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)

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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

UPCOMING GAMES

	Oct 04 - 13:10	BUF	vs	N.J

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	TRAVIS KONECNY	PHI
	MARCO ROSSI	MIN
	NILS HOGLANDER	VAN
	JJ PETERKA	BUF
	AARON EKBLAD	FLA

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	TOR Players
	24.4	JOHN TAVARES WILLIAM NYLANDER MATTHEW KNIES
	16.7	MITCH MARNER MAX DOMI TYLER BERTUZZI
	12.7	DAVID KAMPF NOAH GREGOR CONNOR DEWAR

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