Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – July 2021
Dobber
2021-07-12
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – July edition!
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Due to work on the Prospects Report this list has been fully reviewed and audited with a thoroughness that it only gets once per year. Next month, the 2021 draftees will be added, so for some of these prospects their spot on the list may be short lived.
Players ranked within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal preference/team needs. Click any player name to be taken to his scouting profile.
Graduated this month: Jake Bean, CAR (12), Erik Brannstrom, OTT (3), Juuso Valimaki, CGY (5)
| Jul | Prospect | Team | Type | Rating | Jun | May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | RD | 74.8 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Bowen Byram | COL | LD | 70.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | RD | 68.9 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Calen Addison | MIN | RD | 64.2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | RD | 62.0 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | RD | 57.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | LD | 55.9 | 13 | 12 |
| 8 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | RD | 55.0 | 10 | 13 |
| 9 | Scott Perunovich | STL | LD | 54.5 | 9 | 11 |
| 10 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | LD | 52.7 | 11 | 14 |
| 11 | Cameron York | PHI | LD | 51.9 | 25 | 28 |
| 12 | Moritz Seider | DET | RD | 49.2 | 15 | 17 |
| 13 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | LD | 48.6 | 16 | 18 |
| 14 | David Farrance | NSH | LD | 48.5 | 20 | 22 |
| 15 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 47.0 | 14 | 16 |
| 16 | Thomas Harley | DAL | LD | 46.8 | 17 | 19 |
| 17 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | LD | 46.0 | 32 | 36 |
| 18 | Conor Timmins | COL | RD | 45.6 | 18 | 20 |
| 19 | Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | LD | 45.0 | 19 | 26 |
| 20 | Kale Clague | LAK | LD | 44.9 | 21 | 24 |
| 21 | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | LD | 41.0 | 23 | 25 |
| 22 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | RD | 40.6 | 24 | 21 |
| 23 | Josh Mahura | ANA | LD | 38.9 | 28 | 31 |
| 24 | Kaiden Guhle | MON | LD | 38.1 | 51 | 53 |
| 25 | Bode Wilde | NYI | RD | 38.0 | 29 | 32 |
| 26 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | RD | 38.0 | 27 | 30 |
| 27 | Mattias Samuelsson | BUF | LD | 37.2 | 31 | 34 |
| 28 | Cal Foote | TBL | RD | 37.0 | 30 | 33 |
| 29 | Robin Salo | NYI | LD | 35.8 | 63 | 68 |
| 30 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | LD | 34.7 | 36 | 39 |
| 31 | Max Gildon | FLA | LD | 34.3 | 35 | 38 |
| 32 | Logan Stanley | WPG | LD | 34.3 | 60 | 144 |
| 33 | Mattias Norlinder | MON | LD | 33.8 | 62 | 65 |
| 34 | Philip Broberg | EDM | LD | 33.2 | 38 | 41 |
| 35 | Dylan Coghlan | VGK | RD | 32.9 | 40 | 43 |
| 36 | Tobias Bjornfot | LAK | LD | 32.0 | 44 | 48 |
| 37 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | LD | 31.8 | 22 | 27 |
| 38 | Kyle Capobianco | ARI | LD | 31.6 | 43 | 47 |
| 39 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | RD | 31.4 | 26 | 29 |
| 40 | Dylan Samberg | WPG | LD | 31.1 | 45 | 49 |
| 41 | Lucas Carlsson | FLA | LD | 30.9 | 46 | 110 |
| 42 | Reilly Walsh | NJD | RD | 30.9 | 61 | 64 |
| 43 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | LD | 30.4 | 33 | 37 |
| 44 | Zachary Jones | NYR | LD | 30.3 | 48 | 63 |
| 45 | Joey Keane | CAR | RD | 30.2 | 41 | 44 |
| 46 | Axel Andersson | ANA | RD | 29.0 | 52 | 54 |
| 47 | Jett Woo | VAN | RD | 28.8 | 59 | 62 |
| 48 | Jordan Harris | MON | LD | 28.6 | 72 | 73 |
| 49 | Jared McIsaac | DET | LD | 28.4 | 37 | 40 |
| 50 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 28.4 | 193 | 196 |
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