Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues – October edition!

Only minor changes this past month, based on play over the last two rounds of the playoffs. I also made tweaks based on UFA status (I went ahead and put in each UFA, even though they technically don’t turn UFA until October 9).

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Be sure to come back during Free Agent Frenzy on Friday, where we break down each signing from a fantasy hockey standpoint. Just like we have each year for the last 15 years!

This month I’m trying something different. Because players further down the list are so close to each other, I’ve just thrown them together into groups. It beats trying to explain how the 90th ranked guy is pretty much the same for value as the 66th ranked guy. As a bonus, this means 120 defensemen appear in the rankings. Let me know if you like the new format. Click on any player name below to be taken to his fantasy hockey player profile page, with all the stats you need to make an assessment for your fantasy leagues…

Def. Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Oct	Sep	Change
1	John Carlson	WAS	127.3	25	25	0
2	Cale Makar	COL	105.3	48	48	0
3	Morgan Rielly	TOR	103.0	53	53	0
4	Victor Hedman	TBL	99.8	55	55	0
5	Roman Josi	NSH	96.0	60	60	0
6	Dougie Hamilton	CAR	92.8	67	67	0
7	Quinn Hughes	VAN	92.1	71	71	0
8	Erik Karlsson	SJS	87.6	76	76	0
9	Torey Krug	UFA	77.4	93	84	9
10	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	75.0	96	97	-1
11	Shea Theodore	VGK	74.5	98	100	-2
12	Tony DeAngelo	NYR	73.8	99	101	-2
13	Alex Pietrangelo	UFA	73.1	101	94	7
14	Zach Werenski	CBJ	70.7	109	109	0
15	Thomas Chabot	OTT	69.8	113	113	0
16	Brent Burns	SJS	68.6	116	117	-1
17	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	66.9	119	125	-6
18	Seth Jones	CBJ	66.3	121	121	0
19	Tyson Barrie	UFA	65.9	124	114	10
20	Kris Letang	PIT	60.0	138	137	1
21	John Klingberg	DAL	59.7	139	139	0
22	Drew Doughty	LAK	50.0	158	158	0
23	Ivan Provorov	PHI	46.7	170	170	0
24	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	ARI	44.7	174	174	0
25	Keith Yandle	FLA	42.7	177	177	0
26	Ryan Pulock	NYI	42.4	180	180	0
27	Filip Hronek	DET	42.1	182	182	0
28	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	41.3	187	188	-1
29	Erik Gustafsson	UFA	39.1	195	183	12
30	Matt Dumba	MIN	38.6	197	197	0
31	Josh Morrissey	WPG	37.6	201	201	0
32	Adam Fox	NYR	37.0	205	205	0
33	Ryan Ellis	NSH	35.5	210	208	2
34	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	34.2	216	215	1
35	Samuel Girard	COL	33.6	220	219	1
36	Neal Pionk	WPG	33.0	223	222	1
37	Jacob Trouba	NYR	32.9	224	223	1
38	Ryan Suter	MIN	32.2	227	227	0
39	Shea Weber	MON	31.7	228	228	0
40	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	30.0	233	233	0
41	Mark Giordano	CGY	28.8	236	236	0
42	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	28.5	240	240	0
43	Rasmus Ristolainen	BUF	28.5	241	241	0
44	Darnell Nurse	EDM	27.5	245	245	0
45	Mattias Ekholm	NSH	27.1	247	247	0
46	Adam Boqvist	CHI	24.8	259	259	0
47	Vince Dunn	STL	23.9	267	267	0
48	Shayne Gostisbehere	PHI	23.2	269	270	-1
49	Brandon Montour	BUF	22.6	278	279	-1
50	Oscar Klefbom	EDM	21.9	283	284	-1
51	Travis Sanheim	PHI	21.8	285	286	-1
52	Damon Severson	NJD	20.8	301	302	-1
53	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	20.6	305	306	-1
54	Evan Bouchard	EDM	20.4	308	309	-1
55	Jeff Petry	MON	19.4	317	317	0
56	Mike Matheson	PIT	19.3	320	326	-6
57	Will Butcher	NJD	18.9	324	322	2
58	Colton Parayko	STL	17.6	333	334	-1
59	Nate Schmidt	VGK	17.3	340	341	-1
60	Ryan Graves	COL	17.0	344	345	-1
61	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	16.3	352	353	-1
62	Cam Fowler	ANA	15.8	362	363	-1
63	P.K. Subban	NJD	15.4	366	367	-1
64	Sami Vatanen	UFA	15.4	367	368	-1
65	Ryan McDonagh	TBL	15.3	368	369	-1

The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal). Their value to you would depend on if you are rebuilding, just need a guy coming off the bench once in a while during hot spurts, or need immediate help with a lower ceiling, with different tolerances of risk…

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Devon Toews	NYI	Erik Brannstrom	OTT
Kevin Shattenkirk	UFA	Dmitry Orlov	WAS
Jared Spurgeon	MIN	Juuso Valimaki	CGY
Matt Grzelcyk	BOS	Jake Muzzin	TOR
Ethan Bear	EDM	Oliver Kylington	CGY
Travis Dermott	TOR	Dennis Cholowski	DET
Esa Lindell	DAL	Ty Smith	NJD
Alexander Romanov	MON	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT
Henri Jokiharju	BUF	Scott Perunovich	STL
Hampus Lindholm	ANA	John Marino	PIT
Bowen Byram	COL	Nick Leddy	NYI
Noah Hanifin	CGY	Philippe Myers	PHI
Justin Faulk	STL

Vets who can chip in, injury risks, prospects with varying degrees of upside and wait time, other defensemen with lower upside and expectations but can chip in at times

Marcus Pettersson	PIT	Josh Mahura	ANA
Kale Clague	LAK	Victor Mete	MON
Sami Niku	WPG	Olli Juolevi	VAN
Rasmus Sandin	TOR	Jake Gardiner	CAR
Brady Skjei	CAR	Caleb Jones	EDM
Sean Walker	LAK	Alexander Alexeyev	WAS
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Jake Bean	CAR
Ian Mitchell	CHI	TJ Brodie	UFA
Dante Fabbro	NSH	Nicolas Hague	VGK
Erik Cernak	TBL	Christian Djoos	ANA
Alex Goligoski	ARI	Matt Roy	LAK
Noah Dobson	NYI	Ryan Merkley	SJS
Alexander Edler	VAN	Alec Martinez	VGK
Mikko Lehtonen	TOR	Justin Schultz	UFA
Conor Timmins	COL	Vladislav Gavrikov	CBJ

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

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	JACKSON LACOMBE	ANA
	LANE HUTSON	MTL
	PATRIK LAINE	MTL
	SHANE PINTO	OTT
	JONATHAN HUBERDEAU	CGY

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	MACKENZIE BLACKWOOD	COL
	SPENCER KNIGHT	FLA
	DAVID RITTICH	L.A
	LUKAS DOSTAL	ANA
	JACOB MARKSTROM	N.J

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	CBJ Players
	22.0	DMITRI VORONKOV SEAN MONAHAN KIRILL MARCHENKO
	21.0	COLE SILLINGER MATHIEU OLIVIER KENT JOHNSON
	13.6	MIKAEL PYYHTIA JAMES MALATESTA SEAN KURALY

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