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

But first, an announcement.

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Jan 7, 2023; Newark, New Jersey, USA; New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes (86) celebrates his goal against the New York Rangers during the second period at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports

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And now onto the Prospect Rankings

As always, players, ranked between +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value.

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Jan	Prospect	Team	Shot	Prospect Rating	Dec	Nov
1	Calen Addison	MIN	RD	73.2	1	1
2	Owen Power	BUF	LD	65.7	2	2
3	Nils Lundkvist	DAL	RD	65.0	4	3
4	Kaiden Guhle	MON	LD	64.8	5	8
5	Jake Sanderson	OTT	LD	64.7	3	4
6	Simon Nemec	NJD	RD	61.8	6	6
7	Scott Perunovich	STL	LD	59.7	7	5
8	Luke Hughes	NJD	LD	57.6	8	9
9	Philip Broberg	EDM	LD	55.9	9	10
10	Brandt Clarke	LAK	RD	55.8	10	7
11	David Jiricek	CBJ	RD	55.1	11	18
12	Braden Schneider	NYR	RD	53.5	12	11
13	Simon Edvinsson	DET	LD	52.3	13	12
14	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	LD	50.9	14	13
15	Jack Rathbone	VAN	LD	49.1	15	14
16	Ryan Merkley	SJS	RD	49.1	16	15
17	Jordan Spence	LAK	RD	48.0	17	20
18	Victor Soderstrom	ARI	RD	47.4	18	16
19	Ville Heinola	WPG	LD	46.2	19	17
20	Justin Barron	MON	RD	45.1	20	21
21	Cam York	PHI	LD	43.8	21	19
22	Olen Zellweger	ANA	LD	43.8	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	25	33
26	Mattias Samuelsson	BUF	LD	41.3	26	26
27	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	LD	40.7	28	27
28	Helge Grans	LAK	RD	40.6	29	28
29	Thomas Harley	DAL	LD	39.2	30	30
30	Robin Salo	NYI	LD	39.2	31	31
31	Ian Mitchell	CHI	RD	39.0	32	32
32	Jeremie Poirier	CGY	LD	39.0	33	53
33	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	LD	38.8	34	35
34	Carson Lambos	MIN	LD	37.9	35	34
35	Kaedan Korczak	VGK	RD	37.6	36	36
36	Conor Timmins	TOR	RD	37.5	54	55
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	39	152
40	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	35.7	40	40
41	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ	RD	35.7	41	39
42	Ryker Evans	SEA	LD	35.3	42	41
43	Yegor Zamula	PHI	LD	35.0	43	42
44	Topi Niemela	TOR	RD	34.8	44	43
45	Lassi Thomson	OTT	RD	34.4	45	45
46	Josh Mahura	FLA	LD	33.3	46	46
47	Daniil Miromanov	VGK	RD	33.1	47	48
48	Alexander Alexeyev	WAS	LD	31.7	48	49
49	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	31.5	49	50
50	Ronnie Attard	PHI	RD	31.5	50	44

3 Comments

Andrew 2023-01-16 at 12:57Log in to Reply

If you set aside years of development, who do you think has the best upside? I really like Jiricek. Point a game in the A at his age? That seems crazy good to me. Maybe not even much development time needed … he’s a big kid who’s been playing against men since he was 16.
- Dobber 2023-01-17 at 10:23Log in to Reply
  
  Great question, was curious myself. I sorted by upside and have:
  1. Addison, Perunovich, Jiricek, Poirier (tied)
  5. Lundkvist, Nemec, Hughes, Mintyukov, Zellweger, Cormier, Hutson (tied)
  12. Spence, Merkley (tied)
  - Andrew 2023-01-20 at 10:00Log in to Reply
    
    Cool … some more names for me to dig into … thanks!

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 22 - 12:12	NYR	vs	CAR
Dec 22 - 17:12	T.B	vs	FLA
Dec 22 - 17:12	UTA	vs	ANA
Dec 22 - 17:12	WSH	vs	L.A
Dec 22 - 20:12	EDM	vs	OTT
Dec 22 - 20:12	COL	vs	SEA