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

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As always, prospects within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs and/or personal bias.

Click any player name to be taken to his scouting profile at DobberProspects to find out more.

Not a lot of movement this month, as last month’s update was so late. Just minor reactions to the WJC team rosters and snubs.

Dec	Prospect	Team	Shoots	Prospect Rating	Nov	Oct
1	Brandt Clarke	LAK	RD	79.8	1	1
2	Lane Hutson	MON	LD	74.9	2	2
3	David Jiricek	MIN	RD	67.7	3	3
4	Simon Edvinsson	DET	LD	64.1	5	5
5	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	LD	64.1	4	4
6	Olen Zellweger	ANA	LD	59.9	6	6
7	Artyom Levshunov	CHI	RD	58.6	7	7
8	Ryker Evans	SEA	LD	57.5	8	9
9	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	LD	57.1	9	8
10	Zayne Parekh	CGY	RD	54.2	10	10
11	Axel Sandin Pellikka	DET	RD	51.1	11	11
12	Philip Broberg	STL	LD	50.8	12	12
13	Seamus Casey	NJD	RD	48.7	13	13
14	Zeev Buium	MIN	LD	46.7	14	14
15	Logan Mailloux	MON	RD	45.4	15	15
16	Jackson LaCombe	ANA	LD	41.5	22	22
17	Luca Cagnoni	SJS	LD	40.9	23	32
18	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	40.5	17	17
19	Scott Morrow	CAR	RD	40.3	18	18
20	Henry Thrun	SJS	LD	40.2	19	16
21	Sam Dickinson	SJS	LD	39.6	42	102
22	Carter Yakemchuk	OTT	RD	39.1	16	19
23	Topi Niemela	TOR	RD	38.5	20	20
24	Tanner Molendyk	NSH	LD	38.2	21	21
25	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	37.3	24	27
26	Hunter Brzustewicz	CGY	RD	36.3	25	24
27	Owen Pickering	PIT	LD	36.0	29	28
28	Tristan Luneau	ANA	RD	34.4	28	26
29	David Reinbacher	MON	RD	34.0	26	25
30	Mattias Havelid	SJS	RD	33.0	30	29
31	Artyom Duda	UTA	LD	33.0	31	30
32	Zac Jones	NYR	LD	32.7	32	31
33	Theo Lindstein	STL	LD	32.0	33	33
34	Sean Behrens	COL	LD	31.6	34	34
35	Jeremie Poirier	CGY	LD	31.3	35	35
36	Shakir Mukhamadullin	SJS	LD	31.1	36	36
37	Dmitri Simashev	UTA	LD	30.9	37	37
38	Mike Benning	FLA	RD	30.3	38	38
39	Jack Thompson	SJS	RD	29.9	40	40
40	Sam Rinzel	CHI	RD	29.6	41	41
41	Carson Lambos	MIN	LD	29.0	43	42
42	Helge Grans	PHI	RD	28.8	44	43
43	Ville Heinola	WPG	LD	28.7	27	23
44	Alfons Freij	WPG	LD	28.4	45	44
45	Ethan Del Mastro	CHI	LD	28.2	46	45
46	Ryan Ufko	NSH	RD	28.1	39	39
47	Christian Kyrou	DAL	RD	28.0	47	46
48	Wyatt Kaiser	CHI	LD	27.4	49	48
49	Declan Chisholm	MIN	LD	27.3	48	47
50	Elias Salomonsson	WPG	RD	27.1	50	49

2 Comments

Peter Dallara 2024-12-21 at 23:15Log in to Reply

Dobber, you haven’t done the prospect goalie ratings since last January. Will you be doing them in the near future?
Doodler 2024-12-22 at 10:24Log in to Reply

At this point I’m taking the younger, higher scoring Hutson over Clark. I’d probably take a few names over Jiricek as well. Getting traded is a bad omen. It’s pretty tight though! Is Jackson Lacombe for real? I’m starting to believe.