Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen
Dobber
2022-05-17
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – May edition!
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As always, players rated between +/-5.0 of each other should be considered equal. Click any player name to be taken to his scouting profile.
Only one player graduated this month – Bowen Byram.
| May | Prospect | Team | type | Prospect Rating | Apr | Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Perunovich | STL | LD | 71.6 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Calen Addison | MIN | RD | 64.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | LD | 63.0 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Owen Power | BUF | LD | 62.9 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | RD | 58.7 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Braden Schneider | NYR | RD | 57.0 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | Kaiden Guhle | MON | LD | 55.9 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | LD | 55.4 | 9 | 11 |
| 9 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | RD | 54.5 | 10 | 5 |
| 10 | Cameron York | PHI | LD | 53.1 | 11 | 14 |
| 11 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | RD | 52.5 | 12 | 17 |
| 12 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | RD | 52.2 | 13 | 7 |
| 13 | Justin Barron | MON | RD | 49.7 | 14 | 28 |
| 14 | Luke Hughes | NJD | LD | 48.1 | 15 | 9 |
| 15 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 48.1 | 16 | 10 |
| 16 | Jordan Spence | LAK | RD | 45.7 | 17 | 44 |
| 17 | Simon Edvinsson | DET | LD | 44.6 | 18 | 49 |
| 18 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | LD | 44.1 | 19 | 25 |
| 19 | Philip Broberg | EDM | LD | 43.4 | 20 | 23 |
| 20 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | RD | 40.0 | 21 | 27 |
| 21 | Zachary Jones | NYR | LD | 39.4 | 22 | 26 |
| 22 | Robin Salo | NYI | LD | 38.8 | 23 | 24 |
| 23 | Thomas Harley | DAL | LD | 38.7 | 24 | 16 |
| 24 | Janis Moser | ARI | LD | 38.6 | 26 | 21 |
| 25 | Mattias Samuelsson | BUF | LD | 38.5 | 25 | 22 |
| 26 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | LD | 37.5 | 33 | 32 |
| 27 | Carson Lambos | MIN | LD | 36.2 | 27 | 72 |
| 28 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | LD | 35.6 | 28 | 33 |
| 29 | Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | LD | 35.2 | 29 | 19 |
| 30 | Josh Mahura | ANA | LD | 35.1 | 30 | 29 |
| 31 | Scott Morrow | CAR | RD | 34.7 | 31 | 30 |
| 32 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 34.7 | 32 | 43 |
| 33 | Ryker Evans | SEA | LD | 34.3 | 34 | 99 |
| 34 | Reilly Walsh | NJD | RD | 34.1 | 35 | 35 |
| 35 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | LD | 34.0 | 36 | Grad |
| 36 | Alec Regula | CHI | RD | 34.0 | 37 | 36 |
| 37 | Dylan Samberg | WPG | LD | 33.9 | 38 | 46 |
| 38 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | RD | 33.7 | 39 | 37 |
| 39 | David Farrance | NSH | LD | 33.7 | 40 | 18 |
| 40 | Lucas Carlsson | FLA | LD | 33.5 | 41 | 38 |
| 41 | Ronnie Attard | PHI | RD | 33.3 | 42 | 82 |
| 42 | Daniil Miromanov | VGK | RD | 33.1 | 43 | 50 |
| 43 | Conor Timmins | ARI | RD | 31.9 | 44 | 41 |
| 44 | Jake Christiansen | CBJ | LD | 31.0 | 45 | 42 |
| 45 | Jacob Bernard-Docker | OTT | RD | 30.6 | 46 | 62 |
| 46 | Jeremie Poirier | CGY | LD | 30.1 | 48 | 78 |
| 47 | Mason Lohrei | BOS | LD | 30.0 | 49 | 58 |
| 48 | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | LD | 30.0 | 50 | 45 |
| 49 | Joey Keane | CAR | RD | 30.0 | 51 | 47 |
| 50 | Johannes Kinnvall | CGY | RD | 29.8 | 52 | 52 |
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