Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – September 2019
Dobber
2019-09-02
Here are the Top 100 125 Defensemen to own in your points-only fantasy hockey keeper leagues – September edition!
Just some tweaks for this month, plus a few team changes and signings of minimal impact overall in your fantasy league. I also made adjustments, small ones, based on your comments from last month. I do read those, please speak up if you see something wrong and catch something that I missed.
Because of the lack of movement this month and the importance of the month, for September only, I will expand this list to the Top 125. Hope it helps! As always, players within plus/minus 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of team needs and/or personal bias.
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To reiterate, as this is the No.1 point of contention in my rankings: players within plus/minus 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of team needs and/or personal bias.
| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Sept | Aug | Change |
| 1 | Brent Burns | SJS | 115.5 | 46 | 46 | 0 |
| 2 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 112.5 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| 3 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 105.0 | 52 | 52 | 0 |
| 4 | John Carlson | WAS | 103.0 | 57 | 57 | 0 |
| 5 | Tyson Barrie | TOR | 90.7 | 76 | 76 | 0 |
| 6 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 89.6 | 77 | 77 | 0 |
| 7 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 86.7 | 82 | 82 | 0 |
| 8 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 83.1 | 88 | 88 | 0 |
| 9 | John Klingberg | DAL | 80.3 | 93 | 93 | 0 |
| 10 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 76.1 | 98 | 98 | 0 |
| 11 | Torey Krug | BOS | 75.8 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| 12 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 73.7 | 102 | 102 | 0 |
| 13 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 72.1 | 104 | 104 | 0 |
| 14 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 70.7 | 107 | 107 | 0 |
| 15 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 69.7 | 109 | 109 | 0 |
| 16 | Roman Josi | NSH | 67.0 | 112 | 112 | 0 |
| 17 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 62.6 | 124 | 124 | 0 |
| 18 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 61.6 | 130 | 130 | 0 |
| 19 | Kris Letang | PIT | 60.3 | 135 | 135 | 0 |
| 20 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 57.9 | 138 | 138 | 0 |
| 21 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 56.8 | 139 | 139 | 0 |
| 22 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 56.7 | 140 | 140 | 0 |
| 23 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 53.6 | 145 | 162 | 17 |
| 24 | P.K. Subban | NJD | 52.1 | 149 | 148 | -1 |
| 25 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 51.3 | 153 | 168 | 15 |
| 26 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 48.2 | 164 | 163 | -1 |
| 27 | Cale Makar | COL | 48.1 | 165 | 173 | 8 |
| 28 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 43.0 | 174 | 174 | 0 |
| 29 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 42.0 | 177 | 177 | 0 |
| 30 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 40.3 | 179 | 179 | 0 |
| 31 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 39.6 | 182 | 182 | 0 |
| 32 | Brandon Montour | BUF | 37.5 | 189 | 190 | 1 |
| 33 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 36.4 | 192 | 193 | 1 |
| 34 | Will Butcher | NJD | 36.0 | 197 | 198 | 1 |
| 35 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 34.1 | 203 | 184 | -19 |
| 36 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 34.0 | 204 | 205 | 1 |
| 37 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 33.5 | 206 | 207 | 1 |
| 38 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 33.0 | 208 | 204 | -4 |
| 39 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 30.8 | 213 | 213 | 0 |
| 40 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 30.8 | 214 | 214 | 0 |
| 41 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 30.2 | 219 | 219 | 0 |
| 42 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 29.3 | 225 | 225 | 0 |
| 43 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 29.3 | 227 | 227 | 0 |
| 44 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 27.3 | 236 | 236 | 0 |
| 45 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 26.2 | 243 | 243 | 0 |
| 46 | Vince Dunn | STL | 25.7 | 246 | 246 | 0 |
| 47 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 25.5 | 248 | 248 | 0 |
| 48 | Filip Hronek | DET | 25.5 | 249 | 249 | 0 |
| 49 | Jake Gardiner | UFA | 25.3 | 254 | 254 | 0 |
| 50 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 25.0 | 258 | 258 | 0 |
| 51 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 24.4 | 262 | 262 | 0 |
| 52 | Damon Severson | NJD | 22.7 | 270 | 270 | 0 |
| 53 | Colton Parayko | STL | 22.3 | 273 | 273 | 0 |
| 54 | Samuel Girard | COL | 22.0 | 276 | 276 | 0 |
| 55 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 21.1 | 288 | 288 | 0 |
| 56 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 20.7 | 294 | 294 | 0 |
| 57 | Tyler Myers | VAN | 20.1 | 302 | 302 | 0 |
| 58 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 19.9 | 306 | 306 | 0 |
| 59 | Shea Weber | MON | 19.3 | 311 | 311 | 0 |
| 60 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 17.9 | 331 | 330 | -1 |
| 61 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 17.7 | 333 | 332 | -1 |
| 62 | Jeff Petry | MON | 17.4 | 339 | 339 | 0 |
| 63 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 17.4 | 340 | 340 | 0 |
| 64 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 17.4 | 341 | 341 | 0 |
| 65 | Colin Miller | BUF | 17.0 | 345 | 344 | -1 |
| 66 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 16.4 | 354 | 353 | -1 |
| 67 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 15.0 | 377 | 376 | -1 |
| 68 | Kevin Shattenkirk | TBL | 14.5 | 387 | 456 | 69 |
| 69 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 14.4 | 388 | 385 | -3 |
| 70 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 14.1 | 390 | 387 | -3 |
| 71 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 14.0 | 393 | 390 | -3 |
| 72 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 13.6 | 396 | 393 | -3 |
| 73 | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | 12.2 | 417 | 414 | -3 |
| 74 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 11.9 | 419 | 416 | -3 |
| 75 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 11.7 | 423 | 420 | -3 |
| 76 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 11.4 | 429 | 426 | -3 |
| 77 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 11.3 | 431 | 428 | -3 |
| 78 | Marcus Pettersson | PIT | 11.2 | 432 | 429 | -3 |
| 79 | Ty Smith | NJD | 11.0 | 433 | 430 | -3 |
| 80 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 10.9 | 434 | 431 | -3 |
| 81 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 10.5 | 441 | 439 | -2 |
| 82 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 10.3 | 442 | 440 | -2 |
| 83 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 10.2 | 443 | 437 | -6 |
| 84 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 9.9 | 448 | 448 | 0 |
| 85 | Erik Cernak | TBL | 9.7 | 450 | 450 | 0 |
| 86 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 9.7 | 451 | 451 | 0 |
| 87 | Bowen Byram | COL | 9.6 | 454 | 454 | 0 |
| 88 | Cody Ceci | TOR | 9.4 | 458 | 459 | 1 |
| 89 | Adam Fox | NYR | 9.2 | 459 | 460 | 1 |
| 90 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 9.1 | 461 | 462 | 1 |
| 91 | Conor Timmins | COL | 8.9 | 462 | 463 | 1 |
| 92 | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | 8.9 | 463 | 464 | 1 |
| 93 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.7 | 464 | 465 | 1 |
| 94 | Devon Toews | NYI | 8.7 | 465 | 483 | 18 |
| 95 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 8.2 | 469 | 473 | 4 |
| 96 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 8.2 | 470 | 467 | -3 |
| 97 | Calle Rosen | COL | 8.2 | 471 | 471 | 0 |
| 98 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 8.1 | 474 | 476 | 2 |
| 99 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 7.8 | 479 | 480 | 1 |
| 100 | Lawrence Pilut | BUF | 7.2 | 484 | 485 | 1 |
| 101 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 7.2 | 485 | 488 | 3 |
| 102 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 7.2 | 486 | 478 | -8 |
| 103 | Josh Mahura | ANA | 6.9 | 490 | 494 | 4 |
| 104 | Victor Mete | MON | 6.8 | 491 | 489 | -2 |
| 105 | Joel Persson | EDM | 6.7 | 493 | 496 | 3 |
| 106 | Tim Heed | SJS | 6.7 | 494 | 497 | 3 |
| 107 | Caleb Jones | EDM | 6.6 | 495 | 498 | 3 |
| 108 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | 6.6 | 496 | 499 | 3 |
| 109 | Jake Bean | CAR | 6.4 | 498 | 501 | 3 |
| 110 | Ethan Bear | EDM | 6.4 | 499 | 502 | 3 |
| 111 | Kale Clague | LAK | 6.2 | 500 | 503 | 3 |
| 112 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 6.2 | 501 | 504 | 3 |
| 113 | Julius Honka | DAL | 6.0 | 506 | 484 | -22 |
| 114 | Nicolas Hague | VGK | 5.9 | 508 | 509 | 1 |
| 115 | Sebastian Aho (d) | NYI | 5.8 | 511 | 482 | -29 |
| 116 | Kyle Capobianco | ARI | 5.7 | 513 | 513 | 0 |
| 117 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 5.6 | 515 | 515 | 0 |
| 118 | Philippe Myers | PHI | 5.4 | 519 | 518 | -1 |
| 119 | Oliwer Kaski | DET | 5.3 | 521 | 520 | -1 |
| 120 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 4.8 | 527 | 526 | -1 |
| 121 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | 4.8 | 528 | 527 | -1 |
| 122 | Josh Brook | MON | 4.4 | 530 | 529 | -1 |
| 123 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | 4.3 | 531 | 531 | 0 |
| 124 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 4.1 | 534 | 535 | 1 |
| 125 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 3.6 | 543 | 544 | 1 |
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