Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – May 2017
Dobber
2017-05-17
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your keeper league – May edition.
This month, the full audit has begun. But – only begun! As you know, I'm working on the Fantasy Prospects Report and it is out June 1st. As I do the research, and the writers submit their research, I adjust the table accordingly. Presently, about half the players have been done. So you will see half the players adjusted to their rating, while the other half are still to be tweaked. That's not to say that they're way off – don't worry. Even they "untouched" ones aren't terribly mis-ranked. I'm just explaining that it will be the June edition (as it is every year) that will have the full audit. A good indicator of a player who was adjusted and seriously needed it, is to look at any massive ranking swings.
As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and not worth splitting hairs over. Check out the Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards (posted yesterday) here.
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| May 10 | Prospect | Team | age | type | Apr 10 | Mar 10 |
| 1 | Shea Theodore | ANA | d | 65.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | d | 62.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Mikhail Sergachev | MON | d | 61.6 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | d | 60.9 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Julius Honka | DAL | d | 60.8 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Anthony DeAngelo | ARI | d | 59.1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Brandon Montour | ANA | d | 58.7 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | d | 58.7 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | d | 57.4 | 9 | 11 |
| 10 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | d | 57.3 | 11 | 12 |
| 11 | Connor Carrick | TOR | d | 56.7 | 10 | 9 |
| 12 | Madison Bowey | WAS | d | 56.1 | 12 | 13 |
| 13 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | d | 55.6 | 13 | 14 |
| 14 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | d | 54.7 | 14 | 16 |
| 15 | Gustav Forsling | CHI | d | 54.6 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Will Butcher | COL | d | 53.6 | 22 | 37 |
| 17 | Jake Walman | STL | d | 53.1 | 16 | 24 |
| 18 | Derrick Pouliot | PIT | d | 52.4 | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | Jacob Larsson | ANA | d | 51.6 | 18 | 22 |
| 20 | Ryan Graves | NYR | d | 50.4 | 19 | 18 |
| 21 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | d | 50.2 | 20 | 26 |
| 22 | Noah Juulsen | MON | d | 49.8 | 21 | 23 |
| 23 | Kyle Wood | ARI | d | 49.5 | 29 | 47 |
| 24 | Jeremy Roy | SJS | d | 48.6 | 27 | 30 |
| 25 | Brendan Guhle | BUF | d | 47.9 | 43 | 45 |
| 26 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | d | 47.6 | 23 | 27 |
| 27 | Jake Bean | CAR | d | 47.1 | 28 | 31 |
| 28 | Mike Reilly | MIN | d | 46.6 | 24 | 25 |
| 29 | Slater Koekkoek | TBL | d | 46.5 | 25 | 21 |
| 30 | Jakub Zboril | BOS | d | 46.0 | 26 | 29 |
| 31 | Ryan Sproul | DET | d | 45.3 | 30 | 32 |
| 32 | Jordan Subban | VAN | d | 45.2 | 31 | 33 |
| 33 | Ville Pokka | CHI | d | 44.6 | 32 | 34 |
| 34 | Ethan Bear | EDM | d | 44.6 | 33 | 35 |
| 35 | Joe Morrow | BOS | d | 44.6 | 34 | 28 |
| 36 | Vince Dunn | STL | d | 44.1 | 36 | 52 |
| 37 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | d | 43.9 | 38 | 39 |
| 38 | Philippe Myers | PHI | d | 43.9 | 39 | 40 |
| 39 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | d | 43.9 | 35 | 36 |
| 40 | Parker Wotherspoon | NYI | d | 43.8 | 40 | 41 |
| 41 | Samuel Morin | PHI | d | 43.5 | 42 | 44 |
| 42 | Adam Pelech | NYI | d | 43.3 | 44 | 46 |
| 43 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | d | 43.2 | 45 | 48 |
| 44 | Michal Kempny | CHI | d | 43.1 | 46 | 43 |
| 45 | Jeremy Lauzon | BOS | d | 43.1 | 64 | 67 |
| 46 | Nicolas Meloche | COL | d | 43.1 | 100 | 99 |
| 47 | Christian Djoos | WAS | d | 43.0 | 68 | 71 |
| 48 | Samuel Girard | NSH | d | 43.0 | 47 | 49 |
| 49 | Andrew Nielsen | TOR | d | 43.0 | 48 | 56 |
| 50 | Vili Saarijarvi | DET | d | 42.9 | 67 | 70 |
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