Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – February 2022
Dobber
2022-02-16
Here are the top 50 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – February edition!
As always, players ranked between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal bias or team need.
Don’t forget, you can check out all of our rankings going back over a decade in this section here.
Click any player name to be taken to his DobberProspects fantasy scouting page.
Graduating this month:
Evan Bouchard
Jamie Drysdale
Jacob Bryson
Martin Fehervary
| Feb | Prospect | Team | type | Prospect Rating | Jan | Dec |
| 1 | Bowen Byram | COL | LD | 71.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Scott Perunovich | STL | LD | 68.8 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Owen Power | BUF | LD | 59.6 | 13 | 15 |
| 4 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | RD | 59.1 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Calen Addison | MIN | RD | 58.9 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | RD | 54.8 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | RD | 52.3 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Luke Hughes | NJD | LD | 48.1 | 10 | 11 |
| 9 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 48.1 | 11 | 12 |
| 10 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | LD | 47.9 | 12 | 14 |
| 11 | Sean Durzi | LAK | RD | 45.8 | 17 | 18 |
| 12 | Kaiden Guhle | MON | LD | 45.3 | 14 | 16 |
| 13 | Cameron York | PHI | LD | 44.8 | 9 | 10 |
| 14 | Braden Schneider | NYR | RD | 41.6 | 45 | 46 |
| 15 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | LD | 41.4 | 29 | 31 |
| 16 | Thomas Harley | DAL | LD | 41.3 | 15 | 13 |
| 17 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | RD | 40.4 | 22 | 23 |
| 18 | David Farrance | NSH | LD | 39.3 | 19 | 20 |
| 19 | Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | LD | 39.2 | 16 | 17 |
| 20 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | RD | 39.0 | 34 | 35 |
| 21 | Janis Moser | ARI | LD | 38.5 | 46 | 79 |
| 22 | Mattias Samuelsson | BUF | LD | 38.4 | 23 | 24 |
| 23 | Philip Broberg | EDM | LD | 38.3 | 24 | 25 |
| 24 | Robin Salo | NYI | LD | 38.2 | 25 | 26 |
| 25 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | LD | 38.1 | 18 | 19 |
| 26 | Zachary Jones | NYR | LD | 37.1 | 36 | 37 |
| 27 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | RD | 36.6 | 33 | 29 |
| 28 | Conor Timmins | ARI | RD | 35.3 | 21 | 22 |
| 29 | Justin Barron | COL | RD | 35.2 | 35 | 36 |
| 30 | Josh Mahura | ANA | LD | 35.1 | 27 | 28 |
| 31 | Mattias Norlinder | MON | LD | 34.7 | 26 | 27 |
| 32 | Kale Clague | MON | LD | 34.5 | 20 | 21 |
| 33 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | LD | 34.4 | 30 | 32 |
| 34 | Reilly Walsh | NJD | RD | 34.1 | 37 | 38 |
| 35 | Alec Regula | CHI | RD | 34.0 | 85 | 85 |
| 36 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | RD | 33.8 | 38 | 39 |
| 37 | Lucas Carlsson | FLA | LD | 33.5 | 39 | 42 |
| 38 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | LD | 33.1 | 31 | 33 |
| 39 | Tobias Bjornfot | LAK | LD | 33.1 | 40 | 40 |
| 40 | Joey Keane | CAR | RD | 32.9 | 41 | 41 |
| 41 | Jake Christiansen | CBJ | LD | 31.0 | 43 | 44 |
| 42 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 31.0 | 49 | 50 |
| 43 | Jordan Spence | LAK | RD | 30.8 | 61 | 61 |
| 44 | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | LD | 30.8 | 28 | 30 |
| 45 | Alexandre Carrier | NSH | RD | 30.6 | 44 | 45 |
| 46 | Dylan Samberg | WPG | LD | 30.1 | 47 | 47 |
| 47 | Bode Wilde | NYI | RD | 29.8 | 42 | 43 |
| 48 | Simon Edvinsson | DET | LD | 29.8 | 48 | 48 |
| 49 | Daniil Miromanov | VGK | RD | 29.3 | 77 | 76 |
| 50 | Kaedan Korczak | VGK | RD | 29.2 | 50 | 51 |
Related Posts
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
| Players | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| RYAN LEONARD |
 WSH | |
| NAZEM KADRI |
 COL | |
| OWEN TIPPETT |
 PHI | |
| ROOPE HINTZ |
 DAL | |
| JOSH DOAN |
 BUF
| |
Top Goalie Profile Views
| Players | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| JAKUB DOBES |
 MTL | |
| JET GREAVES |
 CBJ | |
| KAREL VEJMELKA |
 UTA | |
| LINUS ULLMARK |
 OTT | |
| JESPER WALLSTEDT |
 MIN
| |
LINE COMBOS
| Frequency |
 VGK Players
| |
|---|---|---|
| 11.5 | COLE SMITH NIC DOWD BRAEDEN BOWMAN | |
| 11.0 | MARK STONE JACK EICHEL PAVEL DOROFEYEV | |
| 8.2 | REILLY SMITH COLTON SISSONS TOMAS HERTL | |
DobberHockey Podcasts
Keeping Karlsson: The 2026-27 Keeping Karlsson Breakfast Club
Don’t you forget about them! Elan and Brian remind you of at least one player on each NHL team whose name you might forget to consider at the draft table.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Tampa Bay Lightning with Erik Erlendsson
Erik Erlendsson joins the program to discuss the Tampa Bay Lightning. Jesse and Victor ask about pros Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel, Brandon Hagel, Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, Ilya Mikheyev, Gage Goncalves, Conor Geekie, Benjamin Rautiainen, John Carlson, Victor Hedman, Charle-Edouard D’Astous, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Jonas Johansson, and Dennis Hildeby. In Cat’s instincts, Cat Silverman of InGoal […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: New York Rangers with Colin Stephenson
Colin Stephenson joins the program to discuss the New York Rangers.
Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer Schedule Deep Dive
Elan is joined by the Keeping Karlsson Accountability Czar Trev to take a deep dive into the NHL schedule for next season and how it should affect our drafting decisions.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Carolina Hurricanes with Ryan Henkel
Ryan Henkel joins the program to discuss the Carolina Hurricanes. Jesse and Victor ask about pros Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis, Andrei Svechnikov, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jackson Blake, Logan Stankoven, Jordan Staal, Bradly Nadeau, Felix Unger Sorum, Shayne Gostisbehere, K’Andre Miller, Alexander Nikishin, Sean Walker, Brandon Bussi, and Pyotr Kochetkov. In Cat’s instincts, Cat Silverman of InGoal […]