Who are the top 10 defence prospects in the NHL?

Heiskanen and Dahlin do not count.

1. Cale Makar (COL)
2. Quinn Hughes (VAN)
3. Erik Brannstrom (OTT)
4. Adam Fox (NYR)
5. Evan Bouchard (EDM)
6. Juuso Valimaki (CGY)
7. Noah Dobson (NYI)
8. Cal Foote (TBL)
9. Ty Smith (NJD)
10. Rasmus Sandin (TOR)

Honourable mentions: Adam Boqvist (CHI), Urho Vaakanainen (BOS), Dante Fabbro (NSH), Phillippe Myers (PHI), Alexander Romanov (MTL)

1. Cale Makar
2. Quinton Hughes
3. Erik Brannstrom
4. Evan Bouchard
5. Noah Dobson
6. Adam Boqvist
7. Ty Smith
8. Adam Fox
9. Alexander Romanov
10. Cal Foote


Did not include Valimaki as he's played over 25 games including multiple in the playoffs, but otherwise he would've been slotted at 7

Sandin is having the best AHL season for a rookie defenseman of all time. He is well within the top 10

1. Adam Fox
2. K’Andre Miller
3. Yegor Rykov
4. Libor Hajek
5. Ryan Lindgren

The rest really don’t matter