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

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Click any player name to be taken to his fantasy scouting profile section over at DobberProspects and get everything you need in order to evaluate the player.

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.

I need your help!

As many of you know, I am currently in the hospital battling leukemia. I am doing my best to keep up with what’s happening in the other leagues, but I’m only catching half of what I would normally track. If you see an omission, or a blatant oversight on this list, please draw my attention to it via the comments. Shine a spotlight on the player so that for next month I won’t miss him. Thank you!

This month’s Graduates:

Luke Hughes 1
Pavel Mintyukov 2
Thomas Harley 12

Dec	Prospect	Team	Shot	Prospect Rating	Nov	Oct
1	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	LD	72.7	3	2
2	Brandt Clarke	LAK	RD	71.8	4	3
3	David Jiricek	CBJ	RD	69.0	5	4
4	Jordan Spence	LAK	RD	67.0	6	11
5	Simon Nemec	NJD	RD	63.2	7	5
6	Simon Edvinsson	DET	LD	62.2	8	6
7	Lane Hutson	MON	LD	61.8	9	7
8	Scott Perunovich	STL	LD	58.7	10	9
9	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	LD	57.6	11	10
10	Olen Zellweger	ANA	LD	49.5	14	14
11	Brock Faber	MIN	RD	48.2	25	35
12	Henry Thrun	SJS	LD	47.6	15	16
13	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	LD	46.9	16	17
14	Lukas Cormier	VGK	LD	46.0	17	18
15	Ryker Evans	SEA	LD	46.0	18	19
16	Ville Heinola	WPG	LD	46.0	19	20
17	Scott Morrow	CAR	RD	42.1	20	22
18	Emil Andrae	PHI	LD	41.7	21	21
19	Axel Sandin Pellikka	DET	RD	40.4	24	25
20	Tristan Luneau	ANA	RD	39.8	26	26
21	Sean Behrens	COL	LD	39.8	27	27
22	Topi Niemela	TOR	RD	39.7	28	28
23	Owen Pickering	PIT	LD	39.2	29	29
24	Carson Lambos	MIN	LD	39.0	30	30
25	Zac Jones	NYR	LD	38.7	22	23
26	Jackson LaCombe	ANA	LD	38.6	23	24
27	Corson Ceulemans	CBJ	RD	37.4	31	32
28	Jeremie Poirier	CGY	LD	37.3	32	33
29	Helge Grans	PHI	RD	36.7	33	34
30	Philip Broberg	EDM	LD	35.7	13	13
31	Mason Lohrei	BOS	LD	35.1	34	36
32	Yegor Zamula	PHI	LD	34.7	36	37
33	David Reinbacher	MON	RD	33.9	37	38
34	Artyom Duda	ARI	LD	32.0	38	39
35	Jack Thompson	TBL	RD	31.8	57	57
36	Shakir Mukhamadullin	SJS	LD	31.3	39	40
37	Michael Benning	FLA	RD	31.3	40	41
38	Samuel Bolduc	NYI	LD	30.9	41	42
39	Alex Vlasic	CHI	LD	30.3	42	43
40	Logan Mailloux	MON	RD	29.9	43	44
41	Dmitri Simashev	ARI	LD	29.7	44	45
42	Ian Mitchell	BOS	RD	28.8	35	31
43	Ronnie Attard	PHI	RD	28.6	45	47
44	Wyatt Kaiser	CHI	LD	28.4	46	48
45	Ethan Del Mastro	CHI	LD	28.2	56	56
46	Ryan Ufko	NSH	RD	28.0	48	50
47	Christian Kyrou	DAL	RD	27.9	49	51
48	Ryan O’Rourke	MIN	LD	27.2	51	53
49	Dmitri Kuzmin	WPG	LD	27.1	52	54
50	Jayden Struble	MON	LD	27.0	129	130

2 Comments

staceyserene 2023-12-14 at 15:27Log in to Reply

First let me start by saying I wish you well in your recovery.

Secondly I wanted to ask if you think Nikishin truely is the real deal? He’s lower on your list than I would have thought. I have a offer of Raymond for my Nikishin in a cap dynasty banger league and am on the fence as i thought Nikishin would have been the #1 ranked dman on this list.
- staceyserene 2023-12-14 at 15:29Log in to Reply
  
  I should mention I already have Jiricek, Zellweger, Nemec, Spence, Perunovinch, and Poirier as Dman prospect on top of Nikishin.