Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – December 2022

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2022-12-05

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. RkPlayerTeamRatingDecNovChange
1Cale MakarCOL167.415150
2Adam FoxNYR132.931332
3Roman JosiNSH125.33736-1
4Quinn HughesVAN117.348568
5Rasmus DahlinBUF106.0587012
6Morgan RiellyTOR99.16760-7
7John CarlsonWAS87.98883-5
8Miro HeiskanenDAL85.09410612
9Erik KarlssonSJS85.09511520
10Victor HedmanTBL84.79744-53
11Shea TheodoreVGK82.810094-6
12Josh MorrisseyWPG82.3103207104
13Mikhail SergachevTBL82.210418177
14Dougie HamiltonNJD74.911412915
15Devon ToewsCOL74.4115107-8
16Filip HronekDET72.911821496
17Aaron EkbladFLA72.1122117-5
18Moritz SeiderDET70.2126111-15
19Thomas ChabotOTT69.6128123-5
20Tony DeAngeloPHI67.213498-36
21Rasmus AnderssonCGY63.914315815
22Noah DobsonNYI63.01451549
23Evan BouchardEDM58.4155127-28
24Drew DoughtyLAK56.716018323
25Alex PietrangeloVGK55.216519126
26Charlie McAvoyBOS54.616818012
27Tyson BarrieEDM54.5169163-6
28Torey KrugSTL50.8179171-8
29Brent BurnsCAR46.5192175-17
30Darnell NurseEDM44.7197190-7
31Gustav ForslingFLA44.419822426
32Seth JonesCHI42.6201156-45
33Justin FaulkSTL42.32042117
34Brandon MontourFLA41.1206312106
35Shayne GostisbehereARI40.82082102
36Zach WerenskiCBJ38.2214135-79
37Noah HanifinCGY37.92152172
38Ivan ProvorovPHI37.52172203
39Bowen ByramCOL36.92192234
40Calen AddisonMIN36.422123312
41Jakob ChychrunARI35.52262282
42John KlingbergANA34.4234201-33
43Neal PionkWPG33.02442484
44Vince DunnSEA32.324728033
45Sean DurziLAK28.9257359102
46Hampus LindholmBOS28.9259411152
47Kris LetangPIT27.8266122-144
48Janis MoserARI26.327136796
49Samuel GirardCOL26.3272198-74
50Owen PowerBUF25.627729821
51Adam BoqvistCBJ24.5287275-12
52Jamie DrysdaleANA24.12892912
53Scott PerunovichSTL20.73103133
54Simon NemecNJD19.53193245
55Jacob TroubaNYR19.5320283-37
56Ty SmithPIT19.13283324
57Cam FowlerANA19.032936334
58Rasmus SandinTOR18.23373436
59Ryan PulockNYI17.534440258
60Justin SchultzSEA17.5345533188
61Jared SpurgeonMIN17.4347320-27
62Jake SandersonOTT16.935144190
63Jaccob SlavinCAR16.1364264-100
64Mike MathesonMON16.03653694
65Oliver Ekman-LarssonVAN15.4373480107

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 LundkvistDAL Juuso ValimakiARI
Kaiden GuhleMONBrady SkjeiCAR
K’Andre MillerNYR Henri JokiharjuBUF
Mackenzie WeegarCGYRyan MerkleySJS
Jeff PetryPIT Victor SoderstromARI
Oliver KylingtonCGYJohn MarinoNJD
Matt DumbaMIN Jack RathboneVAN
Damon SeversonNJDTravis SanheimPHI
Erik BrannstromOTTAlexander RomanovNYI
Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT Colton ParaykoSTL
Jake BeanCBJNicolas HagueVGK
Jordan SpenceLAK Brandt ClarkeLAK
Dante FabbroNSH

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 YorkPHIDmitry OrlovWAS
Brett PesceCAROlen ZellwegerANA
David JiricekCBJMatt GrzelcykBOS
Caleb JonesCHIScott MorrowCAR
Josh MahuraFLANick BlankenburgCBJ
Matt RoyLAKIan MitchellCHI
Ryan GravesNJDThomas HarleyDAL
Luke HughesNJDSimon EdvinssonDET
Mattias EkholmNSHPhilip BrobergEDM
Robin SaloNYIJonas BrodinMIN
Zac JonesNYRMattias NorlinderMON
Braden SchneiderNYRJustin BarronMON
Timothy LiljegrenTORYegor ZamulaPHI
Ethan BearVANNick PerbixTBL
Erik GustafssonWASVille HeinolaWPG
  

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UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 23 - 13:11 PHI vs CHI
Nov 23 - 16:11 CGY vs MIN
Nov 23 - 16:11 L.A vs SEA
Nov 23 - 18:11 FLA vs COL
Nov 23 - 19:11 T.B vs DAL
Nov 23 - 19:11 CBJ vs CAR
Nov 23 - 19:11 OTT vs VAN
Nov 23 - 19:11 WSH vs N.J
Nov 23 - 19:11 MTL vs VGK
Nov 23 - 19:11 DET vs BOS
Nov 23 - 19:11 NSH vs WPG
Nov 23 - 19:11 PIT vs UTA
Nov 23 - 19:11 NYI vs STL
Nov 23 - 20:11 S.J vs BUF
Nov 23 - 22:11 EDM vs NYR

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

  Players Team
KENT JOHNSON CBJ
VALERI NICHUSHKIN COL
JOSH MANSON COL
DMITRI VORONKOV CBJ
WYATT JOHNSTON DAL

Top Goalie Profile Views

  Players Team
DUSTIN WOLF CGY
JOHN GIBSON ANA
TRISTAN JARRY PIT
ALEXANDAR GEORGIEV COL
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN BUF

LINE COMBOS

  Frequency CGY Players
24.9 YEGOR SHARANGOVICH MATT CORONATO MIKAEL BACKLUND
23.6 CONNOR ZARY JONATHAN HUBERDEAU BLAKE COLEMAN
17.7 MARTIN POSPISIL ANDREI KUZMENKO NAZEM KADRI

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