Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – January 2025
Dobber
2025-01-22
Here are the top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!
The 17th annual Midseason Fantasy Guide was released on January 16 and updated January 17. Order it here! Immediate download, spreadsheet and PDF
As always, players rated within +/-5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal.
Graduates this month:
Philip Broberg
Henry Thrun
Zac Jones
Declan Chisholm
Click any player name to be taken to his DobberProspects scouting profile.
| Dec | Prospect | Team | Shot | Prospect Rating | Dec | Nov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lane Hutson | MON | LD | 83.6 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | RD | 79.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | David Jiricek | MIN | RD | 67.7 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | LD | 64.1 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Simon Edvinsson | DET | LD | 63.9 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | RD | 58.6 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 57.8 | Grad | Grad |
| 8 | Ryker Evans | SEA | LD | 57.2 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 57.1 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | RD | 55.6 | 11 | 11 |
| 11 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | LD | 55.3 | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | Zeev Buium | MIN | LD | 54.8 | 14 | 14 |
| 13 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | RD | 54.2 | 10 | 10 |
| 14 | Seamus Casey | NJD | RD | 48.7 | 13 | 13 |
| 15 | Logan Mailloux | MON | RD | 45.4 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Jackson LaCombe | ANA | LD | 44.4 | 16 | 22 |
| 17 | Luca Cagnoni | SJS | LD | 40.9 | 17 | 23 |
| 18 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 40.5 | 18 | 17 |
| 19 | Scott Morrow | CAR | RD | 40.3 | 19 | 18 |
| 20 | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | LD | 39.9 | 24 | 21 |
| 21 | Sam Dickinson | SJS | LD | 39.6 | 21 | 42 |
| 22 | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | RD | 39.1 | 22 | 16 |
| 23 | Cole Hutson | WAS | LD | 38.7 | 58 | 58 |
| 24 | Topi Niemela | TOR | RD | 38.5 | 23 | 20 |
| 25 | Emil Andrae | PHI | LD | 37.3 | 25 | 24 |
| 26 | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | RD | 36.3 | 26 | 25 |
| 27 | Owen Pickering | PIT | LD | 36.0 | 27 | 29 |
| 28 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | RD | 34.4 | 28 | 28 |
| 29 | Theo Lindstein | STL | LD | 34.4 | 33 | 33 |
| 30 | Mattias Havelid | SJS | RD | 33.0 | 30 | 30 |
| 31 | Artyom Duda | UTA | LD | 33.0 | 31 | 31 |
| 32 | Sean Behrens | COL | LD | 31.6 | 34 | 34 |
| 33 | Jeremie Poirier | CGY | LD | 31.3 | 35 | 35 |
| 34 | David Reinbacher | MON | RD | 31.2 | 29 | 26 |
| 35 | Shakir Mukhamadullin | SJS | LD | 31.1 | 36 | 36 |
| 36 | Dmitri Simashev | UTA | LD | 30.9 | 37 | 37 |
| 37 | Mike Benning | FLA | RD | 30.3 | 38 | 38 |
| 38 | Jack Thompson | SJS | RD | 29.9 | 39 | 40 |
| 39 | Tom Willander | VAN | RD | 29.9 | 59 | 59 |
| 40 | Sam Rinzel | CHI | RD | 29.6 | 40 | 41 |
| 41 | Maxim Strbak | BUF | RD | 29.4 | 51 | 51 |
| 42 | Carson Lambos | MIN | LD | 29.0 | 41 | 43 |
| 43 | Helge Grans | PHI | RD | 28.8 | 42 | 44 |
| 44 | Ville Heinola | WPG | LD | 28.7 | 43 | 27 |
| 45 | Alfons Freij | WPG | LD | 28.4 | 44 | 45 |
| 46 | Ethan Del Mastro | CHI | LD | 28.2 | 45 | 46 |
| 47 | Ryan Ufko | NSH | RD | 28.1 | 46 | 39 |
| 48 | Christian Kyrou | DAL | RD | 28.0 | 47 | 47 |
| 49 | Wyatt Kaiser | CHI | LD | 27.4 | 48 | 49 |
| 50 | Elias Salomonsson | WPG | RD | 27.1 | 50 | 50 |
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