Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – April 2018

Dobber

2018-04-05

Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – April edition.

April, May and June are my "fun months". These are when I stop including this season's immediate payback, and look ahead to next year and onward. But I do it without crunching the numbers. My Fantasy Guide is out on August 1 and so the numbers, free agency, depth charts all get factored into July and August rankings. Until then, I go through player by player and focus more on their 3YP, upside, and then ballpark next season's points. Fun, right?

These are for points-only leagues, I look no further than three years ahead, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal bias and/or team needs.

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Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	April	Mar
1	Erik Karlsson	OTT	122.1	30	40
2	Brent Burns	SJS	95.0	55	51
3	Victor Hedman	TBL	90.3	60	55
4	P.K. Subban	NSH	89.2	61	60
5	John Klingberg	DAL	88.5	64	44
6	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	86.2	67	62
7	John Carlson	WAS	74.4	82	77
8	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	67.0	107	118
9	Tyson Barrie	COL	66.4	109	107
10	Drew Doughty	LAK	64.6	111	103
11	Morgan Rielly	TOR	64.4	112	109
12	Roman Josi	NSH	64.1	114	87
13	Seth Jones	CBJ	63.9	116	120
14	Torey Krug	BOS	58.5	128	125
15	Zach Werenski	CBJ	56.7	132	140
16	Dougie Hamilton	CGY	56.4	133	128
17	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	56.4	134	129
18	Kris Letang	PIT	55.9	136	134
19	Jake Gardiner	TOR	50.2	150	153
20	Ryan Ellis	NSH	49.8	151	242
21	Kevin Shattenkirk	NYR	48.3	155	204
22	Keith Yandle	FLA	46.8	159	155
23	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	45.8	163	145
24	Matt Dumba	MIN	45.2	165	183
25	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	39.8	177	200
26	Ryan Suter	MIN	39.3	179	162
27	Ivan Provorov	PHI	38.2	183	184
28	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	33.7	197	177
29	Justin Schultz	PIT	32.7	199	293
30	Colin Miller	VGK	30.7	207	180
31	Brandon Montour	ANA	30.3	209	225
32	Will Butcher	NJD	30.2	210	256
33	Nick Leddy	NYI	29.6	211	159
34	Tyler Myers	WPG	29.3	215	195
35	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	28.8	216	198
36	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	28.2	220	239
37	Ryan Pulock	NYI	25.8	228	323
38	Colton Parayko	STL	24.7	240	215
39	Jacob Trouba	WPG	24.3	244	220
40	Shea Weber	MON	24.1	245	321
41	Sami Vatanen	NJD	23.7	249	352
42	Cam Fowler	ANA	22.5	254	241
43	Jake Muzzin	LAK	22.0	256	233
44	Mike Matheson	FLA	21.5	259	320
45	Duncan Keith	CHI	21.2	261	231
46	Shea Theodore	VGK	21.0	263	329
47	TJ Brodie	CGY	20.5	267	235
48	Noah Hanifin	CAR	20.3	268	259
49	Thomas Chabot	OTT	20.1	270	353
50	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	18.0	286	236
51	Darnell Nurse	EDM	16.7	303	360
52	Nate Schmidt	VGK	15.5	318	300
53	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	15.2	322	227
54	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	14.9	329	387
55	Mark Giordano	CGY	14.8	330	290
56	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	14.8	331	282
57	Justin Faulk	CAR	14.7	332	292
58	Esa Lindell	DAL	13.7	339	302
59	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	13.4	342	392
60	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	13.1	346	364
61	Anthony DeAngelo	NYR	13.1	347	325
62	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	12.9	348	419
63	Brady Skjei	NYR	12.9	349	359
64	Nikita Zaitsev	TOR	12.7	351	334
65	Samuel Girard	COL	11.6	359	379
66	Julius Honka	DAL	10.5	368	348
67	Mike Green	DET	10.4	369	310
68	Joshua Morrissey	WPG	9.5	376	362
69	Christian Djoos	WAS	9.4	377	365
70	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	9.2	379	367
71	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	SJS	9.1	380	370
72	Derrick Pouliot	VAN	9.0	382	386
73	Madison Bowey	WAS	8.9	384	372
74	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	8.7	386	430
75	Jake Walman	STL	8.1	389	385
76	Alex Goligoski	ARI	7.7	396	339
77	Jordan Schmaltz	STL	7.7	398	389
78	Damon Severson	NJD	7.4	401	390
79	Brayden McNabb	VGK	7.3	404	394
80	Connor Carrick	TOR	7.2	405	395
81	Travis Dermott	TOR	7.2	406	411
82	Travis Sanheim	PHI	6.9	408	398
83	Mark Pysyk	FLA	6.6	413	442
84	Jeff Petry	MON	6.6	414	559
85	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	6.3	418	408
86	Josh Manson	ANA	6.2	420	409
87	Oliver Kylington	CGY	6.1	421	412
88	Erik Brannstrom	VGK	5.9	425	420
89	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	5.9	426	421
90	Chris Wideman	OTT	5.9	427	422
91	Victor Mete	MON	5.9	429	444
92	Olli Juolevi	VAN	5.7	434	429
93	Kyle Wood	ARI	5.7	436	431
94	Connor Murphy	CHI	5.6	437	432
95	Vince Dunn	STL	5.5	438	450
96	Jake McCabe	BUF	5.5	439	433
97	Mike Reilly	MON	5.2	443	464
98	Cale Makar	COL	4.5	457	448
99	Gustav Forsling	CHI	4.5	459	449
100	Dion Phaneuf	LAK	4.1	476	524