Happy New Year! Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – January edition!

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As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal taste and/or team needs. Click on any player name to be taken to his custom-made fantasy player profile.

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Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Jan	Dec	Change
1	John Carlson	WAS	128.0	25	31	6
2	Victor Hedman	TBL	106.1	47	63	16
3	Cale Makar	COL	100.7	51	58	7
4	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	100.7	52	72	20
5	Roman Josi	NSH	100.6	53	67	14
6	Erik Karlsson	SJS	99.1	55	53	-2
7	Morgan Rielly	TOR	87.0	72	50	-22
8	Brent Burns	SJS	86.7	74	49	-25
9	Torey Krug	BOS	80.5	82	70	-12
10	Quinn Hughes	VAN	76.6	85	93	8
11	Keith Yandle	FLA	74.4	91	100	9
12	Tony DeAngelo	NYR	71.8	95	116	21
13	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	71.6	96	103	7
14	Thomas Chabot	OTT	69.8	102	95	-7
15	Tyson Barrie	TOR	68.3	105	109	4
16	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	68.1	106	106	0
17	Kris Letang	PIT	64.0	117	129	12
18	Seth Jones	CBJ	62.3	123	117	-6
19	Zach Werenski	CBJ	58.4	131	138	7
20	Jacob Trouba	NYR	57.1	134	132	-2
21	John Klingberg	DAL	57.0	135	133	-2
22	Drew Doughty	LAK	54.9	141	139	-2
23	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	53.0	145	144	-1
24	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	51.5	150	135	-15
25	Mark Giordano	CGY	48.8	155	151	-4
26	Ryan Ellis	NSH	48.8	156	152	-4
27	Shea Weber	MON	45.7	168	190	22
28	Ivan Provorov	PHI	45.3	170	170	0
29	Josh Morrissey	WPG	44.1	171	173	2
30	Erik Gustafsson	CHI	41.8	182	174	-8
31	Kevin Shattenkirk	TBL	41.4	184	167	-17
32	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	40.9	187	182	-5
33	Shea Theodore	VGK	35.2	197	212	15
34	Ryan Pulock	NYI	34.6	200	215	15
35	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	34.2	204	204	0
36	Filip Hronek	DET	33.0	207	231	24
37	Ryan Suter	MIN	31.4	214	232	18
38	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	29.0	222	183	-39
39	Darnell Nurse	EDM	27.5	230	233	3
40	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	27.3	232	235	3
41	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	27.0	233	229	-4
42	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	26.5	237	261	24
43	Neal Pionk	WPG	26.0	242	362	120
44	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	26.0	243	247	4
45	Matt Dumba	MIN	25.1	252	196	-56
46	Jeff Petry	MON	24.7	256	317	61
47	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	23.8	262	236	-26
48	Brandon Montour	BUF	23.8	263	223	-40
49	Samuel Girard	COL	22.5	272	273	1
50	Adam Fox	NYR	21.0	284	221	-63
51	Nick Leddy	NYI	20.7	289	337	48
52	Adam Boqvist	CHI	20.4	291	333	42
53	Sami Vatanen	NJD	20.1	296	443	147
54	Cam Fowler	ANA	17.8	323	363	40
55	Evan Bouchard	EDM	17.4	327	332	5
56	Nate Schmidt	VGK	17.3	329	348	19
57	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	17.1	330	438	108
58	Mike Matheson	FLA	16.9	334	334	0
59	Hampus Lindholm	ANA	16.4	340	366	26
60	Alexander Edler	VAN	16.4	343	319	-24
61	Devon Toews	NYI	16.2	346	287	-59
62	Travis Sanheim	PHI	16.0	354	299	-55
63	Will Butcher	NJD	15.8	357	249	-108
64	Vince Dunn	STL	15.7	359	305	-54
65	Colton Parayko	STL	15.0	369	275	-94
66	Alex Goligoski	ARI	13.8	384	432	48
67	Dmitry Orlov	WAS	13.7	387	428	41
68	Travis Dermott	TOR	13.6	388	388	0
69	P.K. Subban	NJD	13.5	392	218	-174
70	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	13.1	398	400	2
71	Brady Skjei	NYR	12.6	404	455	51
72	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	12.3	406	385	-21
73	Justin Faulk	STL	12.3	407	413	6
74	Henri Jokiharju	BUF	12.2	408	414	6
75	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	11.9	410	416	6
76	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	11.3	415	422	7
77	Noah Hanifin	CGY	11.1	416	359	-57
78	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	11.0	417	303	-114
79	Ethan Bear	EDM	11.0	418	474	56
80	Oliver Kylington	CGY	10.9	420	424	4
81	Damon Severson	NJD	10.3	425	391	-34
82	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	10.2	426	434	8
83	John Marino	PIT	10.2	428	491	63
84	Esa Lindell	DAL	10.0	429	439	10
85	Marcus Pettersson	PIT	9.9	431	442	11
86	Jake Muzzin	TOR	9.9	432	260	-172
87	Dennis Cholowski	DET	9.7	434	430	-4
88	Bowen Byram	COL	9.6	436	449	13
89	Philippe Myers	PHI	8.8	446	518	72
90	Sean Walker	LAK	8.7	448	463	15
91	Sami Niku	WPG	8.7	449	465	16
92	Ty Smith	NJD	8.0	461	471	10
93	Olli Juolevi	VAN	7.8	466	469	3
94	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	7.7	468	390	-78
95	Erik Cernak	TBL	7.7	469	476	7
96	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	7.5	470	479	9
97	Justin Schultz	PIT	7.3	472	415	-57
98	Dante Fabbro	NSH	7.2	474	482	8
99	Calle Rosen	COL	7.2	475	483	8
100	Timothy Liljegren	TOR	7.0	477	485	8

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 15 - 19:11	CBJ	vs	PIT
Nov 15 - 21:11	UTA	vs	VGK
Nov 15 - 21:11	CGY	vs	NSH
Nov 15 - 21:11	COL	vs	WSH
Nov 15 - 22:11	ANA	vs	DET