Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – September 2025
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2025-09-21
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – September edition!
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As always, players withing +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal. Dynasty teams have different needs – upside and don’t mind wait time; or they prefer certainty and will sacrifice upside. Or they prefer zero wait time and don’t mind a limited ceiling as long as they get a player fast. So within 5.0 rating points, players have equal trade value and should be evaluated based on your needs.
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| Sept | Prospect | Team | Shot | Prospect Rating | Aug | Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | LD | 79.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Zeev Buium | MIN | LD | 71.9 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | RD | 70.2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Matthew Schaefer | NYI | LD | 70.1 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | RD | 67.8 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | RD | 65.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 63.6 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Sam Dickinson | SJS | LD | 61.4 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | RD | 50.6 | 10 | 11 |
| 10 | Scott Morrow | NYR | RD | 50.5 | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Luca Cagnoni | SJS | LD | 50.5 | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 49.4 | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | Logan Mailloux | STL | RD | 49.2 | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Cole Hutson | WAS | LD | 48.8 | 15 | 17 |
| 15 | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | LD | 48.7 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Seamus Casey | NJD | RD | 46.6 | 17 | 16 |
| 17 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 45.2 | 19 | 19 |
| 18 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | RD | 44.0 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | David Jiricek | MIN | RD | 42.3 | 8 | 8 |
| 20 | Radim Mrtka | BUF | RD | 42.2 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Sam Rinzel | CHI | RD | 42.2 | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Tom Willander | VAN | RD | 40.4 | 22 | 22 |
| 23 | Emil Andrae | PHI | LD | 36.4 | 24 | 24 |
| 24 | Dmitri Simashev | UTA | LD | 36.3 | 25 | 25 |
| 25 | Lian Bichsel | DAL | LD | 36.0 | 26 | 26 |
| 26 | Owen Pickering | PIT | LD | 35.6 | 23 | 23 |
| 27 | Elias Salomonsson | WPG | RD | 35.1 | 28 | 28 |
| 28 | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | RD | 34.6 | 27 | 27 |
| 29 | David Reinbacher | MON | RD | 32.7 | 29 | 29 |
| 30 | Sean Behrens | COL | LD | 31.6 | 30 | 30 |
| 31 | Shakir Mukhamadullin | SJS | LD | 30.1 | 31 | 31 |
| 32 | Maveric Lamoureux | UTA | LD | 29.4 | 32 | 32 |
| 33 | Logan Hensler | OTT | RD | 28.9 | 33 | 33 |
| 34 | Ethan Del Mastro | CHI | LD | 28.1 | 34 | 34 |
| 35 | Ryan Ufko | NSH | RD | 28.0 | 42 | 42 |
| 36 | Cameron Reid | NSH | LD | 27.2 | 44 | 44 |
| 37 | Mike Benning | FLA | RD | 27.2 | 35 | 35 |
| 38 | Artyom Duda | UTA | LD | 27.1 | 41 | 41 |
| 39 | Mikhail Gulyayev | COL | LD | 26.6 | 37 | 37 |
| 40 | Theo Lindstein | STL | LD | 26.6 | 38 | 38 |
| 41 | Anton Silayev | NJD | LD | 26.5 | 39 | 40 |
| 42 | Wyatt Kaiser | CHI | LD | 26.4 | 40 | 39 |
| 43 | Lukas Dragicevic | SEA | RD | 24.8 | 45 | 45 |
| 44 | Maxim Strbak | BUF | RD | 24.5 | 48 | 48 |
| 45 | Adam Engstrom | MON | LD | 24.4 | 46 | 46 |
| 46 | Jack Thompson | SJS | RD | 24.4 | 47 | 47 |
| 47 | Sascha Boumedienne | WPG | LD | 24.2 | 43 | 43 |
| 48 | Jeremie Poirier | CGY | LD | 24.0 | 36 | 36 |
| 49 | Jackson Smith | CBJ | LD | 23.5 | 54 | 57 |
| 50 | Adam Jiricek | STL | RD | 23.4 | 49 | 49 |
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