Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – January 2021
Dobber
2021-01-10
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – January edition!
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As always, prospects between +/-5.0 ratings points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal bias. If you need a player sooner at the cost of lower upside versus waiting a little longer for the better upside, etc.
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| Jan | Prospect | Team | Type | Prospect Rating | Dec | Nov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | RD | 74.6 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Noah Dobson | NYI | RD | 71.7 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | LD | 70.4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | RD | 68.8 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | LD | 62.1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Bowen Byram | COL | LD | 61.5 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | LD | 59.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | RD | 57.2 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | K’Andre Miller | NYR | LD | 56.4 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | RD | 55.5 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Scott Perunovich | STL | LD | 54.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | RD | 54.0 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Ty Smith | NJD | LD | 53.1 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Alexander Romanov | MON | LD | 52.9 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | LD | 52.8 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 50.6 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Moritz Seider | DET | RD | 49.1 | 18 | 18 |
| 18 | Calen Addison | MIN | RD | 47.9 | 19 | 19 |
| 19 | Thomas Harley | DAL | LD | 46.9 | 17 | 17 |
| 20 | Bode Wilde | NYI | RD | 45.7 | 21 | 21 |
| 21 | Conor Timmins | COL | RD | 45.6 | 22 | 22 |
| 22 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | LD | 45.2 | 23 | 23 |
| 23 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | RD | 43.7 | 24 | 24 |
| 24 | Sami Niku | WPG | LD | 43.4 | 25 | 25 |
| 25 | Nicolas Hague | VGK | LD | 40.7 | 26 | 26 |
| 26 | Brogan Rafferty | VAN | RD | 40.6 | 27 | 27 |
| 27 | Josh Mahura | ANA | LD | 39.5 | 28 | 28 |
| 28 | Kale Clague | LAK | LD | 39.2 | 20 | 20 |
| 29 | Jake Bean | CAR | LD | 39.2 | 29 | 29 |
| 30 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | RD | 38.6 | 30 | 30 |
| 31 | Mikko Lehtonen | TOR | LD | 38.6 | 31 | 31 |
| 32 | Brendan Guhle | ANA | LD | 37.7 | 32 | 32 |
| 33 | David Farrance | NSH | LD | 37.7 | 33 | 33 |
| 34 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | RD | 37.3 | 34 | 34 |
| 35 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | LD | 36.8 | 35 | 35 |
| 36 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | RD | 35.8 | 37 | 37 |
| 37 | Kyle Capobianco | ARI | LD | 35.5 | 38 | 38 |
| 38 | Max Gildon | FLA | LD | 33.7 | 39 | 39 |
| 39 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | LD | 33.4 | 36 | 36 |
| 40 | Cameron York | PHI | LD | 33.3 | 52 | 52 |
| 41 | Jared McIsaac | DET | LD | 33.3 | 40 | 40 |
| 42 | Cal Foote | TBL | RD | 33.2 | 41 | 41 |
| 43 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | LD | 32.7 | 42 | 42 |
| 44 | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | LD | 32.2 | 43 | 43 |
| 45 | Josh Brook | MON | RD | 32.1 | 44 | 44 |
| 46 | Joey Keane | CAR | RD | 32.1 | 45 | 45 |
| 47 | Dylan Samberg | WPG | LD | 31.1 | 46 | 46 |
| 48 | Christian Wolanin | OTT | LD | 30.7 | 47 | 47 |
| 49 | Jett Woo | VAN | RD | 30.2 | 48 | 48 |
| 50 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | LD | 30.0 | 50 | 50 |
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