Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – February 2022
Dobber
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. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Feb | Jan | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 138.2 | 23 | 29 | 6 |
| 2 | Adam Fox | NYR | 132.8 | 26 | 24 | -2 |
| 3 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 113.1 | 39 | 38 | -1 |
| 4 | Roman Josi | NSH | 109.2 | 43 | 51 | 8 |
| 5 | John Carlson | WAS | 108.9 | 44 | 37 | -7 |
| 6 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 100.6 | 53 | 58 | 5 |
| 7 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 95.6 | 64 | 52 | -12 |
| 8 | Tony DeAngelo | CAR | 90.4 | 68 | 85 | 17 |
| 9 | Devon Toews | COL | 87.6 | 76 | 136 | 60 |
| 10 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 87.2 | 80 | 83 | 3 |
| 11 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 83.7 | 89 | 94 | 5 |
| 12 | Kris Letang | PIT | 81.5 | 94 | 120 | 26 |
| 13 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 75.5 | 107 | 105 | -2 |
| 14 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 74.0 | 108 | 137 | 29 |
| 15 | Seth Jones | CHI | 72.0 | 114 | 116 | 2 |
| 16 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 71.9 | 115 | 117 | 2 |
| 17 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 71.3 | 116 | 118 | 2 |
| 18 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 66.1 | 127 | 111 | -16 |
| 19 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 65.5 | 128 | 125 | -3 |
| 20 | Torey Krug | STL | 63.8 | 130 | 131 | 1 |
| 21 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 61.6 | 139 | 138 | -1 |
| 22 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 61.2 | 140 | 163 | 23 |
| 23 | Moritz Seider | DET | 61.1 | 141 | 183 | 42 |
| 24 | John Klingberg | DAL | 55.9 | 150 | 151 | 1 |
| 25 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 54.9 | 153 | 154 | 1 |
| 26 | Samuel Girard | COL | 54.6 | 156 | 162 | 6 |
| 27 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 54.2 | 157 | 203 | 46 |
| 28 | Brent Burns | SJS | 42.4 | 182 | 214 | 32 |
| 29 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 42.1 | 184 | 179 | -5 |
| 30 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 41.9 | 188 | 109 | -79 |
| 31 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 39.9 | 195 | 190 | -5 |
| 32 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 39.3 | 198 | 188 | -10 |
| 33 | Shayne Gostisbehere | ARI | 36.7 | 209 | 224 | 15 |
| 34 | Mackenzie Weegar | FLA | 35.3 | 218 | 232 | 14 |
| 35 | Filip Hronek | DET | 35.0 | 220 | 225 | 5 |
| 36 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 34.9 | 221 | 220 | -1 |
| 37 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 34.6 | 223 | 213 | -10 |
| 38 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 31.5 | 234 | 233 | -1 |
| 39 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 30.2 | 238 | 281 | 43 |
| 40 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | 28.9 | 243 | 276 | 33 |
| 41 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 28.7 | 244 | 290 | 46 |
| 42 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 28.1 | 249 | 257 | 8 |
| 43 | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | 27.4 | 254 | 242 | -12 |
| 44 | Ryan Ellis | PHI | 26.8 | 258 | 237 | -21 |
| 45 | Damon Severson | NJD | 24.5 | 270 | 383 | 113 |
| 46 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 23.8 | 273 | 260 | -13 |
| 47 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 23.7 | 275 | 271 | -4 |
| 48 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 21.9 | 291 | 295 | 4 |
| 49 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 20.8 | 302 | 280 | -22 |
| 50 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | 20.4 | 306 | 311 | 5 |
| 51 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 20.1 | 310 | 317 | 7 |
| 52 | Jonas Brodin | MIN | 19.6 | 317 | 376 | 59 |
| 53 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 19.4 | 319 | 328 | 9 |
| 54 | Kevin Shattenkirk | ANA | 19.2 | 322 | 384 | 62 |
| 55 | Ty Smith | NJD | 18.6 | 331 | 318 | -13 |
| 56 | Alex Goligoski | MIN | 18.5 | 332 | 407 | 75 |
| 57 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 18.4 | 335 | 327 | -8 |
| 58 | Nate Schmidt | WPG | 17.4 | 355 | 320 | -35 |
| 59 | Bowen Byram | COL | 17.3 | 358 | 278 | -80 |
| 60 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 17.2 | 360 | 399 | 39 |
| 61 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | VAN | 15.7 | 387 | 371 | -16 |
| 62 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 15.6 | 389 | 388 | -1 |
| 63 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 15.4 | 391 | 391 | 0 |
| 64 | Colton Parayko | STL | 14.8 | 399 | 357 | -42 |
| 65 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 13.6 | 409 | 433 | 24 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Hampus Lindholm | ANA | Brady Skjei | CAR | |
| Victor Soderstrom | ARI | Jake Bean | CBJ | |
| Brett Pesce | CAR | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | |
| Ethan Bear | CAR | Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | CBJ | Sean Durzi | LAK | |
| Juuso Valimaki | CGY | P.K. Subban | NJD | |
| Nils Lundkvist | NYR | David Farrance | NSH | |
| Erik Brannstrom | OTT | Ryan Pulock | NYI | |
| Travis Sanheim | PHI | Rasmus Ristolainen | PHI | |
| Mike Matheson | PIT | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | |
| Scott Perunovich | STL | Mario Ferraro | SJS | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | |
| Travis Dermott | TOR |
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 | Conor Timmins | ARI | |
| Henri Jokiharju | BUF | Mike Reilly | BOS | |
| Esa Lindell | DAL | Owen Power | BUF | |
| Alexander Romanov | MON | Nicolas Beaudin | CHI | |
| Kale Clague | MON | Justin Barron | COL | |
| Mattias Ekholm | NSH | Ryan Suter | DAL | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Nick Leddy | DET | |
| Robin Salo | NYI | Matt Roy | LAK | |
| Cameron York | PHI | Mattias Norlinder | MON | |
| Erik Cernak | TBL | Ryan Graves | NJD | |
| Ryan McDonagh | TBL | Alexandre Carrier | NSH | |
| Jake Muzzin | TOR | K’Andre Miller | NYR | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Artem Zub | OTT | |
| Jack Rathbone | VAN | John Marino | PIT | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Dylan Coghlan | VGK |
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