Here are the top 50 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – May edition!

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As always, players ranked within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of your keeper team’s needs (immediate help vs long-term upside) or personal preference.

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	May	Apr	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	174.3	16	19	3
2	Erik Karlsson	SJS	142.0	35	17	-18
3	Adam Fox	NYR	138.0	36	33	-3
4	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	137.6	37	31	-6
5	Quinn Hughes	VAN	124.7	43	40	-3
6	Roman Josi	NSH	118.5	55	48	-7
7	Josh Morrissey	WPG	113.8	63	50	-13
8	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	111.0	65	56	-9
9	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	109.9	66	62	-4
10	Brandon Montour	FLA	101.9	81	68	-13
11	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	93.6	91	94	3
12	Evan Bouchard	EDM	93.2	93	128	35
13	Victor Hedman	TBL	91.6	96	101	5
14	Shea Theodore	VGK	91.2	98	122	24
15	Thomas Chabot	OTT	89.9	101	112	11
16	Morgan Rielly	TOR	88.5	104	111	7
17	Moritz Seider	DET	88.2	106	133	27
18	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	84.4	111	103	-8
19	Devon Toews	COL	81.4	118	115	-3
20	Vince Dunn	SEA	81.1	119	91	-28
21	John Carlson	WAS	80.8	120	164	44
22	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	77.6	128	151	23
23	Zach Werenski	CBJ	69.2	144	202	58
24	Noah Dobson	NYI	68.3	147	155	8
25	Jakob Chychrun	OTT	66.8	151	156	5
26	Tony DeAngelo	PHI	65.2	155	136	-19
27	Drew Doughty	LAK	61.6	169	134	-35
28	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	55.5	182	165	-17
29	Brent Burns	CAR	52.1	187	145	-42
30	Bowen Byram	COL	51.9	189	203	14
31	Kris Letang	PIT	49.9	194	204	10
32	Darnell Nurse	EDM	49.4	195	194	-1
33	Calen Addison	MIN	45.9	206	208	2
34	Shayne Gostisbehere	CAR	44.4	213	191	-22
35	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	43.9	214	174	-40
36	Samuel Girard	COL	42.1	217	218	1
37	Hampus Lindholm	BOS	41.5	219	189	-30
38	Sean Durzi	LAK	39.0	227	223	-4
39	Filip Hronek	VAN	37.6	233	205	-28
40	Tyson Barrie	NSH	37.0	235	152	-83
41	Noah Hanifin	CGY	36.7	238	254	16
42	Owen Power	BUF	36.4	239	248	9
43	Seth Jones	CHI	36.0	242	235	-7
44	Juuso Valimaki	ARI	34.9	247	294	47
45	K’Andre Miller	NYR	34.1	254	215	-39
46	Ivan Provorov	PHI	31.8	259	266	7
47	Gustav Forsling	FLA	31.8	260	226	-34
48	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	31.0	266	276	10
49	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	30.5	269	255	-14
50	John Klingberg	MIN	29.5	272	292	20
51	Justin Faulk	STL	28.6	275	232	-43
52	Neal Pionk	WPG	27.9	279	293	14
53	Rasmus Sandin	WAS	27.7	281	316	35
54	Jacob Trouba	NYR	27.7	282	325	43
55	Damon Severson	NJD	26.7	287	336	49
56	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	25.6	294	352	58
57	Ty Smith	PIT	24.9	302	312	10
58	David Jiricek	CBJ	22.0	318	289	-29
59	Scott Perunovich	STL	21.6	320	318	-2
60	Cam York	PHI	19.7	333	440	107
61	Simon Nemec	NJD	19.5	334	307	-27
62	Cam Fowler	ANA	19.2	338	291	-47
63	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT	18.1	344	403	59
64	Nils Lundkvist	DAL	17.7	351	369	18
65	Kaiden Guhle	MON	17.5	354	370	16

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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Olen Zellweger	ANA	Victor Soderstrom	ARI
Janis Moser	ARI	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS
Dmitry Orlov	BOS	Henri Jokiharju	BUF
Brady Skjei	CAR	Jacob Bryson	BUF
Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	Alexander Nikishin	CAR
Mattias Ekholm	EDM	Jared Spurgeon	MIN
Vladislav Gavrikov	LAK	Brandt Clarke	LAK
Jordan Spence	LAK	Luke Hughes	NJD
Mike Matheson	MON	Ryan Graves	NJD
Jake Sanderson	OTT	Dante Fabbro	NSH
Erik Brannstrom	OTT	Alexander Romanov	NYI
Torey Krug	STL	Jack Rathbone	VAN
Erik Gustafsson	TOR

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

Brett Pesce	CAR	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA
Jake Bean	CBJ	Scott Morrow	CAR
Josh Mahura	FLA	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ
Sean Walker	LAK	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ
Matt Roy	LAK	Ian Mitchell	CHI
Robin Salo	NYI	Thomas Harley	DAL
Ryan Pulock	NYI	Simon Edvinsson	DET
Zac Jones	NYR	Philip Broberg	EDM
Braden Schneider	NYR	Mattias Norlinder	MON
Travis Sanheim	PHI	Justin Barron	MON
Nicolas Hague	VGK	Yegor Zamula	PHI
Justin Schultz	SEA	Colton Parayko	STL
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Nick Perbix	TBL
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	VAN	Travis Dermott	VAN
		Ville Heinola	WPG

UPCOMING GAMES

	Oct 04 - 13:10	BUF	vs	N.J

Starting Goalies

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	TRAVIS KONECNY	PHI
	MARCO ROSSI	MIN
	AARON EKBLAD	FLA
	COLE PERFETTI	WPG
	NILS HOGLANDER	VAN

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	JOSEPH WOLL	TOR
	FILIP GUSTAVSSON	MIN
	SAMUEL ERSSON	PHI
	UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	BUF
	DUSTIN WOLF	CGY

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	PIT Players
	23.6	RICKARD RAKELL EVGENI MALKIN MICHAEL BUNTING
	22.6	BRYAN RUST DREW O'CONNOR SIDNEY CROSBY
	17.2	JESSE PULJUJARVI JANSEN HARKINS JEFF CARTER

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