Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – April 2017

Dobber

2017-04-07

The Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues, April edition

Curated from the overall Top 300 skaters list, found here.

The Rules: These are for points-only leagues, and so this is both a long-term and short-term projection of upside measured against immediate dividends. Generally speaking, a rating of two players that are within +/- 5.0 rating points is an indication of equal value, and at that point you would need to consider your own needs and goals when comparing the two. Considered are depth chart, proneness to injury, upside, three-year-likely average, immediate season, and team direction.

This Month: I wiped this season clean and look ahead to next year and beyond. I did player-by-player look and – only off the top of my head – I tweaked the numbers. This means that injuries are wiped out (i.e. Myers), and inflated 2016-17 numbers are also wiped out (i.e. Burns), as well as some prospects who are going to see a bit of action next year. This is not a full analysis with careful study – an analysis like that takes me nearly two months and I do that for the Fantasy Guide (so the August 1st rankings). This is only "eyeballing" it for each player.

Out Now! My 11th Annual Interactive Playoff Draft List! Download it today, and grab the updated version over the weekend. Details here!

📢 advertisement:

Click a player name to see their stats, game logs, advanced stats and the rest of their profile

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	April	March
1	Erik Karlsson	OTT	125.1	13	18
2	Brent Burns	SJS	108.5	26	9
3	Victor Hedman	TBL	92.6	43	39
4	Kevin Shattenkirk	WAS	72.9	75	66
5	John Klingberg	DAL	71.0	81	74
6	P.K. Subban	NSH	68.2	90	93
7	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	60.5	105	89
8	Roman Josi	NSH	57.8	112	94
9	Duncan Keith	CHI	54.9	119	92
10	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	54.7	121	116
11	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	51.5	128	176
12	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	51.3	129	80
13	Tyson Barrie	COL	50.3	133	147
14	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	50.0	135	153
15	Torey Krug	BOS	47.5	140	125
16	Drew Doughty	LAK	46.7	143	102
17	Kris Letang	PIT	46.2	147	84
18	Seth Jones	CBJ	46.1	148	136
19	Zach Werenski	CBJ	45.3	150	138
20	John Carlson	WAS	42.8	158	123
21	Justin Schultz	PIT	42.7	160	141
22	Morgan Rielly	TOR	42.6	161	187
23	Jake Gardiner	TOR	39.3	170	167
24	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	38.1	172	139
25	Shea Weber	MON	37.8	173	124
26	Keith Yandle	FLA	37.6	174	159
27	Ryan Ellis	NSH	35.8	176	194
28	Jacob Trouba	WPG	34.0	183	208
29	Matt Dumba	MIN	33.1	187	224
30	Nick Leddy	NYI	32.4	191	174
31	Justin Faulk	CAR	32.1	193	182
32	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	30.9	201	164
33	Brady Skjei	NYR	30.3	204	273
34	Cam Fowler	ANA	29.5	206	191
35	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	28.7	209	225
36	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	28.5	211	206
37	Mark Giordano	CGY	27.4	214	205
38	Ryan Suter	MIN	26.6	219	158
39	Colton Parayko	STL	24.1	226	226
40	TJ Brodie	CGY	23.7	229	292
41	Brent Seabrook	CHI	23.6	231	215
42	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	23.2	235	239
43	Ivan Provorov	PHI	23.0	236	265
44	Matt Niskanen	WAS	22.2	239	186
45	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	21.9	241	261
46	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	17.7	267	331
47	Damon Severson	NJD	17.7	269	244
48	Sami Vatanen	ANA	17.6	270	280
49	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	17.5	271	283
50	Nathan Beaulieu	MON	17.1	276	289
51	Tyler Myers	WPG	15.5	293	355
52	Mike Green	DET	15.5	294	279
53	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	15.1	297	419
54	Shea Theodore	ANA	14.5	303	338
55	Andrej Sekera	EDM	14.1	313	298
56	Anthony DeAngelo	ARI	13.3	324	313
57	Mike Matheson	FLA	13.3	326	349
58	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	12.6	332	406
59	Darnell Nurse	EDM	11.6	342	415
60	Brandon Montour	ANA	10.8	349	345
61	Colin Miller	BOS	10.7	351	339
62	Adam Larsson	EDM	10.7	352	334
63	Alec Martinez	LAK	10.3	356	251
64	Cody Ceci	OTT	9.9	358	354
65	Esa Lindell	DAL	9.9	359	384
66	Julius Honka	DAL	9.9	360	373
67	Anton Stralman	TBL	9.7	361	409
68	Ryan Pulock	NYI	9.6	364	359
69	Erik Johnson	COL	9.5	365	422
70	Joshua Morrissey	WPG	9.3	366	378
71	Alex Goligoski	ARI	8.7	372	448
72	Brian Dumoulin	PIT	8.5	375	357
73	Derrick Pouliot	PIT	8.2	378	381
74	Connor Murphy	ARI	8.2	379	333
75	Madison Bowey	WAS	8.1	380	382
76	Noah Hanifin	CAR	8.0	383	380
77	David Savard	CBJ	8.0	384	386
78	Dion Phaneuf	OTT	8.0	385	379
79	Thomas Chabot	OTT	7.8	387	441
80	Nikita Zadorov	COL	7.7	390	389
81	Connor Carrick	TOR	7.3	395	375
82	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	7.2	396	393
83	Jake Walman	STL	7.1	398	496
84	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	7.0	401	390
85	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	6.7	405	484
86	Jake Muzzin	LAK	6.5	407	395
87	Michael Del Zotto	PHI	6.3	410	424
88	Mikhail Sergachev	MON	6.2	412	506
89	Ryan Graves	NYR	6.1	413	376
90	Steven Santini	NJD	6.1	414	413
91	Nick Holden	NYR	6.1	415	286
92	Ville Pokka	CHI	6.1	416	410
93	Jonas Brodin	MIN	6.0	418	425
94	Michael Stone	CGY	5.9	419	411
95	Jacob Larsson	ANA	5.8	421	420
96	Jake McCabe	BUF	5.7	422	465
97	Troy Stecher	VAN	5.7	423	464
98	Mark Pysyk	FLA	5.5	426	473
99	Cody Franson	BUF	5.1	432	435
100	Olli Juolevi	VAN	4.9	434	513

david 2017-04-25 at 15:04Log in to Reply

rough year for Gio. once a perennial top-10er, now barely top-40, looking up at the likes of Skjei and Kefblom… Conversely, does not Jake Gardiner, with his 5 years of barely cracking 30 pts and minus-a-thousand, seem a tad high at #23? I would take Risto, Trouba, Faulk over him in a heartbeat…

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