Here are the top 50 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – October 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	Oct	Sep	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	162.6	20	20	0
2	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	141.1	34	34	0
3	Erik Karlsson	PIT	136.2	38	38	0
4	Adam Fox	NYR	131.4	39	39	0
5	Quinn Hughes	VAN	129.5	41	41	0
6	Roman Josi	NSH	120.1	50	50	0
7	Josh Morrissey	WPG	111.9	61	62	1
8	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	111.2	62	64	2
9	Evan Bouchard	EDM	105.2	73	73	0
10	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	98.1	78	79	1
11	Mikhail Sergachev	TBL	98.1	79	78	-1
12	Brandon Montour	FLA	93.8	84	81	-3
13	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	91.4	88	88	0
14	Victor Hedman	TBL	86.0	97	97	0
15	Devon Toews	COL	78.8	111	111	0
16	Shea Theodore	VGK	76.8	114	113	-1
17	Moritz Seider	DET	76.8	115	115	0
18	John Carlson	WAS	75.0	119	117	-2
19	Thomas Chabot	OTT	74.1	123	124	1
20	Vince Dunn	SEA	74.1	124	125	1
21	Noah Dobson	NYI	71.5	127	127	0
22	Zach Werenski	CBJ	67.6	139	138	-1
23	Morgan Rielly	TOR	66.0	144	143	-1
24	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	63.8	154	153	-1
25	Drew Doughty	LAK	63.1	155	154	-1
26	Tony DeAngelo	CAR	61.6	159	156	-3
27	Jakob Chychrun	OTT	57.3	172	169	-3
28	Brent Burns	CAR	54.6	180	179	-1
29	Calen Addison	MIN	54.0	183	182	-1
30	Seth Jones	CHI	53.0	184	185	1
31	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	52.7	185	186	1
32	Filip Hronek	VAN	47.6	198	199	1
33	Kris Letang	PIT	46.2	204	207	3
34	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	45.5	205	204	-1
35	Luke Hughes	NJD	45.5	206	205	-1
36	John Klingberg	TOR	43.8	210	211	1
37	Bowen Byram	COL	41.8	216	216	0
38	Owen Power	BUF	39.0	226	223	-3
39	Darnell Nurse	EDM	38.2	230	226	-4
40	Rasmus Sandin	WAS	36.8	232	229	-3
41	K’Andre Miller	NYR	36.2	235	235	0
42	Jamie Drysdale	ANA	34.4	241	241	0
43	Damon Severson	CBJ	34.2	243	244	1
44	Shayne Gostisbehere	DET	33.5	244	246	2
45	Samuel Girard	COL	32.9	246	245	-1
46	Sean Durzi	ARI	32.8	248	250	2
47	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	32.2	249	251	2
48	Gustav Forsling	FLA	31.5	256	256	0
49	Noah Hanifin	CGY	31.4	257	257	0
50	Juuso Valimaki	ARI	31.3	259	258	-1
51	Brandt Clarke	LAK	31.1	260	259	-1
52	Cam Fowler	ANA	30.7	263	266	3
53	David Jiricek	CBJ	30.2	267	298	31
54	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	29.8	269	265	-4
55	Tyson Barrie	NSH	29.0	273	271	-2
56	Jaccob Slavin	CAR	27.6	279	277	-2
57	Adam Boqvist	CBJ	26.7	288	273	-15
58	Justin Faulk	STL	26.4	290	288	-2
59	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	26.0	296	294	-2
60	Hampus Lindholm	BOS	25.2	299	293	-6
61	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	24.3	306	322	16
62	Ivan Provorov	CBJ	24.0	308	270	-38
63	Lane Hutson	MON	22.5	318	317	-1
64	Simon Nemec	NJD	21.2	322	323	1
65	Cam York	PHI	21.1	327	328	1

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	Simon Edvinsson	DET
J.J. Moser	ARI	Jordan Spence	LAK
Brady Skjei	CAR	Vladislav Gavrikov	LAK
Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	Jared Spurgeon	MIN
Nils Lundkvist	DAL	Alexander Romanov	NYI
Mattias Ekholm	EDM	Erik Brannstrom	OTT
Mike Matheson	MON	Emil Andrae	PHI
Kaiden Guhle	MON	Travis Sanheim	PHI
Jacob Trouba	NYR	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	PIT
Jake Sanderson	OTT	Henry Thrun	SJS
Ty Smith	PIT	Torey Krug	STL
Scott Perunovich	STL	Lukas Cormier	VGK
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

Victor Soderstrom	ARI	Lassi Thomson	ANA
Jake Bean	CBJ	Jackson Lacombe	ANA
Oliver Kylington	CGY	Matt Dumba	ARI
Thomas Harley	DAL	Dmitri Simashev	ARI
Philip Broberg	EDM	Mattias Samuelsson	BUF
Josh Mahura	FLA	Scott Morrow	CAR
Justin Barron	MON	Nick Blankenburg	CBJ
Erik Gustafsson	NYR	Corson Ceulemans	CBJ
Braden Schneider	NYR	Axel Sandin Pellikka	DET
Ryker Evans	SEA	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	FLA
Justin Schultz	SEA	David Reinbacher	MON
Nick Perbix	TBL	Ryan Pulock	NYI
Timothy Liljegren	TOR	Sebastian Aho	NYI
Nicolas Hague	VGK	Helge Grans	PHI
Ville Heinola	WPG	Conor Timmins	TOR

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 23 - 13:12	N.J	vs	NYR
Dec 23 - 14:12	TOR	vs	WPG
Dec 23 - 19:12	DET	vs	STL
Dec 23 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	MTL
Dec 23 - 19:12	BOS	vs	WSH
Dec 23 - 19:12	FLA	vs	T.B
Dec 23 - 19:12	PIT	vs	PHI
Dec 23 - 19:12	NYI	vs	BUF
Dec 23 - 20:12	NSH	vs	CAR
Dec 23 - 20:12	MIN	vs	CHI
Dec 23 - 21:12	UTA	vs	DAL
Dec 23 - 21:12	VAN	vs	S.J
Dec 23 - 22:12	VGK	vs	ANA

Starting Goalies

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	JACKSON LACOMBE	ANA
	LANE HUTSON	MTL
	PATRIK LAINE	MTL
	SHANE PINTO	OTT
	JONATHAN HUBERDEAU	CGY

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	MACKENZIE BLACKWOOD	COL
	SPENCER KNIGHT	FLA
	DAVID RITTICH	L.A
	LUKAS DOSTAL	ANA
	JACOB MARKSTROM	N.J

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	COL Players
	22.0	VALERI NICHUSHKIN NATHAN MACKINNON ARTTURI LEHKONEN
	16.9	LOGAN O'CONNOR JOEL KIVIRANTA PARKER KELLY
	16.6	MIKKO RANTANEN CASEY MITTELSTADT ROSS COLTON

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