Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – April 2025
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2025-04-18
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – April edition!
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And now onto the list. As always, prospects rated between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team need or personal bias.
Click any player name to be taken to his fantasy hockey scouting profile.
| Mar | Prospect | Team | Shot | Prospect Rating | Mar | Feb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | LD | 67.8 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | David Jiricek | MIN | RD | 67.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | RD | 66.8 | 7 | 8 |
| 4 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | RD | 61.9 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 60.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | RD | 59.4 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Zeev Buium | MIN | LD | 58.6 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 53.4 | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | Scott Morrow | CAR | RD | 51.3 | 9 | 14 |
| 10 | Sam Dickinson | SJS | LD | 51.2 | 15 | 16 |
| 11 | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | RD | 50.6 | 17 | 17 |
| 12 | Seamus Casey | NJD | RD | 48.6 | 10 | 10 |
| 13 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 48.0 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | LD | 47.4 | 14 | 15 |
| 15 | Luca Cagnoni | SJS | LD | 47.0 | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | Logan Mailloux | MON | RD | 45.4 | 11 | 11 |
| 17 | Cole Hutson | WAS | LD | 44.2 | 18 | 18 |
| 18 | Owen Pickering | PIT | LD | 42.0 | 22 | 22 |
| 19 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | RD | 39.4 | 16 | 23 |
| 20 | Emil Andrae | PHI | LD | 37.3 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Lian Bichsel | DAL | LD | 36.9 | 52 | 57 |
| 22 | Tom Willander | VAN | RD | 36.3 | 33 | 34 |
| 23 | Dmitri Simashev | UTA | LD | 35.2 | 30 | 31 |
| 24 | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | RD | 33.7 | 21 | 21 |
| 25 | Sean Behrens | COL | LD | 31.6 | 26 | 27 |
| 26 | Shakir Mukhamadullin | SJS | LD | 31.1 | 29 | 30 |
| 27 | David Reinbacher | MON | RD | 30.7 | 28 | 29 |
| 28 | Sam Rinzel | CHI | RD | 29.6 | 34 | 35 |
| 29 | Maveric Lamoureux | UTA | LD | 29.4 | 42 | 43 |
| 30 | Maxim Strbak | BUF | RD | 29.4 | 35 | 36 |
| 31 | Theo Lindstein | STL | LD | 29.2 | 23 | 24 |
| 32 | Ethan Del Mastro | CHI | LD | 29.1 | 39 | 40 |
| 33 | Mikhail Gulyayev | COL | LD | 28.6 | 45 | 46 |
| 34 | Elias Pettersson | VAN | LD | 28.3 | 68 | 67 |
| 35 | Mike Benning | FLA | RD | 28.2 | 31 | 32 |
| 36 | Wyatt Kaiser | CHI | LD | 27.4 | 43 | 44 |
| 37 | Ryan Ufko | NSH | RD | 27.1 | 40 | 41 |
| 38 | Elias Salomonsson | WPG | RD | 27.1 | 44 | 45 |
| 39 | Anton Silayev | NJD | LD | 26.4 | 76 | 76 |
| 40 | Artyom Duda | UTA | LD | 26.3 | 25 | 26 |
| 41 | Adam Jiricek | STL | RD | 25.7 | 131 | 135 |
| 42 | Jack Thompson | SJS | RD | 25.4 | 32 | 33 |
| 43 | Jeremie Poirier | CGY | LD | 24.4 | 27 | 28 |
| 44 | Alfons Freij | WPG | LD | 23.2 | 38 | 39 |
| 45 | Adam Engstrom | MON | LD | 22.2 | 124 | 129 |
| 46 | Oliver Bonk | PHI | RD | 22.1 | 144 | 147 |
| 47 | Lukas Dragicevic | SEA | RD | 22.0 | 59 | 87 |
| 48 | Helge Grans | PHI | RD | 21.9 | 37 | 38 |
| 49 | Ludvig Jansson | FLA | RD | 21.4 | 60 | 61 |
| 50 | Tristan Bertucci | DAL | LD | 21.1 | 136 | 140 |
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