Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – January 2023

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2023-01-06

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

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As always, players ranked between +/- 5.0 ratings points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of your team needs and/or personal preference. Click on any player name to be taken to his customized fantasy player page, which includes game logs that matter to YOU, as well as recent and historical line combos, his “best linemates” for this year, expected goals, salary information and so much more… Check them out!

Def RkPlayerTeamRatingJanDecChange
1Cale MakarCOL175.414151
2Rasmus DahlinBUF142.4285830
3Adam FoxNYR135.93631-5
4Roman JosiNSH124.84337-6
5Quinn HughesVAN120.35148-3
6Erik KarlssonSJS110.3599536
7Josh MorrisseyWPG102.17410329
8Morgan RiellyTOR90.09167-24
9Miro HeiskanenDAL89.492942
10Dougie HamiltonNJD87.49411420
11Victor HedmanTBL86.196971
12Mikhail SergachevTBL85.2981046
13Shea TheodoreVGK82.1104100-4
14John CarlsonWAS81.610588-17
15Thomas ChabotOTT77.811212816
16Devon ToewsCOL77.41131152
17Filip HronekDET75.91151183
18Tony DeAngeloPHI72.911813416
19Aaron EkbladFLA72.51201222
20Tyson BarrieEDM69.213016939
21Charlie McAvoyBOS66.813316835
22Jakob ChychrunARI64.414122685
23Rasmus AnderssonCGY63.9144143-1
24Noah DobsonNYI63.31451450
25Alex PietrangeloVGK62.714616519
26Evan BouchardEDM61.41501555
27Moritz SeiderDET60.3152126-26
28Brandon MontourFLA59.815520651
29Drew DoughtyLAK59.71561604
30Brent BurnsCAR53.517219220
31Shayne GostisbehereARI49.718520823
32Torey KrugSTL45.8200179-21
33Gustav ForslingFLA44.4204198-6
34Darnell NurseEDM43.4205197-8
35Calen AddisonMIN41.920822113
36Seth JonesCHI41.3209201-8
37Zach WerenskiCBJ41.22102144
38Justin FaulkSTL38.3216204-12
39Hampus LindholmBOS36.222225937
40Noah HanifinCGY35.3225215-10
41Bowen ByramCOL33.7232219-13
42Kris LetangPIT33.623326633
43Sean DurziLAK33.423525722
44Vince DunnSEA31.0249247-2
45Erik GustafssonWAS29.3257468211
46Neal PionkWPG29.1258244-14
47Ivan ProvorovPHI27.7265217-48
48Samuel GirardCOL26.3276272-4
49Jamie DrysdaleANA26.127728912
50Adam BoqvistCBJ25.22802877
51Scott PerunovichSTL22.329731013
52John KlingbergANA22.2298234-64
53Rasmus SandinTOR21.530533732
54Janis MoserARI19.9316271-45
55Owen PowerBUF19.6319277-42
56Simon NemecNJD19.5320319-1
57Jacob TroubaNYR19.5321320-1
58Ty SmithPIT19.13283280
59Justin SchultzSEA17.5346345-1
60Jared SpurgeonMIN17.4349347-2
61Cam FowlerANA16.4358329-29
62Ryan PulockNYI16.2363344-19
63Jaccob SlavinCAR16.1367364-3
64Nils LundkvistDAL15.33773770
65Kaiden GuhleMON15.23783780

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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K’Andre MillerNYR Oliver Ekman-LarssonVAN
Olen ZellwegerANAJuuso ValimakiARI
Brady SkjeiCAR Victor SoderstromARI
Oliver KylingtonCGYJake BeanCBJ
Mackenzie WeegarCGY Brandt ClarkeLAK
Jordan SpenceLAKMatt DumbaMIN
Mike MathesonMON Alexander RomanovNYI
Damon SeversonNJDCam YorkPHI
Dante FabbroNSHJeff PetryPIT
Jake SandersonOTT Ryan MerkleySJS
Erik BrannstromOTTColton ParaykoSTL
Travis SanheimPHI Jack RathboneVAN
Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT

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

Nicolas HagueVGKMatt GrzelcykBOS
Henri JokiharjuBUFScott MorrowCAR
Jacob BrysonBUFNick BlankenburgCBJ
Brett PesceCARVladislav GavrikovCBJ
David JiricekCBJIan MitchellCHI
Esa LindellDALThomas HarleyDAL
Sean WalkerLAKSimon EdvinssonDET
Luke HughesNJDJonas BrodinMIN
Mattias EkholmNSHMattias NorlinderMON
Robin SaloNYIJustin BarronMON
Zac JonesNYRRyan GravesNJD
Braden SchneiderNYRYegor ZamulaPHI
Erik CernakTBLMatt BenningSJS
Cal FooteTBLConor TimminsTOR
Timothy LiljegrenTORDmitry OrlovWAS

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Mar 29 - 19:03 BUF vs N.J

Starting Goalies

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JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY MTL
AUSTON MATTHEWS TOR
NATHAN MACKINNON COL
JACK QUINN BUF
FILIP FORSBERG NSH

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IGOR SHESTERKIN NYR
IVAN FEDOTOV PHI
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LOGAN THOMPSON VGK
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19.5 ALEX NEWHOOK BRENDAN GALLAGHER JOEL ARMIA
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