	Victor Soderstrom	ARI	d	53.9	22	21
12	Ryan Merkley	SJS	d	52.9	18	18
13	Ty Smith	NJD	d	52.0	13	13
14	Ville Heinola	WPG	d	49.4	28	28
15	Alexander Romanov	MON	d	48.1	11	11
16	Thomas Harley	DAL	d	47.7	12	22
17	Moritz Seider	DET	d	47.7	15	15
18	Calen Addison	MIN	d	46.8	17	17
19	Kale Clague	LAK	d	46.8	20	12
20	Conor Timmins	COL	d	46.5	16	16
21	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	d	45.2	26	26
22	Bode Wilde	NYI	d	44.6	29	29
23	Sami Niku	WPG	d	44.5	25	25
24	Alexander Alexeyev	WAS	d	43.8	21	20
25	Ian Mitchell	CHI	d	43.6	27	27
26	Brogan Rafferty	VAN	d	41.6	31	31
27	Nicolas Hague	VGK	d	40.6	30	30
28	Josh Mahura	ANA	d	40.4	36	36
29	Jake Bean	CAR	d	40.0	32	32
30	Brendan Guhle	ANA	d	38.7	35	35
31	Brennan Menell	MIN	d	37.9	47	46
32	David Farrance	NSH	d	37.6	51	51
33	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	d	37.5	23	23
34	Kyle Capobianco	ARI	d	37.5	39	39
35	Olli Juolevi	VAN	d	36.1	40	40
36	Mikko Lehtonen	TOR	d	35.8	NR	NR
37	Yegor Zamula	PHI	d	35.7	42	42
38	Lassi Thomson	OTT	d	34.6	52	53
39	Max Gildon	FLA	d	33.7	44	52
40	Cal Foote	TBL	d	33.1	45	44
41	Jared McIsaac	DET	d	32.3	48	47
42	Dylan Samberg	WPG	d	32.1	49	48
43	Joey Keane	CAR	d	32.1	56	56
44	Nicolas Beaudin	CHI	d	32.1	34	34
45	Josh Brook	MON	d	32.0	50	49
46	Christian Wolanin	OTT	d	31.7	62	61
47	Jack Ahcan	BOS	d	31.0	46	45
48	Andrew Peeke	CBJ	d	30.3	41	41
49	Jack Rathbone	VAN	d	30.0	91	91
50	Brinson Pasichnuk	SJS	d	29.3	53	NR

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 23 - 13:12	N.J	vs	NYR
Dec 23 - 14:12	TOR	vs	WPG
Dec 23 - 19:12	DET	vs	STL
Dec 23 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	MTL
Dec 23 - 19:12	BOS	vs	WSH
Dec 23 - 19:12	FLA	vs	T.B
Dec 23 - 19:12	PIT	vs	PHI
Dec 23 - 19:12	NYI	vs	BUF
Dec 23 - 20:12	NSH	vs	CAR
Dec 23 - 20:12	MIN	vs	CHI
Dec 23 - 21:12	UTA	vs	DAL
Dec 23 - 21:12	VAN	vs	S.J
Dec 23 - 22:12	VGK	vs	ANA