Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – September 2018
Dobber
2018-09-06
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – September edition.
This month is just tweaking the big one from last month (August was the annual full player-by-player audit). Mostly a few young players I adjusted, added some more new prospects and adjusted based on the Nate Schmidt news (knocks him right off this list since he won't put up enough points to help points-only leagues this year and his upside was never very high to keep for future years – just re-draft him next year). Because it's that time of year, I kept an additional 14 players on this list in case it can help someone…
As always, players within plus/minus 5.0 ratings should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal bias and/or team needs. The top 300 skaters went up yesterday (here). The Top G list was posted earlier this week (here) and I also did the Top Prospect Goalies (here) and I should note that I made changes to that originally posted list and re-posted it.
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To order and download the acclaimed, 13th annual, DobberHockey Fantasy Guide, click here, last updated September 4
| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Sep | Aug |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 113.3 | 36 | 36 |
| 2 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 104.9 | 44 | 44 |
| 3 | Brent Burns | SJS | 102.5 | 48 | 48 |
| 4 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 93.2 | 57 | 57 |
| 5 | John Klingberg | DAL | 89.7 | 63 | 63 |
| 6 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 78.3 | 79 | 79 |
| 7 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 78.0 | 80 | 80 |
| 8 | John Carlson | WAS | 73.9 | 85 | 85 |
| 9 | Torey Krug | BOS | 73.6 | 86 | 86 |
| 10 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 69.2 | 98 | 99 |
| 11 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 67.0 | 100 | 100 |
| 12 | Roman Josi | NSH | 66.5 | 101 | 101 |
| 13 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 65.4 | 104 | 104 |
| 14 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 62.3 | 116 | 115 |
| 15 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 59.3 | 125 | 123 |
| 16 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 58.1 | 127 | 141 |
| 17 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 57.5 | 130 | 144 |
| 18 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 56.0 | 133 | 131 |
| 19 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 54.7 | 138 | 136 |
| 20 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 53.9 | 142 | 142 |
| 21 | Kris Letang | PIT | 52.7 | 144 | 143 |
| 22 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 49.5 | 148 | 148 |
| 23 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 48.9 | 151 | 151 |
| 24 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 48.6 | 153 | 153 |
| 25 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 41.3 | 170 | 171 |
| 26 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 36.1 | 181 | 181 |
| 27 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 36.0 | 182 | 182 |
| 28 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 34.5 | 188 | 189 |
| 29 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 34.1 | 193 | 186 |
| 30 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 33.4 | 197 | 198 |
| 31 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 33.1 | 199 | 200 |
| 32 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 33.0 | 201 | 202 |
| 33 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 32.6 | 203 | 204 |
| 34 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 31.2 | 210 | 211 |
| 35 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 30.4 | 215 | 215 |
| 36 | Colton Parayko | STL | 29.4 | 223 | 223 |
| 37 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 26.2 | 240 | 241 |
| 38 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 26.1 | 241 | 242 |
| 39 | Will Butcher | NJD | 25.9 | 242 | 243 |
| 40 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 25.1 | 247 | 249 |
| 41 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 24.6 | 252 | 252 |
| 42 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 23.3 | 259 | 260 |
| 43 | Colin Miller | VGK | 22.2 | 262 | 262 |
| 44 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 21.9 | 264 | 264 |
| 45 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 21.6 | 268 | 268 |
| 46 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 21.1 | 271 | 271 |
| 47 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 18.7 | 290 | 290 |
| 48 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 17.1 | 301 | 301 |
| 49 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 17.0 | 302 | 302 |
| 50 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 16.1 | 314 | 317 |
| 51 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 15.0 | 329 | 330 |
| 52 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 14.9 | 330 | 331 |
| 53 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 14.6 | 333 | 334 |
| 54 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 13.6 | 342 | 343 |
| 55 | Samuel Girard | COL | 13.5 | 345 | 346 |
| 56 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 13.4 | 346 | 347 |
| 57 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 13.0 | 352 | 352 |
| 58 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 12.7 | 354 | 353 |
| 59 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 12.7 | 355 | 354 |
| 60 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 12.5 | 361 | 359 |
| 61 | Julius Honka | DAL | 12.1 | 366 | 364 |
| 62 | Damon Severson | NJD | 12.0 | 367 | 365 |
| 63 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 11.8 | 369 | 367 |
| 64 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 11.7 | 371 | 369 |
| 65 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 11.5 | 375 | 316 |
| 66 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 11.4 | 377 | 374 |
| 67 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 10.9 | 386 | 383 |
| 68 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 10.6 | 389 | 386 |
| 69 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 10.4 | 391 | 388 |
| 70 | Josh Manson | ANA | 10.2 | 393 | 390 |
| 71 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 10.1 | 394 | 329 |
| 72 | Cale Makar | COL | 10.1 | 395 | 402 |
| 73 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 9.9 | 396 | 392 |
| 74 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 9.9 | 397 | 393 |
| 75 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 9.8 | 399 | 395 |
| 76 | Derrick Pouliot | VAN | 9.7 | 400 | 396 |
| 77 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 9.7 | 401 | 397 |
| 78 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 9.2 | 404 | 400 |
| 79 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 9.1 | 405 | 401 |
| 80 | Jeff Petry | MON | 8.9 | 408 | 404 |
| 81 | Vince Dunn | STL | 8.6 | 411 | 407 |
| 82 | Filip Hronek | DET | 8.4 | 412 | NR |
| 83 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 8.4 | 413 | 408 |
| 84 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | 8.4 | 415 | 410 |
| 85 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.2 | 419 | NR |
| 86 | Madison Bowey | WAS | 8.0 | 422 | 416 |
| 87 | Mike Green | DET | 8.0 | 423 | 417 |
| 88 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 7.9 | 424 | 418 |
| 89 | Conor Timmins | COL | 7.9 | 425 | 419 |
| 90 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.7 | 429 | 423 |
| 91 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 7.6 | 430 | 424 |
| 92 | Jake Walman | STL | 7.5 | 431 | 425 |
| 93 | Sebastian Aho | NYI | 7.5 | 432 | 426 |
| 94 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 7.3 | 439 | 432 |
| 95 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 7.3 | 440 | 433 |
| 96 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 7.2 | 443 | 436 |
| 97 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 7.1 | 444 | 437 |
| 98 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 7.1 | 445 | 438 |
| 99 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 7.1 | 448 | 441 |
| 100 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 6.8 | 450 | 443 |
| 101 | Victor Mete | MON | 6.8 | 452 | 445 |
| 102 | Daniel Brickley | LAK | 6.5 | 454 | NR |
| 103 | Slater Koekkoek | TBL | 6.3 | 458 | 450 |
| 104 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 6.2 | 460 | 453 |
| 105 | Jan Rutta | CHI | 5.9 | 464 | 457 |
| 106 | Ethan Bear | EDM | 5.5 | 471 | 463 |
| 107 | Chris Wideman | OTT | 5.5 | 473 | 465 |
| 108 | Shea Weber | MON | 5.3 | 474 | 466 |
| 109 | Adam Fox | CAR | 5.2 | 475 | 467 |
| 110 | Kale Clague | LAK | 5.2 | 476 | 468 |
| 111 | Brendan Guhle | BUF | 4.9 | 484 | 476 |
| 112 | Noah Juulsen | MON | 4.8 | 487 | 478 |
| 113 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | 4.7 | 488 | 479 |
| 114 | Devon Toews | NYI | 4.6 | 493 | NR |
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