Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen
Dobber
2022-08-18
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – August edition!
But first, out now – the 17th annual Fantasy Guide and Draft List! Already updated more than a dozen times, you can download it here.
As always, players ranked within +/-5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal value. Click any player name to be taken to his prospect scouting profile.
| Aug | Prospect | Team | type | Prospect Rating | July | June |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Perunovich | STL | LD | 70.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | LD | 64.3 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Owen Power | BUF | LD | 63.4 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Simon Nemec | NJD | RD | 62.6 | 5 | NR |
| 5 | Calen Addison | MIN | RD | 61.7 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Luke Hughes | NJD | LD | 57.6 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Brayden Schneider | NYR | RD | 57.1 | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | Philip Broberg | EDM | LD | 55.9 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Kaiden Guhle | MON | LD | 54.9 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | RD | 53.9 | 10 | 12 |
| 11 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | RD | 53.6 | 11 | 8 |
| 12 | Cam York | PHI | LD | 53.1 | 12 | 11 |
| 13 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | LD | 53.0 | 13 | 9 |
| 14 | Simon Edvinsson | DET | LD | 52.3 | 15 | 15 |
| 15 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | RD | 52.3 | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | RD | 51.4 | 16 | 13 |
| 17 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | LD | 49.1 | 17 | 16 |
| 18 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 48.2 | 18 | 17 |
| 19 | Jordan Spence | LAK | RD | 45.4 | 19 | 18 |
| 20 | Justin Barron | MON | RD | 45.1 | 20 | 19 |
| 21 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | LD | 43.0 | 24 | 30 |
| 22 | Scott Morrow | CAR | RD | 42.4 | 21 | 20 |
| 23 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 40.7 | 22 | NR |
| 24 | Helge Grans | LAK | RD | 40.6 | 23 | 22 |
| 25 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | RD | 39.0 | 25 | 21 |
| 26 | Thomas Harley | DAL | LD | 38.8 | 26 | 25 |
| 27 | David Jiricek | CBJ | RD | 38.4 | 28 | NR |
| 28 | Nick Perbix | TBL | RD | 38.0 | 30 | 26 |
| 29 | Robin Salo | NYI | LD | 37.9 | 29 | 24 |
| 30 | Carson Lambos | MIN | LD | 37.9 | 31 | 32 |
| 31 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | LD | 37.7 | 32 | NR |
| 32 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | LD | 37.6 | 33 | 27 |
| 33 | Kaedan Korczak | VGK | RD | 37.6 | 44 | 40 |
| 34 | Mattias Samuelsson | BUF | LD | 37.6 | 35 | 29 |
| 35 | Janis Moser | ARI | LD | 37.5 | 34 | 28 |
| 36 | Zachary Jones | NYR | LD | 37.4 | 27 | 23 |
| 37 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 37.1 | 36 | NR |
| 38 | Nick Blankenburg | CBJ | RD | 35.8 | 38 | 31 |
| 39 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 35.7 | 37 | 38 |
| 40 | Ryker Evans | SEA | LD | 35.3 | 40 | 39 |
| 41 | Joey Keane | CAR | RD | 35.2 | 39 | 33 |
| 42 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | LD | 35.0 | 43 | 35 |
| 43 | Topi Niemela | TOR | RD | 34.8 | 41 | 41 |
| 44 | Jordan Harris | MON | LD | 34.8 | 42 | 34 |
| 45 | Josh Mahura | ANA | LD | 34.2 | 45 | 37 |
| 46 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | RD | 33.8 | 46 | 42 |
| 47 | Lucas Carlsson | FLA | LD | 32.5 | 47 | 43 |
| 48 | Daniil Miromanov | VGK | RD | 31.9 | 48 | 44 |
| 49 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | LD | 31.7 | 49 | 45 |
| 50 | Emil Andrae | PHI | LD | 31.5 | 102 | 108 |
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