Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – October 2018
Dobber
2018-10-02
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – October edition.
This month factors in much of the training camp news, cuts, injuries and surprise prospects. For these rankings I just pull them out of the overall Top 300 Players list (find them here)
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.
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Oct | Sep | Change |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 114.8 | 35 | 36 | 1 |
| 2 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 104.9 | 44 | 44 | 0 |
| 3 | Brent Burns | SJS | 102.5 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| 4 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 93.2 | 57 | 57 | 0 |
| 5 | John Klingberg | DAL | 89.7 | 63 | 63 | 0 |
| 6 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 78.3 | 80 | 79 | -1 |
| 7 | John Carlson | WAS | 73.9 | 85 | 85 | 0 |
| 8 | Torey Krug | BOS | 73.6 | 86 | 86 | 0 |
| 9 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 69.2 | 98 | 98 | 0 |
| 10 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 67.8 | 100 | 80 | -20 |
| 11 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 67.0 | 102 | 100 | -2 |
| 12 | Roman Josi | NSH | 66.5 | 103 | 101 | -2 |
| 13 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 65.4 | 107 | 104 | -3 |
| 14 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 62.3 | 118 | 116 | -2 |
| 15 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 59.3 | 124 | 125 | 1 |
| 16 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 58.1 | 126 | 127 | 1 |
| 17 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 57.5 | 129 | 130 | 1 |
| 18 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 56.0 | 132 | 133 | 1 |
| 19 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 54.7 | 137 | 138 | 1 |
| 20 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 53.9 | 141 | 142 | 1 |
| 21 | Kris Letang | PIT | 52.7 | 143 | 144 | 1 |
| 22 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 49.5 | 148 | 148 | 0 |
| 23 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 48.9 | 152 | 151 | -1 |
| 24 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 48.6 | 154 | 153 | -1 |
| 25 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 41.3 | 172 | 170 | -2 |
| 26 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 36.1 | 180 | 181 | 1 |
| 27 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 36.0 | 181 | 182 | 1 |
| 28 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 34.5 | 187 | 188 | 1 |
| 29 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 34.1 | 192 | 193 | 1 |
| 30 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 33.4 | 195 | 197 | 2 |
| 31 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 33.1 | 197 | 199 | 2 |
| 32 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 33.0 | 199 | 201 | 2 |
| 33 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 32.6 | 201 | 203 | 2 |
| 34 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 31.2 | 208 | 210 | 2 |
| 35 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 30.4 | 213 | 215 | 2 |
| 36 | Colton Parayko | STL | 29.4 | 221 | 223 | 2 |
| 37 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 26.2 | 240 | 240 | 0 |
| 38 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 26.1 | 241 | 241 | 0 |
| 39 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 25.9 | 242 | 264 | 22 |
| 40 | Will Butcher | NJD | 25.9 | 243 | 242 | -1 |
| 41 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 25.1 | 247 | 247 | 0 |
| 42 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 24.6 | 251 | 252 | 1 |
| 43 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 23.3 | 257 | 259 | 2 |
| 44 | Colin Miller | VGK | 22.2 | 260 | 262 | 2 |
| 45 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 21.6 | 266 | 268 | 2 |
| 46 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 21.1 | 271 | 271 | 0 |
| 47 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 18.7 | 288 | 290 | 2 |
| 48 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 18.7 | 289 | 371 | 82 |
| 49 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 17.1 | 298 | 301 | 3 |
| 50 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 17.0 | 300 | 302 | 2 |
| 51 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 16.1 | 313 | 314 | 1 |
| 52 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 15.5 | 325 | 361 | 36 |
| 53 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 15.2 | 329 | 329 | 0 |
| 54 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 14.9 | 331 | 330 | -1 |
| 55 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 14.6 | 335 | 333 | -2 |
| 56 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 13.6 | 345 | 342 | -3 |
| 57 | Samuel Girard | COL | 13.5 | 348 | 345 | -3 |
| 58 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 13.4 | 349 | 346 | -3 |
| 59 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 13.0 | 355 | 352 | -3 |
| 60 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 12.7 | 357 | 354 | -3 |
| 61 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 12.7 | 358 | 355 | -3 |
| 62 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 11.8 | 371 | 369 | -2 |
| 63 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 11.5 | 376 | 375 | -1 |
| 64 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 11.4 | 378 | 377 | -1 |
| 65 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | 11.0 | 385 | 488 | 103 |
| 66 | Derrick Pouliot | VAN | 10.7 | 389 | 400 | 11 |
| 67 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 10.6 | 391 | 389 | -2 |
| 68 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 10.4 | 392 | 391 | -1 |
| 69 | Josh Manson | ANA | 10.2 | 394 | 393 | -1 |
| 70 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 10.1 | 396 | 395 | -1 |
| 71 | Cale Makar | COL | 10.1 | 398 | 461 | 63 |
| 72 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 9.9 | 399 | 396 | -3 |
| 73 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 9.9 | 400 | 397 | -3 |
| 74 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 9.8 | 402 | 399 | -3 |
| 75 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 9.7 | 403 | 401 | -2 |
| 76 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 9.4 | 405 | NR | NEW |
| 77 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | 9.4 | 406 | 415 | 9 |
| 78 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 9.2 | 409 | 424 | 15 |
| 79 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 9.2 | 411 | 404 | -7 |
| 80 | Jeff Petry | MON | 8.9 | 415 | 408 | -7 |
| 81 | Vince Dunn | STL | 8.6 | 417 | 411 | -6 |
| 82 | Filip Hronek | DET | 8.4 | 418 | 412 | -6 |
| 83 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 8.4 | 419 | 413 | -6 |
| 84 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 8.3 | 422 | 445 | 23 |
| 85 | Kale Clague | LAK | 8.2 | 423 | 476 | 53 |
| 86 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.2 | 426 | 419 | -7 |
| 87 | Mike Green | DET | 8.0 | 430 | 423 | -7 |
| 88 | Conor Timmins | COL | 7.9 | 431 | 425 | -6 |
| 89 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.7 | 436 | 429 | -7 |
| 90 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 7.6 | 437 | 430 | -7 |
| 91 | Jake Walman | STL | 7.5 | 440 | 431 | -9 |
| 92 | Sebastian Aho (d) | NYI | 7.5 | 441 | 432 | -9 |
| 93 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 7.4 | 443 | 351 | -92 |
| 94 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 7.3 | 445 | 439 | -6 |
| 95 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 7.3 | 446 | 440 | -6 |
| 96 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 7.2 | 449 | 443 | -6 |
| 97 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 7.1 | 450 | 444 | -6 |
| 98 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 7.1 | 452 | 448 | -4 |
| 99 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 6.8 | 453 | 450 | -3 |
| 100 | Victor Mete | MON | 6.8 | 456 | 452 | -4 |
| 101 | Ethan Bear | EDM | 6.7 | 457 | 471 | 14 |
| 102 | Daniel Brickley | LAK | 6.5 | 459 | 454 | -5 |
| 103 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 6.2 | 466 | 460 | -6 |
| 104 | Shea Weber | MON | 5.3 | 480 | 474 | -6 |
| 105 | Adam Fox | CAR | 5.2 | 482 | 475 | -7 |
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