Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – February 2023

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2023-02-07

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

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As always, players rated between +/- 5.0 points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs (reliability vs. upside vs. floor, etc.) and personal bias. Click any player name to be taken to his customized fantasy hockey player profile.

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Def RkPlayerTeamRatingFebJanChange
1Cale MakarCOL172.61614-2
2Rasmus DahlinBUF148.125283
3Adam FoxNYR142.231365
4Erik KarlssonSJS134.8365923
5Quinn HughesVAN124.946515
6Roman JosiNSH123.44843-5
7Josh MorrisseyWPG114.6637411
8Dougie HamiltonNJD107.9679427
9Miro HeiskanenDAL90.487925
10Victor HedmanTBL88.890966
11Brandon MontourFLA80.210215553
12Thomas ChabotOTT79.11031129
13Mikhail SergachevTBL77.010698-8
14Shea TheodoreVGK75.5111104-7
15Devon ToewsCOL74.71131130
16Morgan RiellyTOR74.611491-23
17Tony DeAngeloPHI72.91161182
18Charlie McAvoyBOS70.812113312
19Aaron EkbladFLA67.7128120-8
20Tyson BarrieEDM66.5131130-1
21Filip HronekDET66.4132115-17
22John CarlsonWAS64.7138105-33
23Moritz SeiderDET64.313915213
24Drew DoughtyLAK62.414415612
25Noah DobsonNYI59.4149145-4
26Rasmus AnderssonCGY59.0152144-8
27Brent BurnsCAR56.115717215
28Evan BouchardEDM55.2162150-12
29Jakob ChychrunARI53.6167141-26
30Alex PietrangeloVGK53.2168146-22
31Calen AddisonMIN48.418520823
32Gustav ForslingFLA44.819220412
33Vince DunnSEA42.419824951
34Shayne GostisbehereARI41.6200185-15
35Seth JonesCHI41.32012098
36Hampus LindholmBOS41.320222220
37Zach WerenskiCBJ41.22042106
38Darnell NurseEDM40.8206205-1
39Kris LetangPIT40.520823325
40Bowen ByramCOL34.92232329
41Sean DurziLAK34.622523510
42K’Andre MillerNYR32.6233384151
43Noah HanifinCGY31.4241225-16
44Erik GustafssonWAS29.62482579
45Torey KrugSTL29.3251200-51
46Justin FaulkSTL29.1253216-37
47Neal PionkWPG29.12542584
48Ivan ProvorovPHI27.72602655
49Samuel GirardCOL26.32752761
50Jamie DrysdaleANA26.1278277-1
51Adam BoqvistCBJ25.2285280-5
52Owen PowerBUF23.129431925
53Rasmus SandinTOR21.53033052
54Simon NemecNJD19.53163204
55Ty SmithPIT19.13203288
56Cam FowlerANA19.032235836
57Scott PerunovichSTL18.9324297-27
58Jacob TroubaNYR18.2330321-9
59Jared SpurgeonMIN17.43403499
60John KlingbergANA16.2353298-55
61Jaccob SlavinCAR16.135636711
62Nils LundkvistDAL15.536437713
63Olen ZellwegerANA15.536740841
64Kaiden GuhleMON15.236837810
65Justin SchultzSEA14.9370346-24

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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Brady SkjeiCAR Victor SoderstromARI
Janis MoserARIHenri JokiharjuBUF
Juuso ValimakiARI Brett PesceCAR
Ryan MerkleyCOLJake BeanCBJ
Jordan SpenceLAK Brandt ClarkeLAK
Damon SeversonNJDMatt DumbaMIN
Dante FabbroNSH Robin SaloNYI
Ryan PulockNYITravis SanheimPHI
Alexander RomanovNYICam YorkPHI
Jake SandersonOTT Jeff PetryPIT
Erik BrannstromOTTColton ParaykoSTL
Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT Jack RathboneVAN
Oliver Ekman-LarssonVAN

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

Matt GrzelcykBOSNick BlankenburgCBJ
David JiricekCBJPavel MintyukovANA
Thomas HarleyDALScott MorrowCAR
Josh MahuraFLAVladislav GavrikovCBJ
Mike MathesonMONDenton MateychukCBJ
Luke HughesNJDIan MitchellCHI
John MarinoNJDSimon EdvinssonDET
Ryan GravesNJDPhilip BrobergEDM
Mattias EkholmNSHMatt RoyLAK
Zac JonesNYRMattias NorlinderMON
Braden SchneiderNYRJustin BarronMON
Yegor ZamulaPHIMatt BenningSJS
Timothy LiljegrenTORNick PerbixTBL
Conor TimminsTORDmitry OrlovWAS
Nicolas HagueVGKVille HeinolaWPG

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UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 23 - 13:12 N.J vs NYR
Dec 23 - 14:12 TOR vs WPG
Dec 23 - 19:12 DET vs STL
Dec 23 - 19:12 CBJ vs MTL
Dec 23 - 19:12 BOS vs WSH
Dec 23 - 19:12 FLA vs T.B
Dec 23 - 19:12 PIT vs PHI
Dec 23 - 19:12 NYI vs BUF
Dec 23 - 20:12 NSH vs CAR
Dec 23 - 20:12 MIN vs CHI
Dec 23 - 21:12 UTA vs DAL
Dec 23 - 21:12 VAN vs S.J
Dec 23 - 22:12 VGK vs ANA

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

  Players Team
JACKSON LACOMBE ANA
LANE HUTSON MTL
PATRIK LAINE MTL
SHANE PINTO OTT
JONATHAN HUBERDEAU CGY

Top Goalie Profile Views

  Players Team
MACKENZIE BLACKWOOD COL
SPENCER KNIGHT FLA
DAVID RITTICH L.A
LUKAS DOSTAL ANA
JACOB MARKSTROM N.J

LINE COMBOS

  Frequency DET Players
26.0 JOE VELENO MARCO KASPER JONATAN BERGGREN
21.5 VLADIMIR TARASENKO LUCAS RAYMOND DYLAN LARKIN
19.6 DYLAN LARKIN PATRICK KANE ALEX DEBRINCAT

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