Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – July 2020
Dobber
2020-07-10
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – July edition!
As always, players within +/-5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of your team’s needs or personal preference.
Get detailed, thorough analysis of all these players in the latest Fantasy Prospects Report (14th annual edition). Just released, it breaks down outlook, upside, likely production, likelihood of success and wait time of over 400 NHL drafted prospects, plus an additional 100 draftees from the upcoming NHL Draft. Pick it up here for an immediate download!
Click any player name to be taken to his fantasy scouting profile over at DobberProspects.
To see the Top 200 prospect forwards click here.
This month’s Graduates:
Steel Sam ANA
Milano Sonny ANA
Jones Max ANA
Bjork Anders BOS
Kylington Oliver CGY
Necas Martin CAR
Dach Kirby CHI
Nylander Alexander CHI
Zadina Filip DET
Timashov Dmytro DET
Cholowski Dennis DET
Jones Caleb EDM
Lizotte Blake LAK
Prokhorkin Nikolai LAK
Fabbro Dante NSH
Myers Philippe PHI
Lafferty Sam PIT
Ferraro Mario SJS
Appleton Mason WPG
| July | Prospect | Team | type | Prospect Rating | May | Apr |
| 1 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | d | 75.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Noah Dobson | NYI | d | 70.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | d | 70.4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | d | 67.6 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | d | 62.1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Bowen Byram | COL | d | 60.4 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | d | 58.5 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | d | 56.4 | 19 | 19 |
| 9 | K’Andre Miller | NYR | d | 55.3 | 24 | 24 |
| 10 | Scott Perunovich | STL | d | 54.5 | 8 | 8 |
| 11 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | d | 53.9 | 22 | 21 |
| 12 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | d | 52.9 | 18 | 18 |
| 13 | Ty Smith | NJD | d | 52.0 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Ville Heinola | WPG | d | 49.4 | 28 | 28 |
| 15 | Alexander Romanov | MON | d | 48.1 | 11 | 11 |
| 16 | Thomas Harley | DAL | d | 47.7 | 12 | 22 |
| 17 | Moritz Seider | DET | d | 47.7 | 15 | 15 |
| 18 | Calen Addison | MIN | d | 46.8 | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | Kale Clague | LAK | d | 46.8 | 20 | 12 |
| 20 | Conor Timmins | COL | d | 46.5 | 16 | 16 |
| 21 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | d | 45.2 | 26 | 26 |
| 22 | Bode Wilde | NYI | d | 44.6 | 29 | 29 |
| 23 | Sami Niku | WPG | d | 44.5 | 25 | 25 |
| 24 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | d | 43.8 | 21 | 20 |
| 25 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | d | 43.6 | 27 | 27 |
| 26 | Brogan Rafferty | VAN | d | 41.6 | 31 | 31 |
| 27 | Nicolas Hague | VGK | d | 40.6 | 30 | 30 |
| 28 | Josh Mahura | ANA | d | 40.4 | 36 | 36 |
| 29 | Jake Bean | CAR | d | 40.0 | 32 | 32 |
| 30 | Brendan Guhle | ANA | d | 38.7 | 35 | 35 |
| 31 | Brennan Menell | MIN | d | 37.9 | 47 | 46 |
| 32 | David Farrance | NSH | d | 37.6 | 51 | 51 |
| 33 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | d | 37.5 | 23 | 23 |
| 34 | Kyle Capobianco | ARI | d | 37.5 | 39 | 39 |
| 35 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | d | 36.1 | 40 | 40 |
| 36 | Mikko Lehtonen | TOR | d | 35.8 | NR | NR |
| 37 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | d | 35.7 | 42 | 42 |
| 38 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | d | 34.6 | 52 | 53 |
| 39 | Max Gildon | FLA | d | 33.7 | 44 | 52 |
| 40 | Cal Foote | TBL | d | 33.1 | 45 | 44 |
| 41 | Jared McIsaac | DET | d | 32.3 | 48 | 47 |
| 42 | Dylan Samberg | WPG | d | 32.1 | 49 | 48 |
| 43 | Joey Keane | CAR | d | 32.1 | 56 | 56 |
| 44 | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | d | 32.1 | 34 | 34 |
| 45 | Josh Brook | MON | d | 32.0 | 50 | 49 |
| 46 | Christian Wolanin | OTT | d | 31.7 | 62 | 61 |
| 47 | Jack Ahcan | BOS | d | 31.0 | 46 | 45 |
| 48 | Andrew Peeke | CBJ | d | 30.3 | 41 | 41 |
| 49 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | d | 30.0 | 91 | 91 |
| 50 | Brinson Pasichnuk | SJS | d | 29.3 | 53 | NR |
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