Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – January 2021

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2021-01-04

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

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As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point are a matter of team needs or personal bias.

The Top 300 Keeper League Skaters were posted yesterday here.

Click on a player name to be taken to his customized fantasy player profile – all you need to evaluate his worth in your league’s settings.

Def RkPlayerTeamRatingJanDecChange
1John CarlsonWAS135.825250
2Cale MakarCOL99.45253-1
3Roman JosiNSH98.055541
4Morgan RiellyTOR96.158580
5Victor HedmanTBL95.359590
6Quinn HughesVAN94.56162-1
7Dougie HamiltonCAR92.86365-2
8Rasmus DahlinBUF87.47276-4
9Erik KarlssonSJS85.679745
10Torey KrugSTL83.48182-1
11Brent BurnsSJS80.787870
12Thomas ChabotOTT76.69394-1
13Shea TheodoreVGK76.19499-5
14Tyson BarrieEDM74.698980
15Tony DeAngeloNYR72.9101102-1
16Zach WerenskiCBJ69.5106107-1
17Miro HeiskanenDAL67.91111110
18Alex PietrangeloVGK63.5120126-6
19Kris LetangPIT61.91251241
20Seth JonesCBJ57.61371370
21John KlingbergDAL56.91381380
22Erik GustafssonPHI49.01571570
23Adam FoxNYR44.9171172-1
24Ivan ProvorovPHI43.71721711
25Mikhail SergachevTBL43.01731730
26Drew DoughtyLAK42.61751750
27Aaron EkbladFLA42.41771698
28Keith YandleFLA38.51861815
29Ryan PulockNYI38.01891854
30Ryan EllisNSH37.5191195-4
31Neal PionkWPG36.12022020
32Filip HronekDET36.1203204-1
33Josh MorrisseyWPG36.0204205-1
34Devon ToewsCOL35.3207209-2
35Charlie McAvoyBOS35.320819711
36Oliver Ekman-LarssonARI35.2209210-1
37Rasmus RistolainenBUF34.7210217-7
38Matt DumbaMIN33.02182180
39Darnell NurseEDM32.52192190
40Ryan SuterMIN32.02262260
41Samuel GirardCOL31.62292290
42Mark GiordanoCGY31.32322320
43Jacob TroubaNYR30.6237245-8
44Jaccob SlavinCAR30.1238248-10
45Mattias EkholmNSH26.3261262-1
46Damon SeversonNJD26.0262263-1
47Jeff PetryMON24.82722711
48Travis SanheimPHI24.52752732
49Adam BoqvistCHI23.82812801
50Colton ParaykoSTL22.12912901
51Evan BouchardEDM21.7295296-1
52Mike MathesonPIT21.5298299-1
53Vince DunnSTL21.4299300-1
54Jakob ChychrunARI21.2303304-1
55Shea WeberMON19.8316319-3
56Nate SchmidtVAN19.7317335-18
57Henri JokiharjuBUF18.1332361-29
58Jared SpurgeonMIN17.7342343-1
59Brandon MontourBUF17.4345371-26
60Will ButcherNJD17.23493490
61Noah HanifinCGY16.13653650
62Tyler MyersVAN14.3388406-18
63Esa LindellDAL14.3389391-2
64Bowen ByramCOL14.2390393-3
65Matt GrzelcykBOS13.739737522

The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)

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Rasmus AnderssonCGY Sean WalkerLAK
Alexander RomanovMON Alexander EdlerVAN
P.K. SubbanNJD Dennis CholowskiDET
Jake MuzzinTOR Scott PerunovichSTL
Brady SkjeiCAR Kale ClagueLAK
Travis DermottTOR Ryan GravesCOL
Ty SmithNJD Jake GardinerCAR
Shayne GostisbeherePHI TJ BrodieTOR
Ethan BearEDM Ian MitchellCHI
Erik BrannstromOTT Rasmus SandinTOR
Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT Hampus LindholmANA
Oliver KylingtonCGY Justin FaulkSTL
Juuso ValimakiCGY   

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 McDonaghTBL Philippe MyersPHI
Sami NikuWPG Timothy LiljegrenTOR
Mikko LehtonenTOR K’Andre MillerNYR
Cam FowlerANA Yegor ZamulaPHI
Dante FabbroNSH Justin SchultzWAS
Jake BeanCAR Dmitry OrlovWAS
Noah DobsonNYI Christian DjoosANA
Josh MahuraANA Mackenzie WeegarFLA
Conor TimminsCOL Vladislav GavrikovCBJ
Colin MillerBUF Kevin ShattenkirkANA
Caleb JonesEDM Bode WildeNYI
Victor SoderstromARI Jett WooVAN
Nicolas HagueVGK Nick LeddyNYI
Jake McCabeBUF Mario FerraroSJS
Ryan MerkleySJS John MarinoPIT

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