Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – February 2017

Dobber

2017-02-03

The Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only fantasy hockey keeper leagues – February edition.

This list was curated from the full Top 300 players list that was posted yesterday. Keep in mind that +/- 5.0 rating points is essentially the same value and would just depend on your needs (long-term vs. short-term, proven vs. unproven, reliable vs. injury prone, etc.)

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Feb	Jan
1	Brent Burns	SJS	125.6	14	18
2	Erik Karlsson	OTT	117.5	17	14
3	Victor Hedman	TBL	84.3	48	77
4	Kevin Shattenkirk	STL	67.8	78	88
5	John Klingberg	DAL	63.6	83	106
6	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	61.7	91	97
7	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	60.5	97	95
8	Kris Letang	PIT	59.5	99	64
9	P.K. Subban	NSH	59.2	100	87
10	Drew Doughty	LAK	57.2	105	109
11	Duncan Keith	CHI	56.3	108	115
12	Roman Josi	NSH	55.6	110	98
13	Shea Weber	MON	52.4	119	120
14	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	51.9	121	133
15	Seth Jones	CBJ	47.9	129	147
16	John Carlson	WAS	47.7	130	107
17	Zach Werenski	CBJ	47.0	135	124
18	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	45.2	140	145
19	Justin Schultz	PIT	44.8	142	177
20	Tyson Barrie	COL	43.6	144	136
21	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	39.1	154	157
22	Ryan Suter	MIN	38.4	155	156
23	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	37.5	159	151
24	Torey Krug	BOS	37.1	161	196
25	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	36.4	162	154
26	Jake Gardiner	TOR	34.8	167	174
27	Morgan Rielly	TOR	34.3	169	143
28	Keith Yandle	FLA	34.2	170	127
29	Cam Fowler	ANA	33.6	173	170
30	Justin Faulk	CAR	30.7	188	169
31	Nick Leddy	NYI	29.6	189	212
32	Mark Giordano	CGY	27.6	193	198
33	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	26.7	195	272
34	Matt Niskanen	WAS	26.6	196	274
35	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	24.8	209	204
36	Jacob Trouba	WPG	24.7	210	253
37	Brent Seabrook	CHI	23.6	213	202
38	Ryan Ellis	NSH	23.6	214	230
39	Sami Vatanen	ANA	22.9	216	197
40	Matt Dumba	MIN	22.1	225	248
41	Alec Martinez	LAK	22.0	226	217
42	Colton Parayko	STL	21.9	227	222
43	Mike Green	DET	20.6	241	278
44	Ivan Provorov	PHI	19.1	249	289
45	Damon Severson	NJD	18.7	253	213
46	Nathan Beaulieu	MON	18.3	259	308
47	Andrej Sekera	EDM	18.0	261	318
48	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	15.6	287	304
49	Nick Holden	NYR	15.0	294	329
50	TJ Brodie	CGY	14.6	298	266
51	Mike Matheson	FLA	13.8	310	317
52	Anthony DeAngelo	ARI	13.3	317	325
53	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	13.0	319	346
54	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	12.7	324	359
55	Jeff Petry	MON	12.3	329	496
56	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	11.7	336	347
57	Connor Murphy	ARI	11.5	338	354
58	Adam Larsson	EDM	11.5	339	340
59	Shea Theodore	ANA	11.2	347	363
60	Colin Miller	BOS	11.2	348	364
61	Noah Hanifin	CAR	11.0	350	254
62	Brandon Montour	ANA	10.8	353	370
63	Cody Ceci	OTT	10.5	357	334
64	Tyler Myers	WPG	9.8	363	378
65	David Savard	CBJ	9.7	365	366
66	Brian Dumoulin	PIT	9.6	368	381
67	Ryan Pulock	NYI	9.6	370	383
68	Brady Skjei	NYR	9.4	372	399
69	Dion Phaneuf	OTT	9.4	374	387
70	Anton Stralman	TBL	9.3	376	302
71	Julius Honka	DAL	8.9	379	393
72	Connor Carrick	TOR	8.9	380	395
73	Ryan Graves	NYR	8.6	383	NR
74	Joshua Morrissey	WPG	8.3	387	389
75	Derrick Pouliot	PIT	8.2	389	356
76	Madison Bowey	WAS	8.1	391	404
77	Esa Lindell	DAL	8.1	392	406
78	Nikita Zadorov	COL	7.7	394	410
79	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	7.6	395	411
80	Mike Reilly	MIN	7.4	397	380
81	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	7.3	398	413
82	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	6.9	407	419
83	Trevor Daley	PIT	6.6	410	420
84	Michael Del Zotto	PHI	6.6	411	426
85	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	6.5	412	422
86	Ville Pokka	CHI	6.3	416	432
87	Ryan Murray	CBJ	6.2	418	429
88	Jake Muzzin	LAK	6.2	419	434
89	Steven Santini	NJD	6.1	421	NR
90	Darnell Nurse	EDM	6.0	423	437
91	Jacob Larsson	ANA	5.8	425	443
92	Slater Koekkoek	TBL	5.8	426	430
93	Erik Johnson	COL	5.8	427	408
94	Jason Demers	FLA	5.3	438	457
95	Michael Stone	ARI	5.3	439	433
96	Thomas Chabot	OTT	4.8	450	465
97	Ryan Murphy	CAR	4.7	456	464
98	Alex Goligoski	ARI	4.7	458	397
99	Andrei Markov	MON	4.4	465	307
100	Travis Hamonic	NYI	4.4	467	480

This month, a special bonus – I thought I'd stop the "where's Stecher" and "where's Edler" comments before they start! Here are the next 18 names…

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101	Patrick Wiercioch	COL
102	Gustav Forsling	CHI
103	Jake McCabe	BUF
104	Troy Stecher	VAN
105	Mark Pysyk	FLA
106	Travis Sanheim	PHI
107	Oliver Kylington	CGY
108	Jakob Chychrun	ARI
109	Ben Hutton	VAN
110	Jake Walman	STL
111	Mikhail Sergachev	MON
112	Yohann Auvitu	NJD
113	Olli Juolevi	VAN
114	Dennis Wideman	CGY
115	Jakub Zboril	BOS
116	Brandon Carlo	BOS
117	Alexander Edler	VAN
118	Mark Streit	PHI

Chris Liggio 2017-02-03 at 09:18Log in to Reply

in a league counting ATOI, HIT and BLK would you still hold Josi in higher regard than Ristolainen; came in with Josi and Hedman this year, drafted Risto and he has been the more valuable guy. Because I have to use 2 keepers for goalies (Jones, Murray) there is no way I can keep 3 D with the forward crop I have to select from.
- Josh Melly 2017-02-03 at 11:18Log in to Reply
  
  i like risto better, josi hasnt been producing this year and with subban who knows if he stays as the guy on the top PP unit, plus risto hits more than josi does
craig 2017-02-03 at 12:27Log in to Reply

In a league with G, A, Pts, SOG, PPP, Hits Blocks does Colton Parayko get an uptick with the possibility of Shattenkirk getting traded? Plus only 23 at this point.
Tom Collins 2017-02-03 at 17:37Log in to Reply

Yes! A Mark Streit sighting! I know his age is a deterrent, but he still has 20 points in 39 games. I believe he could be a 40-point guy if he can play a full season.

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 05 - 19:11	CAR	vs	PHI
Nov 05 - 19:11	MTL	vs	CGY
Nov 05 - 19:11	BUF	vs	OTT
Nov 05 - 19:11	TOR	vs	BOS
Nov 05 - 19:11	NYI	vs	PIT
Nov 05 - 20:11	MIN	vs	L.A
Nov 05 - 20:11	STL	vs	T.B
Nov 05 - 20:11	WPG	vs	UTA
Nov 05 - 21:11	COL	vs	SEA
Nov 05 - 22:11	ANA	vs	VAN
Nov 05 - 22:11	S.J	vs	CBJ