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

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As always, players between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal preference (upside, certainty, depth chart, injury risk, team, etc.)

Click any player name to be taken to his fantasy scouting profile page over at DobberProspects, customized for you to make the best evaluations of players to suit your league settings.

Oct	Prospect	Team	Shot	Prospect Rating	Sept	Aug
1	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	LD	80.1	1	1
2	Zayne Parekh	CGY	RD	76.9	3	3
3	Zeev Buium	MIN	LD	75.7	2	2
4	Axel Sandin Pellikka	DET	RD	71.5	5	5
5	Matthew Schaefer	NYI	LD	70.1	4	4
6	Artyom Levshunov	CHI	RD	69.2	6	7
7	Sam Dickinson	SJS	LD	66.0	8	9
8	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	LD	63.6	7	6
9	Logan Mailloux	STL	RD	53.7	13	14
10	Sam Rinzel	CHI	RD	51.7	21	21
11	Carter Yakemchuk	OTT	RD	50.6	9	10
12	Luca Cagnoni	SJS	LD	50.5	11	12
13	Radim Mrtka	BUF	RD	50.3	20	20
14	Cole Hutson	WAS	LD	48.8	14	15
15	Tanner Molendyk	NSH	LD	48.7	15	16
16	Scott Morrow	NYR	RD	46.8	10	11
17	Seamus Casey	NJD	RD	46.6	16	17
18	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	LD	45.8	12	13
19	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	45.2	17	19
20	Tom Willander	VAN	RD	40.9	22	22
21	Tristan Luneau	ANA	RD	38.2	18	18
22	David Jiricek	MIN	RD	37.4	19	8
23	Dmitri Simashev	UTA	LD	36.3	24	25
24	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	36.3	23	24
25	Lian Bichsel	DAL	LD	36.0	25	26
26	Elias Salomonsson	WPG	RD	35.9	27	28
27	Hunter Brzustewicz	CGY	RD	34.6	28	27
28	David Reinbacher	MON	RD	32.7	29	29
29	Harrison Brunicke	PIT	RD	32.1	58	57
30	Shakir Mukhamadullin	SJS	LD	30.6	31	31
31	Owen Pickering	PIT	LD	29.8	26	23
32	Maveric Lamoureux	UTA	LD	29.8	32	32
33	Sean Behrens	COL	LD	29.4	30	30
34	Ethan Del Mastro	CHI	LD	29.2	34	34
35	Logan Hensler	OTT	RD	28.9	33	33
36	Lukas Dragicevic	SEA	RD	28.6	43	45
37	Wyatt Kaiser	CHI	LD	28.2	42	40
38	Cameron Reid	NSH	LD	27.5	36	44
39	Mike Benning	FLA	RD	27.2	37	35
40	Artyom Duda	UTA	LD	27.1	38	41
41	Ryan Ufko	NSH	RD	26.8	35	42
42	Mikhail Gulyayev	COL	LD	26.6	39	37
43	Theo Lindstein	STL	LD	26.6	40	38
44	Anton Silayev	NJD	LD	26.5	41	39
45	Maxim Strbak	BUF	RD	24.5	44	48
46	Adam Engstrom	MON	LD	24.4	45	46
47	Jack Thompson	SJS	RD	24.4	46	47
48	Sascha Boumedienne	WPG	LD	24.2	47	43
49	Jackson Smith	CBJ	LD	23.5	49	54
50	Adam Jiricek	STL	RD	23.4	50	49