Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – March 2026
Dobber
2026-03-28
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As always, players rated within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal, and at that point will depend on team needs (maybe you need a surefire 40-point guy now who may pan out into 70 down the road, or maybe you’d rather wait three years on a guy who may or may not top out at 90), or personal bias (maybe you’re a Habs fan who thinks Zharovsky is king and miles better than Gridin, whereas a Flames fan will feel the opposite!)
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Graduated this month, including forwards:
Fraser Minten
Ryan Greene
Emmitt Finnie
Samuel Helenius
Ozzy Wiesblatt
Adam Wilsby
Noah Laba
Matthew Robertson
Donovan Sebrango
Elmer Soderblom
Jimmy Snuggerud
Collin Graf
Ryan Winterton
Liam Ohgren
Max Sasson
Justin Sourdif
| Mar | Prospect | Team | type | Prospect Rating | Feb | Jan |
| 1 | Cole Hutson | WAS | LD | 131.4 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Sam Dickinson | SJS | LD | 130.4 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | RD | 129.6 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | RD | 108.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Kashawn Aitcheson | NYI | LD | 96.8 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | Tom Willander | VAN | RD | 92.1 | 8 | 9 |
| 7 | Sam Rinzel | CHI | RD | 85.8 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Cameron Reid | NSH | LD | 85.1 | 17 | 17 |
| 9 | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | LD | 85.1 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | Scott Morrow | NYR | RD | 85.0 | 12 | 12 |
| 11 | Jackson Smith | CBJ | LD | 84.6 | 15 | 16 |
| 12 | Adam Jiricek | STL | RD | 84.4 | 18 | 18 |
| 13 | Harrison Brunicke | PIT | RD | 84.4 | 24 | 23 |
| 14 | Radim Mrtka | BUF | RD | 82.1 | 9 | 5 |
| 15 | Dmitri Simashev | UTA | LD | 81.9 | 35 | 35 |
| 16 | Seamus Casey | NJD | RD | 81.3 | 13 | 13 |
| 17 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | LD | 80.9 | 11 | 11 |
| 18 | Lukas Cormier | VGK | LD | 79.3 | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | Logan Mailloux | STL | RD | 78.5 | 16 | 15 |
| 20 | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | RD | 75.7 | 19 | 19 |
| 21 | Ryan Ufko | NSH | RD | 75.5 | 21 | 25 |
| 22 | Leo Sahlin Wallenius | SJS | LD | 71.6 | 22 | 21 |
| 23 | Sascha Boumedienne | WPG | LD | 70.7 | 20 | 20 |
| 24 | Henry Mews | CGY | RD | 70.0 | 25 | 24 |
| 25 | Luca Cagnoni | SJS | LD | 69.6 | 5 | 6 |
| 26 | Logan Hensler | OTT | RD | 67.9 | 23 | 22 |
| 27 | Bryce Pickford | MON | RD | 67.5 | NR | NR |
| 28 | Tarin Smith | ANA | LD | 67.1 | 33 | 33 |
| 29 | Eric Pohlkamp | SJS | RD | 66.6 | 47 | 48 |
| 30 | David Jiricek | PHI | RD | 66.2 | 30 | 30 |
| 31 | Luca Marrelli | CBJ | RD | 65.6 | 31 | 31 |
| 32 | Adam Engstrom | MON | LD | 65.0 | 44 | 45 |
| 33 | Theo Lindstein | STL | LD | 64.7 | 32 | 32 |
| 34 | Lukas Dragicevic | SEA | RD | 64.5 | 28 | 28 |
| 35 | Elias Salomonsson | WPG | RD | 64.5 | 29 | 29 |
| 36 | Henry Brzustewicz | LAK | RD | 64.4 | 34 | 34 |
| 37 | David Reinbacher | MON | RD | 63.5 | 37 | 37 |
| 38 | Maxim Strbak | BUF | RD | 63.2 | 27 | 27 |
| 39 | Lasse Boelius | ANA | LD | 62.7 | 38 | 38 |
| 40 | Artyom Duda | UTA | LD | 62.6 | 39 | 39 |
| 41 | Tristan Bertucci | DAL | LD | 62.1 | 40 | 40 |
| 42 | Tyson Jugnauth | SEA | LD | 61.8 | 41 | 44 |
| 43 | Alfons Freij | WPG | LD | 61.3 | 26 | 26 |
| 44 | Mike Benning | FLA | RD | 59.7 | 46 | 47 |
| 45 | Tomas Lavoie | UTA | RD | 59.4 | 49 | 49 |
| 46 | Owen Pickering | PIT | LD | 58.7 | 36 | 36 |
| 47 | Frederic Brunet | BOS | LD | 57.5 | 65 | 65 |
| 48 | Luke Osburn | BUF | LD | 57.2 | 59 | 59 |
| 49 | Tristan Luneau | ANA | RD | 57.0 | 48 | 43 |
| 50 | Ty Nelson | SEA | RD | 56.3 | 51 | 51 |
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