Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – February 2024
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2024-02-04
Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – February edition!
As always, players rated within +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of team need (upside vs. immediate help vs. likelihood vs. track record vs. injury risk vs. age) or personal bias.
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Feb | Jan | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 205.1 | 12 | 10 | -2 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 184.1 | 19 | 18 | -1 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 133.6 | 38 | 41 | 3 |
| 4 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 132.8 | 40 | 50 | 10 |
| 5 | Adam Fox | NYR | 127.2 | 42 | 42 | 0 |
| 6 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 123.9 | 43 | 40 | -3 |
| 7 | Roman Josi | NSH | 117.4 | 51 | 58 | 7 |
| 8 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 113.9 | 53 | 59 | 6 |
| 9 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 105.0 | 63 | 75 | 12 |
| 10 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 100.1 | 69 | 84 | 15 |
| 11 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 96.9 | 76 | 52 | -24 |
| 12 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 95.2 | 77 | 79 | 2 |
| 13 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 87.6 | 91 | 99 | 8 |
| 14 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 83.1 | 99 | 106 | 7 |
| 15 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 74.5 | 114 | 104 | -10 |
| 16 | Devon Toews | COL | 74.2 | 116 | 125 | 9 |
| 17 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 73.4 | 118 | 110 | -8 |
| 18 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 72.2 | 120 | 95 | -25 |
| 19 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 67.8 | 123 | 122 | -1 |
| 20 | Moritz Seider | DET | 66.0 | 128 | 113 | -15 |
| 21 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 64.8 | 133 | 120 | -13 |
| 22 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 63.9 | 139 | 154 | 15 |
| 23 | John Carlson | WAS | 62.6 | 140 | 150 | 10 |
| 24 | Jakob Chychrun | OTT | 62.2 | 141 | 121 | -20 |
| 25 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 55.1 | 149 | 149 | 0 |
| 26 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 54.7 | 151 | 145 | -6 |
| 27 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 46.1 | 171 | 192 | 21 |
| 28 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 45.2 | 175 | 161 | -14 |
| 29 | Kris Letang | PIT | 44.8 | 178 | 178 | 0 |
| 30 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 44.2 | 179 | 175 | -4 |
| 31 | Brock Faber | MIN | 44.2 | 180 | 338 | 158 |
| 32 | Shayne Gostisbehere | DET | 44.1 | 181 | 155 | -26 |
| 33 | Sean Durzi | ARI | 43.3 | 185 | 190 | 5 |
| 34 | Mike Matheson | MON | 39.9 | 202 | 207 | 5 |
| 35 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 38.5 | 204 | 231 | 27 |
| 36 | Bowen Byram | COL | 38.1 | 207 | 213 | 6 |
| 37 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 35.5 | 219 | 134 | -85 |
| 38 | Brady Skjei | CAR | 33.9 | 225 | 246 | 21 |
| 39 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 33.5 | 228 | 232 | 4 |
| 40 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 33.1 | 232 | 403 | 171 |
| 41 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 31.7 | 237 | 230 | -7 |
| 42 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 31.1 | 241 | 249 | 8 |
| 43 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 30.6 | 245 | 204 | -41 |
| 44 | Brent Burns | CAR | 30.5 | 246 | 236 | -10 |
| 45 | David Jiricek | CBJ | 30.2 | 249 | 254 | 5 |
| 46 | Tony DeAngelo | CAR | 30.2 | 250 | 189 | -61 |
| 47 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 29.8 | 251 | 257 | 6 |
| 48 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 29.8 | 252 | 273 | 21 |
| 49 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 29.3 | 256 | 256 | 0 |
| 50 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 28.9 | 259 | 235 | -24 |
| 51 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 28.1 | 263 | 245 | -18 |
| 52 | Calen Addison | SJS | 28.1 | 265 | 255 | -10 |
| 53 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 27.6 | 269 | 274 | 5 |
| 54 | Owen Power | BUF | 26.1 | 274 | 268 | -6 |
| 55 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 26.0 | 275 | 277 | 2 |
| 56 | Seth Jones | CHI | 26.0 | 276 | 239 | -37 |
| 57 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 24.3 | 284 | 286 | 2 |
| 58 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 23.2 | 292 | 234 | -58 |
| 59 | Lane Hutson | MON | 22.5 | 294 | 300 | 6 |
| 60 | Samuel Girard | COL | 21.9 | 300 | 307 | 7 |
| 61 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 21.0 | 309 | 312 | 3 |
| 62 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 20.9 | 310 | 317 | 7 |
| 63 | Erik Gustafsson | NYR | 20.7 | 313 | 271 | -42 |
| 64 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 19.9 | 321 | 327 | 6 |
| 65 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 19.4 | 325 | 296 | -29 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Juuso Valimaki | ARI | J.J. Moser | ARI | |
| Hampus Lindholm | BOS | Damon Severson | CBJ | |
| Nils Lundkvist | DAL | Simon Edvinsson | DET | |
| Mattias Ekholm | EDM | Jake Walman | DET | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | FLA | Tyson Barrie | NSH | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Alexander Romanov | NYI | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Cam York | PHI | |
| Jacob Trouba | NYR | Emil Andrae | PHI | |
| Ty Smith | PIT | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | John Klingberg | TOR | |
| Rasmus Sandin | WAS | Nicolas Hague | 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
| Oliver Kylington | CGY | Jackson Lacombe | ANA | |
| Mikey Anderson | LAK | Michael Kesselring | ARI | |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | Dmitri Simashev | ARI | |
| Justin Barron | MON | Scott Morrow | CAR | |
| John Marino | NJD | Dmitry Orlov | CAR | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Jake Bean | CBJ | |
| Zac Jones | NYR | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | |
| Braden Schneider | NYR | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | Alex Vlasic | CHI | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| Torey Krug | STL | Philip Broberg | EDM | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Helge Grans | PHI | |
| Lukas Cormier | VGK | Colton Parayko | STL | |
| Ville Heinola | WPG | Conor Timmins | TOR |
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