Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league.

As always, players within +/- 5.0 ratings points should be considered about equal value and at that point would depend on personal preference and team needs. Taken into account includes: wait time, NHL certainty, upside, the depth chart of the franchise. To see the list of top forwards, click here.

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Dec 10	Prospect	Team	age	type	Nov 10	Oct 10
1	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	d	80.3	1	3
2	Brandon Montour	ANA	d	72.7	2	2
3	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	d	67.4	4	4
4	Shea Theodore	VGK	d	67.4	3	1
5	Will Butcher	NJD	d	63.1	8	16
6	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	d	63.0	11	9
7	Samuel Girard	COL	d	62.9	5	31
8	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	d	62.1	6	5
9	Thomas Chabot	OTT	d	61.7	9	7
10	Anthony DeAngelo	NYR	d	61.4	7	6
11	Julius Honka	DAL	d	60.9	10	8
12	Erik Brannstrom	VGK	d	60.4	12	10
13	Ryan Pulock	NYI	d	60.3	13	11
14	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	d	57.6	14	12
15	Travis Sanheim	PHI	d	56.6	16	13
16	Victor Mete	MON	d	56.3	17	15
17	Cale Makar	COL	d	55.4	18	17
18	Madison Bowey	WAS	d	55.2	15	14
19	Olli Juolevi	VAN	d	55.0	19	18
20	Gustav Forsling	CHI	d	53.5	20	19
21	Jan Rutta	CHI	d	53.2	25	24
22	Dante Fabbro	NSH	d	53.1	22	21
23	Vince Dunn	STL	d	52.9	23	22
24	Derrick Pouliot	VAN	d	52.7	24	23
25	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	d	52.6	27	26
26	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	d	51.7	29	28
27	Jake Walman	STL	d	51.2	21	20
28	Brendan Guhle	BUF	d	50.9	26	25
29	Noah Juulsen	MON	d	50.2	28	27
30	Henri Jokiharju	CHI	d	49.9	52	51
31	Jeremy Roy	SJS	d	49.0	30	29
32	Jake Bean	CAR	d	48.8	31	35
33	Christian Djoos	WAS	d	48.5	57	56
34	Oliver Kylington	CGY	d	48.5	32	30
35	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	d	48.4	33	32
36	Jacob Larsson	ANA	d	47.9	35	34
37	Dennis Cholowski	DET	d	47.3	36	40
38	Gabriel Carlsson	CBJ	d	46.8	37	36
39	Slater Koekkoek	TBL	d	45.9	39	38
40	Ethan Bear	EDM	d	45.8	42	44
41	Chad Krys	CHI	d	45.6	79	78
42	Ryan Graves	NYR	d	45.6	34	33
43	Vili Saarijarvi	DET	d	44.7	41	43
44	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	ARI	d	44.5	45	45
45	Jakub Zboril	BOS	d	44.2	38	39
46	Sean Day	NYR	d	44.2	46	46
47	Nicolas Hague	VGK	d	44.2	47	47
48	Kyle Wood	ARI	d	44.1	40	41
49	Travis Dermott	TOR	d	44.0	48	48
50	Philippe Myers	PHI	d	43.9	49	49

5 Comments

Bruce Allen 2017-12-16 at 01:22Log in to Reply

After watching Jake Bean play 3 years of Jr hockey I am not certain he will ever be a factor in the NHL. There has been little advancement in his skills from last year to this ,in fact his puck possession skills seem to have eroded. Hope I am wrong .
Steve 2017-12-16 at 02:10Log in to Reply

How the hell does Lilegren make the top 10 and be over a guy like Chabot?
- Dobber 2017-12-16 at 11:08Log in to Reply
  
  First words in the article:
  “As always, players within +/- 5.0 ratings points should be considered about equal value and at that point would depend on personal preference and team needs.”
Ian Sharp 2018-01-08 at 09:48Log in to Reply

Where does Sebastian Aho (NYI) land on this list? Very good AHL stats this year especially for goals. Popped his 1st in the NHL yesterday, added an assist and was first star.
tcat 2018-01-10 at 00:35Log in to Reply

Is Ryan Graves still relavent. I know he’s been marinating in the minors for a while, but hes having a down year and has never earned a call up