Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – March 2018

Dobber

2018-03-06

Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues.

As I noted yesterday in the full Top 300 list (here), this is the final list of the season in which we consider this season's help. Beginning in April we look ahead to next season and the two beyond that. As always, two players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point should be prioritized based on need and personal bias. You'll notice that players become very close in value to each other the further down the list you go as we get torn with the decision between immediate help but terribly low upside…versus a completely unproven prospect who won't help you this year and possibly not even next, if ever.

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Def. Rk	Player	Team	Rating	March	Feb
1	Erik Karlsson	OTT	105.4	40	40
2	John Klingberg	DAL	103.0	44	38
3	Brent Burns	SJS	97.1	51	42
4	Victor Hedman	TBL	92.3	55	55
5	P.K. Subban	NSH	88.5	60	63
6	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	85.4	62	68
7	John Carlson	WAS	74.4	77	85
8	Roman Josi	NSH	69.7	87	101
9	Drew Doughty	LAK	62.0	103	98
10	Tyson Barrie	COL	60.6	107	123
11	Morgan Rielly	TOR	59.5	109	114
12	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	55.8	118	118
13	Seth Jones	CBJ	55.2	120	129
14	Torey Krug	BOS	54.0	125	145
15	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	52.1	128	149
16	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	52.0	129	108
17	Kris Letang	PIT	51.1	134	132
18	Zach Werenski	CBJ	48.3	140	137
19	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	45.8	145	169
20	Jake Gardiner	TOR	42.2	153	174
21	Keith Yandle	FLA	40.9	155	158
22	Nick Leddy	NYI	39.3	159	160
23	Ryan Suter	MIN	38.5	162	183
24	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	33.0	177	156
25	Colin Miller	VGK	32.1	180	205
26	Matt Dumba	MIN	31.7	183	217
27	Ivan Provorov	PHI	31.3	184	195
28	Tyler Myers	WPG	29.3	195	215
29	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	28.8	198	198
30	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	28.4	200	204
31	Kevin Shattenkirk	NYR	28.3	204	143
32	Colton Parayko	STL	24.7	215	218
33	Jacob Trouba	WPG	24.3	220	229
34	Brandon Montour	ANA	23.7	225	209
35	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	23.4	227	234
36	Duncan Keith	CHI	22.6	231	206
37	Jake Muzzin	LAK	22.0	233	242
38	TJ Brodie	CGY	21.9	235	225
39	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	21.9	236	254
40	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	21.5	239	238
41	Cam Fowler	ANA	21.2	241	237
42	Ryan Ellis	NSH	21.1	242	263
43	Will Butcher	NJD	19.3	256	199
44	Noah Hanifin	CAR	19.0	259	212
45	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	16.9	282	240
46	Mark Giordano	CGY	16.3	290	299
47	Justin Faulk	CAR	16.1	292	298
48	Justin Schultz	PIT	15.9	293	302
49	Nate Schmidt	VGK	15.4	300	348
50	Esa Lindell	DAL	15.2	302	283
51	Mike Green	DET	14.9	310	245
52	Mike Matheson	FLA	13.9	320	331
53	Shea Weber	MON	13.9	321	257
54	Ryan Pulock	NYI	13.4	323	328
55	Anthony DeAngelo	NYR	13.1	325	330
56	Shea Theodore	VGK	12.4	329	266
57	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	12.0	334	362
58	Alex Goligoski	ARI	11.6	339	360
59	Julius Honka	DAL	10.5	348	357
60	Sami Vatanen	NJD	10.2	352	387
61	Thomas Chabot	OTT	10.1	353	363
62	Brady Skjei	NYR	9.6	359	353
63	Darnell Nurse	EDM	9.6	360	336
64	Joshua Morrissey	WPG	9.5	362	342
65	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	9.4	364	351
66	Christian Djoos	WAS	9.4	365	369
67	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	9.2	367	370
68	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	9.0	370	444
69	Madison Bowey	WAS	8.9	372	375
70	Samuel Girard	COL	8.3	379	382
71	Jake Walman	STL	8.1	385	384
72	Derrick Pouliot	VAN	8.0	386	386
73	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	7.8	387	355
74	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	7.7	389	392
75	Damon Severson	NJD	7.7	390	393
76	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	7.3	392	377
77	Connor Carrick	TOR	7.2	395	396
78	Travis Sanheim	PHI	6.9	398	402
79	Nikita Zadorov	COL	6.8	402	406
80	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	6.3	408	413
81	Josh Manson	ANA	6.2	409	332
82	Travis Dermott	TOR	6.2	411	415
83	Oliver Kylington	CGY	6.1	412	416
84	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	5.9	419	421
85	Erik Brannstrom	VGK	5.9	420	422
86	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	5.9	421	423
87	Chris Wideman	OTT	5.9	422	424
88	Olli Juolevi	VAN	5.7	429	430
89	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	5.7	430	431
90	Jake McCabe	BUF	5.5	433	395
91	Michael Del Zotto	VAN	5.1	440	440
92	David Savard	CBJ	5.1	441	441
93	Mark Pysyk	FLA	5.1	442	442
94	Victor Mete	MON	4.9	444	445
95	Matt Niskanen	WAS	4.7	446	479
96	Viktor Antipin	BUF	4.7	447	435
97	Cale Makar	COL	4.5	448	451
98	Gustav Forsling	CHI	4.5	449	434
99	Vince Dunn	STL	4.5	450	452
100	Mike Reilly	MON	4.2	464	494

Rick Roos 2018-03-06 at 14:33Log in to Reply

Wayyyyyyyyyy too many d-men ahead of Ellis on this list
- Dobber 2018-03-06 at 14:43Log in to Reply
  
  Read the disclaimer. He’s 32nd. Also check out my Ramblings yesterday, first couple paragraphs. Thanks!
Chris Liggio 2018-03-08 at 12:39Log in to Reply

Edler? I know he is older but solid all around production. Maybe I am just missing name though can understand exclusion with his age.
- Dobber 2018-03-08 at 14:28Log in to Reply
  
  In most points-only leagues if your defenseman does not get at least 40 points, he’s not going to count towards your total at all. Edler’s hit that number twice and not at all in the last six years.
Gabriel Turgeon 2018-03-14 at 15:33Log in to Reply

Olli Maatta??? obviously not a top 30 but maybe around 60. not even in the top 100 ???
- Dobber 2018-03-14 at 16:25Log in to Reply
  
  Not in a million years. Is there a reason you like him? Is it the 94 games missed the last three seasons? Is it the career high of 29 points? Or did his 17 points in the last 62 games super impress you? ;)
  - Gabriel Turgeon 2018-03-15 at 07:36Log in to Reply
    
    ok… I can see why you didn’t mentioned him in the top 100.
    but I still think he could have some fantasy value. (praying for a complete season ;)) and he’s only 23. there might be more to come… he’s always playing just a few minutes of good hockey, behind Letang, Schultz and now Dumoulin… but like I said. not in the top of the list, for sure!

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