Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen

Dobber

2017-03-07

The Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues…

As always, this ranking is for points-only keepers. Two players within 5.0 rating of each other are equal value and would depend on your needs. Factored are proneness to injury, immediate production, long-term production, depth chart and distance from prime years (age).

See the Top 300 keeper league skaters – here!

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	March	Feb
1	Brent Burns	SJS	135.1	9	14
2	Erik Karlsson	OTT	117.5	18	17
3	Victor Hedman	TBL	90.7	39	48
4	Kevin Shattenkirk	WAS	72.9	66	78
5	John Klingberg	DAL	69.7	74	83
6	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	66.1	80	91
7	Kris Letang	PIT	63.7	84	99
8	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	60.5	89	97
9	Duncan Keith	CHI	59.2	92	108
10	P.K. Subban	NSH	59.2	93	100
11	Roman Josi	NSH	58.5	94	110
12	Drew Doughty	LAK	57.2	102	105
13	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	51.9	116	121
14	John Carlson	WAS	49.6	123	130
15	Shea Weber	MON	49.5	124	119
16	Torey Krug	BOS	49.5	125	161
17	Seth Jones	CBJ	46.1	136	129
18	Zach Werenski	CBJ	45.3	138	135
19	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	45.2	139	140
20	Justin Schultz	PIT	44.8	141	142
21	Tyson Barrie	COL	40.8	147	144
22	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	37.6	153	154
23	Ryan Suter	MIN	35.6	158	155
24	Keith Yandle	FLA	35.6	159	170
25	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	33.6	164	162
26	Jake Gardiner	TOR	32.0	167	167
27	Nick Leddy	NYI	31.0	174	189
28	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	30.9	176	159
29	Justin Faulk	CAR	29.4	182	188
30	Matt Niskanen	WAS	28.5	186	196
31	Morgan Rielly	TOR	28.2	187	169
32	Cam Fowler	ANA	26.8	191	173
33	Ryan Ellis	NSH	26.2	194	214
34	Mark Giordano	CGY	24.9	205	193
35	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	24.8	206	209
36	Jacob Trouba	WPG	24.7	208	210
37	Brent Seabrook	CHI	23.6	215	213
38	Matt Dumba	MIN	22.1	224	225
39	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	22.0	225	319
40	Colton Parayko	STL	21.8	226	227
41	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	19.3	239	195
42	Damon Severson	NJD	18.7	244	253
43	Alec Martinez	LAK	17.9	251	226
44	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	16.9	261	287
45	Ivan Provorov	PHI	16.6	265	249
46	Brady Skjei	NYR	15.8	273	372
47	Mike Green	DET	15.5	279	241
48	Sami Vatanen	ANA	15.3	280	216
49	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	15.3	283	324
50	Nick Holden	NYR	15.0	286	294
51	Nathan Beaulieu	MON	14.8	289	259
52	TJ Brodie	CGY	14.6	292	298
53	Andrej Sekera	EDM	14.1	298	261
54	Anthony DeAngelo	ARI	13.3	313	317
55	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	11.7	331	336
56	Connor Murphy	ARI	11.5	333	338
57	Adam Larsson	EDM	11.5	334	339
58	Shea Theodore	ANA	11.2	338	347
59	Colin Miller	BOS	11.2	339	348
60	Brandon Montour	ANA	10.8	345	353
61	Mike Matheson	FLA	10.5	349	310
62	Cody Ceci	OTT	9.9	354	357
63	Tyler Myers	WPG	9.8	355	363
64	Brian Dumoulin	PIT	9.6	357	368
65	Ryan Pulock	NYI	9.6	359	370
66	Julius Honka	DAL	8.9	373	379
67	Connor Carrick	TOR	8.6	375	380
68	Ryan Graves	NYR	8.6	376	383
69	Joshua Morrissey	WPG	8.3	378	387
70	Dion Phaneuf	OTT	8.3	379	374
71	Noah Hanifin	CAR	8.2	380	350
72	Derrick Pouliot	PIT	8.2	381	389
73	Madison Bowey	WAS	8.1	382	391
74	Esa Lindell	DAL	8.1	384	392
75	David Savard	CBJ	8.0	386	365
76	Nikita Zadorov	COL	7.7	389	394
77	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	7.6	390	395
78	Mike Reilly	MIN	7.4	392	397
79	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	7.3	393	398
80	Jake Muzzin	LAK	7.2	395	419
81	Mark Streit	PIT	6.6	405	543
82	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	6.5	406	412
83	Anton Stralman	TBL	6.3	409	376
84	Ville Pokka	CHI	6.3	410	416
85	Michael Stone	CGY	6.3	411	439
86	Steven Santini	NJD	6.1	413	421
87	Darnell Nurse	EDM	6.0	415	423
88	Jeff Petry	MON	5.9	417	329
89	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	5.8	419	407
90	Jacob Larsson	ANA	5.8	420	425
91	Slater Koekkoek	TBL	5.8	421	426
92	Erik Johnson	COL	5.8	422	427
93	Michael Del Zotto	PHI	5.6	424	411
94	Cody Franson	BUF	5.1	435	444
95	Thomas Chabot	OTT	4.8	441	450
96	Ryan Murphy	CAR	4.7	446	456
97	Alex Goligoski	ARI	4.7	448	458
98	Andrei Markov	MON	4.4	455	465
99	Brad Hunt	STL	4.4	456	466
100	Troy Stecher	VAN	4.2	464	480

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101	Jake McCabe	BUF
102	Travis Sanheim	PHI
103	Jakob Chychrun	ARI
104	Ben Hutton	VAN
105	Jason Demers	FLA
106	Jake Walman	STL
107	Mikhail Sergachev	MON
108	Yohann Auvitu	NJD
109	Olli Juolevi	VAN
110	Brandon Carlo	BOS

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36crazyfists 2017-03-13 at 11:47Log in to Reply

What are your thoughts on DeAngelo?

Good chance to put up 40-50 points annually?
Paul Switzer 2017-04-06 at 10:36Log in to Reply

Ville Pokka is very overrated. 84?
- Dobber 2017-04-06 at 10:49Log in to Reply
  
  Maybe. The new list is out in a day or two. It’s hard comparing a 35-year-old whose helping right now but with minimal upside, to an 18-year-old middle-draft pick with a good future, to a 23-year-old prospect on the cusp of making a high-scoring team. Know what I mean? Try putting THAT into a formula lol
  - Paul Switzer 2017-04-06 at 18:13Log in to Reply
    
    True, but Pokka shouldn’t be ranked ahead of Forsling. Pokka is not getting a sniff with the Blackhawks while the team had Forsling play 36 games with the Hawks. With the Hawks resting dmen tonight they have called up Forsling not Pokka. Plus, Forsling is 2 years younger than Pokka. I understand it’s hard to rank all these guys but Pokka is a lot closer to getting trading than getting a shot with the Hawks.
    - Dobber 2017-04-06 at 22:10Log in to Reply
      
      I believe he’s not ahead of Forsling. But you’ll see that tomorrow when the updated rankings are up.
      That being said, +/-5.0 rating points are considered equal value.
      - Dobber 2017-04-06 at 22:11
        
        Getting traded, by the way, would shoot Pokka ahead of Forsling because Forsling would remain buried while Pokka gets freed. Your ‘will be traded’ argument actually hurts your case a bit
      - Paul Switzer 2017-04-07 at 04:46
        
        It doesn’t hurt my case at all. IF Pokka is traded then his ranking goes up. Currently, he is overrated because of his position on the depth chart with the Blackhawks.
      - Dobber 2017-04-07 at 06:49
        
        Sorry, I thought you used his probable trade as a reason why he should be lower ranked than Forsling. The opposite would be true. How do you like today’s update?
      - Paul Switzer 2017-04-07 at 07:52
        
        I don’t think Pokka even belongs in the top 100. I would easily take Stecher or Larsson over him. I just haven’t seen much from Pokka and I know the Hawks are not very high on him based on their actions.
      - Dobber 2017-04-07 at 08:28
        
        What are you talking about? They gave up Nick Leddy to get him, so even if he’s a bust they’ll give him a million opportunities to turn things around – that’s just smart asset management. All teams do it. If they trade for a player and that player sucks, they keep playing that player anyway. You see it all the time.
        He’s had one poor season, but I’ll let him turn 24 before even remotely passing judgment.
        How do you like today’s update? (read the rules)
      - Paul Switzer 2017-04-07 at 17:53
        
        I know exactly what the Hawks gave up to get Pokka and I applauded the trade at the time. It was good asset management since the Hawks were able to get a decent prospect when everyone knew they had to trade Leddy for cap purposes. However, since that trade Pokka has not improved much for anyone to get excited about. And if you’ve paid attention to how the Hawks have treated prospects in this regime you’d know the Hawks are not high on Pokka. It doesn’t matter that they traded Leddy for him. It doesn’t matter what other teams do. The Hawks will cut bait on players if they don’t fit their team or they are just not high on them. They are treating Pokka the same way they treated Mark McNeil and he was a 1st round draft pick. On the other hand it is clear both through their words and actions that the Hawks are high on Forsling. Maybe a skeptic says the Hawks have treated Forsling the way they have this season because they didn’t want him to stay in Sweden but the Hawks are not known to play those kind of games.
        
        What do I think of the rankings? Like I already wrote, Pokka should not be in the top 100. If you feel the need to have a Blackhawk prospect in the top 100, it is definitely Forsling. And yes I know about your rating of 5 pts within each other. But in this case we are talking about similarly aged dmen NOT a 22-year old versus a 32-year old. I would hope that players’ rankings that are in the same stage of their career could be used as a comparison. But overall, I don’t think Pokka is in the same conversation as Stecher and Larsson regardless as to how many points separate them in your rankings.
      - Dobber 2017-04-07 at 18:36
        
        Fair opinion. I hope you respect mine.