Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!
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As always, players with a rating within +/-5.0 of each other should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of your team’s need (rebuild vs. immediate, certain vs. risk, etc.) and/or personal bias.
Click on any player name to be taken to his DobberProspects profile page.
| Jan | Prospect | Team | Shoots | Prospect Rating | Dec | Nov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 72.7 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | RD | 71.8 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | David Jiricek | CBJ | RD | 69.0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Simon Nemec | NJD | RD | 67.7 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Jordan Spence | LAK | RD | 67.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Simon Edvinsson | DET | LD | 62.2 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Lane Hutson | MON | LD | 61.8 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | Scott Perunovich | STL | LD | 58.7 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 55.9 | 9 | 11 |
| 10 | Brock Faber | MIN | RD | 51.2 | 11 | 25 |
| 11 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | LD | 49.5 | 10 | 14 |
| 12 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | LD | 46.9 | 13 | 16 |
| 13 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 46.0 | 14 | 17 |
| 14 | Ryker Evans | SEA | LD | 46.0 | 15 | 18 |
| 15 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 46.0 | 16 | 19 |
| 16 | Henry Thrun | SJS | LD | 44.5 | 12 | 15 |
| 17 | Scott Morrow | CAR | RD | 42.1 | 17 | 20 |
| 18 | Emil Andrae | PHI | LD | 41.7 | 18 | 21 |
| 19 | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | RD | 40.4 | 19 | 24 |
| 20 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | RD | 39.8 | 20 | 26 |
| 21 | Sean Behrens | COL | LD | 39.8 | 21 | 27 |
| 22 | Topi Niemela | TOR | RD | 39.7 | 22 | 28 |
| 23 | Owen Pickering | PIT | LD | 39.2 | 23 | 29 |
| 24 | Carson Lambos | MIN | LD | 39.0 | 24 | 30 |
| 25 | Zac Jones | NYR | LD | 38.7 | 25 | 22 |
| 26 | Jackson LaCombe | ANA | LD | 38.6 | 26 | 23 |
| 27 | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | RD | 37.4 | 27 | 31 |
| 28 | Jeremie Poirier | CGY | LD | 37.3 | 28 | 32 |
| 29 | Helge Grans | PHI | RD | 36.7 | 29 | 33 |
| 30 | Philip Broberg | EDM | LD | 35.7 | 30 | 13 |
| 31 | Mason Lohrei | BOS | LD | 35.1 | 31 | 34 |
| 32 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | LD | 34.7 | 32 | 36 |
| 33 | David Reinbacher | MON | RD | 33.9 | 33 | 37 |
| 34 | Artyom Duda | ARI | LD | 32.0 | 34 | 38 |
| 35 | Jack Thompson | TBL | RD | 31.8 | 35 | 57 |
| 36 | Michael Kesselring | ARI | RD | 31.6 | 109 | 109 |
| 37 | Shakir Mukhamadullin | SJS | LD | 31.3 | 36 | 39 |
| 38 | Michael Benning | FLA | RD | 31.3 | 37 | 40 |
| 39 | Samuel Bolduc | NYI | LD | 30.9 | 38 | 41 |
| 40 | Alex Vlasic | CHI | LD | 30.3 | 39 | 42 |
| 41 | Logan Mailloux | MON | RD | 29.9 | 40 | 43 |
| 42 | Dmitri Simashev | ARI | LD | 29.7 | 41 | 44 |
| 43 | Ronnie Attard | PHI | RD | 28.6 | 43 | 45 |
| 44 | Wyatt Kaiser | CHI | LD | 28.4 | 44 | 46 |
| 45 | Ethan Del Mastro | CHI | LD | 28.2 | 45 | 56 |
| 46 | Ryan Ufko | NSH | RD | 28.0 | 46 | 48 |
| 47 | Christian Kyrou | DAL | RD | 27.9 | 47 | 49 |
| 48 | Seamus Casey | NJD | RD | 27.5 | 83 | 85 |
| 49 | Ryan O’Rourke | MIN | LD | 27.2 | 48 | 51 |
| 50 | Dmitri Kuzmin | WPG | LD | 27.1 | 49 | 52 |
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