Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – February 2025
Dobber
2025-02-26
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – February edition!
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As always, players 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.
This month’s graduates:
Lane Hutson
Brandt Clarke
Simon Edvinsson
Jake Christiansen
Jackson LaCombe
Ryker Evans
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| Feb | Prospect | Team | Type | Prospect Rating | Jan | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Jiricek | MIN | RD | 67.7 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | LD | 64.1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 60.8 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | RD | 58.1 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | RD | 55.6 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | LD | 55.3 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Zeev Buium | MIN | LD | 54.8 | 12 | 14 |
| 8 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | RD | 54.2 | 13 | 10 |
| 9 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 53.7 | 7 | Grad |
| 10 | Seamus Casey | NJD | RD | 48.7 | 14 | 13 |
| 11 | Logan Mailloux | MON | RD | 45.4 | 15 | 15 |
| 12 | Luca Cagnoni | SJS | LD | 40.9 | 17 | 17 |
| 13 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 40.5 | 18 | 18 |
| 14 | Scott Morrow | CAR | RD | 40.3 | 19 | 19 |
| 15 | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | LD | 39.9 | 20 | 24 |
| 16 | Sam Dickinson | SJS | LD | 39.6 | 21 | 21 |
| 17 | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | RD | 39.1 | 22 | 22 |
| 18 | Cole Hutson | WAS | LD | 38.7 | 23 | 58 |
| 19 | Topi Niemela | TOR | RD | 38.5 | 24 | 23 |
| 20 | Emil Andrae | PHI | LD | 37.3 | 25 | 25 |
| 21 | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | RD | 36.3 | 26 | 26 |
| 22 | Owen Pickering | PIT | LD | 36.0 | 27 | 27 |
| 23 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | RD | 34.4 | 28 | 28 |
| 24 | Theo Lindstein | STL | LD | 34.4 | 29 | 33 |
| 25 | Mattias Havelid | SJS | RD | 33.0 | 30 | 30 |
| 26 | Artyom Duda | UTA | LD | 33.0 | 31 | 31 |
| 27 | Sean Behrens | COL | LD | 31.6 | 32 | 34 |
| 28 | Jeremie Poirier | CGY | LD | 31.3 | 33 | 35 |
| 29 | David Reinbacher | MON | RD | 31.2 | 34 | 29 |
| 30 | Shakir Mukhamadullin | SJS | LD | 31.1 | 35 | 36 |
| 31 | Dmitri Simashev | UTA | LD | 30.9 | 36 | 37 |
| 32 | Mike Benning | FLA | RD | 30.3 | 37 | 38 |
| 33 | Jack Thompson | SJS | RD | 29.9 | 38 | 39 |
| 34 | Tom Willander | VAN | RD | 29.9 | 39 | 59 |
| 35 | Sam Rinzel | CHI | RD | 29.6 | 40 | 40 |
| 36 | Maxim Strbak | BUF | RD | 29.4 | 41 | 51 |
| 37 | Carson Lambos | MIN | LD | 29.0 | 42 | 41 |
| 38 | Helge Grans | PHI | RD | 28.8 | 43 | 42 |
| 39 | Alfons Freij | WPG | LD | 28.4 | 45 | 44 |
| 40 | Ethan Del Mastro | CHI | LD | 28.2 | 46 | 45 |
| 41 | Ryan Ufko | NSH | RD | 28.1 | 47 | 46 |
| 42 | Christian Kyrou | DAL | RD | 28.0 | 48 | 47 |
| 43 | Maveric Lamoureux | UTA | LD | 27.9 | 57 | 60 |
| 44 | Wyatt Kaiser | CHI | LD | 27.4 | 49 | 48 |
| 45 | Elias Salomonsson | WPG | RD | 27.1 | 50 | 50 |
| 46 | Mikhail Gulyayev | COL | LD | 26.8 | 51 | 52 |
| 47 | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | RD | 26.7 | 52 | 53 |
| 48 | Tyler Kleven | OTT | LD | 26.2 | 53 | 54 |
| 49 | Emil Lilleberg | TBL | LD | 25.8 | 54 | 55 |
| 50 | William Wallinder | DET | LD | 24.4 | 56 | 57 |
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