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

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As always, players ranked between +/-5.0 ratings points should be considered of equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal preference.

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Def. Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Dec	Nov	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	167.4	15	15	0
2	Adam Fox	NYR	132.9	31	33	2
3	Roman Josi	NSH	125.3	37	36	-1
4	Quinn Hughes	VAN	117.3	48	56	8
5	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	106.0	58	70	12
6	Morgan Rielly	TOR	99.1	67	60	-7
7	John Carlson	WAS	87.9	88	83	-5
8	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	85.0	94	106	12
9	Erik Karlsson	SJS	85.0	95	115	20
10	Victor Hedman	TBL	84.7	97	44	-53
11	Shea Theodore	VGK	82.8	100	94	-6
12	Josh Morrissey	WPG	82.3	103	207	104
13	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	82.2	104	181	77
14	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	74.9	114	129	15
15	Devon Toews	COL	74.4	115	107	-8
16	Filip Hronek	DET	72.9	118	214	96
17	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	72.1	122	117	-5
18	Moritz Seider	DET	70.2	126	111	-15
19	Thomas Chabot	OTT	69.6	128	123	-5
20	Tony DeAngelo	PHI	67.2	134	98	-36
21	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	63.9	143	158	15
22	Noah Dobson	NYI	63.0	145	154	9
23	Evan Bouchard	EDM	58.4	155	127	-28
24	Drew Doughty	LAK	56.7	160	183	23
25	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	55.2	165	191	26
26	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	54.6	168	180	12
27	Tyson Barrie	EDM	54.5	169	163	-6
28	Torey Krug	STL	50.8	179	171	-8
29	Brent Burns	CAR	46.5	192	175	-17
30	Darnell Nurse	EDM	44.7	197	190	-7
31	Gustav Forsling	FLA	44.4	198	224	26
32	Seth Jones	CHI	42.6	201	156	-45
33	Justin Faulk	STL	42.3	204	211	7
34	Brandon Montour	FLA	41.1	206	312	106
35	Shayne Gostisbehere	ARI	40.8	208	210	2
36	Zach Werenski	CBJ	38.2	214	135	-79
37	Noah Hanifin	CGY	37.9	215	217	2
38	Ivan Provorov	PHI	37.5	217	220	3
39	Bowen Byram	COL	36.9	219	223	4
40	Calen Addison	MIN	36.4	221	233	12
41	Jakob Chychrun	ARI	35.5	226	228	2
42	John Klingberg	ANA	34.4	234	201	-33
43	Neal Pionk	WPG	33.0	244	248	4
44	Vince Dunn	SEA	32.3	247	280	33
45	Sean Durzi	LAK	28.9	257	359	102
46	Hampus Lindholm	BOS	28.9	259	411	152
47	Kris Letang	PIT	27.8	266	122	-144
48	Janis Moser	ARI	26.3	271	367	96
49	Samuel Girard	COL	26.3	272	198	-74
50	Owen Power	BUF	25.6	277	298	21
51	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	24.5	287	275	-12
52	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	24.1	289	291	2
53	Scott Perunovich	STL	20.7	310	313	3
54	Simon Nemec	NJD	19.5	319	324	5
55	Jacob Trouba	NYR	19.5	320	283	-37
56	Ty Smith	PIT	19.1	328	332	4
57	Cam Fowler	ANA	19.0	329	363	34
58	Rasmus Sandin	TOR	18.2	337	343	6
59	Ryan Pulock	NYI	17.5	344	402	58
60	Justin Schultz	SEA	17.5	345	533	188
61	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	17.4	347	320	-27
62	Jake Sanderson	OTT	16.9	351	441	90
63	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	16.1	364	264	-100
64	Mike Matheson	MON	16.0	365	369	4
65	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	VAN	15.4	373	480	107

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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Nils Lundkvist	DAL	Juuso Valimaki	ARI
Kaiden Guhle	MON	Brady Skjei	CAR
K’Andre Miller	NYR	Henri Jokiharju	BUF
Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	Ryan Merkley	SJS
Jeff Petry	PIT	Victor Soderstrom	ARI
Oliver Kylington	CGY	John Marino	NJD
Matt Dumba	MIN	Jack Rathbone	VAN
Damon Severson	NJD	Travis Sanheim	PHI
Erik Brannstrom	OTT	Alexander Romanov	NYI
Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	Colton Parayko	STL
Jake Bean	CBJ	Nicolas Hague	VGK
Jordan Spence	LAK	Brandt Clarke	LAK
Dante Fabbro	NSH

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

Cam York	PHI	Dmitry Orlov	WAS
Brett Pesce	CAR	Olen Zellweger	ANA
David Jiricek	CBJ	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS
Caleb Jones	CHI	Scott Morrow	CAR
Josh Mahura	FLA	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ
Matt Roy	LAK	Ian Mitchell	CHI
Ryan Graves	NJD	Thomas Harley	DAL
Luke Hughes	NJD	Simon Edvinsson	DET
Mattias Ekholm	NSH	Philip Broberg	EDM
Robin Salo	NYI	Jonas Brodin	MIN
Zac Jones	NYR	Mattias Norlinder	MON
Braden Schneider	NYR	Justin Barron	MON
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Yegor Zamula	PHI
Ethan Bear	VAN	Nick Perbix	TBL
Erik Gustafsson	WAS	Ville Heinola	WPG

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