Top 100 Keeper Defensemen – October 2015
Dobber
2015-10-02
The Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – October edition.
Based on last month's comments (yes, I always read those because the readers are quick to point out oversights or tell me something I didn't know – it makes these rankings better) I found a way to subtly tweak the formula in such a way that unproven (i.e. prospect) defensemen are still very much valued, but just a tad lower. It's great to own a player who could make the team in 2016-17 and perhaps get 50 points by 2017-18…but how do you measure that against a 'guaranteed' 35-40 point player? That's the fine line we walk…
These rankings are just pulled from my Top 300 Player Rankings. Remember this is for points-only keeper leagues. And all the factors are listed in the Top 300 link.
| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Oct | Sep |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 114.2 | 20 | 20 |
| 2 | P.K. Subban | MON | 91.5 | 45 | 44 |
| 3 | Keith Yandle | NYR | 76.9 | 71 | 71 |
| 4 | Kevin Shattenkirk | STL | 76.0 | 73 | 73 |
| 5 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 68.1 | 84 | 84 |
| 6 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 63.1 | 95 | 95 |
| 7 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 62.8 | 98 | 92 |
| 8 | John Carlson | WAS | 62.6 | 100 | 99 |
| 9 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 62.1 | 103 | 102 |
| 10 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 61.9 | 104 | 103 |
| 11 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 61.6 | 106 | 105 |
| 12 | Roman Josi | NSH | 59.4 | 112 | 111 |
| 13 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 59.4 | 113 | 112 |
| 14 | Shea Weber | NSH | 59.1 | 114 | 113 |
| 15 | Brent Burns | SJS | 53.3 | 130 | 130 |
| 16 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 50.8 | 137 | 138 |
| 17 | Kris Letang | PIT | 50.8 | 138 | 144 |
| 18 | Mike Green | DET | 49.9 | 143 | 142 |
| 19 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 48.2 | 147 | 147 |
| 20 | John Klingberg | DAL | 48.0 | 148 | 148 |
| 21 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 47.2 | 153 | 153 |
| 22 | Justin Schultz | EDM | 42.0 | 160 | 160 |
| 23 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 41.0 | 167 | 167 |
| 24 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 35.9 | 181 | 180 |
| 25 | Sami Vatanen | ANA | 35.2 | 184 | 183 |
| 26 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 34.9 | 187 | 186 |
| 27 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 34.5 | 189 | 189 |
| 28 | Torey Krug | BOS | 33.4 | 195 | 193 |
| 29 | Seth Jones | NSH | 32.9 | 199 | 196 |
| 30 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 31.8 | 208 | 206 |
| 31 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 29.7 | 213 | 212 |
| 32 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 29.5 | 215 | 214 |
| 33 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 28.2 | 222 | 222 |
| 34 | Anton Stralman | TBL | 28.1 | 223 | 223 |
| 35 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 27.8 | 226 | 226 |
| 36 | Jack Johnson | CBJ | 26.6 | 230 | 231 |
| 37 | Mark Streit | PHI | 25.9 | 237 | 238 |
| 38 | James Wisniewski | CAR | 25.1 | 244 | 246 |
| 39 | Alex Goligoski | DAL | 24.8 | 247 | 250 |
| 40 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 24.5 | 248 | 251 |
| 41 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 23.7 | 256 | 259 |
| 42 | Cody Franson | BUF | 22.9 | 263 | 264 |
| 43 | Cody Ceci | OTT | 22.3 | 266 | 228 |
| 44 | Michael Del Zotto | PHI | 21.4 | 271 | 270 |
| 45 | Niklas Kronwall | DET | 21.2 | 273 | 272 |
| 46 | Dennis Wideman | CGY | 21.0 | 275 | 274 |
| 47 | David Savard | CBJ | 21.0 | 276 | 275 |
| 48 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 20.8 | 277 | 276 |
| 49 | Anthony DeAngelo | TBL | 20.6 | 281 | 211 |
| 50 | Derrick Pouliot | PIT | 19.9 | 289 | 243 |
| 51 | Andrej Sekera | EDM | 19.5 | 295 | 292 |
| 52 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | 19.2 | 297 | 295 |
| 53 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 18.7 | 300 | 298 |
| 54 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 18.0 | 308 | 306 |
| 55 | Andrei Markov | MON | 17.9 | 310 | 309 |
| 56 | Adam Larsson | NJD | 17.7 | 315 | 314 |
| 57 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 17.3 | 322 | 273 |
| 58 | Erik Johnson | COL | 17.2 | 324 | 320 |
| 59 | Ryan Murphy | CAR | 17.1 | 329 | 307 |
| 60 | Nathan Beaulieu | MON | 15.8 | 341 | 334 |
| 61 | Jason Garrison | TBL | 15.2 | 347 | 339 |
| 62 | Damon Severson | NJD | 14.6 | 350 | 345 |
| 63 | Brandon Gormley | COL | 13.5 | 365 | 389 |
| 64 | Trevor Daley | CHI | 13.3 | 371 | 365 |
| 65 | Calvin de Haan | NYI | 13.2 | 373 | 367 |
| 66 | Eric Gelinas | NJD | 13.0 | 379 | 370 |
| 67 | Griffin Reinhart | EDM | 12.6 | 384 | 376 |
| 68 | Travis Hamonic | NYI | 12.6 | 385 | 377 |
| 69 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | 12.5 | 386 | 378 |
| 70 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 12.4 | 387 | 379 |
| 71 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 12.3 | 388 | 380 |
| 72 | Nikita Nesterov | TBL | 12.3 | 389 | 381 |
| 73 | Kris Russell | CGY | 12.1 | 391 | 382 |
| 74 | Johnny Boychuk | NYI | 12.1 | 392 | 383 |
| 75 | Olli Maatta | PIT | 12.0 | 395 | 387 |
| 76 | Dion Phaneuf | TOR | 11.6 | 396 | 388 |
| 77 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 11.4 | 398 | 391 |
| 78 | Connor Murphy | ARI | 11.3 | 400 | 393 |
| 79 | Colin Miller | BOS | 11.1 | 403 | 396 |
| 80 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 10.2 | 410 | 402 |
| 81 | Patrick Wiercioch | OTT | 9.9 | 411 | 403 |
| 82 | Brendan Smith | DET | 9.9 | 412 | 404 |
| 83 | Adam Clendening | PIT | 9.8 | 414 | 341 |
| 84 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 9.6 | 416 | 408 |
| 85 | Simon Despres | ANA | 9.6 | 417 | 409 |
| 86 | Brayden McNabb | LAK | 9.4 | 419 | 411 |
| 87 | Joe Morrow | BOS | 9.3 | 420 | 458 |
| 88 | Mark Barberio | MON | 8.9 | 422 | 415 |
| 89 | Connor Carrick | WAS | 8.9 | 423 | 357 |
| 90 | Shea Theodore | ANA | 8.7 | 425 | 332 |
| 91 | David Rundblad | CHI | 8.4 | 428 | 421 |
| 92 | Slater Koekkoek | TBL | 8.3 | 429 | 316 |
| 93 | Danny DeKeyser | DET | 8.1 | 432 | 426 |
| 94 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 8.0 | 433 | 427 |
| 95 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 8.0 | 434 | 405 |
| 96 | Mark Pysyk | BUF | 7.7 | 437 | 418 |
| 97 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 7.6 | 438 | 344 |
| 98 | Kevin Connauton | CBJ | 7.6 | 439 | 413 |
| 99 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | 7.6 | 440 | 430 |
| 100 | Stefan Elliott | ARI | 7.3 | 444 | 429 |
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Maybe I need glasses, but no Alex Edler in the top 100?
What about Ristolainen? I know he doesnt project as an offensive defensemam, but hes gotta be Top 100, no? Curious if Im missing something.