Here are the top prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – October edition!

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In changing things up a little this month, I am providing the defensemen first! Look for the list of forwards to come out on Monday (Sunday will have the Top Roto Players). Click on any player to be taken to his DobberProspects player profile. As always, players rated between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal preference and team needs.

Oct	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Sep	Aug
1	Calen Addison	MIN	RD	70.4	5	5
2	Owen Power	BUF	LD	67.2	3	3
3	Nils Lundkvist	DAL	RD	65.1	11	11
4	Jake Sanderson	OTT	LD	64.3	2	2
5	Scott Perunovich	STL	LD	63.0	1	1
6	Simon Nemec	NJD	RD	62.6	4	4
7	Brandt Clarke	LAK	RD	59.2	10	10
8	Kaiden Guhle	MON	LD	58.6	9	9
9	Luke Hughes	NJD	LD	57.6	6	6
10	Philip Broberg	EDM	LD	55.9	8	8
11	Braden Schneider	NYR	RD	54.7	7	7
12	Simon Edvinsson	DET	LD	52.3	14	14
13	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	LD	50.8	13	13
14	Jack Rathbone	VAN	LD	49.1	17	17
15	Ryan Merkley	SJS	RD	49.1	16	16
16	Victor Soderstrom	ARI	RD	48.5	15	15
17	Ville Heinola	WPG	LD	46.2	18	18
18	David Jiricek	CBJ	RD	45.9	28	27
19	Cam York	PHI	LD	45.8	12	12
20	Jordan Spence	LAK	RD	45.4	19	19
21	Justin Barron	MON	RD	45.1	20	20
22	Olen Zellweger	ANA	LD	43.0	21	21
23	Scott Morrow	CAR	RD	42.4	22	22
24	Zac Jones	NYR	LD	42.2	27	36
25	Juuso Valimaki	ARI	LD	41.6	33	32
26	Mattias Samuelsson	BUF	LD	41.3	35	34
27	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	LD	40.7	23	23
28	Helge Grans	LAK	RD	40.6	24	24
29	Janis Moser	ARI	LD	39.2	36	35
30	Thomas Harley	DAL	LD	39.2	26	26
31	Robin Salo	NYI	LD	39.2	30	29
32	Ian Mitchell	CHI	RD	39.0	25	25
33	Nick Perbix	TBL	RD	38.0	29	28
34	Carson Lambos	MIN	LD	37.9	31	30
35	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	LD	37.7	32	31
36	Kaedan Korczak	VGK	RD	37.6	34	33
37	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	LD	37.1	37	37
38	Jordan Harris	MON	LD	36.5	44	44
39	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ	RD	35.8	38	38
40	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	35.7	39	39
41	Ryker Evans	SEA	LD	35.3	40	40
42	Yegor Zamula	PHI	LD	35.0	42	42
43	Topi Niemela	TOR	RD	34.8	43	43
44	Ronnie Attard	PHI	RD	34.5	56	56
45	Lassi Thomson	OTT	RD	33.8	46	46
46	Josh Mahura	FLA	LD	33.3	45	45
47	Joey Keane	CAR	RD	32.2	41	41
48	Daniil Miromanov	VGK	RD	31.9	48	48
49	Alexander Alexeyev	WAS	LD	31.7	49	49
50	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	31.5	50	50

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	RYAN LEONARD	WSH
	NAZEM KADRI	COL
	OWEN TIPPETT	PHI
	ROOPE HINTZ	DAL
	SAM BENNETT	FLA

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	JAKUB DOBES	MTL
	JET GREAVES	CBJ
	KAREL VEJMELKA	UTA
	LINUS ULLMARK	OTT
	JESPER WALLSTEDT	MIN

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	N.J Players
	25.7	JACK HUGHES CONNOR BROWN JESPER BRATT
	25.1	DAWSON MERCER TIMO MEIER NICO HISCHIER
	11.4	MAXIM TSYPLAKOV CODY GLASS NICK BJUGSTAD

DobberHockey Podcasts

Keeping Karlsson: The 2026-27 Keeping Karlsson Breakfast Club

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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

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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

2026-09-10

Colin Stephenson joins the program to discuss the New York Rangers.

Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer Schedule Deep Dive

2026-09-08

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

2026-09-06

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 […]

Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – October 2022

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