Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – April 2020
Dobber
2020-04-03
Here are the Top 100 115 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – April edition!
I increased the list to 115 this month. As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each others should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal bias.
Full Top 300 skaters list here
Click any player name to be taken to their fantasy hockey stats profile and analysis page…
| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | April | Mar | Jan |
| 1 | John Carlson | WAS | 145.6874 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Roman Josi | NSH | 108.9259 | 42 | 43 | 1 |
| 3 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 99.84833 | 52 | 50 | -2 |
| 4 | Cale Makar | COL | 99.56277 | 53 | 52 | -1 |
| 5 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 89.11144 | 63 | 62 | -1 |
| 6 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 84.72452 | 71 | 82 | 11 |
| 7 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 83.16159 | 72 | 77 | 5 |
| 8 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 79.27811 | 78 | 76 | -2 |
| 9 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 77.80909 | 84 | 83 | -1 |
| 10 | Brent Burns | SJS | 77.78595 | 85 | 84 | -1 |
| 11 | Torey Krug | BOS | 77.75287 | 86 | 85 | -1 |
| 12 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 77.23788 | 88 | 86 | -2 |
| 13 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 70.96903 | 99 | 98 | -1 |
| 14 | Tyson Barrie | TOR | 68.26252 | 102 | 100 | -2 |
| 15 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 64.65322 | 107 | 102 | -5 |
| 16 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 63.21695 | 109 | 110 | 1 |
| 17 | Kris Letang | PIT | 59.96203 | 121 | 120 | -1 |
| 18 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 58.37513 | 124 | 123 | -1 |
| 19 | John Klingberg | DAL | 54.18528 | 137 | 137 | 0 |
| 20 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 50.51622 | 145 | 144 | -1 |
| 21 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 49.48307 | 148 | 147 | -1 |
| 22 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 46.46192 | 156 | 156 | 0 |
| 23 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 45.60498 | 159 | 159 | 0 |
| 24 | Erik Gustafsson | CGY | 43.73245 | 164 | 163 | -1 |
| 25 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 41.62721 | 167 | 166 | -1 |
| 26 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 41.34163 | 168 | 167 | -1 |
| 27 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 40.13759 | 171 | 171 | 0 |
| 28 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 39.7037 | 172 | 172 | 0 |
| 29 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 39.35576 | 174 | 174 | 0 |
| 30 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 38.878 | 176 | 176 | 0 |
| 31 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 38.12055 | 180 | 180 | 0 |
| 32 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 36.23843 | 187 | 188 | 1 |
| 33 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 34.60601 | 193 | 194 | 1 |
| 34 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 33.75375 | 198 | 199 | 1 |
| 35 | Samuel Girard | COL | 33.6211 | 199 | 200 | 1 |
| 36 | Shea Weber | MON | 31.88444 | 206 | 206 | 0 |
| 37 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 31.68591 | 208 | 208 | 0 |
| 38 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 30.89683 | 212 | 212 | 0 |
| 39 | Filip Hronek | DET | 29.16109 | 224 | 224 | 0 |
| 40 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 28.45493 | 225 | 225 | 0 |
| 41 | Kevin Shattenkirk | TBL | 28.33096 | 227 | 227 | 0 |
| 42 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 27.51148 | 232 | 232 | 0 |
| 43 | Adam Fox | NYR | 27.3088 | 234 | 234 | 0 |
| 44 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 27.09559 | 237 | 237 | 0 |
| 45 | Jeff Petry | MON | 25.85677 | 245 | 245 | 0 |
| 46 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 24.99687 | 254 | 276 | 22 |
| 47 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 24.94159 | 255 | 250 | -5 |
| 48 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 24.14486 | 260 | 260 | 0 |
| 49 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 22.43404 | 271 | 272 | 1 |
| 50 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 20.36889 | 289 | 288 | -1 |
| 51 | Sami Vatanen | CAR | 17.89377 | 308 | 306 | -2 |
| 52 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 17.78042 | 310 | 313 | 3 |
| 53 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 17.36889 | 316 | 317 | 1 |
| 54 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 17.28739 | 318 | 318 | 0 |
| 55 | Brandon Montour | BUF | 17.22931 | 319 | 319 | 0 |
| 56 | Damon Severson | NJD | 17.11071 | 322 | 321 | -1 |
| 57 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 15.98455 | 345 | 341 | -4 |
| 58 | Vince Dunn | STL | 15.68944 | 351 | 346 | -5 |
| 59 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 15.16881 | 366 | 360 | -6 |
| 60 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 14.99012 | 370 | 364 | -6 |
| 61 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 14.76807 | 376 | 370 | -6 |
| 62 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 14.32335 | 383 | 377 | -6 |
| 63 | Colton Parayko | STL | 14.22947 | 384 | 378 | -6 |
| 64 | P.K. Subban | NJD | 13.62447 | 395 | 387 | -8 |
| 65 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 13.57267 | 397 | 389 | -8 |
| 66 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 13.07904 | 404 | 395 | -9 |
| 67 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 12.55509 | 409 | 401 | -8 |
| 68 | Will Butcher | NJD | 12.55376 | 410 | 402 | -8 |
| 69 | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | 12.23333 | 413 | 405 | -8 |
| 70 | Ryan Graves | COL | 12.12148 | 416 | 408 | -8 |
| 71 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 11.86735 | 419 | 411 | -8 |
| 72 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 11.74466 | 422 | 414 | -8 |
| 73 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 11.31039 | 426 | 418 | -8 |
| 74 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 11.29013 | 427 | 419 | -8 |
| 75 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 11.14804 | 428 | 420 | -8 |
| 76 | Justin Faulk | STL | 11.05164 | 429 | 421 | -8 |
| 77 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 11.02638 | 430 | 422 | -8 |
| 78 | Ethan Bear | EDM | 11.00795 | 431 | 423 | -8 |
| 79 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 10.87832 | 432 | 424 | -8 |
| 80 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 10.22654 | 435 | 427 | -8 |
| 81 | Devon Toews | NYI | 10.1597 | 437 | 429 | -8 |
| 82 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 9.915796 | 438 | 430 | -8 |
| 83 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 9.862859 | 439 | 431 | -8 |
| 84 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 9.6722 | 442 | 434 | -8 |
| 85 | Bowen Byram | COL | 9.592701 | 444 | 436 | -8 |
| 86 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 9.384244 | 447 | 439 | -8 |
| 87 | Brady Skjei | CAR | 9.026411 | 450 | 400 | -50 |
| 88 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 8.942693 | 453 | 444 | -9 |
| 89 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.827879 | 455 | 446 | -9 |
| 90 | Jake Gardiner | CAR | 8.824861 | 456 | 447 | -9 |
| 91 | John Marino | PIT | 7.8144 | 465 | 456 | -9 |
| 92 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 7.753677 | 468 | 459 | -9 |
| 93 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 7.690303 | 470 | 461 | -9 |
| 94 | Erik Cernak | TBL | 7.663006 | 471 | 462 | -9 |
| 95 | Ian Cole | COL | 7.659846 | 472 | 463 | -9 |
| 96 | Ty Smith | NJD | 7.554946 | 474 | 465 | -9 |
| 97 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | 7.495823 | 476 | 467 | -9 |
| 98 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 7.205021 | 478 | 469 | -9 |
| 99 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 6.984777 | 482 | 473 | -9 |
| 100 | Conor Timmins | COL | 6.963019 | 483 | 474 | -9 |
| 101 | Josh Mahura | ANA | 6.869809 | 484 | 475 | -9 |
| 102 | Victor Mete | MON | 6.824109 | 486 | 477 | -9 |
| 103 | Joel Persson | ANA | 6.712775 | 488 | 479 | -9 |
| 104 | Marcus Pettersson | PIT | 6.688984 | 489 | 480 | -9 |
| 105 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 6.608271 | 491 | 482 | -9 |
| 106 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 6.6 | 492 | 483 | -9 |
| 107 | Caleb Jones | EDM | 6.6 | 493 | 484 | -9 |
| 108 | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | 6.6 | 494 | 485 | -9 |
| 109 | Philippe Myers | PHI | 6.5 | 495 | 486 | -9 |
| 110 | Sean Walker | LAK | 6.5 | 496 | 487 | -9 |
| 111 | Jake Bean | CAR | 6.4 | 497 | 488 | -9 |
| 112 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 6.2 | 502 | 493 | -9 |
| 113 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 6.2 | 503 | 494 | -9 |
| 114 | Nicolas Hague | VGK | 5.9 | 507 | 498 | -9 |
| 115 | Tyler Myers | VAN | 5.9 | 509 | 500 | -9 |
Related Posts
UPCOMING GAMES
| Dec 23 - 13:12 |
 N.J
| vs |
 NYR | |
| Dec 23 - 14:12 |
 TOR
| vs |
 WPG | |
| Dec 23 - 19:12 |
 DET
| vs |
 STL | |
| Dec 23 - 19:12 |
 CBJ
| vs |
 MTL | |
| Dec 23 - 19:12 |
 BOS
| vs |
 WSH | |
| Dec 23 - 19:12 |
 FLA
| vs |
 T.B | |
| Dec 23 - 19:12 |
 PIT
| vs |
 PHI | |
| Dec 23 - 19:12 |
 NYI
| vs |
 BUF | |
| Dec 23 - 20:12 |
 NSH
| vs |
 CAR | |
| Dec 23 - 20:12 |
 MIN
| vs |
 CHI | |
| Dec 23 - 21:12 |
 UTA
| vs |
 DAL | |
| Dec 23 - 21:12 |
 VAN
| vs |
 S.J | |
| Dec 23 - 22:12 |
 VGK
| vs |
 ANA
| |
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
OTT
CGYTop Goalie Profile Views
COL
L.A
LINE COMBOS
| Frequency |
BOS Players
| |
|---|---|---|
| 22.7 | PAVEL ZACHA DAVID PASTRNAK MORGAN GEEKIE | |
| 18.8 | BRAD MARCHAND ELIAS LINDHOLM CHARLIE COYLE | |
| 17.5 | COLE KOEPKE MARK KASTELIC JOHN BEECHER | |
DobberHockey Podcasts
Fantasy Hockey Life: FHL/DPR WJC20 Crossover Draft Part 1
The World Juniors Championship is mere days away. Today Fantast Hockey Life and Dobber Prospects Report features a special crossover draft. Peter Harling, DPR producer James Iacovone, Victor and Jesse draft the first five of nine rounds of WJC players. Check out the second half of the draft with post-draft analysis on the Dobber Prospects […]
Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer Week 12
Elan looks at the schedule for the upcoming week of NHL action and recommends some players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups.
Keeping Karlsson: Short Shifts – EBUP (Emergency Backup Podcaster)
Elan comes in to save the day and records with Shams to bring you all the fantasy news you need to know as we near the Christmas break. They cover the fantasy impact of the Kaapo Kakko trade and the nearing return of Alex Ovechkin and Rasmus Dahlin from injury. After that, they cover many […]
Keeping Karlsson: Back To Blackwood
Elan and Brian host a special matinee edition looking at an avalanche of impact in Colorado’s crease and depth chart, distinguishing performers from posers, and asking “how high?” for an upper echelon of performers in Tampa Bay and Boston.
Fantasy Hockey Life: X Gamers
X gamers returns – where we talk about some prospects starting to make an impact. We talk Simon Edvinsson, Calum Ritchie, Jackson Blake, Emil Andrae, and Marco Kasper. Polls from Mason Black, the NHL Rank King. Have a listen! Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by Fantrax.com. Email [email protected] and […]