Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – September edition!
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As always, any player ranked within +/- 5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal.
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*Tony DeAngelo’s situation cannot be captured in my formula. He’s either going to get 60 points and be a top own in points-only leagues, or a bust. No grey. And I’m 50-50 on how he will do. So in this special circumstance I took 40% of his value found in the Top 300 Keeper League Skaters list (the extra 10% is to be extra-careful) and adjusted him on this list accordingly. I don’t know how else to properly measure his value. He’s the poster-boy for “boom or bust” players.
| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Sep | Aug | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Carlson | WAS | 115.8 | 33 | 39 | -6 |
| 2 | Cale Makar | COL | 115.3 | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| 3 | Adam Fox | NYR | 104.4 | 45 | 35 | 10 |
| 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 96.4 | 52 | 45 | 7 |
| 5 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 96.4 | 53 | 52 | 1 |
| 6 | Roman Josi | NSH | 91.6 | 60 | 67 | -7 |
| 7 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 91.3 | 62 | 61 | 1 |
| 8 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 88.9 | 66 | 74 | -8 |
| 9 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 83.9 | 74 | 76 | -2 |
| 10 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 83.9 | 75 | 92 | -17 |
| 11 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 78.3 | 86 | 59 | 27 |
| 12 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 75.5 | 94 | 99 | -5 |
| 13 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 69.8 | 104 | 124 | -20 |
| 14 | Kris Letang | PIT | 66.5 | 111 | 121 | -10 |
| 15 | Torey Krug | STL | 63.8 | 115 | 114 | 1 |
| 16 | Seth Jones | CHI | 62.6 | 118 | 120 | -2 |
| 17 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 58.9 | 127 | 135 | -8 |
| 18 | John Klingberg | DAL | 56.1 | 136 | 116 | 20 |
| 19 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 56.1 | 137 | 141 | -4 |
| 20 | Samuel Girard | COL | 55.2 | 138 | 134 | 4 |
| 21 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 49.5 | 156 | 180 | -24 |
| 22 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 49.4 | 159 | 149 | 10 |
| 23 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 48.1 | 165 | 155 | 10 |
| 24 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 47.2 | 169 | 194 | -25 |
| 25 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 46.4 | 173 | 170 | 3 |
| 26 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 45.1 | 180 | 178 | 2 |
| 27 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 42.8 | 187 | 172 | 15 |
| 28 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 42.7 | 188 | 196 | -8 |
| 29 | Filip Hronek | DET | 41.6 | 194 | 187 | 7 |
| 30 | Jeff Petry | MON | 41.1 | 196 | 227 | -31 |
| 31 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 38.7 | 205 | 182 | 23 |
| 32 | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | 34.9 | 213 | 212 | 1 |
| 33 | Ty Smith | NJD | 30.7 | 228 | 192 | 36 |
| 34 | Mackenzie Weegar | FLA | 30.4 | 230 | 285 | -55 |
| 35 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 29.1 | 232 | 283 | -51 |
| 36 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | VAN | 29.1 | 233 | 229 | 4 |
| 37 | Brent Burns | SJS | 28.1 | 237 | 217 | 20 |
| 38 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 28.0 | 238 | 260 | -22 |
| 39 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 27.8 | 242 | 298 | -56 |
| 40 | Devon Toews | COL | 27.6 | 246 | 237 | 9 |
| 41 | Ryan Ellis | PHI | 27.3 | 248 | 234 | 14 |
| 42 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 26.0 | 255 | 322 | -67 |
| 43 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 24.5 | 263 | 290 | -27 |
| 44 | Shayne Gostisbehere | ARI | 23.6 | 266 | 344 | -78 |
| 45 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | 21.0 | 287 | 251 | 36 |
| 46 | Tony DeAngelo* | CAR | 21.0 | 146 | 221 | -75 |
| 47 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 20.8 | 291 | 224 | 67 |
| 48 | Damon Severson | NJD | 20.5 | 293 | 311 | -18 |
| 49 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 20.5 | 294 | 268 | 26 |
| 50 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | 20.4 | 295 | 364 | -69 |
| 51 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 19.1 | 313 | 393 | -80 |
| 52 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 19.1 | 314 | 427 | -113 |
| 53 | Colton Parayko | STL | 18.7 | 322 | 408 | -86 |
| 54 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 18.2 | 328 | 439 | -111 |
| 55 | Nick Leddy | DET | 17.8 | 331 | 418 | -87 |
| 56 | Rasmus Ristolainen | PHI | 17.4 | 341 | 346 | -5 |
| 57 | Bowen Byram | COL | 16.9 | 349 | 353 | -4 |
| 58 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 16.7 | 358 | 356 | 2 |
| 59 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | 16.5 | 362 | 416 | -54 |
| 60 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 15.6 | 375 | 433 | -58 |
| 61 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 15.1 | 379 | 357 | 22 |
| 62 | Keith Yandle | PHI | 14.7 | 383 | 341 | 42 |
| 63 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 14.2 | 388 | 415 | -27 |
| 64 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 14.1 | 390 | 314 | 76 |
| 65 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 14.1 | 391 | 417 | -26 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Victor Soderstrom | ARI | Conor Timmins | ARI | |
| Will Butcher | BUF | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | |
| Ethan Bear | CAR | Jake Bean | CBJ | |
| Juuso Valimaki | CGY | P.K. Subban | NJD | |
| Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | David Farrance | NSH | |
| Brandon Montour | FLA | Dante Fabbro | NSH | |
| Jonas Brodin | MIN | Noah Dobson | NYI | |
| Jacob Trouba | NYR | Erik Cernak | TBL | |
| Mike Matheson | PIT | Travis Dermott | TOR | |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | |
| Scott Perunovich | STL | Nicolas Hague | VGK | |
| Erik Gustafsson | UFA | Alexander Alexeyev | WAS | |
| Dmitry Orlov | WAS | Moritz Seider | DET |
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
| Josh Mahura | ANA | Brett Pesce | CAR | |
| Cam Fowler | ANA | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | |
| Mike Reilly | BOS | Caleb Jones | CHI | |
| Oliver Kylington | CGY | Ryan Suter | DAL | |
| Esa Lindell | DAL | Max Gildon | FLA | |
| Sean Walker | LAK | Ryan Graves | NJD | |
| Josh Brook | MON | Philippe Myers | NSH | |
| Robin Salo | NYI | Victor Mete | OTT | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Marcus Pettersson | PIT | |
| Cameron York | PHI | Dennis Cholowski | SEA | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | Mario Ferraro | SJS | |
| Ryan McDonagh | TBL | TJ Brodie | TOR | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Alec Martinez | VGK | |
| Jack Rathbone | VAN | Dylan Coghlan | VGK | |
| Justin Schultz | WAS | Ville Heinola | WPG |
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