Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – December edition!
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Players ranked within +/- 5.0 of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal bias.
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Prospects who graduated this month:
Jakub Zboril
Moritz Seider
Dylan Coghlan
| Dec | Prospect | Team | type | Prospect Rating | Nov | Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | RD | 76.6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | RD | 75.6 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Bowen Byram | COL | LD | 74.6 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Scott Perunovich | STL | LD | 70.4 | 11 | 11 |
| 5 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | RD | 62.9 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Calen Addison | MIN | RD | 62.6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | RD | 55.4 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | RD | 54.8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | LD | 53.6 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Cameron York | PHI | LD | 48.6 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Luke Hughes | NJD | LD | 48.1 | 12 | 13 |
| 12 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 48.1 | 13 | 14 |
| 13 | Thomas Harley | DAL | LD | 48.0 | 14 | 15 |
| 14 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | LD | 47.9 | 15 | 16 |
| 15 | Owen Power | BUF | LD | 44.7 | 18 | 19 |
| 16 | Kaiden Guhle | MON | LD | 42.8 | 21 | 24 |
| 17 | Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | LD | 42.6 | 19 | 20 |
| 18 | Sean Durzi | LAK | RD | 42.0 | 77 | 80 |
| 19 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | LD | 41.7 | 20 | 18 |
| 20 | David Farrance | NSH | LD | 41.7 | 16 | 17 |
| 21 | Kale Clague | MON | LD | 40.8 | 26 | 32 |
| 22 | Conor Timmins | ARI | RD | 40.6 | 17 | 12 |
| 23 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | RD | 40.4 | 22 | 21 |
| 24 | Mattias Samuelsson | BUF | LD | 38.4 | 33 | 27 |
| 25 | Philip Broberg | EDM | LD | 38.3 | 25 | 34 |
| 26 | Robin Salo | NYI | LD | 38.1 | 27 | 33 |
| 27 | Mattias Norlinder | MON | LD | 38.0 | 35 | 35 |
| 28 | Josh Mahura | ANA | LD | 37.8 | 28 | 25 |
| 29 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | RD | 37.7 | 34 | 28 |
| 30 | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | LD | 37.0 | 23 | 22 |
| 31 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | LD | 36.9 | 29 | 31 |
| 32 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | LD | 36.3 | 30 | 44 |
| 33 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | LD | 36.3 | 24 | 23 |
| 34 | Jacob Bryson | BUF | LD | 35.6 | 31 | 77 |
| 35 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | RD | 35.2 | 32 | 26 |
| 36 | Justin Barron | COL | RD | 34.4 | 98 | 101 |
| 37 | Zachary Jones | NYR | LD | 34.1 | 41 | 42 |
| 38 | Reilly Walsh | NJD | RD | 34.1 | 46 | 47 |
| 39 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | RD | 33.8 | 57 | 56 |
| 40 | Tobias Bjornfot | LAK | LD | 33.1 | 38 | 37 |
| 41 | Joey Keane | CAR | RD | 32.9 | 39 | 38 |
| 42 | Lucas Carlsson | FLA | LD | 32.3 | 101 | 104 |
| 43 | Bode Wilde | NYI | RD | 32.1 | 36 | 29 |
| 44 | Jake Christiansen | CBJ | LD | 31.0 | 121 | 124 |
| 45 | Alexandre Carrier | NSH | RD | 30.6 | 54 | 58 |
| 46 | Braden Schneider | NYR | RD | 30.5 | 44 | 45 |
| 47 | Dylan Samberg | WPG | LD | 30.1 | 45 | 46 |
| 48 | Simon Edvinsson | DET | LD | 29.8 | 47 | 48 |
| 49 | Dennis Cholowski | WAS | LD | 29.5 | 42 | 43 |
| 50 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 29.4 | 48 | 49 |
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