Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen
Dobber
2023-06-05
Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – June edition!
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As always, players ranked within +/-5.0 rating points of each other (ahem – Erik Karlsson bashers pay attention!) 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 | June | May | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 174.6 | 15 | 16 | 1 |
| 2 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 139.0 | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| 3 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 138.1 | 36 | 37 | 1 |
| 4 | Adam Fox | NYR | 134.2 | 38 | 36 | -2 |
| 5 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 125.2 | 42 | 43 | 1 |
| 6 | Roman Josi | NSH | 117.4 | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| 7 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 113.4 | 63 | 63 | 0 |
| 8 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 111.2 | 64 | 65 | 1 |
| 9 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 110.2 | 66 | 66 | 0 |
| 10 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 101.3 | 79 | 81 | 2 |
| 11 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 93.8 | 88 | 93 | 5 |
| 12 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 92.0 | 93 | 91 | -2 |
| 13 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 90.8 | 95 | 98 | 3 |
| 14 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 89.8 | 97 | 101 | 4 |
| 15 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 88.9 | 99 | 96 | -3 |
| 16 | Moritz Seider | DET | 88.9 | 100 | 106 | 6 |
| 17 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 88.0 | 105 | 104 | -1 |
| 18 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 84.5 | 109 | 111 | 2 |
| 19 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 80.9 | 119 | 119 | 0 |
| 20 | Devon Toews | COL | 80.8 | 120 | 118 | -2 |
| 21 | John Carlson | WAS | 79.8 | 121 | 120 | -1 |
| 22 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 77.2 | 128 | 128 | 0 |
| 23 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 70.1 | 141 | 144 | 3 |
| 24 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 68.9 | 146 | 147 | 1 |
| 25 | Jakob Chychrun | OTT | 66.9 | 147 | 151 | 4 |
| 26 | Tony DeAngelo | PHI | 64.8 | 156 | 155 | -1 |
| 27 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 60.5 | 171 | 169 | -2 |
| 28 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 56.9 | 179 | 182 | 3 |
| 29 | Bowen Byram | COL | 52.6 | 185 | 189 | 4 |
| 30 | Brent Burns | CAR | 50.6 | 193 | 187 | -6 |
| 31 | Calen Addison | MIN | 48.9 | 195 | 206 | 11 |
| 32 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 48.8 | 196 | 195 | -1 |
| 33 | Kris Letang | PIT | 47.1 | 201 | 194 | -7 |
| 34 | Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 43.6 | 215 | 213 | -2 |
| 35 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 42.9 | 217 | 214 | -3 |
| 36 | Samuel Girard | COL | 42.2 | 219 | 217 | -2 |
| 37 | Hampus Lindholm | BOS | 40.8 | 224 | 219 | -5 |
| 38 | Seth Jones | CHI | 39.6 | 229 | 242 | 13 |
| 39 | Sean Durzi | LAK | 39.1 | 231 | 227 | -4 |
| 40 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 38.1 | 235 | 238 | 3 |
| 41 | Owen Power | BUF | 37.8 | 238 | 239 | 1 |
| 42 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 37.5 | 239 | 233 | -6 |
| 43 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | 36.5 | 243 | 269 | 26 |
| 44 | Tyson Barrie | NSH | 36.0 | 245 | 235 | -10 |
| 45 | Juuso Valimaki | ARI | 35.2 | 249 | 247 | -2 |
| 46 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 33.5 | 259 | 418 | 159 |
| 47 | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | 32.5 | 263 | 266 | 3 |
| 48 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 31.7 | 265 | 259 | -6 |
| 49 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 31.5 | 267 | 260 | -7 |
| 50 | K’Andre Miller | NYR | 30.6 | 271 | 254 | -17 |
| 51 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 28.2 | 274 | 281 | 7 |
| 52 | Justin Faulk | STL | 27.7 | 280 | 275 | -5 |
| 53 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 27.5 | 281 | 279 | -2 |
| 54 | John Klingberg | UFA | 26.8 | 288 | 272 | -16 |
| 55 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 26.8 | 289 | 423 | 134 |
| 56 | Ty Smith | PIT | 25.4 | 297 | 302 | 5 |
| 57 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 25.1 | 299 | 294 | -5 |
| 58 | Damon Severson | UFA | 24.4 | 302 | 287 | -15 |
| 59 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 24.2 | 304 | 435 | 131 |
| 60 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 23.1 | 312 | 282 | -30 |
| 61 | Lane Hutson | MON | 22.5 | 319 | NR | NEW |
| 62 | David Jiricek | CBJ | 22.2 | 324 | 318 | -6 |
| 63 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 21.9 | 327 | 320 | -7 |
| 64 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 21.8 | 328 | 562 | 234 |
| 65 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 21.3 | 330 | 521 | 191 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Simon Nemec | NJD | Jordan Spence | LAK | |
| Cam Fowler | ANA | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | |
| Olen Zellweger | ANA | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | |
| Janis Moser | ARI | Jacob Bryson | BUF | |
| Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | Brady Skjei | CAR | |
| Nils Lundkvist | DAL | Simon Edvinsson | DET | |
| Mattias Ekholm | EDM | Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | |
| Mike Matheson | MON | Alexander Romanov | NYI | |
| Jake Sanderson | OTT | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | |
| Cam York | PHI | Torey Krug | STL | |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | Dmitry Orlov | UFA | |
| Erik Gustafsson | UFA |
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
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Ryan Pulock | NYI | |
| Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | Scott Morrow | CAR | |
| Victor Soderstrom | ARI | Nick Blankenburg | CBJ | |
| Brett Pesce | CAR | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | |
| Jake Bean | CBJ | Oliver Kylington | CGY | |
| Thomas Harley | DAL | Ian Mitchell | CHI | |
| Josh Mahura | FLA | Philip Broberg | EDM | |
| Braden Schneider | NYR | Justin Barron | MON | |
| Emil Andrae | PHI | Mattias Norlinder | MON | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Alexandre Carrier | NSH | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Justin Schultz | SEA | |
| Ryan Graves | UFA | Colton Parayko | STL | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | VAN | Nick Perbix | TBL | |
| Lukas Cormier | VGK | Matt Dumba | UFA | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Ville Heinola | WPG |
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