Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – December 2020

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2020-12-03

Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in our points-only keeper leagues – November edition! *NOW AVAILABLE* Pick up the 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide for immediate download here!
Not a lot changed this month because, well, not a lot has happened over the last month. But, you’re dying for your fantasy rankings fix and I’m your pusher. 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. Click any player name to be taken to his player profile page – a page where Eric Daoust and I customized to suit the fantasy owner. And as fantasy owners ourselves, we know what the fantasy owner wants – and we built it! So check them out.
Def Rk Player Team Rating Dec Nov Change
1 John Carlson WAS 137.5 25 25 0
2 Cale Makar COL 99.4 53 53 0
3 Roman Josi NSH 98.0 54 54 0
4 Morgan Rielly TOR 96.1 58 58 0
5 Victor Hedman TBL 95.3 59 59 0
6 Quinn Hughes VAN 92.8 62 62 0
7 Dougie Hamilton CAR 91.1 65 65 0
8 Erik Karlsson SJS 87.1 74 73 1
9 Rasmus Dahlin BUF 85.7 76 75 1
10 Torey Krug STL 83.4 82 88 -6
11 Brent Burns SJS 82.2 87 86 1
12 Thomas Chabot OTT 76.6 94 94 0
13 Tyson Barrie EDM 74.6 98 98 0
14 Shea Theodore VGK 74.4 99 99 0
15 Tony DeAngelo NYR 71.2 102 102 0
16 Zach Werenski CBJ 69.5 107 107 0
17 Miro Heiskanen DAL 67.9 111 111 0
18 Kris Letang PIT 61.9 124 133 -9
19 Alex Pietrangelo VGK 61.8 126 125 1
20 Seth Jones CBJ 57.6 137 137 0
21 John Klingberg DAL 56.9 138 149 -11
22 Erik Gustafsson PHI 49.0 157 158 -1
23 Aaron Ekblad FLA 44.1 169 170 -1
24 Ivan Provorov PHI 43.7 171 181 -10
25 Adam Fox NYR 43.2 172 172 0
26 Mikhail Sergachev TBL 43.0 173 173 0
27 Drew Doughty LAK 42.6 175 175 0
28 Keith Yandle FLA 40.2 181 182 -1
29 Ryan Pulock NYI 39.5 185 186 -1
30 Ryan Ellis NSH 37.5 195 196 -1
31 Charlie McAvoy BOS 37.2 197 198 -1
32 Neal Pionk WPG 36.1 202 203 -1
33 Filip Hronek DET 36.1 204 205 -1
34 Josh Morrissey WPG 36.0 205 206 -1
35 Devon Toews COL 35.3 209 249 -40
36 Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI 35.2 210 210 0
37 Rasmus Ristolainen BUF 33.0 217 217 0
38 Matt Dumba MIN 33.0 218 218 0
39 Darnell Nurse EDM 32.5 219 219 0
40 Ryan Suter MIN 32.0 226 226 0
41 Samuel Girard COL 31.6 229 229 0
42 Mark Giordano CGY 31.3 232 232 0
43 Jacob Trouba NYR 28.9 245 245 0
44 Jaccob Slavin CAR 28.4 248 248 0
45 Mattias Ekholm NSH 26.3 262 263 -1
46 Damon Severson NJD 26.0 263 264 -1
47 Jeff Petry MON 24.8 271 272 -1
48 Travis Sanheim PHI 24.5 273 274 -1
49 Adam Boqvist CHI 23.8 280 281 -1
50 Colton Parayko STL 22.1 290 292 -2
51 Evan Bouchard EDM 21.7 296 296 0
52 Mike Matheson PIT 21.5 299 299 0
53 Vince Dunn STL 21.4 300 300 0
54 Jakob Chychrun ARI 21.2 304 304 0
55 Shea Weber MON 19.8 319 318 1
56 Nate Schmidt VAN 18.0 335 335 0
57 Jared Spurgeon MIN 17.7 343 343 0
58 Will Butcher NJD 17.2 349 349 0
59 Henri Jokiharju BUF 16.4 361 404 -43
60 Noah Hanifin CGY 16.1 365 364 1
61 Brandon Montour BUF 15.7 371 370 1
62 Matt Grzelcyk BOS 15.6 375 374 1
63 Esa Lindell DAL 14.3 391 390 1
64 Bowen Byram COL 14.2 393 392 1
65 Rasmus Andersson CGY 13.6 398 397 1
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
Alexander Romanov MON Alexander Alexeyev WAS
P.K. Subban NJD 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 Justin Faulk STL
Sean Walker LAK
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:
Ryan McDonagh TBL Victor Soderstrom ARI
Oscar Klefbom EDM Nicolas Hague VGK
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 Brandon Carlo BOS
Conor Timmins COL Josh Brook MON
Caleb Jones EDM Sami Vatanen UFA

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