Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen

Dobber

2023-04-11

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

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Dobber’s Note: In hindsight, I needed to go through my template based on next season and ahead, putting 2022-23 behind us. But I had already completed the work when I realized this. So the rankings reflect the player’s value for the final two weeks (and now just few days) of this season, as if it would help teams going for it this year when it is probably too late. My mistake. What is the impact of this? Well, Erik Karlsson takes over top spot – his 34-point lead over Cale Makar makes him too valuable for this season. And if he can get 100 points now, he can certainly do it again next year.

The May rankings will reflect next season and onward. This season’s inflated (or deflated) numbers for some players will be adjusted.

As always, players ranked between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value (when considering needs for this season, too).

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Def. RkPlayerTeamRatingAprMarChange
1Erik KarlssonSJS162.0172912
2Cale MakarCOL157.419201
3Rasmus DahlinBUF137.63123-8
4Adam FoxNYR135.233341
5Quinn HughesVAN126.040444
6Roman JosiNSH119.44843-5
7Josh MorrisseyWPG118.15047-3
8Dougie HamiltonNJD113.856626
9Miro HeiskanenDAL107.0628927
10Brandon MontourFLA104.36810638
11Vince DunnSEA84.09117382
12Mikhail SergachevTBL82.69410814
13Victor HedmanTBL77.510187-14
14Charlie McAvoyBOS77.110394-9
15Morgan RiellyTOR74.6111110-1
16Thomas ChabotOTT73.911295-17
17Devon ToewsCOL70.71151172
18Shea TheodoreVGK68.9122107-15
19Evan BouchardEDM66.712815527
20Moritz SeiderDET64.31331363
21Drew DoughtyLAK64.31341373
22Tony DeAngeloPHI63.7136119-17
23Brent BurnsCAR60.21451461
24Aaron EkbladFLA55.21511543
25Tyson BarrieNSH54.8152149-3
26Noah DobsonNYI54.1155151-4
27Jakob ChychrunOTT53.9156153-3
28John CarlsonWAS51.9164157-7
29Rasmus AnderssonCGY51.91651672
30Alex PietrangeloVGK50.517420026
31Hampus LindholmBOS46.21891923
32Shayne GostisbehereCAR44.41911910
33Darnell NurseEDM42.81941984
34Zach WerenskiCBJ40.22022064
35Bowen ByramCOL39.620321613
36Kris LetangPIT39.5204197-7
37Filip HronekVAN38.4205163-42
38Calen AddisonMIN36.4208184-24
39K’Andre MillerNYR34.121523116
40Samuel GirardCOL33.321823921
41Sean DurziLAK32.6223219-4
42Gustav ForslingFLA31.8226213-13
43Justin FaulkSTL31.223226230
44Seth JonesCHI30.5235199-36
45Erik GustafssonTOR28.0247222-25
46Owen PowerBUF27.824825810
47Noah HanifinCGY26.4254251-3
48Jamie DrysdaleANA26.12552638
49Ivan ProvorovPHI25.0266252-14
50Adam BoqvistCBJ24.227628610
51Dmitry OrlovBOS23.228130322
52David JiricekCBJ22.0289477188
53Cam FowlerANA21.929130110
54John KlingbergMIN21.929232028
55Neal PionkWPG21.7293287-6
56Juuso ValimakiARI21.329436470
57Simon NemecNJD19.530731710
58Ty SmithPIT19.131232210
59Brady SkjeiCAR19.031336855
60Rasmus SandinWAS19.0316309-7
61Scott PerunovichSTL18.93183246
62Jacob TroubaNYR18.23253305
63Damon SeversonNJD17.033636529
64Jaccob SlavinCAR16.13523520
65Olen ZellwegerANA15.53593590

The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)

Nils LundkvistDAL Matt GrzelcykBOS
Mattias EkholmEDMBrandt ClarkeLAK
Jordan SpenceLAK Cam YorkPHI
Vladislav GavrikovLAKDante FabbroNSH
Kaiden GuhleMON Jack RathboneVAN
Mike MathesonMONJacob BrysonBUF
Luke HughesNJD Jake BeanCBJ
Alexander RomanovNYIJanis MoserARI
Erik BrannstromOTTJared SpurgeonMIN
Jake SandersonOTT Mackenzie WeegarCGY
Pierre-Olivier JosephPITMatt DumbaMIN
Justin SchultzSEA Victor SoderstromARI
Torey KrugSTL

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

Robin SaloNYIAlexandre CarrierNSH
Brett PesceCARPavel MintyukovANA
Alexander NikishinCARScott MorrowCAR
Ryan MerkleyCOLNick BlankenburgCBJ
Josh MahuraFLAIan MitchellCHI
Ryan GravesNJDThomas HarleyDAL
Ryan PulockNYIEsa LindellDAL
Zac JonesNYRSimon EdvinssonDET
Braden SchneiderNYRPhilip BrobergEDM
Travis SanheimPHIMattias NorlinderMON
Yegor ZamulaPHIJustin BarronMON
Timothy LiljegrenTORColton ParaykoSTL
Ethan BearVANErik CernakTBL
Oliver Ekman-LarssonVANNick PerbixTBL
Nicolas HagueVGKVille HeinolaWPG

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Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

  Players Team
DARREN RADDYSH T.B
LANE HUTSON MTL
MIKE LUNDIN
KAAPO KAKKO SEA
PAVEL DOROFEYEV VGK

Top Goalie Profile Views

  Players Team
JAKE OETTINGER DAL
LOGAN THOMPSON WSH
LEEVI MERILAINEN OTT
IGOR SHESTERKIN NYR
SAM MONTEMBEAULT MTL

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  Frequency FLA Players
24.7 MATTHEW TKACHUK SAM REINHART ALEKSANDER BARKOV
21.2 MACKIE SAMOSKEVICH EETU LUOSTARINEN SAM BENNETT
18.1 CARTER VERHAEGHE ANTON LUNDELL JESPER BOQVIST

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