Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – October 2016

Dobber

2016-10-03

The Top 100 defensemen to own in a points-only keeper league. October edition

These 100 defensemen were pulled directly from the Top 300 list that was posted Saturday. Because it's points-only, and positions aren't a factor, giving dmen their own list just makes sense. Criteria and factors are the same as that found in the Top 300 here. Please keep in mind that +/- 5.0 rating points here indicate that the defensemen are pretty much equal – so if you're looking at Del Zotto for example, everyone from Colin Miller down to Kris Russell (not on the list, but ranks 117th) are pretty much the same. The players within that range (i.e. similar players) have their own pros and cons (maybe one player gets hurt a lot, or another has more upside, or another is a nice, steady, reliable but low-ceiling option).

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Def. Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Oct	Sept
1	Erik Karlsson	OTT	132.4	10	10
2	Brent Burns	SJS	103.4	31	31
3	P.K. Subban	NSH	89.2	48	47
4	John Klingberg	DAL	88.3	50	49
5	Kris Letang	PIT	81.2	56	57
6	Roman Josi	NSH	78.9	59	60
7	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	73.4	70	70
8	John Carlson	WAS	66.7	91	91
9	Drew Doughty	LAK	65.7	94	95
10	Keith Yandle	FLA	65.1	97	98
11	Kevin Shattenkirk	STL	64.9	99	100
12	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	63.9	102	103
13	Mark Giordano	CGY	54.9	127	128
14	Tyson Barrie	COL	54.5	128	129
15	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	54.2	129	130
16	Victor Hedman	TBL	52.6	134	135
17	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	51.5	136	137
18	Shea Weber	MON	48.1	146	150
19	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	46.9	148	147
20	Morgan Rielly	TOR	46.3	152	153
21	Duncan Keith	CHI	44.8	156	157
22	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	43.7	162	163
23	Seth Jones	CBJ	42.9	165	166
24	Justin Faulk	CAR	40.9	170	171
25	Ryan Suter	MIN	35.5	186	187
26	Nick Leddy	NYI	34.1	189	191
27	Sami Vatanen	ANA	33.8	190	192
28	TJ Brodie	CGY	31.6	200	201
29	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	27.8	212	216
30	Adam Larsson	EDM	27.5	214	218
31	Anton Stralman	TBL	26.4	216	220
32	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	26.1	217	221
33	Ryan Ellis	NSH	25.5	220	224
34	Torey Krug	BOS	25.4	221	225
35	Colton Parayko	STL	24.6	225	239
36	Jake Muzzin	LAK	24.3	226	229
37	Cody Ceci	OTT	21.4	240	249
38	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	21.4	241	250
39	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	21.3	243	254
40	Matt Dumba	MIN	20.6	254	260
41	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	20.6	255	261
42	Brent Seabrook	CHI	20.6	256	262
43	Jacob Trouba	WPG	19.4	262	268
44	Mike Matheson	FLA	19.0	266	272
45	Cam Fowler	ANA	18.9	267	273
46	Jake Gardiner	TOR	18.1	274	279
47	Justin Schultz	PIT	15.9	310	300
48	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	15.2	324	328
49	Mike Green	DET	15.1	327	331
50	David Savard	CBJ	14.7	334	338
51	Matt Niskanen	WAS	14.7	335	339
52	Nathan Beaulieu	MON	14.4	340	365
53	Derrick Pouliot	PIT	13.1	359	362
54	Ryan Pulock	NYI	13.1	360	363
55	Ivan Provorov	PHI	13.0	361	377
56	Dion Phaneuf	OTT	13.0	362	364
57	Tyler Myers	WPG	12.6	365	368
58	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	12.6	366	369
59	Michael Stone	ARI	12.6	367	398
60	Andrei Markov	MON	12.6	368	389
61	Damon Severson	NJD	12.4	371	372
62	Noah Hanifin	CAR	12.2	374	404
63	Shea Theodore	ANA	12.2	375	387
64	Anthony DeAngelo	ARI	11.6	381	375
65	Zach Werenski	CBJ	11.5	382	385
66	Colin Miller	BOS	11.2	386	388
67	Brandon Montour	ANA	10.8	390	393
68	Alex Goligoski	ARI	10.7	391	394
69	Connor Murphy	ARI	10.5	393	396
70	Joshua Morrissey	WPG	9.3	400	343
71	Olli Maatta	PIT	9.1	404	408
72	Erik Johnson	COL	8.9	406	412
73	Julius Honka	DAL	8.9	407	413
74	Connor Carrick	TOR	8.9	408	414
75	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	8.4	413	430
76	Alex Petrovic	FLA	8.3	415	410
77	Madison Bowey	WAS	8.1	416	420
78	Esa Lindell	DAL	8.1	417	422
79	Nikita Zadorov	COL	7.7	420	397
80	Andrej Sekera	EDM	7.6	423	423
81	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	7.3	425	428
82	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	7.2	427	NR
83	Trevor Daley	PIT	6.9	431	434
84	Jake McCabe	BUF	6.9	432	435
85	Calvin de Haan	NYI	6.6	434	419
86	Travis Hamonic	NYI	6.6	435	433
87	Darnell Nurse	EDM	6.4	436	421
88	Linus Hultstrom	FLA	6.4	437	437
89	Brayden McNabb	LAK	6.2	442	442
90	Ryan Murray	CBJ	6.1	445	472
91	Michael Del Zotto	PHI	6.0	449	448
92	Ryan Murphy	CAR	5.8	453	452
93	Niklas Kronwall	DET	5.7	455	454
94	Jason Demers	FLA	5.6	459	458
95	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	5.5	464	464
96	Cody Franson	BUF	5.1	470	471
97	Dennis Wideman	CGY	5.0	471	473
98	Thomas Chabot	OTT	4.8	473	476
99	Mark Streit	PHI	4.6	476	522
100	Ben Hutton	VAN	4.3	485	507

Darren 2016-10-05 at 23:38Log in to Reply

What changed your mind on Slavin to get him ranked this month? Or was it just an oversight? Glad to see him here because I took him 2 weeks ago as my last pick in the draft. I was starting to think I made a mistake seemed like absolutely no one was talking about him.

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 27 - 19:12	DET	vs	TOR
Dec 27 - 19:12	BUF	vs	CHI
Dec 27 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	BOS
Dec 27 - 19:12	N.J	vs	CAR
Dec 27 - 20:12	DAL	vs	MIN
Dec 27 - 20:12	STL	vs	NSH
Dec 27 - 21:12	UTA	vs	COL
Dec 27 - 22:12	S.J	vs	VGK