Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – February 2023
Dobber
2023-02-17
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – February edition!
As always, players with a rating +/-5.0 points of each other should be considered equal, and at that point it becomes a matter of team needs (upside vs. wait time vs. certainty) and/or personal bias.
Lots of movement this month, as I graduated a few players. To be graduated, the player has to fulfill a long list of rigorous criteria (just kidding – I just use my gut. No rules, just my gut). Here are the players who graduated this month:
Addison Calen MIN
Power Owen BUF
Lundkvist Nils DAL
Sanderson Jake OTT
Joseph Pierre-Olivier PIT
Perbix Nick TBL
Samberg Dylan WPG
Samuelsson Mattias BUF
Mahura Josh FLA
You can find the top fantasy prospect forwards list here.
Click a player name to be take to their DobberProspects player profile for observations and insight.
| Feb | Prospect | Team | Type | Prospect Rating | Jan | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaiden Guhle | MON | LD | 64.8 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | Simon Nemec | NJD | RD | 61.8 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Luke Hughes | NJD | LD | 57.6 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | RD | 55.8 | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | David Jiricek | CBJ | RD | 55.1 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | Scott Perunovich | STL | LD | 52.9 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Simon Edvinsson | DET | LD | 52.3 | 13 | 13 |
| 8 | Braden Schneider | NYR | RD | 51.1 | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Philip Broberg | EDM | LD | 49.6 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | LD | 48.1 | 22 | 22 |
| 11 | Jordan Spence | LAK | RD | 48.0 | 17 | 17 |
| 12 | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | RD | 47.3 | 18 | 18 |
| 13 | Ryan Merkley | COL | RD | 46.5 | 16 | 16 |
| 14 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | LD | 46.3 | 19 | 34 |
| 15 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 46.2 | 20 | 19 |
| 16 | Justin Barron | MON | RD | 45.1 | 21 | 20 |
| 17 | Cam York | PHI | LD | 43.8 | 23 | 21 |
| 18 | Jack Rathbone | VAN | LD | 43.5 | 15 | 15 |
| 19 | Jeremie Poirier | CGY | LD | 42.7 | 33 | 33 |
| 20 | Scott Morrow | CAR | RD | 42.4 | 24 | 23 |
| 21 | Zac Jones | NYR | LD | 42.2 | 25 | 24 |
| 22 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 40.7 | 28 | 28 |
| 23 | Helge Grans | LAK | RD | 40.6 | 29 | 29 |
| 24 | Jordan Harris | MON | LD | 39.2 | 38 | 38 |
| 25 | Thomas Harley | DAL | LD | 39.2 | 30 | 30 |
| 26 | Robin Salo | NYI | LD | 39.2 | 31 | 31 |
| 27 | Ian Mitchell | CHI | RD | 39.0 | 32 | 32 |
| 28 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | LD | 38.9 | 39 | 39 |
| 29 | Carson Lambos | MIN | LD | 37.9 | 34 | 35 |
| 30 | Conor Timmins | TOR | RD | 37.5 | 36 | 54 |
| 31 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 37.1 | 37 | 37 |
| 32 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 35.7 | 40 | 40 |
| 33 | Nick Blankenburg | CBJ | RD | 35.7 | 41 | 41 |
| 34 | Ryker Evans | SEA | LD | 35.3 | 42 | 42 |
| 35 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | LD | 35.0 | 43 | 43 |
| 36 | Topi Niemela | TOR | RD | 34.8 | 44 | 44 |
| 37 | Lassi Thomson | OTT | RD | 34.4 | 45 | 45 |
| 38 | Jackson LaCombe | ANA | LD | 33.7 | 61 | 62 |
| 39 | Daniil Miromanov | VGK | RD | 33.1 | 47 | 47 |
| 40 | Kaedan Korczak | VGK | RD | 31.9 | 35 | 36 |
| 41 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | LD | 31.7 | 48 | 48 |
| 42 | Lane Hutson | MON | LD | 31.6 | 82 | 197 |
| 43 | Emil Andrae | PHI | LD | 31.5 | 49 | 49 |
| 44 | Ronnie Attard | PHI | RD | 31.5 | 50 | 50 |
| 45 | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | RD | 31.2 | 51 | 51 |
| 46 | Mason Lohrei | BOS | LD | 31.0 | 53 | 53 |
| 47 | John Ludvig | FLA | LD | 29.9 | 56 | 57 |
| 48 | Alec Regula | CHI | RD | 29.3 | 59 | 60 |
| 49 | Samuel Bolduc | NYI | LD | 29.0 | 60 | 61 |
| 50 | Ryan O’Rourke | MIN | LD | 28.2 | 63 | 64 |
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