Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – October 2023

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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 RkPlayerTeamRatingOctSepChange
1Cale MakarCOL162.620200
2Rasmus DahlinBUF141.134340
3Erik KarlssonPIT136.238380
4Adam FoxNYR131.439390
5Quinn HughesVAN129.541410
6Roman JosiNSH120.150500
7Josh MorrisseyWPG111.961621
8Miro HeiskanenDAL111.262642
9Evan BouchardEDM105.273730
10Dougie HamiltonNJD98.178791
11Mikhail SergachevTBL98.17978-1
12Brandon MontourFLA93.88481-3
13Charlie McAvoyBOS91.488880
14Victor HedmanTBL86.097970
15Devon ToewsCOL78.81111110
16Shea TheodoreVGK76.8114113-1
17Moritz SeiderDET76.81151150
18John CarlsonWAS75.0119117-2
19Thomas ChabotOTT74.11231241
20Vince DunnSEA74.11241251
21Noah DobsonNYI71.51271270
22Zach WerenskiCBJ67.6139138-1
23Morgan RiellyTOR66.0144143-1
24Aaron EkbladFLA63.8154153-1
25Drew DoughtyLAK63.1155154-1
26Tony DeAngeloCAR61.6159156-3
27Jakob ChychrunOTT57.3172169-3
28Brent BurnsCAR54.6180179-1
29Calen AddisonMIN54.0183182-1
30Seth JonesCHI53.01841851
31Rasmus AnderssonCGY52.71851861
32Filip HronekVAN47.61981991
33Kris LetangPIT46.22042073
34Alex PietrangeloVGK45.5205204-1
35Luke HughesNJD45.5206205-1
36John KlingbergTOR43.82102111
37Bowen ByramCOL41.82162160
38Owen PowerBUF39.0226223-3
39Darnell NurseEDM38.2230226-4
40Rasmus SandinWAS36.8232229-3
41K’Andre MillerNYR36.22352350
42Jamie DrysdaleANA34.42412410
43Damon SeversonCBJ34.22432441
44Shayne GostisbehereDET33.52442462
45Samuel GirardCOL32.9246245-1
46Sean DurziARI32.82482502
47Pavel MintyukovANA32.22492512
48Gustav ForslingFLA31.52562560
49Noah HanifinCGY31.42572570
50Juuso ValimakiARI31.3259258-1
51Brandt ClarkeLAK31.1260259-1
52Cam FowlerANA30.72632663
53David JiricekCBJ30.226729831
54Kevin KorchinskiCHI29.8269265-4
55Tyson BarrieNSH29.0273271-2
56Jaccob SlavinCAR27.6279277-2
57Adam BoqvistCBJ26.7288273-15
58Justin FaulkSTL26.4290288-2
59Alexander NikishinCAR26.0296294-2
60Hampus LindholmBOS25.2299293-6
61Denton MateychukCBJ24.330632216
62Ivan ProvorovCBJ24.0308270-38
63Lane HutsonMON22.5318317-1
64Simon NemecNJD21.23223231
65Cam YorkPHI21.13273281

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 ZellwegerANASimon EdvinssonDET
J.J. MoserARI Jordan SpenceLAK
Brady SkjeiCARVladislav GavrikovLAK
Mackenzie WeegarCGY Jared SpurgeonMIN
Nils LundkvistDALAlexander RomanovNYI
Mattias EkholmEDM Erik BrannstromOTT
Mike MathesonMON Emil AndraePHI
Kaiden GuhleMONTravis SanheimPHI
Jacob TroubaNYRPierre-Olivier JosephPIT
Jake SandersonOTT Henry ThrunSJS
Ty SmithPITTorey KrugSTL
Scott PerunovichSTL Lukas CormierVGK
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

Victor SoderstromARILassi ThomsonANA
Jake BeanCBJJackson LacombeANA
Oliver KylingtonCGYMatt DumbaARI
Thomas HarleyDALDmitri SimashevARI
Philip BrobergEDMMattias SamuelssonBUF
Josh MahuraFLAScott MorrowCAR
Justin BarronMONNick BlankenburgCBJ
Erik GustafssonNYRCorson CeulemansCBJ
Braden SchneiderNYRAxel Sandin PellikkaDET
Ryker EvansSEAOliver Ekman-LarssonFLA
Justin SchultzSEADavid ReinbacherMON
Nick PerbixTBLRyan PulockNYI
Timothy LiljegrenTORSebastian AhoNYI
Nicolas HagueVGKHelge GransPHI
Ville HeinolaWPGConor TimminsTOR

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