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 |
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Wayyyyyyyyyy too many d-men ahead of Ellis on this list
Read the disclaimer. He’s 32nd. Also check out my Ramblings yesterday, first couple paragraphs. Thanks!
Edler? I know he is older but solid all around production. Maybe I am just missing name though can understand exclusion with his age.
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.
Olli Maatta??? obviously not a top 30 but maybe around 60. not even in the top 100 ???
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? ;)
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!