Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – June 2017
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2017-06-02
The Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – June edition
Further to yesterday's Top 300 Players ranking, here are the defensemen broken out of that list. Don't forget to pick up the Fantasy Prospects Report, which is out now – get it here. As always, two players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other are to be considered equal fantasy value and are not really worth debating because at that point it would depend on your needs.
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Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | June | May |
1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 125.1 | 14 | 14 |
2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 105.2 | 28 | 28 |
3 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 92.6 | 43 | 43 |
4 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 76.9 | 67 | 69 |
5 | John Klingberg | DAL | 71 | 82 | 82 |
6 | Roman Josi | NSH | 62.1 | 104 | 108 |
7 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 60.5 | 108 | 109 |
8 | Kevin Shattenkirk | UFA | 58.1 | 115 | 104 |
9 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 56.7 | 119 | 119 |
10 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 55.2 | 122 | 122 |
11 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 54.9 | 123 | 123 |
12 | John Carlson | WAS | 53.9 | 127 | 127 |
13 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 51.5 | 130 | 131 |
14 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 51.3 | 131 | 132 |
15 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 50.3 | 136 | 136 |
16 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 50 | 138 | 138 |
17 | Kris Letang | PIT | 47.8 | 146 | 144 |
18 | Torey Krug | BOS | 47.5 | 148 | 146 |
19 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 46.1 | 152 | 153 |
20 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 45.3 | 156 | 155 |
21 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 42.7 | 165 | 163 |
22 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 42.6 | 166 | 164 |
23 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 42.2 | 167 | 168 |
24 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 39.3 | 175 | 173 |
25 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 38.1 | 178 | 176 |
26 | Shea Weber | MON | 37.8 | 179 | 177 |
27 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 37.6 | 181 | 178 |
28 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 35.2 | 187 | 183 |
29 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 34 | 191 | 188 |
30 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 33.1 | 194 | 192 |
31 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 32.1 | 198 | 196 |
32 | Ryan McDonagh | NYR | 30.9 | 204 | 204 |
33 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 30.3 | 206 | 206 |
34 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 29.5 | 209 | 209 |
35 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 28.7 | 212 | 212 |
36 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 28.5 | 214 | 214 |
37 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 27.4 | 216 | 216 |
38 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 26.6 | 222 | 222 |
39 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 25.8 | 223 | 241 |
40 | Colton Parayko | STL | 24.1 | 232 | 230 |
41 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 23.7 | 239 | 235 |
42 | Brent Seabrook | CHI | 23.6 | 241 | 237 |
43 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 23.2 | 242 | 239 |
44 | Nikita Zaitsev | TOR | 23.2 | 243 | 240 |
45 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 22.2 | 246 | 245 |
46 | Damon Severson | NJD | 17.7 | 273 | 269 |
47 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 17.5 | 275 | 272 |
48 | Nathan Beaulieu | MON | 17.1 | 281 | 278 |
49 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 16.6 | 286 | 283 |
50 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 16 | 292 | 267 |
51 | Shea Theodore | ANA | 15.7 | 295 | 289 |
52 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 15.5 | 301 | 295 |
53 | Mike Green | DET | 15.5 | 302 | 296 |
54 | Anthony DeAngelo | ARI | 13.3 | 338 | 330 |
55 | Sami Vatanen | ANA | 13.3 | 339 | 270 |
56 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 13.3 | 342 | 332 |
57 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | 11.7 | 356 | 347 |
58 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 11.6 | 357 | 348 |
59 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 11.4 | 361 | 362 |
60 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | 11.3 | 363 | 346 |
61 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 11.2 | 364 | 355 |
62 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 10.8 | 369 | 378 |
63 | Julius Honka | DAL | 10.7 | 371 | 370 |
64 | Colin Miller | BOS | 10.7 | 372 | 358 |
65 | Adam Larsson | EDM | 10.7 | 373 | 359 |
66 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 10.7 | 374 | 360 |
67 | Alec Martinez | LAK | 10.3 | 379 | 366 |
68 | Cody Ceci | OTT | 9.9 | 383 | 368 |
69 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 9.9 | 384 | 369 |
70 | Anton Stralman | TBL | 9.7 | 386 | 372 |
71 | Erik Johnson | COL | 9.5 | 389 | 376 |
72 | Derrick Pouliot | PIT | 9.1 | 392 | 391 |
73 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 8.7 | 396 | 384 |
74 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 8.6 | 398 | 527 |
75 | Brian Dumoulin | PIT | 8.5 | 400 | 388 |
76 | Michael Stone | UFA | 8.3 | 402 | 415 |
77 | Connor Murphy | ARI | 8.2 | 404 | 392 |
78 | Madison Bowey | WAS | 8.1 | 405 | 393 |
79 | Connor Carrick | TOR | 8.1 | 407 | 408 |
80 | Noah Hanifin | CAR | 8 | 409 | 396 |
81 | David Savard | CBJ | 8 | 410 | 397 |
82 | Dion Phaneuf | OTT | 8 | 411 | 398 |
83 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 7.8 | 413 | 400 |
84 | Michael Del Zotto | UFA | 7.7 | 416 | 424 |
85 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 7.7 | 417 | 403 |
86 | Will Butcher | COL | 7.3 | 421 | 406 |
87 | Ryan Sproul | DET | 7.3 | 423 | NR |
88 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.2 | 424 | 409 |
89 | Jake Walman | STL | 7.1 | 426 | 411 |
90 | Andrej Sekera | EDM | 7 | 428 | 317 |
91 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 6.7 | 434 | 419 |
92 | Cody Franson | UFA | 6.6 | 436 | 445 |
93 | Mikhail Sergachev | MON | 6.2 | 439 | 426 |
94 | Steven Santini | NJD | 6.1 | 440 | 428 |
95 | Nick Holden | NYR | 6.1 | 441 | 429 |
96 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | 6 | 442 | 432 |
97 | Kyle Wood | ARI | 5.9 | 443 | 412 |
98 | Ville Pokka | CHI | 5.8 | 446 | 430 |
99 | Jake McCabe | BUF | 5.7 | 447 | 435 |
100 | Troy Stecher | VAN | 5.7 | 448 | 436 |
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I’m curious why you would have Jake Gardiner ahead of Rasmus Ristolainen here? Rasmus is 4 years younger and already has more value, especially in points only. Has all the opportunity in the world on a great power play. Am i missing something?
Rasmus was primarily a two-way, more defensive defenseman with untapped offense and because Buffalo had nobody else – he’s getting all the opportunity and is flourishing. Gardner is one-dimensional: offense. Either he gets points or it’s a short career.
Risto 17 points in last 37 games, best years are about four years away.
Gardner 34 points in last 51 games, best years start immediately
You cannot be serious here Dobber………….
Ristolainen is probably the worse 5on5 D in the NHL. He’s a PP specialist.
While Gardiner is the Leafs best defensive D….
Perhaps you are right. I’m giving you my honest opinion on their pre-draft scouting report.
From 2013: Rasmus Ristolainen – RD (TPS, FIN)
Take the physical and mental attributes of the ideal do-it-all type of defenseman and you have 6-3 Finnish blueliner Rasmus Ristolainen. Patrolling the ice with a huge frame, Ristolainen also possesses some of the best skating skills among defensemen in this draft. He has been on scout’s radars from a very young age so he falls victim to perhaps being over-scouted but make no mistake, Rasmus is a Top 15 talent. Ristolainen will never be an elite offensive defenseman but his mobility and puck moving abilities (strong first pass) are already pro caliber and make him equally adept at operating the power play, especially since he owns a quick accurate point shot. The big Finn is a cerebral defender that controls his gaps well and maintains excellent positioning in the defensive zone, making him easy to project as a safe top-four defenseman.
Upside: Number two mobile defenseman (Jay Bouwmeester), 10-35-45
Gardiner’s, from 2008:
Rounding out an exceptional class of American defenders is Minnetonka Skippers Captain and scoring leader Jake
Gardiner. A late conversion to D, Gardiner is still finding his way as a responsible defender. To complicate matters
is a need to add muscle to a very scrawny frame that wouldn’t even survive college right now. However, the skill
and creativity are certainly there for Gardiner to become an elite NHL powerplay quarterback. It’ll just take time.
I follow players from the beginning, and I adjust (many times) from there. I don’t jump in when they’re 23 and create a fresh opinion. Perhaps I should.
Anyway, my +/- 5.0 ratings points rule is being broken here ;) I won’t argue or discuss why Player X is above Player Y if they are within 5.0 ratings of each other – they are to be considered equal. I didn’t post this rule on this page, but I posted it in the Top 300 skaters that it links to.
Yeah I was just pointing out how your evaluation of both players seems completely inverse. I don’t have much issue with the ranking.
Guys, Ristolainen is a better player in perspective of a keeper league because he’s younger (it means more upside, I can understand Dobber putting him after Gardiner) Gardiner production is now … but gardiner flaws = Makes a lot of bad mistakes with the puck, so he must clean things up defensively. that’s the reputation. And Ristolainen has almost the same reputation flaws = Needs to improve his overall play without the puck and defensive-zone coverage in order to become an elite. that’s the reputation. Both guys plays PP1, for a raison we don’t know, TOR won’t play Morgan Reilly on PP and that’s an aberration. But definitely, the guy I want in my keeper league is Ristolainen over Gardiner.
I haven’t seen much of Risto – I generally watch late games, or TOR/EDM/PIT followed in preference with teams I have players on – and I own zero Sabres in any of my three leagues for the last few years.
But your tire fire description is pretty apt for Gardiner, in my opinion. I’ve seen lots of him. But he is getting better, and offensively he’s not as good as we thought he would be
I got this from a quick google search at Hockey Future:
Talent Analysis
Rasmus Ristolainen has the size, skating ability and shooting and stick handling skills that make him an outstanding offensive defenseman prospect. Plays with a physical component to his game and has become more disciplined as he’s gained more experience. Still developing in terms of positional play and defensive responsibilities – his calling card is his willingness to be involved in the play and to push the envelope at times.
Still those profile are from years ago, didn’t you watch them play? It’s pretty easy to see how efficient Gardiner is defensively while Ristolainen is a tirefire in his zone…