Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – February 2024
Dobber
2024-02-17
Here are the top prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – February edition!
As always, players rated within +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of team need (upside vs. immediate help vs. likelihood vs. track record vs. injury risk vs. age vs. wait time vs. certainty) or personal bias.
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Of interest this month, Sam Rinzel (CHI) jumped from 88 to 53; Maxence Guenette (OTT) surged to 62 from 193; Nikita Okhotyuk from 252 to 91; and new Flames D Hunter Brzustewicz went from 97 to 64.
Top five ranked prospects added to the template this month: McKade Webster (TBL) at 163, Ryan Healey (MIN) at 164, Mike Koster (TOR) at 174, Tristan Bertucci (DAL) at 175 and Jorian Donovan (OTT) at 188.
| Feb | Prospect | Team | Shot | Prospect Rating | Jan | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Nemec | NJD | RD | 74.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | Brock Faber | MIN | RD | 73.5 | 10 | 11 |
| 3 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 72.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | RD | 71.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | David Jiricek | CBJ | RD | 69.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Jordan Spence | LAK | RD | 64.9 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Simon Edvinsson | DET | LD | 62.2 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Lane Hutson | MON | LD | 61.8 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Scott Perunovich | STL | LD | 58.7 | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 55.9 | 9 | 9 |
| 11 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | LD | 49.5 | 11 | 10 |
| 12 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | LD | 46.9 | 12 | 13 |
| 13 | Ryker Evans | SEA | LD | 46.0 | 14 | 15 |
| 14 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 46.0 | 15 | 16 |
| 15 | Henry Thrun | SJS | LD | 44.4 | 16 | 12 |
| 16 | Scott Morrow | CAR | RD | 42.1 | 17 | 17 |
| 17 | Emil Andrae | PHI | LD | 41.7 | 18 | 18 |
| 18 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 41.5 | 13 | 14 |
| 19 | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | RD | 40.4 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | RD | 39.8 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Sean Behrens | COL | LD | 39.8 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Topi Niemela | TOR | RD | 39.7 | 22 | 22 |
| 23 | Owen Pickering | PIT | LD | 39.2 | 23 | 23 |
| 24 | Jackson LaCombe | ANA | LD | 38.6 | 26 | 26 |
| 25 | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | RD | 37.4 | 27 | 27 |
| 26 | Jeremie Poirier | CGY | LD | 37.3 | 28 | 28 |
| 27 | Zac Jones | NYR | LD | 36.8 | 25 | 25 |
| 28 | Helge Grans | PHI | RD | 36.7 | 29 | 29 |
| 29 | Philip Broberg | EDM | LD | 35.7 | 30 | 30 |
| 30 | Mattias Havelid | SJS | RD | 35.5 | 66 | 64 |
| 31 | Mason Lohrei | BOS | LD | 35.1 | 31 | 31 |
| 32 | Yegor Zamula | PHI | LD | 34.7 | 32 | 32 |
| 33 | Seamus Casey | NJD | RD | 34.0 | 48 | 83 |
| 34 | Carson Lambos | MIN | LD | 33.9 | 24 | 24 |
| 35 | David Reinbacher | MON | RD | 33.9 | 33 | 33 |
| 36 | Michael Kesselring | ARI | RD | 32.3 | 36 | 109 |
| 37 | Artyom Duda | ARI | LD | 32.0 | 34 | 34 |
| 38 | Jack Thompson | TBL | RD | 31.8 | 35 | 35 |
| 39 | Shakir Mukhamadullin | SJS | LD | 31.3 | 37 | 36 |
| 40 | Michael Benning | FLA | RD | 31.3 | 38 | 37 |
| 41 | Alex Vlasic | CHI | LD | 31.1 | 40 | 39 |
| 42 | Samuel Bolduc | NYI | LD | 30.9 | 39 | 38 |
| 43 | Logan Mailloux | MON | RD | 29.9 | 41 | 40 |
| 44 | Dmitri Simashev | ARI | LD | 29.7 | 42 | 41 |
| 45 | Ronnie Attard | PHI | RD | 28.6 | 43 | 43 |
| 46 | Wyatt Kaiser | CHI | LD | 28.4 | 44 | 44 |
| 47 | Ethan Del Mastro | CHI | LD | 28.2 | 45 | 45 |
| 48 | Ryan Ufko | NSH | RD | 28.0 | 46 | 46 |
| 49 | Christian Kyrou | DAL | RD | 27.9 | 47 | 47 |
| 50 | Dmitri Kuzmin | WPG | LD | 27.1 | 50 | 49 |
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