Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – February 2022

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2022-02-05

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

As always, defensemen rated within +/-5.0 of each other should be considered equal, which is why I put them in groups as we get further down.

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Def. RkPlayerTeamRatingFebJanChange
1Cale MakarCOL138.223296
2Adam FoxNYR132.82624-2
3Victor HedmanTBL113.13938-1
4Roman JosiNSH109.243518
5John CarlsonWAS108.94437-7
6Morgan RiellyTOR100.653585
7Quinn HughesVAN95.66452-12
8Tony DeAngeloCAR90.4688517
9Devon ToewsCOL87.67613660
10Shea TheodoreVGK87.280833
11Aaron EkbladFLA83.789945
12Kris LetangPIT81.59412026
13Rasmus DahlinBUF75.5107105-2
14Charlie McAvoyBOS74.010813729
15Seth JonesCHI72.01141162
16Thomas ChabotOTT71.91151172
17Miro HeiskanenDAL71.31161182
18Dougie HamiltonNJD66.1127111-16
19Zach WerenskiCBJ65.5128125-3
20Torey KrugSTL63.81301311
21Alex PietrangeloVGK61.6139138-1
22Drew DoughtyLAK61.214016323
23Moritz SeiderDET61.114118342
24John KlingbergDAL55.91501511
25Erik KarlssonSJS54.91531541
26Samuel GirardCOL54.61561626
27Evan BouchardEDM54.215720346
28Brent BurnsSJS42.418221432
29Darnell NurseEDM42.1184179-5
30Tyson BarrieEDM41.9188109-79
31Mikhail SergachevTBL39.9195190-5
32Neal PionkWPG39.3198188-10
33Shayne GostisbehereARI36.720922415
34Mackenzie WeegarFLA35.321823214
35Filip HronekDET35.02202255
36Ivan ProvorovPHI34.9221220-1
37Jaccob SlavinCAR34.6223213-10
38Matt DumbaMIN31.5234233-1
39Gustav ForslingFLA30.223828143
40Jamie DrysdaleANA28.924327633
41Jacob TroubaNYR28.724429046
42Rasmus AnderssonCGY28.12492578
43Adam BoqvistCBJ27.4254242-12
44Ryan EllisPHI26.8258237-21
45Damon SeversonNJD24.5270383113
46Oliver KylingtonCGY23.8273260-13
47Brandon MontourFLA23.7275271-4
48Noah DobsonNYI21.92912954
49Josh MorrisseyWPG20.8302280-22
50Ryan MerkleySJS20.43063115
51Jakob ChychrunARI20.13103177
52Jonas BrodinMIN19.631737659
53Cam FowlerANA19.43193289
54Kevin ShattenkirkANA19.232238462
55Ty SmithNJD18.6331318-13
56Alex GoligoskiMIN18.533240775
57Dmitry OrlovWAS18.4335327-8
58Nate SchmidtWPG17.4355320-35
59Bowen ByramCOL17.3358278-80
60Noah HanifinCGY17.236039939
61Oliver Ekman-LarssonVAN15.7387371-16
62Jared SpurgeonMIN15.6389388-1
63Vince DunnSEA15.43913910
64Colton ParaykoSTL14.8399357-42
65Matt GrzelcykBOS13.640943324

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

Hampus LindholmANA Brady SkjeiCAR
Victor SoderstromARI Jake BeanCBJ
Brett PesceCAR Erik GustafssonCHI
Ethan BearCAR Wyatt KalynukCHI
Vladislav GavrikovCBJ Sean DurziLAK
Juuso ValimakiCGY P.K. SubbanNJD
Nils LundkvistNYR David FarranceNSH
Erik BrannstromOTT Ryan PulockNYI
Travis SanheimPHI Rasmus RistolainenPHI
Mike MathesonPIT Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT
Scott PerunovichSTL Mario FerraroSJS
Justin FaulkSTL Rasmus SandinTOR
Travis DermottTOR   

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

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Josh MahuraANA Conor TimminsARI
Henri JokiharjuBUF Mike ReillyBOS
Esa LindellDAL Owen PowerBUF
Alexander RomanovMON Nicolas BeaudinCHI
Kale ClagueMON Justin BarronCOL
Mattias EkholmNSH Ryan SuterDAL
Dante FabbroNSH Nick LeddyDET
Robin SaloNYI Matt RoyLAK
Cameron YorkPHI Mattias NorlinderMON
Erik CernakTBL Ryan GravesNJD
Ryan McDonaghTBL Alexandre CarrierNSH
Jake MuzzinTOR K’Andre MillerNYR
Timothy LiljegrenTOR Artem ZubOTT
Jack RathboneVAN John MarinoPIT
Nicolas HagueVGK Dylan CoghlanVGK

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