Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – December 2023
Dobber
2023-12-14
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 |
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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.
I should mention I already have Jiricek, Zellweger, Nemec, Spence, Perunovinch, and Poirier as Dman prospect on top of Nikishin.