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. Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Aug	Jul	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	162.6	20	16	-4
2	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	141.1	34	37	3
3	Erik Karlsson	SJS	133.7	38	36	-2
4	Adam Fox	NYR	131.4	39	39	0
5	Quinn Hughes	VAN	129.5	41	43	2
6	Roman Josi	NSH	120.1	50	56	6
7	Josh Morrissey	WPG	111.9	62	65	3
8	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	111.2	64	67	3
9	Evan Bouchard	EDM	105.2	73	88	15
10	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	98.1	78	93	15
11	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	96.8	79	63	-16
12	Brandon Montour	FLA	94.5	81	97	16
13	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	91.4	88	112	24
14	Victor Hedman	TBL	86.0	97	99	2
15	Devon Toews	COL	78.8	111	126	15
16	Shea Theodore	VGK	77.8	113	94	-19
17	Moritz Seider	DET	76.8	115	100	-15
18	John Carlson	WAS	76.0	117	122	5
19	Thomas Chabot	OTT	74.1	124	98	-26
20	Vince Dunn	SEA	74.1	125	119	-6
21	Noah Dobson	NYI	71.5	127	145	18
22	Zach Werenski	CBJ	67.6	137	141	4
23	Morgan Rielly	TOR	66.0	142	115	-27
24	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	63.8	152	130	-22
25	Drew Doughty	LAK	63.1	153	174	21
26	Tony DeAngelo	CAR	62.7	155	157	2
27	Jakob Chychrun	OTT	57.3	168	149	-19
28	Brent Burns	CAR	54.6	178	194	16
29	Calen Addison	MIN	54.0	181	198	17
30	Seth Jones	CHI	53.0	184	233	49
31	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	52.7	185	183	-2
32	Filip Hronek	VAN	47.6	198	242	44
33	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	45.5	203	218	15
34	Luke Hughes	NJD	45.5	204	265	61
35	Kris Letang	PIT	44.8	206	204	-2
36	John Klingberg	TOR	43.8	210	271	61
37	Bowen Byram	COL	41.8	215	195	-20
38	Owen Power	BUF	39.0	222	240	18
39	Darnell Nurse	EDM	38.2	226	199	-27
40	Rasmus Sandin	WAS	37.8	229	282	53
41	K’Andre Miller	NYR	36.2	235	278	43
42	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	34.4	241	248	7
43	Damon Severson	CBJ	34.2	244	309	65
44	Samuel Girard	COL	33.8	245	229	-16
45	Shayne Gostisbehere	DET	33.5	246	230	-16
46	Ty Smith	PIT	33.0	247	314	67
47	Sean Durzi	ARI	32.8	250	261	11
48	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	32.2	251	428	177
49	Gustav Forsling	FLA	31.5	256	273	17
50	Noah Hanifin	CGY	31.4	257	247	-10
51	Juuso Valimaki	ARI	31.3	258	254	-4
52	Brandt Clarke	LAK	31.1	259	276	17
53	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	29.8	265	280	15
54	Cam Fowler	ANA	29.8	266	345	79
55	Ivan Provorov	CBJ	29.0	270	279	9
56	Tyson Barrie	NSH	29.0	271	250	-21
57	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	28.2	273	262	-11
58	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	27.6	277	305	28
59	Justin Faulk	STL	26.4	288	287	-1
60	Hampus Lindholm	BOS	26.2	293	235	-58
61	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	26.0	294	299	5
62	David Jiricek	CBJ	25.2	298	304	6
63	Lane Hutson	MON	22.5	317	301	-16
64	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	21.3	322	336	14
65	Simon Nemec	NJD	21.2	323	337	14

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

Olen Zellweger	ANA	Henri Jokiharju	BUF
J.J. Moser	ARI	Brett Pesce	CAR
Dmitry Orlov	CAR	Nils Lundkvist	DAL
Brady Skjei	CAR	Simon Edvinsson	DET
Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	Jordan Spence	LAK
Mattias Ekholm	EDM	Vladislav Gavrikov	LAK
Mike Matheson	MON	Jared Spurgeon	MIN
Kaiden Guhle	MON	John Marino	NJD
Jacob Trouba	NYR	Alexander Romanov	NYI
Jake Sanderson	OTT	Erik Brannstrom	OTT
Cam York	PHI	Travis Sanheim	PHI
Scott Perunovich	STL	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT
Neal Pionk	WPG

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 Bryson	BUF	Jackson Lacombe	ANA
Oliver Kylington	CGY	Victor Soderstrom	ARI
Thomas Harley	DAL	Ian Mitchell	BOS
Josh Mahura	FLA	Matt Grzelcyk	BOS
Justin Barron	MON	Scott Morrow	CAR
Dante Fabbro	NSH	Jake Bean	CBJ
Zac Jones	NYR	Nicolas Beaudin	CHI
Erik Gustafsson	NYR	Philip Broberg	EDM
Emil Andrae	PHI	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	FLA
Justin Schultz	SEA	Jonas Brodin	MIN
Henry Thrun	SJS	Braden Schneider	NYR
Torey Krug	STL	Egor Zamula	PHI
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Nick Perbix	TBL
Jack Rathbone	VAN	Nicolas Hague	VGK
Lukas Cormier	VGK	Ville Heinola	WPG

UPCOMING GAMES

	Jun 14 - 20:06	EDM	vs	FLA

Starting Goalies

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	MARCO ROSSI	MIN
	ALEXIS LAFRENIERE	NYR
	JASON ROBERTSON	DAL
	VLADISLAV GAVRIKOV	L.A
	BOWEN BYRAM	BUF

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	JET GREAVES	CBJ
	FILIP GUSTAVSSON	MIN
	JAKE OETTINGER	DAL
	MICHAL POSTAVA	DET
	ANTON FORSBERG	OTT

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	FLA Players
	21.8	CARTER VERHAEGHE SAM REINHART ALEKSANDER BARKOV
	21.5	BRAD MARCHAND EETU LUOSTARINEN ANTON LUNDELL
	20.9	MATTHEW TKACHUK EVAN RODRIGUES SAM BENNETT

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