Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – October 2020
Dobber
2020-10-11
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – October edition (and it’s a big one…)
They’re here!
The 2020 Draftees are now in the template, and this is how they shake out. Enjoy!
Remember – players rated within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and you would then need to decide on the right balance of upside, wait time and certainty that your team needs. Check out the Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards posted Saturday here.
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| Oct | Prospect | Team | type | Prospect Rating | Sep | Aug |
| 1 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | d | 74.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Noah Dobson | NYI | d | 71.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | d | 70.4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | d | 68.6 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | d | 62.1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Bowen Byram | COL | d | 61.4 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | d | 59.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | d | 57.4 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | K’Andre Miller | NYR | d | 56.3 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | d | 54.9 | 11 | 11 |
| 11 | Scott Perunovich | STL | d | 54.5 | 10 | 10 |
| 12 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | d | 53.9 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Ty Smith | NJD | d | 53.0 | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Alexander Romanov | MON | d | 52.8 | 15 | 15 |
| 15 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | d | 52.7 | 13 | 13 |
| 16 | Ville Heinola | WPG | d | 50.4 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Thomas Harley | DAL | d | 48.7 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Moritz Seider | DET | d | 48.7 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Calen Addison | MIN | d | 47.8 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | Kale Clague | LAK | d | 45.8 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Bode Wilde | NYI | d | 45.6 | 22 | 22 |
| 22 | Conor Timmins | COL | d | 45.5 | 21 | 21 |
| 23 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | d | 44.8 | 24 | 24 |
| 24 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | d | 43.6 | 25 | 25 |
| 25 | Sami Niku | WPG | d | 43.5 | 23 | 23 |
| 26 | Nicolas Hague | VGK | d | 40.6 | 27 | 27 |
| 27 | Brogan Rafferty | VAN | d | 40.6 | 26 | 26 |
| 28 | Josh Mahura | ANA | d | 39.4 | 28 | 28 |
| 29 | Jake Bean | CAR | d | 39.0 | 29 | 29 |
| 30 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | d | 38.6 | NR | NR |
| 31 | Mikko Lehtonen | TOR | d | 38.5 | 30 | 30 |
| 32 | Brendan Guhle | ANA | d | 37.7 | 31 | 31 |
| 33 | David Farrance | NSH | d | 37.6 | 32 | 33 |
| 34 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | d | 37.5 | 33 | 34 |
| 35 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | d | 36.7 | 35 | 37 |
| 36 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | d | 35.8 | NR | NR |
| 37 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | d | 35.6 | 36 | 38 |
| 38 | Kyle Capobianco | ARI | d | 35.5 | 34 | 35 |
| 39 | Max Gildon | FLA | d | 33.7 | 38 | 39 |
| 40 | Jared McIsaac | DET | d | 33.3 | 40 | 41 |
| 41 | Cal Foote | TBL | d | 33.1 | 39 | 40 |
| 42 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | d | 33.0 | 37 | 36 |
| 43 | Joey Keane | CAR | d | 32.1 | 42 | 43 |
| 44 | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | d | 32.1 | 43 | 44 |
| 45 | Josh Brook | MON | d | 32.0 | 44 | 45 |
| 46 | Dylan Samberg | WPG | d | 31.1 | 41 | 42 |
| 47 | Christian Wolanin | OTT | d | 30.7 | 45 | 46 |
| 48 | Tobias Bjornfot | LAK | d | 30.2 | 50 | 51 |
| 49 | Jett Woo | VAN | d | 30.1 | 51 | 52 |
| 50 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | d | 30.0 | 48 | 49 |
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