Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – August 2022

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2022-08-08

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

ANNOUNCEMENT: The 17th (!) Annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is NOW OUT. This thing sells itself, I don’t have to sell you on it. If you want to keep up with the other GMs in your league, simply pick it up here (immediate download).

And speaking of awesome fantasy guides, these rankings now reflect those projections, upsides and 3YP estimates. A full audit of every player, so you will see a lot of movement here. Furthermore – the 2022 draftees are in!

As always, players ranked between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and would depend on your league’s specific format, your team needs and your personal preference.

Click any player name to be taken to his customized (by yours truly) fantasy hockey player page.

Def RkPlayerTeamRatingAugJulChange
1Cale MakarCOL166.01413-1
2Roman JosiNSH133.729367
3Adam FoxNYR130.132331
4Victor HedmanTBL114.646471
5Morgan RiellyTOR107.454595
6Quinn HughesVAN106.1566913
7John CarlsonWAS102.96258-4
8Aaron EkbladFLA90.87978-1
9Shea TheodoreVGK85.587925
10Devon ToewsCOL83.88911122
11Rasmus DahlinBUF81.397981
12Thomas ChabotOTT77.510511813
13Tony DeAngeloPHI76.61071081
14Moritz SeiderDET75.61101122
15Miro HeiskanenDAL74.511413622
16Kris LetangPIT72.411813214
17Zach WerenskiCBJ70.912314017
18Evan BouchardEDM68.713117645
19Drew DoughtyLAK58.01511554
20Dougie HamiltonNJD57.8152116-36
21Noah DobsonNYI57.715320855
22Seth JonesCHI57.3155121-34
23Torey KrugSTL55.61571570
24John KlingbergANA54.4159145-14
25Charlie McAvoyBOS49.317219422
26Tyson BarrieEDM49.317321239
27Samuel GirardCOL44.1190187-3
28Mikhail SergachevTBL44.119123645
29Darnell NurseEDM42.119521015
30Brent BurnsCAR41.919625155
31Noah HanifinCGY41.219722225
32Erik KarlssonSJS40.9200174-26
33Jakob ChychrunARI39.220423228
34Damon SeversonNJD38.020826961
35Ivan ProvorovPHI37.521322613
36Gustav ForslingFLA36.721628872
37Filip HronekDET36.32172170
38Rasmus AnderssonCGY35.5221203-18
39Alex PietrangeloVGK34.0227195-32
40Jamie DrysdaleANA33.922825830
41Adam BoqvistCBJ33.22332396
42Josh MorrisseyWPG33.223525924
43Shayne GostisbehereARI29.125426511
44Jaccob SlavinCAR29.0255248-7
45Bowen ByramCOL28.32602677
46Mackenzie WeegarCGY28.1261240-21
47Scott PerunovichSTL27.22682768
48Neal PionkWPG26.6273219-54
49Jacob TroubaNYR25.3278243-35
50Owen PowerBUF23.22892923
51Vince DunnSEA21.53063137
52Ty SmithPIT20.231634529
53Jared SpurgeonMIN19.931934728
54Simon NemecNJD19.5325NRNEW
55Rasmus SandinTOR19.2331304-27
56Matt DumbaMIN18.9334273-61
57Justin FaulkSTL18.93353350
58Mike MathesonMON18.534241977
59Erik BrannstromOTT18.434542580
60Brandon MontourFLA17.5355302-53
61Colton ParaykoSTL17.335740346
62Jeff PetryPIT17.3358546188
63Brady SkjeiCAR16.437046494
64Cam FowlerANA16.3371367-4
65Travis SanheimPHI15.8381344-37

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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Juuso ValimakiCGY Victor SoderstromARI
Oliver KylingtonCGYHenri JokiharjuBUF
Jordan SpenceLAK Jake BeanCBJ
Jonas BrodinMINSean DurziLAK
Kaiden GuhleMON Ryan GravesNJD
Mattias EkholmNSHDante FabbroNSH
Ryan PulockNYI Alexandre CarrierNSH
Nils LundkvistNYRAlexander RomanovNYI
K’Andre MillerNYRJake SandersonOTT
Ryan EllisPHI Cam YorkPHI
Pierre-Olivier JosephPITJack RathboneVAN
Ryan MerkleySJS Nicolas HagueVGK
Dmitry OrlovWAS

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 MahuraANAJanis MoserARI
Vladislav GavrikovCBJMatt GrzelcykBOS
David JiricekCBJHampus LindholmBOS
Esa LindellDALJacob BrysonBUF
Matt RoyLAKScott MorrowCAR
Sean WalkerLAKBrett PesceCAR
Luke HughesNJDNick BlankenburgCBJ
Robin SaloNYIIan MitchellCHI
Zac JonesNYRSimon EdvinssonDET
Brayden SchneiderNYRPhilip BrobergEDM
Rasmus RistolainenPHIBrandt ClarkeLAK
Yegor ZamulaPHIMattias NorlinderMON
Nick LeddySTLJustin BarronMON
Erik CernakTBLNick PerbixTBL
Timothy LiljegrenTORVille HeinolaWPG

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