Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – July 2023

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2023-07-12

Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – July edition!

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As always, players ranked within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of your keeper team’s needs (immediate help vs long-term upside) or personal preference.

July	Prospect	Team	Type	Prospect Rating	Jun	May
1	Luke Hughes	NJD	LD	80.4	1	3
2	Brandt Clarke	LAK	RD	75.6	2	5
3	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	LD	72.5	3	1
4	David Jiricek	CBJ	RD	68.3	4	2
5	Simon Nemec	NJD	RD	63.2	6	4
6	Lane Hutson	MON	LD	62.3	7	36
7	Simon Edvinsson	DET	LD	62.2	5	7
8	Scott Perunovich	STL	LD	60.6	8	8
9	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	LD	57.8	9	6
10	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	LD	50.8	10	17
11	Jordan Spence	LAK	RD	49.6	11	11
12	Olen Zellweger	ANA	LD	49.5	12	9
13	Thomas Harley	DAL	LD	48.8	14	24
14	Philip Broberg	EDM	LD	48.6	16	10
15	Ville Heinola	WPG	LD	47.7	13	13
16	Justin Barron	MON	RD	47.7	17	14
17	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	LD	46.9	15	12
18	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	46.0	18	29
19	Zac Jones	NYR	LD	45.0	19	18
20	Scott Morrow	CAR	RD	42.1	20	15
21	Henry Thrun	SJS	LD	41.6	22	31
22	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	41.6	23	38
23	Sean Behrens	COL	LD	39.8	24	67
24	Topi Niemela	TOR	RD	39.7	25	32
25	Victor Soderstrom	ARI	RD	39.6	21	16
26	Carson Lambos	MIN	LD	39.0	26	22
27	Ian Mitchell	BOS	RD	38.1	27	26
28	Corson Ceulemans	CBJ	RD	37.4	30	23
29	Ryker Evans	SEA	LD	37.3	28	30
30	Jeremie Poirier	CGY	LD	37.3	29	27
31	Helge Grans	PHI	RD	36.7	40	19
32	Axel Sandin Pellikka	DET	RD	36.6	NR	NR
33	Jackson LaCombe	ANA	LD	36.1	31	28
34	Owen Pickering	PIT	LD	35.5	32	43
35	Lassi Thomson	OTT	RD	35.3	33	34
36	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ	RD	33.3	36	35
37	Samuel Bolduc	NYI	LD	33.1	37	46
38	Yegor Zamula	PHI	LD	32.7	38	33
39	Brock Faber	MIN	RD	32.1	41	53
40	Daniil Miromanov	VGK	RD	32.1	42	37
41	Artyom Duda	ARI	LD	32.0	43	64
42	Jack Rathbone	VAN	LD	31.7	34	21
43	Michael Benning	FLA	RD	31.3	44	55
44	Ryan Merkley	COL	RD	31.1	39	20
45	Tyler Tucker	STL	LD	30.7	45	70
46	Shakir Mukhamadullin	SJS	LD	30.3	46	54
47	Mason Lohrei	BOS	LD	30.0	47	42
48	Mattias Norlinder	MON	LD	29.8	48	59
49	Ryan O’Rourke	MIN	LD	29.4	49	44
50	Robin Salo	NYI	LD	28.9	35	25

UPCOMING GAMES

	May 16 - 20:05	FLA	vs	TOR

Starting Goalies

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	Players	Team
	ANDREI SVECHNIKOV	CAR
	AUSTON MATTHEWS	TOR
	NIKOLAJ EHLERS	WPG
	MITCH MARNER	TOR
	WYATT JOHNSTON	DAL

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	CONNOR HELLEBUYCK	WPG
	FREDERIK ANDERSEN	CAR
	STUART SKINNER	EDM
	CHARLIE LINDGREN	WSH
	JOSEPH WOLL	TOR

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	ARI Players
	25.8	NICK SCHMALTZ ALEXANDER KERFOOT CLAYTON KELLER
	17.5	DYLAN GUENTHER LAWSON CROUSE LOGAN COOLEY
	17.2	AKU RATY JACK MCBAIN MATIAS MACCELLI

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