Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – January 2018
Dobber
2018-01-12
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league. January edition
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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| Jan 10 | Prospect | Team | age | type | Dec 10 | Nov 10 |
| 1 | Shea Theodore | VGK | d | 67.4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Samuel Girard | COL | d | 67.3 | 7 | 5 |
| 3 | Will Butcher | NJD | d | 63.1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | d | 63.0 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | d | 62.1 | 8 | 6 |
| 6 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | d | 61.7 | 9 | 9 |
| 7 | Anthony DeAngelo | NYR | d | 61.4 | 10 | 7 |
| 8 | Julius Honka | DAL | d | 60.9 | 11 | 10 |
| 9 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | d | 60.8 | 13 | 13 |
| 10 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | d | 60.4 | 12 | 12 |
| 11 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | d | 57.6 | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | Cale Makar | COL | d | 57.3 | 17 | 18 |
| 13 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | d | 56.6 | 15 | 16 |
| 14 | Victor Mete | MON | d | 56.3 | 16 | 17 |
| 15 | Madison Bowey | WAS | d | 55.2 | 18 | 15 |
| 16 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | d | 55.0 | 19 | 19 |
| 17 | Gustav Forsling | CHI | d | 53.9 | 20 | 20 |
| 18 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | d | 53.1 | 22 | 22 |
| 19 | Vince Dunn | STL | d | 52.9 | 23 | 23 |
| 20 | Derrick Pouliot | VAN | d | 52.7 | 24 | 24 |
| 21 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | d | 52.6 | 25 | 27 |
| 22 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | d | 51.7 | 26 | 29 |
| 23 | Jake Walman | STL | d | 51.2 | 27 | 21 |
| 24 | Jan Rutta | CHI | d | 51.1 | 21 | 25 |
| 25 | Brendan Guhle | BUF | d | 50.9 | 28 | 26 |
| 26 | Noah Juulsen | MON | d | 50.2 | 29 | 28 |
| 27 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | d | 49.9 | 30 | 52 |
| 28 | Jeremy Roy | SJS | d | 49.0 | 31 | 30 |
| 29 | Jake Bean | CAR | d | 48.8 | 32 | 31 |
| 30 | Christian Djoos | WAS | d | 48.5 | 33 | 57 |
| 31 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | d | 48.5 | 34 | 32 |
| 32 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | d | 48.4 | 35 | 33 |
| 33 | Jacob Larsson | ANA | d | 47.9 | 36 | 35 |
| 34 | Travis Dermott | TOR | d | 47.4 | 49 | 48 |
| 35 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | d | 47.3 | 37 | 36 |
| 36 | Gabriel Carlsson | CBJ | d | 46.8 | 38 | 37 |
| 37 | Slater Koekkoek | TBL | d | 45.9 | 39 | 39 |
| 38 | Ethan Bear | EDM | d | 45.8 | 40 | 42 |
| 39 | Chad Krys | CHI | d | 45.6 | 41 | 79 |
| 40 | Ryan Graves | NYR | d | 45.6 | 42 | 34 |
| 41 | Conor Timmins | COL | d | 45.6 | 57 | NR |
| 42 | Vili Saarijarvi | DET | d | 44.7 | 43 | 41 |
| 43 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | ARI | d | 44.5 | 44 | 45 |
| 44 | Jakub Zboril | BOS | d | 44.2 | 45 | 38 |
| 45 | Sean Day | NYR | d | 44.2 | 46 | 46 |
| 46 | Nicolas Hague | VGK | d | 44.2 | 47 | 47 |
| 47 | Adam Fox | CGY | d | 44.2 | 66 | 80 |
| 48 | Kyle Wood | ARI | d | 44.1 | 48 | 40 |
| 49 | Philippe Myers | PHI | d | 43.9 | 50 | 49 |
| 50 | Kale Clague | LAK | d | 43.8 | 51 | 50 |
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The record run of Joe Morrow being on this list is over? :(
Which player would you grab if you can select only one:
Guhle, Jokiharju, Bear, Tmmins, Hague, Fox or Clague? (most of the others on the list are already owned)
I must mention that I can sit on that player for many years as I don’t need him to contribute too quickly, so I want the higher upside. I would tend to lean towards Timmins or Fox.
Thanks alot and keep on the good work, it is really appreciated to read you guys
For me, I’d take Fox. I think he has as high an upside as anyone on the list.