Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – May 2017
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2017-05-04
The Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league.
These were simply curated from the full Top 300 player list (found here) that was posted yesterday. Factored in are upside, three-year likelihood, proneness to injury, depth chart. Click on a player name to be taken to his profile for recommendations and game logs (and more).
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | May | Apr |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 125.1 | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 105.2 | 28 | 26 |
| 3 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 92.6 | 43 | 43 |
| 4 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 75.5 | 69 | 90 |
| 5 | John Klingberg | DAL | 71.0 | 82 | 81 |
| 6 | Kevin Shattenkirk | WAS | 61.7 | 104 | 75 |
| 7 | Roman Josi | NSH | 60.7 | 108 | 112 |
| 8 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 60.5 | 109 | 105 |
| 9 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 56.7 | 119 | 143 |
| 10 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 55.2 | 122 | 121 |
| 11 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 54.9 | 123 | 119 |
| 12 | John Carlson | WAS | 53.9 | 127 | 158 |
| 13 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 51.5 | 131 | 128 |
| 14 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 51.3 | 132 | 129 |
| 15 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 50.3 | 136 | 133 |
| 16 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 50.0 | 138 | 135 |
| 17 | Kris Letang | PIT | 47.8 | 144 | 147 |
| 18 | Torey Krug | BOS | 47.5 | 146 | 140 |
| 19 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 46.1 | 153 | 148 |
| 20 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 45.3 | 155 | 150 |
| 21 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 42.7 | 163 | 160 |
| 22 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 42.6 | 164 | 161 |
| 23 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 40.7 | 168 | 176 |
| 24 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 39.3 | 173 | 170 |
| 25 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 38.1 | 176 | 172 |
| 26 | Shea Weber | MON | 37.8 | 177 | 173 |
| 27 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 37.6 | 178 | 174 |
| 28 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 35.2 | 183 | 191 |
| 29 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 34.0 | 188 | 183 |
| 30 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 33.1 | 192 | 187 |
| 31 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 32.1 | 196 | 193 |
| 32 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 30.9 | 204 | 201 |
| 33 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 30.3 | 206 | 204 |
| 34 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 29.5 | 209 | 206 |
| 35 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 28.7 | 212 | 209 |
| 36 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 28.5 | 214 | 211 |
| 37 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 27.4 | 216 | 214 |
| 38 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 26.6 | 222 | 219 |
| 39 | Colton Parayko | STL | 24.1 | 230 | 226 |
| 40 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 23.7 | 235 | 229 |
| 41 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | 23.6 | 237 | 231 |
| 42 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 23.2 | 239 | 235 |
| 43 | Nikita Zaitsev | TOR | 23.2 | 240 | 241 |
| 44 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 23.0 | 241 | 236 |
| 45 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 22.2 | 245 | 239 |
| 46 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 17.7 | 267 | 267 |
| 47 | Damon Severson | NJD | 17.7 | 269 | 269 |
| 48 | Sami Vatanen | ANA | 17.6 | 270 | 270 |
| 49 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 17.5 | 272 | 271 |
| 50 | Nathan Beaulieu | MON | 17.1 | 278 | 276 |
| 51 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 16.6 | 283 | 297 |
| 52 | Shea Theodore | ANA | 15.7 | 289 | 303 |
| 53 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 15.5 | 295 | 293 |
| 54 | Mike Green | DET | 15.5 | 296 | 294 |
| 55 | Andrej Sekera | EDM | 14.1 | 317 | 313 |
| 56 | Anthony DeAngelo | ARI | 13.3 | 330 | 324 |
| 57 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 13.3 | 332 | 326 |
| 58 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | 11.7 | 346 | 366 |
| 59 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | 11.7 | 347 | 332 |
| 60 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 11.6 | 348 | 342 |
| 61 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 10.8 | 355 | 349 |
| 62 | Colin Miller | BOS | 10.7 | 358 | 351 |
| 63 | Adam Larsson | EDM | 10.7 | 359 | 352 |
| 64 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 10.7 | 360 | 407 |
| 65 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 10.6 | 362 | 364 |
| 66 | Alec Martinez | LAK | 10.3 | 366 | 356 |
| 67 | Cody Ceci | OTT | 9.9 | 368 | 358 |
| 68 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 9.9 | 369 | 359 |
| 69 | Julius Honka | DAL | 9.9 | 370 | 360 |
| 70 | Anton Stralman | TBL | 9.7 | 372 | 361 |
| 71 | Erik Johnson | COL | 9.5 | 376 | 365 |
| 72 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 9.3 | 378 | 401 |
| 73 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 8.7 | 384 | 372 |
| 74 | Brian Dumoulin | PIT | 8.5 | 388 | 375 |
| 75 | Derrick Pouliot | PIT | 8.2 | 391 | 378 |
| 76 | Connor Murphy | ARI | 8.2 | 392 | 379 |
| 77 | Madison Bowey | WAS | 8.1 | 393 | 380 |
| 78 | Noah Hanifin | CAR | 8.0 | 396 | 383 |
| 79 | David Savard | CBJ | 8.0 | 397 | 384 |
| 80 | Dion Phaneuf | OTT | 8.0 | 398 | 385 |
| 81 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 7.8 | 400 | 387 |
| 82 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 7.7 | 403 | 390 |
| 83 | Will Butcher | COL | 7.3 | 406 | NR |
| 84 | Connor Carrick | TOR | 7.3 | 408 | 395 |
| 85 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.2 | 409 | 396 |
| 86 | Jake Walman | STL | 7.1 | 411 | 398 |
| 87 | Michael Stone | CGY | 6.9 | 415 | 419 |
| 88 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 6.7 | 419 | 405 |
| 89 | Michael Del Zotto | PHI | 6.3 | 424 | 410 |
| 90 | Mikhail Sergachev | MON | 6.2 | 426 | 412 |
| 91 | Ryan Graves | NYR | 6.1 | 427 | 413 |
| 92 | Steven Santini | NJD | 6.1 | 428 | 414 |
| 93 | Nick Holden | NYR | 6.1 | 429 | 415 |
| 94 | Ville Pokka | CHI | 6.1 | 430 | 416 |
| 95 | Jacob Larsson | ANA | 5.8 | 434 | 421 |
| 96 | Jake McCabe | BUF | 5.7 | 435 | 422 |
| 97 | Troy Stecher | VAN | 5.7 | 436 | 423 |
| 98 | Cody Franson | BUF | 5.1 | 445 | 432 |
| 99 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 4.9 | 447 | 434 |
| 100 | Gustav Forsling | CHI | 4.3 | 460 | 445 |
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Surprised Ristolainen is below the Leaf duo.
No McAvoy?
No, as I noted on Twitter – I made a terrible mistake and missed filling in a value on McAvoy. Should be Top 90 for sure, my oversight, sorry.
Makes sense. Thanks! Who has a higher ceiling for their first full season, McAvoy, Bowie or Montour?
McAvoy