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

The first of my two annual audits are complete. This one has me going through every prospect in every system and see how they are doing, what their organization is saying about them, and taking a look at highlights. The second one will be in July, after the DobberProspects staff and I do another thorough review for the Fantasy Prospects Report (on sale in early May, available in mid-June).

Lots of movement this time. Huge movement. I graduated 30 players, including eight defensemen, so that alone moves the players that are lower on this list up eights spots. If they didn’t, then you know they didn’t perform as well as they could have and could almost be considered having ‘slipped’ despite moving up a few slots.

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As always, players rated between +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and you will need to determine whether you value lower upside but more immediate help versus higher upside and more risk/longer wait time.

The following players graduated this month:

Tobias Bjornfot
Sebastian Aho (NYI)
Sean Durzi
Timothy Liljegren
Alexandre Carrier
Cal Foote
Andrew Peeke
Gustav Lindstrom

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Apr	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Mar	Feb
1	Bowen Byram	COL	LD	72.8	1	1
2	Scott Perunovich	STL	LD	71.3	2	2
3	Jake Sanderson	OTT	LD	63.0	15	15
4	Calen Addison	MIN	RD	62.6	4	5
5	Owen Power	BUF	LD	60.5	3	3
6	Ryan Merkley	SJS	RD	58.5	6	6
7	Braden Schneider	NYR	RD	56.0	8	14
8	Kaiden Guhle	MON	LD	55.6	13	12
9	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	LD	55.4	11	10
10	Nils Lundkvist	NYR	RD	54.5	5	4
11	Cameron York	PHI	LD	53.0	14	13
12	Brandt Clarke	LAK	RD	52.5	17	17
13	Victor Soderstrom	ARI	RD	52.2	7	7
14	Justin Barron	MON	RD	49.7	28	29
15	Luke Hughes	NJD	LD	48.1	9	8
16	Ville Heinola	WPG	LD	48.1	10	9
17	Jordan Spence	LAK	RD	45.3	44	43
18	Simon Edvinsson	DET	LD	44.6	49	48
19	Jack Rathbone	VAN	LD	44.1	25	25
20	Philip Broberg	EDM	LD	43.3	23	23
21	Ian Mitchell	CHI	RD	40.0	27	27
22	Zachary Jones	NYR	LD	39.4	26	26
23	Robin Salo	NYI	LD	38.8	24	24
24	Thomas Harley	DAL	LD	38.7	16	16
25	Mattias Samuelsson	BUF	LD	38.5	22	22
26	Janis Moser	ARI	LD	38.5	21	21
27	Carson Lambos	MIN	LD	36.2	72	70
28	Yegor Zamula	PHI	LD	35.6	33	33
29	Wyatt Kalynuk	CHI	LD	35.2	19	19
30	Josh Mahura	ANA	LD	35.1	29	30
31	Scott Morrow	CAR	RD	34.7	30	113
32	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	34.7	43	42
33	Olen Zellweger	ANA	LD	34.5	32	94
34	Ryker Evans	SEA	LD	34.3	99	99
35	Reilly Walsh	NJD	RD	34.1	35	34
36	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	LD	34.0	Grad	Grad
37	Alec Regula	CHI	RD	34.0	36	35
38	Dylan Samberg	WPG	LD	33.9	46	46
39	Lassi Thomson	OTT	RD	33.7	37	36
40	David Farrance	NSH	LD	33.7	18	18
41	Lucas Carlsson	FLA	LD	33.5	38	37
42	Ronnie Attard	PHI	RD	33.3	82	79
43	Daniil Miromanov	VGK	RD	33.1	50	49
44	Conor Timmins	ARI	RD	31.9	41	28
45	Jake Christiansen	CBJ	LD	31.0	42	41
46	Jacob Bernard-Docker	OTT	RD	30.6	62	61
47	Josh Brook	MON	RD	30.2	67	65
48	Jeremie Poirier	CGY	LD	30.1	78	76
49	Mason Lohrei	BOS	LD	30.0	58	68
50	Nicolas Beaudin	CHI	LD	30.0	45	44

4 Comments

Eric Sheldon 2022-04-14 at 10:13Log in to Reply

What are the requirements/definitions of a prospect and when does one “graduate”
- Dobber 2022-04-14 at 13:21Log in to Reply
  
  No criteria, just when I decide they have near-0% chance of ever being sent down again. There is no harm in keeping prospects on the list a couple extra months.
Michel Rubino 2022-04-15 at 08:18Log in to Reply

Hi, just trying to understand why Josh Brook is still on the list. Two desastrous seasons and they sent him to the Trois-Riviere Lions recently. Without considering the other teams , the habs have the 3 better prospect D than him that are not on the list.
- Dobber 2022-04-18 at 12:41Log in to Reply
  
  The two d-men you refer to have a rating of 28 and 27, so practically equal. Brook is higher because he’s a year older. Last season wasn’t disastrous, but this season I do agree. I will adjust him downward.