Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – August, 2021

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2021-08-03

Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – August edition!

The free agents have signed and the 2021 draftees are in. Adjustments have been made, but these are all via eyeballing it. As I put together the Fantasy Guide, I go over each and every player with a fine-tooth comb. An “audit”, if you will. So the September rankings will be the most accurate of the year (as with every year).

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As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of team need or personal bias. Click any name to be taken to his customized fantasy hockey player profile.

Def RkPlayerTeamRatingAugJulChange
1Cale MakarCOL114.834340
2Adam FoxNYR114.13541-6
3John CarlsonWAS110.939372
4Victor HedmanTBL107.345432
5Quinn HughesVAN97.85259-7
6Morgan RiellyTOR96.15965-6
7Shea TheodoreVGK95.46163-2
8Roman JosiNSH94.367625
9Dougie HamiltonNJD90.374704
10Tyson BarrieEDM89.77679-3
11Thomas ChabotOTT78.692920
12Rasmus DahlinBUF74.899101-2
13Torey KrugSTL67.81141140
14John KlingbergDAL66.7116117-1
15Seth JonesCHI65.3120130-10
16Kris LetangPIT64.812110714
17Miro HeiskanenDAL63.2124125-1
18Samuel GirardCOL59.21341340
19Zach WerenskiCBJ58.91351350
20Alex PietrangeloVGK57.41411410
21Charlie McAvoyBOS54.7149150-1
22Darnell NurseEDM53.41551532
23Ivan ProvorovPHI49.01701700
24Drew DoughtyLAK48.31721684
25Mikhail SergachevTBL46.41781771
26Jakob ChychrunARI45.9180182-2
27Erik KarlssonSJS45.2182204-22
28Filip HronekDET42.9187188-1
29Ty SmithNJD41.0192199-7
30Neal PionkWPG40.2194195-1
31Aaron EkbladFLA40.1196197-1
32Adam BoqvistCBJ36.5212229-17
33Brent BurnsSJS35.821719621
34Tony DeAngeloCAR34.7221255-34
35Josh MorrisseyWPG34.02242204
36Jeff PetryMON33.22272189
37Oliver Ekman-LarssonVAN33.1229230-1
38Ryan EllisPHI32.52342286
39Devon ToewsCOL31.52372352
40Jamie DrysdaleANA28.3251262-11
41Matt DumbaMIN26.82602564
42Jaccob SlavinCAR25.92682644
43Mattias EkholmNSH23.92832767
44Mackenzie WeegarFLA23.828527213
45Evan BouchardEDM23.4290295-5
46Ryan PulockNYI22.729828513
47Jacob TroubaNYR22.630029010
48Damon SeversonNJD20.53113047
49Gustav ForslingFLA20.231429321
50Matt GrzelcykBOS19.732231210
51Keith YandlePHI18.534129150
52Shayne GostisbehereARI18.434431331
53Rasmus RistolainenPHI18.334630838
54Bowen ByramCOL17.9353357-4
55Rasmus AnderssonCGY17.935634313
56Travis SanheimPHI17.93573561
57Brandon MontourFLA17.7360420-60
58Ryan MerkleySJS17.43643613
59Noah DobsonNYI15.7387398-11
60Vince DunnSEA15.439338211
61Jake BeanCBJ15.4394396-2
62Mike MathesonPIT15.1400432-32
63Colton ParaykoSTL14.5408423-15
64Justin SchultzWAS14.341338726
65Alexander RomanovMON14.2415417-2

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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Nils LundkvistNYR Noah HanifinCGY
Conor TimminsARI Victor SoderstromARI
Will ButcherBUF Mike ReillyBOS
Ethan BearCAR Brett PesceCAR
Juuso ValimakiCGY Wyatt KalynukCHI
Nick LeddyDET Esa LindellDAL
Jared SpurgeonMIN David FarranceNSH
Jonas BrodinMIN Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT
P.K. SubbanNJD Scott PerunovichSTL
Dante FabbroNSH Travis DermottTOR
Erik BrannstromOTT Erik GustafssonUFA
Jake MuzzinTOR Nicolas HagueVGK
Alec MartinezVGK   

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

Cam FowlerANACaleb JonesCHI
Josh MahuraANA Jake GardinerCAR
Hampus LindholmANA Jake McCabeCHI
Henri JokiharjuBUF Ryan SuterDAL
Kale ClagueLAK Max GildonFLA
Philippe MyersNSH Sean WalkerLAK
Robin SaloNYI Luke HughesNJD
K’Andre MillerNYR John MarinoPIT
Cameron YorkPHI Justin FaulkSTL
Marcus PetterssonPIT Timothy LiljegrenTOR
Dennis CholowskiSEA Tyler MyersVAN
Mark GiordanoSEA Jack RathboneVAN
Ryan McDonaghTBL Dylan CoghlanVGK
Rasmus SandinTOR Ville HeinolaWPG
Nate SchmidtWPG Logan StanleyWPG

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Jan 23 - 20:01 STL vs VGK
Jan 23 - 21:01 CGY vs BUF
Jan 23 - 21:01 EDM vs VAN
Jan 23 - 22:01 ANA vs PIT
Jan 23 - 22:01 SEA vs WSH
Jan 23 - 22:01 S.J vs NSH

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

  Players Team
LANE HUTSON MTL
PAVEL DOROFEYEV VGK
JIRI KULICH BUF
ADAM FANTILLI CBJ
KAAPO KAKKO SEA

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  Players Team
SPENCER KNIGHT FLA
JACOB MARKSTROM N.J
JUUSE SAROS NSH
DARCY KUEMPER L.A
DUSTIN WOLF CGY

LINE COMBOS

  Frequency N.J Players
20.3 DAWSON MERCER TIMO MEIER JUSTIN DOWLING
18.9 STEFAN NOESEN NICO HISCHIER JESPER BRATT
15.9 JACK HUGHES PAUL COTTER NATHAN BASTIAN

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