Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – October 2023
Dobber
2023-10-04
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)
| 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 |
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