Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – December 2022

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2022-12-16

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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DecProspectTeamtypeProspect RatingNovOct
1Calen AddisonMINRD72.411
2Owen PowerBUFLD67.522
3Jake SandersonOTTLD65.044
4Nils LundkvistDALRD65.033
5Kaiden GuhleMONLD64.888
6Simon NemecNJDRD61.866
7Scott PerunovichSTLLD59.555
8Luke HughesNJDLD57.699
9Philip BrobergEDMLD55.91010
10Brandt ClarkeLAKRD55.777
11David JiricekCBJRD55.11818
12Braden SchneiderNYRRD53.51111
13Simon EdvinssonDETLD52.31212
14Pierre-Olivier JosephPITLD50.91313
15Jack RathboneVANLD49.11414
16Ryan MerkleySJSRD49.11515
17Jordan SpenceLAKRD48.02020
18Victor SoderstromARIRD47.41616
19Ville HeinolaWPGLD46.21717
20Justin BarronMONRD45.12121
21Cam YorkPHILD43.71919
22Olen ZellwegerANALD43.02222
23Scott MorrowCARRD42.42323
24Zac JonesNYRLD42.22424
25Nick PerbixTBLRD42.13333
26Mattias SamuelssonBUFLD41.32626
27Juuso ValimakiARILD41.02525
28Denton MateychukCBJLD40.72727
29Helge GransLAKRD40.62828
30Thomas HarleyDALLD39.23030
31Robin SaloNYILD39.23131
32Ian MitchellCHIRD39.03232
33Jeremie PoirierCGYLD39.05353
34Pavel MintyukovANALD38.83535
35Carson LambosMINLD37.93434
36Kaedan KorczakVGKRD37.63636
37Kevin KorchinskiCHILD37.13737
38Jordan HarrisMONLD36.53838
39Alexander NikishinCARLD36.4152152
40Lukas CormierVGKLD35.74040
41Nick BlankenburgCBJRD35.73939
42Ryker EvansSEALD35.34141
43Yegor ZamulaPHILD35.04242
44Topi NiemelaTORRD34.84343
45Lassi ThomsonOTTRD34.44545
46Josh MahuraFLALD33.34646
47Daniil MiromanovVGKRD31.94848
48Alexander AlexeyevWASLD31.74949
49Emil AndraePHILD31.55050
50Ronnie AttardPHIRD31.54444

5 Comments

  1. Karl 2022-12-16 at 08:40

    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 08:49

      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 08:51

      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 18:08

        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

  2. Karl 2022-12-17 at 12:33

    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…

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