Here are the Top 120 blue-liners to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – October edition!

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If you are new to these rankings – keep in mind that these are for strictly points (goals, assists) dynasty leagues. It factors in wait times and likelihood for prospects, immediate payoff (for this season), their three-year expected peak (3YP), the offense potential of the team around them, injury risk and more. Also note that players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and it’s not worth arguing about.

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Def. Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Oct	Sep	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	166.0	14	14	0
2	Roman Josi	NSH	135.2	29	29	0
3	Adam Fox	NYR	130.1	33	32	-1
4	Victor Hedman	TBL	114.6	46	46	0
5	Morgan Rielly	TOR	107.4	54	54	0
6	Quinn Hughes	VAN	106.1	56	56	0
7	John Carlson	WAS	102.9	64	62	-2
8	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	90.8	80	79	-1
9	Shea Theodore	VGK	85.5	87	87	0
10	Devon Toews	COL	83.8	89	89	0
11	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	82.7	94	97	3
12	Thomas Chabot	OTT	77.5	104	105	1
13	Tony DeAngelo	PHI	76.6	106	107	1
14	Moritz Seider	DET	75.6	108	110	2
15	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	74.5	112	113	1
16	Kris Letang	PIT	72.4	115	117	2
17	Zach Werenski	CBJ	71.9	117	122	5
18	Evan Bouchard	EDM	68.7	130	130	0
19	Drew Doughty	LAK	58.0	151	150	-1
20	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	57.8	152	151	-1
21	Noah Dobson	NYI	57.7	153	152	-1
22	Torey Krug	STL	57.3	155	156	1
23	Seth Jones	CHI	56.3	157	154	-3
24	John Klingberg	ANA	54.4	160	158	-2
25	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	49.3	173	171	-2
26	Tyson Barrie	EDM	49.3	174	172	-2
27	Samuel Girard	COL	44.1	189	189	0
28	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	44.1	191	190	-1
29	Brent Burns	CAR	43.8	193	196	3
30	Noah Hanifin	CGY	43.1	195	197	2
31	Darnell Nurse	EDM	42.1	197	195	-2
32	Erik Karlsson	SJS	40.9	200	200	0
33	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	39.2	205	204	-1
34	Damon Severson	NJD	38.0	210	208	-2
35	Ivan Provorov	PHI	37.5	214	214	0
36	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	37.4	216	222	6
37	Gustav Forsling	FLA	36.7	218	217	-1
38	Filip Hronek	DET	36.3	219	218	-1
39	Josh Morrissey	WPG	34.5	228	236	8
40	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	34.2	230	234	4
41	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	34.0	231	228	-3
42	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	33.9	232	229	-3
43	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	30.9	244	255	11
44	Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	30.0	250	261	11
45	Neal Pionk	WPG	29.1	256	273	17
46	Shayne Gostisbehere	ARI	29.1	257	254	-3
47	Bowen Byram	COL	28.3	265	260	-5
48	Scott Perunovich	STL	27.2	270	268	-2
49	Jacob Trouba	NYR	25.3	278	277	-1
50	Owen Power	BUF	23.2	290	289	-1
51	Vince Dunn	SEA	21.5	305	306	1
52	Justin Faulk	STL	20.6	311	334	23
53	Ty Smith	PIT	20.2	315	316	1
54	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	19.9	319	319	0
55	Simon Nemec	NJD	19.5	325	324	-1
56	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	19.2	332	330	-2
56.5	Calen Addison	MIN	19.2	333	329	-4
57	Colton Parayko	STL	19.0	335	357	22
58	Matt Dumba	MIN	18.9	336	333	-3
59	Mike Matheson	MON	18.5	343	342	-1
60	Erik Brannstrom	OTT	18.4	346	345	-1
61	Brady Skjei	CAR	18.3	347	371	24
62	Brandon Montour	FLA	17.5	360	355	-5
63	Juuso Valimaki	CGY	17.4	362	384	22
64	Jeff Petry	PIT	17.3	363	358	-5
65	Nils Lundkvist	DAL	16.4	371	403	32

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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Cam Fowler	ANA	Henri Jokiharju	BUF
Oliver Kylington	CGY	Victor Soderstrom	ARI
Jordan Spence	LAK	Jake Bean	CBJ
Jonas Brodin	MIN	Vladislav Gavrikov	CBJ
Kaiden Guhle	MON	Sean Durzi	LAK
Mattias Ekholm	NSH	Alexander Romanov	NYI
Dante Fabbro	NSH	Jake Sanderson	OTT
Alexandre Carrier	NSH	Ryan Merkley	SJS
Ryan Pulock	NYI	Nick Leddy	STL
K’Andre Miller	NYR	Victor Mete	TOR
Travis Sanheim	PHI	Jack Rathbone	VAN
Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	Nicolas Hague	VGK
Dmitry Orlov	WAS

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

Ethan Bear	CAR	David Jiricek	CBJ
Josh Mahura	ANA	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS
Jacob Bryson	BUF	Hampus Lindholm	BOS
Brett Pesce	CAR	Scott Morrow	CAR
Esa Lindell	DAL	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ
Matt Roy	LAK	Will Butcher	DAL
Ryan Graves	NJD	Simon Edvinsson	DET
Luke Hughes	NJD	Sean Walker	LAK
Robin Salo	NYI	Brandt Clarke	LAK
Zac Jones	NYR	Mattias Norlinder	MON
Braden Schneider	NYR	Justin Barron	MON
Cam York	PHI	Artem Zub	OTT
Erik Cernak	TBL	Yegor Zamula	PHI
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Ryan Ellis	PHI
Erik Gustafsson	WAS	TJ Brodie	TOR

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 27 - 19:12	DET	vs	TOR
Dec 27 - 19:12	BUF	vs	CHI
Dec 27 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	BOS
Dec 27 - 19:12	N.J	vs	CAR
Dec 27 - 20:12	DAL	vs	MIN
Dec 27 - 20:12	STL	vs	NSH
Dec 27 - 21:12	UTA	vs	COL
Dec 27 - 22:12	S.J	vs	VGK