Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty league – December edition!

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As always, prospects between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of team needs (wait time vs. certainty vs. upside) or personal bias.

Click any player name to be taken to our prospect scouting page for more insight, courtesy of DobberProspects.com

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Dec	Prospect	Team	type	Prospect Rating	Nov	Oct
1	Calen Addison	MIN	RD	72.4	1	1
2	Owen Power	BUF	LD	67.5	2	2
3	Jake Sanderson	OTT	LD	65.0	4	4
4	Nils Lundkvist	DAL	RD	65.0	3	3
5	Kaiden Guhle	MON	LD	64.8	8	8
6	Simon Nemec	NJD	RD	61.8	6	6
7	Scott Perunovich	STL	LD	59.5	5	5
8	Luke Hughes	NJD	LD	57.6	9	9
9	Philip Broberg	EDM	LD	55.9	10	10
10	Brandt Clarke	LAK	RD	55.7	7	7
11	David Jiricek	CBJ	RD	55.1	18	18
12	Braden Schneider	NYR	RD	53.5	11	11
13	Simon Edvinsson	DET	LD	52.3	12	12
14	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	LD	50.9	13	13
15	Jack Rathbone	VAN	LD	49.1	14	14
16	Ryan Merkley	SJS	RD	49.1	15	15
17	Jordan Spence	LAK	RD	48.0	20	20
18	Victor Soderstrom	ARI	RD	47.4	16	16
19	Ville Heinola	WPG	LD	46.2	17	17
20	Justin Barron	MON	RD	45.1	21	21
21	Cam York	PHI	LD	43.7	19	19
22	Olen Zellweger	ANA	LD	43.0	22	22
23	Scott Morrow	CAR	RD	42.4	23	23
24	Zac Jones	NYR	LD	42.2	24	24
25	Nick Perbix	TBL	RD	42.1	33	33
26	Mattias Samuelsson	BUF	LD	41.3	26	26
27	Juuso Valimaki	ARI	LD	41.0	25	25
28	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	LD	40.7	27	27
29	Helge Grans	LAK	RD	40.6	28	28
30	Thomas Harley	DAL	LD	39.2	30	30
31	Robin Salo	NYI	LD	39.2	31	31
32	Ian Mitchell	CHI	RD	39.0	32	32
33	Jeremie Poirier	CGY	LD	39.0	53	53
34	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	LD	38.8	35	35
35	Carson Lambos	MIN	LD	37.9	34	34
36	Kaedan Korczak	VGK	RD	37.6	36	36
37	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	LD	37.1	37	37
38	Jordan Harris	MON	LD	36.5	38	38
39	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	LD	36.4	152	152
40	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	35.7	40	40
41	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ	RD	35.7	39	39
42	Ryker Evans	SEA	LD	35.3	41	41
43	Yegor Zamula	PHI	LD	35.0	42	42
44	Topi Niemela	TOR	RD	34.8	43	43
45	Lassi Thomson	OTT	RD	34.4	45	45
46	Josh Mahura	FLA	LD	33.3	46	46
47	Daniil Miromanov	VGK	RD	31.9	48	48
48	Alexander Alexeyev	WAS	LD	31.7	49	49
49	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	31.5	50	50
50	Ronnie Attard	PHI	RD	31.5	44	44

5 Comments

Karl 2022-12-16 at 08:40Log in to Reply

Lane Hutson not being on here is a travesty- must be on one of those everyday 30 game heaters in the ncaa.
- Dobber 2022-12-16 at 08:49Log in to Reply
  
  Sarcasm noted ;)
  Thanks for the heads up. Hard to catch all 20 leagues and 700 players on my template. He still wouldn’t make the Top 50 as he’s only 18, but at least now he’s up into my Top ~75 or so for next time.
- Dobber 2022-12-16 at 08:51Log in to Reply
  
  PS I replied to your trade comment in my ramblings. Take a look and if you have any questions, leave it there and I’ll keep an eye out for it. Thanks Karl
  - Dobber 2022-12-16 at 18:08Log in to Reply
    
    Mavrik Bourque was just dropped minutes ago, as an example of how worthless prospects are in a deep Keep 12 league. Saw that, and thought of this comment thread
Karl 2022-12-17 at 12:33Log in to Reply

Fair wnough- thanks for clarifying. I just thought a guy like Hughes is so highly touted cause he tore up the ncaa and Hutson is putting that record to shame- being a men’s league and having success there being a good indicator. I felt like the worry was his size but with the ncaa wing k own for its strength and conditioning programs his success there would mitigate some of the risk as to whether or not he could play with big men. Lastly there are a few clear stars at forward in mtl to play with but not a lot of competition on the blueline. Harris is developing fine and wifi was a nice surprise but it just looks like he has a clear route to ppqb at the very least.

On any case I appreciate the explanation- thanks…