Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – January 2024

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2024-01-03

Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!

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As always, players with a rating within +/-5.0 of each other should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of your team’s need (rebuild vs. immediate, certain vs. risk, etc.) and/or personal bias.

Click on any player name to be taken to his customized fantasy profile page.

Def RkPlayerTeamRatingJanDecChange
1Cale MakarCOL206.010100
2Quinn HughesVAN176.418202
3Rasmus DahlinBUF132.74036-4
4Evan BouchardEDM131.841421
5Adam FoxNYR131.44235-7
6Noah DobsonNYI114.55010151
7Josh MorrisseyWPG111.952553
8Roman JosiNSH110.458591
9Victor HedmanTBL109.659612
10Erik KarlssonPIT99.77545-30
11Miro HeiskanenDAL94.779834
12Morgan RiellyTOR91.38411228
13Dougie HamiltonNJD85.99575-20
14Charlie McAvoyBOS83.29992-7
15Filip HronekVAN82.310497-7
16Vince DunnSEA80.910611913
17Shea TheodoreVGK79.511095-15
18Moritz SeiderDET77.911398-15
19Mikhail SergachevTBL75.1120105-15
20Jakob ChychrunOTT74.612114423
21Zach WerenskiCBJ74.312213513
22Devon ToewsCOL72.11251250
23Brandon MontourFLA69.7134129-5
24Drew DoughtyLAK63.11451538
25Thomas ChabotOTT60.714915910
26John CarlsonWAS60.0150137-13
27Luke HughesNJD55.915416915
28Shayne GostisbehereDET55.01551627
29Pavel MintyukovANA51.616118019
30Aaron EkbladFLA46.61751783
31Kris LetangPIT46.217821234
32Tony DeAngeloCAR43.6189171-18
33Sean DurziARI43.319022737
34Rasmus AnderssonCGY42.2192183-9
35Jake SandersonOTT39.7204189-15
36Mike MathesonMON39.120721912
37Bowen ByramCOL38.3213205-8
38Jamie DrysdaleANA35.62302333
39Simon NemecNJD35.323132998
40Alex PietrangeloVGK35.1232221-11
41Jaccob SlavinCAR34.12342340
42Ivan ProvorovCBJ33.923524914
43Brent BurnsCAR33.92362371
44Seth JonesCHI33.6239202-37
45Darnell NurseEDM31.8245240-5
46Brady SkjeiCAR31.724626721
47Brandt ClarkeLAK31.12492501
48David JiricekCBJ30.22542573
49Calen AddisonSJS30.0255209-46
50Travis SanheimPHI30.025632670
51Kevin KorchinskiCHI29.8257253-4
52K’Andre MillerNYR28.92602688
53Owen PowerBUF28.0268215-53
54Erik GustafssonNYR26.8271264-7
55Mackenzie WeegarCGY26.4273387114
56Noah HanifinCGY26.3274248-26
57Alexander NikishinCAR26.027729013
58Denton MateychukCBJ24.328630115
59Cam FowlerANA22.9296265-31
60Lane HutsonMON22.530031717
61Samuel GirardCOL22.030732114
62Gustav ForslingFLA21.531232513
63Justin FaulkSTL21.231332714
64Scott PerunovichSTL20.931733417
65Rasmus SandinWAS20.1324274-50

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 ZellwegerANAHampus LindholmBOS
Juuso ValimakiARI Damon SeversonCBJ
J.J. MoserARIOliver Ekman-LarssonFLA
Nils LundkvistDAL Mikey AndersonLAK
Thomas HarleyDALVladislav GavrikovLAK
Jake WalmanDET Tyson BarrieNSH
Mattias EkholmEDM Alexander RomanovNYI
Jordan SpenceLAKErik BrannstromOTT
Brock FaberMINPierre-Olivier JosephPIT
Kaiden GuhleMON Torey KrugSTL
Jacob TroubaNYRJohn KlingbergTOR
Cam YorkPHI Neal PionkWPG
Ty SmithPIT

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

Adam BoqvistCBJJackson LacombeANA
Jake BeanCBJVictor SoderstromARI
Simon EdvinssonDETMichael KesselringARI
Josh MahuraFLADmitri SimashevARI
Justin BarronMONScott MorrowCAR
Dante FabbroNSHDmitry OrlovCAR
Zac JonesNYRCorson CeulemansCBJ
Braden SchneiderNYRNick BlankenburgCBJ
Emil AndraePHIAxel Sandin PellikkaDET
Ryker EvansSEAPhilip BrobergEDM
Henry ThrunSJSEgor ZamulaPHI
Timothy LiljegrenTORHelge GransPHI
Lukas CormierVGKNick PerbixTBL
Nicolas HagueVGKConor TimminsTOR
Ville HeinolaWPGEthan BearWAS

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Dec 27 - 20:12 DAL vs MIN
Dec 27 - 20:12 STL vs NSH
Dec 27 - 21:12 UTA vs COL
Dec 27 - 22:12 S.J vs VGK

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

  Players Team
KIRILL MARCHENKO CBJ
DYLAN HOLLOWAY STL
DMITRI VORONKOV CBJ
LUKE HUGHES N.J
MATT CORONATO CGY

Top Goalie Profile Views

  Players Team
LUKAS DOSTAL ANA
LOGAN THOMPSON WSH
JOHN GIBSON ANA
JET GREAVES CBJ
MACKENZIE BLACKWOOD COL

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