Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen
Dobber
2020-11-04
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in our points-only keeper leagues – November edition!
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As always, players between +/-5.0 ratings points should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of personal bias or team needs.
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Nov | Oct | Change |
| 1 | John Carlson | WAS | 137.5 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | Cale Makar | COL | 99.4 | 53 | 48 | 5 |
| 3 | Roman Josi | NSH | 98.0 | 54 | 60 | -6 |
| 4 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 96.1 | 58 | 53 | 5 |
| 5 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 95.3 | 59 | 55 | 4 |
| 6 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 92.8 | 62 | 71 | -9 |
| 7 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 91.1 | 65 | 67 | -2 |
| 8 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 87.1 | 73 | 76 | -3 |
| 9 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 85.7 | 75 | 96 | -21 |
| 10 | Brent Burns | SJS | 82.2 | 86 | 116 | -30 |
| 11 | Torey Krug | STL | 80.4 | 88 | 93 | -5 |
| 12 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 76.6 | 94 | 113 | -19 |
| 13 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 74.6 | 98 | 124 | -26 |
| 14 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 74.4 | 99 | 98 | 1 |
| 15 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 71.2 | 102 | 99 | 3 |
| 16 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 69.5 | 107 | 109 | -2 |
| 17 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 67.9 | 111 | 119 | -8 |
| 18 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 61.8 | 125 | 101 | 24 |
| 19 | Kris Letang | PIT | 58.9 | 133 | 138 | -5 |
| 20 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 57.6 | 137 | 121 | 16 |
| 21 | John Klingberg | DAL | 53.9 | 149 | 139 | 10 |
| 22 | Erik Gustafsson | PHI | 49.0 | 158 | 195 | -37 |
| 23 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 44.1 | 170 | 187 | -17 |
| 24 | Adam Fox | NYR | 43.2 | 172 | 205 | -33 |
| 25 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 43.0 | 173 | 216 | -43 |
| 26 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 42.6 | 175 | 158 | 17 |
| 27 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 40.7 | 181 | 170 | 11 |
| 28 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 40.2 | 182 | 177 | 5 |
| 29 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 39.5 | 186 | 180 | 6 |
| 30 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 37.5 | 196 | 210 | -14 |
| 31 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 37.2 | 198 | 233 | -35 |
| 32 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 36.1 | 203 | 223 | -20 |
| 33 | Filip Hronek | DET | 36.1 | 205 | 182 | 23 |
| 34 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 36.0 | 206 | 201 | 5 |
| 35 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 35.2 | 210 | 174 | 36 |
| 36 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 33.0 | 217 | 241 | -24 |
| 37 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 33.0 | 218 | 197 | 21 |
| 38 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 32.5 | 219 | 245 | -26 |
| 39 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 32.0 | 226 | 227 | -1 |
| 40 | Samuel Girard | COL | 31.6 | 229 | 220 | 9 |
| 41 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 31.3 | 232 | 236 | -4 |
| 42 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 28.9 | 245 | 224 | 21 |
| 43 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 28.4 | 248 | 240 | 8 |
| 44 | Devon Toews | COL | 28.4 | 249 | 373 | -124 |
| 45 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 26.3 | 263 | 247 | 16 |
| 46 | Damon Severson | NJD | 26.0 | 264 | 301 | -37 |
| 47 | Jeff Petry | MON | 24.8 | 272 | 317 | -45 |
| 48 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 24.5 | 274 | 285 | -11 |
| 49 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 23.8 | 281 | 259 | 22 |
| 50 | Colton Parayko | STL | 22.1 | 292 | 333 | -41 |
| 51 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 21.7 | 296 | 308 | -12 |
| 52 | Mike Matheson | PIT | 21.5 | 299 | 320 | -21 |
| 53 | Vince Dunn | STL | 21.4 | 300 | 267 | 33 |
| 54 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 21.2 | 304 | 305 | -1 |
| 55 | Shea Weber | MON | 19.8 | 318 | 228 | 90 |
| 56 | Nate Schmidt | VAN | 18.0 | 335 | 340 | -5 |
| 57 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 17.7 | 343 | 381 | -38 |
| 58 | Will Butcher | NJD | 17.2 | 349 | 324 | 25 |
| 59 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 16.1 | 364 | 416 | -52 |
| 60 | Brandon Montour | BUF | 15.7 | 370 | 278 | 92 |
| 61 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 15.6 | 374 | 387 | -13 |
| 62 | Bowen Byram | COL | 14.2 | 392 | 413 | -21 |
| 63 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 13.6 | 397 | 352 | 45 |
| 64 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 13.4 | 400 | 403 | -3 |
| 65 | P.K. Subban | NJD | 13.1 | 402 | 366 | 36 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Henri Jokiharju | BUF | Brady Skjei | CAR | |
| Tyler Myers | VAN | Dennis Cholowski | DET | |
| Jake Muzzin | TOR | Scott Perunovich | STL | |
| Travis Dermott | TOR | Kale Clague | LAK | |
| Ty Smith | NJD | Ryan Graves | COL | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | TJ Brodie | TOR | |
| Ethan Bear | EDM | Ian Mitchell | CHI | |
| Erik Brannstrom | OTT | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | |
| Oliver Kylington | CGY | Alexander Edler | VAN | |
| Juuso Valimaki | CGY | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | |
| Sean Walker | LAK | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | |
| Alexander Alexeyev | WAS |
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
| Erik Cernak | TBL | Justin Schultz | WAS | |
| Sami Niku | WPG | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | |
| Jake Gardiner | CAR | Mackenzie Weegar | FLA | |
| Mikko Lehtonen | TOR | Kyle Capobianco | ARI | |
| Marcus Pettersson | PIT | Ryan Merkley | SJS | |
| Cam Fowler | ANA | Philippe Myers | PHI | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | |
| Jake Bean | CAR | Colin Miller | BUF | |
| Noah Dobson | NYI | K’Andre Miller | NYR | |
| Josh Mahura | ANA | Nick Leddy | NYI | |
| Victor Mete | MON | Sami Vatanen | UFA | |
| Conor Timmins | COL | Yegor Zamula | PHI | |
| Caleb Jones | EDM | Matt Roy | LAK | |
| Victor Soderstrom | ARI | Jake McCabe | BUF | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Christian Djoos | ANA |
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