Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – January 2017
Dobber
2017-01-04
The Top 100 defensemen to own in a points-only keeper league, January edition.
This list of 100 was simply curated from the larger, overall list of skaters. These are for points-only leagues, keeper formats. It blends potential upside with likely high-end, as well as current production, proneness to injury and team direction (coaching style, depth chart, etc.)
Also see this month's Top 300 Keeper League Players
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Jan | Dec |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 120.5 | 14 | 11 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 113.1 | 18 | 30 |
| 3 | Kris Letang | PIT | 73.8 | 64 | 65 |
| 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 69.2 | 77 | 108 |
| 5 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 65.5 | 87 | 48 |
| 6 | Kevin Shattenkirk | STL | 64.9 | 88 | 88 |
| 7 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 60.5 | 95 | 82 |
| 8 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 59.3 | 97 | 103 |
| 9 | Roman Josi | NSH | 58.9 | 98 | 73 |
| 10 | John Klingberg | DAL | 57.6 | 106 | 79 |
| 11 | John Carlson | WAS | 57.5 | 107 | 110 |
| 12 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 57.2 | 109 | 107 |
| 13 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 54.9 | 115 | 134 |
| 14 | Shea Weber | MON | 52.4 | 120 | 118 |
| 15 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 51.3 | 124 | 154 |
| 16 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 50.2 | 127 | 104 |
| 17 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 48.4 | 133 | 138 |
| 18 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 47.8 | 136 | 130 |
| 19 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 45.0 | 143 | 145 |
| 20 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 44.5 | 145 | 166 |
| 21 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 44.3 | 147 | 167 |
| 22 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 41.6 | 151 | 149 |
| 23 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 40.7 | 154 | 189 |
| 24 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 39.8 | 156 | 158 |
| 25 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 39.5 | 157 | 161 |
| 26 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 36.2 | 169 | 163 |
| 27 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 36.0 | 170 | 186 |
| 28 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 34.3 | 174 | 232 |
| 29 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 33.5 | 177 | 370 |
| 30 | Torey Krug | BOS | 29.5 | 196 | 235 |
| 31 | Sami Vatanen | ANA | 29.5 | 197 | 182 |
| 32 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 29.1 | 198 | 171 |
| 33 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | 27.7 | 202 | 212 |
| 34 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 27.1 | 204 | 147 |
| 35 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 25.5 | 212 | 191 |
| 36 | Damon Severson | NJD | 25.3 | 213 | 196 |
| 37 | Alec Martinez | LAK | 24.4 | 217 | 308 |
| 38 | Colton Parayko | STL | 23.2 | 222 | 214 |
| 39 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 22.3 | 230 | 211 |
| 40 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 19.6 | 248 | 278 |
| 41 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 18.7 | 253 | 261 |
| 42 | Noah Hanifin | CAR | 18.7 | 254 | 272 |
| 43 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 17.7 | 266 | 243 |
| 44 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 17.2 | 272 | 380 |
| 45 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 16.8 | 274 | 306 |
| 46 | Mike Green | DET | 16.5 | 278 | 230 |
| 47 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 15.4 | 289 | 357 |
| 48 | Anton Stralman | TBL | 14.4 | 302 | 271 |
| 49 | Nikita Zaitsev | TOR | 14.3 | 304 | 341 |
| 50 | Andrei Markov | MON | 14.0 | 307 | 391 |
| 51 | Nathan Beaulieu | MON | 14.0 | 308 | 338 |
| 52 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 13.8 | 317 | 297 |
| 53 | Andrej Sekera | EDM | 13.8 | 318 | 433 |
| 54 | Anthony DeAngelo | ARI | 13.3 | 325 | 355 |
| 55 | Nick Holden | NYR | 13.0 | 329 | 535 |
| 56 | Cody Ceci | OTT | 12.7 | 334 | 363 |
| 57 | Adam Larsson | EDM | 12.0 | 340 | 345 |
| 58 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 11.9 | 346 | 364 |
| 59 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 11.9 | 347 | 359 |
| 60 | Dennis Wideman | CGY | 11.6 | 350 | 381 |
| 61 | Connor Murphy | ARI | 11.5 | 354 | 386 |
| 62 | Derrick Pouliot | PIT | 11.5 | 356 | 361 |
| 63 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 11.4 | 359 | 497 |
| 64 | Shea Theodore | ANA | 11.2 | 363 | 372 |
| 65 | Colin Miller | BOS | 11.2 | 364 | 392 |
| 66 | David Savard | CBJ | 11.0 | 366 | 403 |
| 67 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 10.8 | 370 | 399 |
| 68 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 9.8 | 378 | 385 |
| 69 | Mike Reilly | MIN | 9.7 | 380 | 405 |
| 70 | Brian Dumoulin | PIT | 9.6 | 381 | 406 |
| 71 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 9.6 | 383 | 393 |
| 72 | Dion Phaneuf | OTT | 9.4 | 387 | 426 |
| 73 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | 9.3 | 389 | 408 |
| 74 | Julius Honka | DAL | 8.9 | 393 | 414 |
| 75 | Connor Carrick | TOR | 8.9 | 395 | 415 |
| 76 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 8.7 | 397 | 418 |
| 77 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 8.3 | 399 | 423 |
| 78 | Madison Bowey | WAS | 8.1 | 404 | 427 |
| 79 | Olli Maatta | PIT | 8.1 | 405 | 428 |
| 80 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 8.1 | 406 | 429 |
| 81 | Erik Johnson | COL | 7.9 | 408 | 321 |
| 82 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 7.7 | 410 | 432 |
| 83 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 7.6 | 411 | 412 |
| 84 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.3 | 413 | 436 |
| 85 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 6.9 | 419 | 461 |
| 86 | Trevor Daley | PIT | 6.9 | 420 | 440 |
| 87 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | 6.8 | 422 | 398 |
| 88 | Michael Del Zotto | PHI | 6.6 | 426 | 445 |
| 89 | Nikita Nesterov | TBL | 6.5 | 428 | 421 |
| 90 | Ryan Murray | CBJ | 6.5 | 429 | 448 |
| 91 | Slater Koekkoek | TBL | 6.3 | 430 | 447 |
| 92 | Ville Pokka | CHI | 6.3 | 432 | 449 |
| 93 | Michael Stone | ARI | 6.3 | 433 | 371 |
| 94 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 6.2 | 434 | 334 |
| 95 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 6.0 | 437 | 455 |
| 96 | Jacob Larsson | ANA | 5.8 | 443 | 462 |
| 97 | Jack Johnson | CBJ | 5.7 | 444 | 523 |
| 98 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | 5.6 | 447 | 492 |
| 99 | Jason Demers | FLA | 5.3 | 457 | 465 |
| 100 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 4.8 | 465 | 479 |
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How is Olli Maatta still fantasy relevant? 0 goals, 3 assists in 36 games and no PP time…Erik Johnson was producing at an almost 0.5 ppg rate before his injury. I own both in a deep keeper and would rate Johnson waaaaay ahead of Maatta .
You are right, I need to adjust Maatta
surprised Stetcher not on list. Running pp as a rookie.
People were surprised last year that Hutton wasn’t on the list. Ran the pp as a rookie. But Stecher ranks 490 on the overall list, so he’s somewhere around 110 on this one
keeper league I have Josi, Hedman, Backstrom, Johansen,Hall, Simmonds, Voracek, M. Jones coming into this season…picked Ristolainen this season and he has emerged, by season’s end do you feel I will have to include him in new batch for next season? Also have the likes of Drouin and Ehlers.
I would keep Risto and trade Johansen to make room
I do understand it is very hard to create a top list, but with all due respect… Why Weber and Keith so low? especially Weber! Look deeper at #10+11 ! Weber should be in top 10 by far
I forgot to put my usual caveat…but + or – 5.0 rating points are considered equal players. So Weber could be 11th, Keith could be 8th, depending on needs, mood, opinion.
Flyer’s best defenseman? Ivan Provorov. By the way, he is leading the Flyers and all NHL rookies in ave per game ice time
Agreed. We knew he was the best defensemen before he played a game this year. For the time being, Ghost is better offensively. That may or may not last. But two-way, always Provorov. Future blue line looks incredible, the Prospects Report has been preaching this for a couple of years now!