Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – August 2023

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2023-08-03

Here are the top 120 blueliners to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – August 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.

This month – the projections for this year (from the Fantasy Guide) are now in the formulas, as are the 3YP and upsides that were adjusted/audited for the Guide. This is why so many players have moved up/down. It is a keeper league ranking, but the coming/current season obviously plays a big part of a player’s value in these types of formats.

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Def. RkPlayerTeamRatingAugJulChange
1Cale MakarCOL162.62016-4
2Rasmus DahlinBUF141.134373
3Erik KarlssonSJS133.73836-2
4Adam FoxNYR131.439390
5Quinn HughesVAN129.541432
6Roman JosiNSH120.150566
7Josh MorrisseyWPG111.962653
8Miro HeiskanenDAL111.264673
9Evan BouchardEDM105.2738815
10Mikhail SergachevTBL98.1789315
11Dougie HamiltonNJD96.87963-16
12Brandon MontourFLA94.5819716
13Charlie McAvoyBOS91.48811224
14Victor HedmanTBL86.097992
15Devon ToewsCOL78.811112615
16Shea TheodoreVGK77.811394-19
17Moritz SeiderDET76.8115100-15
18John CarlsonWAS76.01171225
19Thomas ChabotOTT74.112498-26
20Vince DunnSEA74.1125119-6
21Noah DobsonNYI71.512714518
22Zach WerenskiCBJ67.61371414
23Morgan RiellyTOR66.0142115-27
24Aaron EkbladFLA63.8152130-22
25Drew DoughtyLAK63.115317421
26Tony DeAngeloCAR62.71551572
27Jakob ChychrunOTT57.3168149-19
28Brent BurnsCAR54.617819416
29Calen AddisonMIN54.018119817
30Seth JonesCHI53.018423349
31Rasmus AnderssonCGY52.7185183-2
32Filip HronekVAN47.619824244
33Alex PietrangeloVGK45.520321815
34Luke HughesNJD45.520426561
35Kris LetangPIT44.8206204-2
36John KlingbergTOR43.821027161
37Bowen ByramCOL41.8215195-20
38Owen PowerBUF39.022224018
39Darnell NurseEDM38.2226199-27
40Rasmus SandinWAS37.822928253
41K’Andre MillerNYR36.223527843
42Jamie DrysdaleANA34.42412487
43Damon SeversonCBJ34.224430965
44Samuel GirardCOL33.8245229-16
45Shayne GostisbehereDET33.5246230-16
46Ty SmithPIT33.024731467
47Sean DurziARI32.825026111
48Pavel MintyukovANA32.2251428177
49Gustav ForslingFLA31.525627317
50Noah HanifinCGY31.4257247-10
51Juuso ValimakiARI31.3258254-4
52Brandt ClarkeLAK31.125927617
53Kevin KorchinskiCHI29.826528015
54Cam FowlerANA29.826634579
55Ivan ProvorovCBJ29.02702799
56Tyson BarrieNSH29.0271250-21
57Adam BoqvistCBJ28.2273262-11
58Jaccob SlavinCAR27.627730528
59Justin FaulkSTL26.4288287-1
60Hampus LindholmBOS26.2293235-58
61Alexander NikishinCAR26.02942995
62David JiricekCBJ25.22983046
63Lane HutsonMON22.5317301-16
64Denton MateychukCBJ21.332233614
65Simon NemecNJD21.232333714

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

Olen ZellwegerANAHenri JokiharjuBUF
J.J. MoserARI Brett PesceCAR
Dmitry OrlovCARNils LundkvistDAL
Brady SkjeiCAR Simon EdvinssonDET
Mackenzie WeegarCGYJordan SpenceLAK
Mattias EkholmEDM Vladislav GavrikovLAK
Mike MathesonMON Jared SpurgeonMIN
Kaiden GuhleMONJohn MarinoNJD
Jacob TroubaNYRAlexander RomanovNYI
Jake SandersonOTT Erik BrannstromOTT
Cam YorkPHITravis SanheimPHI
Scott PerunovichSTL Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT
Neal PionkWPG

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

Jacob BrysonBUFJackson LacombeANA
Oliver KylingtonCGYVictor SoderstromARI
Thomas HarleyDALIan MitchellBOS
Josh MahuraFLAMatt GrzelcykBOS
Justin BarronMONScott MorrowCAR
Dante FabbroNSHJake BeanCBJ
Zac JonesNYRNicolas BeaudinCHI
Erik GustafssonNYRPhilip BrobergEDM
Emil AndraePHIOliver Ekman-LarssonFLA
Justin SchultzSEAJonas BrodinMIN
Henry ThrunSJSBraden SchneiderNYR
Torey KrugSTLEgor ZamulaPHI
Timothy LiljegrenTORNick PerbixTBL
Jack RathboneVANNicolas HagueVGK
Lukas CormierVGKVille HeinolaWPG

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