Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – December 2021
Dobber
2021-12-04
Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – December edition!
Players between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value.
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Dec | Nov | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 122.2 | 30 | 33 | 3 |
| 2 | Adam Fox | NYR | 117.7 | 33 | 39 | 6 |
| 3 | John Carlson | WAS | 113.0 | 36 | 35 | -1 |
| 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 103.3 | 47 | 47 | 0 |
| 5 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 99.2 | 50 | 52 | 2 |
| 6 | Roman Josi | NSH | 98.5 | 51 | 56 | 5 |
| 7 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 87.7 | 70 | 65 | -5 |
| 8 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 83.8 | 80 | 72 | -8 |
| 9 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 83.0 | 83 | 88 | 5 |
| 10 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 81.8 | 85 | 66 | -19 |
| 11 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 80.7 | 88 | 96 | 8 |
| 12 | Tony DeAngelo | CAR | 75.9 | 96 | 123 | 27 |
| 13 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 75.5 | 99 | 94 | -5 |
| 14 | Seth Jones | CHI | 73.4 | 106 | 101 | -5 |
| 15 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 71.9 | 114 | 125 | 11 |
| 16 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 68.0 | 119 | 78 | -41 |
| 17 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 65.5 | 126 | 150 | 24 |
| 18 | Torey Krug | STL | 63.8 | 132 | 117 | -15 |
| 19 | Kris Letang | PIT | 63.8 | 133 | 122 | -11 |
| 20 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 57.4 | 142 | 148 | 6 |
| 21 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 56.0 | 145 | 181 | 36 |
| 22 | John Klingberg | DAL | 54.9 | 148 | 140 | -8 |
| 23 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 54.4 | 149 | 177 | 28 |
| 24 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 53.3 | 152 | 162 | 10 |
| 25 | Samuel Girard | COL | 49.9 | 166 | 156 | -10 |
| 26 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 47.8 | 173 | 198 | 25 |
| 27 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 46.4 | 178 | 174 | -4 |
| 28 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 45.9 | 181 | 147 | -34 |
| 29 | Moritz Seider | DET | 45.5 | 184 | 213 | 29 |
| 30 | Devon Toews | COL | 40.6 | 204 | 258 | 54 |
| 31 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 38.7 | 213 | 209 | -4 |
| 32 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 37.9 | 217 | 218 | 1 |
| 33 | Brent Burns | SJS | 36.8 | 221 | 244 | 23 |
| 34 | Shayne Gostisbehere | ARI | 35.3 | 227 | 277 | 50 |
| 35 | Filip Hronek | DET | 35.0 | 228 | 225 | -3 |
| 36 | Mackenzie Weegar | FLA | 33.4 | 231 | 236 | 5 |
| 37 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 33.3 | 232 | 238 | 6 |
| 38 | Ryan Ellis | PHI | 32.5 | 238 | 262 | 24 |
| 39 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 28.1 | 256 | 266 | 10 |
| 40 | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | 27.4 | 263 | 275 | 12 |
| 41 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 25.5 | 267 | 237 | -30 |
| 42 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | 24.9 | 271 | 294 | 23 |
| 43 | Bowen Byram | COL | 24.7 | 273 | 339 | 66 |
| 44 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 24.5 | 276 | 263 | -13 |
| 45 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 23.7 | 278 | 247 | -31 |
| 46 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 23.2 | 281 | 454 | 173 |
| 47 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 22.5 | 288 | 391 | 103 |
| 48 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 21.9 | 291 | 302 | 11 |
| 49 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 21.8 | 293 | 383 | 90 |
| 50 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | 20.4 | 307 | 306 | -1 |
| 51 | Ty Smith | NJD | 20.1 | 312 | 253 | -59 |
| 52 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 19.7 | 321 | 436 | 115 |
| 53 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 19.1 | 327 | 323 | -4 |
| 54 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 19.1 | 328 | 324 | -4 |
| 55 | Colton Parayko | STL | 18.7 | 333 | 331 | -2 |
| 56 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 16.9 | 358 | 424 | 66 |
| 57 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | VAN | 16.7 | 369 | 249 | -120 |
| 58 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | 16.4 | 373 | 403 | 30 |
| 59 | Kevin Shattenkirk | ANA | 15.9 | 381 | 451 | 70 |
| 60 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 15.6 | 384 | 400 | 16 |
| 61 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 14.8 | 390 | 353 | -37 |
| 62 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 14.2 | 395 | 397 | 2 |
| 63 | Nils Lundkvist | NYR | 14.2 | 396 | 398 | 2 |
| 64 | Ryan Suter | DAL | 14.2 | 397 | 520 | 123 |
| 65 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 13.3 | 406 | 408 | 2 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | |
| Will Butcher | BUF | Colin Miller | BUF | |
| Ethan Bear | CAR | Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | |
| Jake Bean | CBJ | Nick Leddy | DET | |
| Erik Gustafsson | CHI | Sean Durzi | LAK | |
| Damon Severson | NJD | David Farrance | NSH | |
| P.K. Subban | NJD | Noah Dobson | NYI | |
| Ryan Pulock | NYI | Rasmus Ristolainen | PHI | |
| Travis Sanheim | PHI | Mike Matheson | PIT | |
| Scott Perunovich | STL | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | |
| Jake Muzzin | TOR | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | |
| Travis Dermott | TOR | Nicolas Hague | VGK | |
| Nate Schmidt | WPG |
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 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | |
| Conor Timmins | ARI | Jacob Bryson | BUF | |
| Henri Jokiharju | BUF | Owen Power | BUF | |
| Kale Clague | LAK | Brett Pesce | CAR | |
| Jeff Petry | MON | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | |
| Ryan Graves | NJD | Philip Broberg | EDM | |
| Mattias Ekholm | NSH | Brandt Clarke | LAK | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Alex Goligoski | MIN | |
| Cameron York | PHI | Mattias Norlinder | MON | |
| Marcus Pettersson | PIT | Alexandre Carrier | NSH | |
| Mario Ferraro | SJS | Robin Salo | NYI | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | K’Andre Miller | NYR | |
| Ryan McDonagh | TBL | Artem Zub | OTT | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | John Marino | PIT | |
| Jack Rathbone | VAN | Ville Heinola | WPG |
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