Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen
Dobber
2020-09-16
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – September edition!
Not much changing this month, as I present to you the last rankings for prospect forwards that do not include the 2020 draftees. Next month – Jamie Drysdale debuts! How does he stack up against Boqvist and Dawson? Be sure to come back and find out.
As always, players between +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team need or personal preference. I look at wait time, upside, likelihood of actually becoming an NHL regular, their likely production (3YP) and their age. Check out yesterday’s Top 300 Fantasy Prospect Forwards.
Click on a player name to be taken to his DobberProspects profile page…
| Sep | Prospect | Team | type | Prospect Rating | Aug | July |
| 1 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | d | 73.8 | 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 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | d | 58.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | d | 56.4 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | K’Andre Miller | NYR | d | 55.3 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Scott Perunovich | STL | d | 54.5 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | d | 53.9 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | d | 52.9 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | d | 52.7 | 13 | 21 |
| 14 | Ty Smith | NJD | d | 52.0 | 14 | 13 |
| 15 | Alexander Romanov | MON | d | 51.8 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Ville Heinola | WPG | d | 49.4 | 16 | 14 |
| 17 | Thomas Harley | DAL | d | 47.7 | 17 | 16 |
| 18 | Moritz Seider | DET | d | 47.7 | 18 | 17 |
| 19 | Calen Addison | MIN | d | 46.8 | 19 | 18 |
| 20 | Kale Clague | LAK | d | 46.8 | 20 | 19 |
| 21 | Conor Timmins | COL | d | 46.5 | 21 | 20 |
| 22 | Bode Wilde | NYI | d | 44.6 | 22 | 22 |
| 23 | Sami Niku | WPG | d | 44.5 | 23 | 23 |
| 24 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | d | 43.8 | 24 | 24 |
| 25 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | d | 43.6 | 25 | 25 |
| 26 | Brogan Rafferty | VAN | d | 41.6 | 26 | 26 |
| 27 | Nicolas Hague | VGK | d | 40.6 | 27 | 27 |
| 28 | Josh Mahura | ANA | d | 40.4 | 28 | 28 |
| 29 | Jake Bean | CAR | d | 40.0 | 29 | 29 |
| 30 | Mikko Lehtonen | TOR | d | 39.5 | 30 | 36 |
| 31 | Brendan Guhle | ANA | d | 38.7 | 31 | 30 |
| 32 | David Farrance | NSH | d | 37.6 | 33 | 32 |
| 33 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | d | 37.5 | 34 | 33 |
| 34 | Kyle Capobianco | ARI | d | 36.5 | 35 | 34 |
| 35 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | d | 35.7 | 37 | 37 |
| 36 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | d | 34.6 | 38 | 38 |
| 37 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | d | 34.0 | 36 | 35 |
| 38 | Max Gildon | FLA | d | 33.7 | 39 | 39 |
| 39 | Cal Foote | TBL | d | 33.1 | 40 | 40 |
| 40 | Jared McIsaac | DET | d | 32.3 | 41 | 41 |
| 41 | Dylan Samberg | WPG | d | 32.1 | 42 | 42 |
| 42 | Joey Keane | CAR | d | 32.1 | 43 | 43 |
| 43 | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | d | 32.1 | 44 | 44 |
| 44 | Josh Brook | MON | d | 32.0 | 45 | 45 |
| 45 | Christian Wolanin | OTT | d | 31.7 | 46 | 46 |
| 46 | Jack Ahcan | BOS | d | 31.0 | 47 | 47 |
| 47 | Andrew Peeke | CBJ | d | 30.3 | 48 | 48 |
| 48 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | d | 30.0 | 49 | 49 |
| 49 | Brinson Pasichnuk | SJS | d | 29.3 | 50 | 50 |
| 50 | Tobias Bjornfot | LAK | d | 29.2 | 51 | 51 |
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