Here are the Top 120 d-men to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – March edition!
As always, players ranked within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal, and at that point become a matter of your team needs or personal bias.
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | March | Feb | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 186.5 | 17 | 12 | -5 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 172.6 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 136.4 | 32 | 38 | 6 |
| 4 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 132.8 | 34 | 40 | 6 |
| 5 | Roman Josi | NSH | 131.3 | 35 | 51 | 16 |
| 6 | Adam Fox | NYR | 124.4 | 42 | 42 | 0 |
| 7 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 121.2 | 46 | 43 | -3 |
| 8 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 113.9 | 54 | 53 | -1 |
| 9 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 109.2 | 57 | 76 | 19 |
| 10 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 105.0 | 64 | 63 | -1 |
| 11 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 91.9 | 80 | 69 | -11 |
| 12 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 89.8 | 84 | 77 | -7 |
| 13 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 83.6 | 96 | 91 | -5 |
| 14 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 83.1 | 97 | 99 | 2 |
| 15 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 74.5 | 110 | 114 | 4 |
| 16 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 73.4 | 112 | 118 | 6 |
| 17 | Devon Toews | COL | 71.5 | 115 | 116 | 1 |
| 18 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 69.1 | 121 | 123 | 2 |
| 19 | Moritz Seider | DET | 67.3 | 125 | 128 | 3 |
| 20 | John Carlson | WAS | 62.6 | 132 | 140 | 8 |
| 21 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 61.3 | 134 | 151 | 17 |
| 22 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 59.9 | 137 | 139 | 2 |
| 23 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 59.5 | 140 | 120 | -20 |
| 24 | Jakob Chychrun | OTT | 55.6 | 147 | 141 | -6 |
| 25 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 55.1 | 149 | 149 | 0 |
| 26 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 49.5 | 162 | 133 | -29 |
| 27 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 45.4 | 172 | 219 | 47 |
| 28 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 45.2 | 173 | 175 | 2 |
| 29 | Kris Letang | PIT | 44.8 | 177 | 178 | 1 |
| 30 | Shayne Gostisbehere | DET | 44.1 | 178 | 181 | 3 |
| 31 | Mike Matheson | MON | 44.0 | 179 | 202 | 23 |
| 32 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 40.8 | 195 | 179 | -16 |
| 33 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 39.6 | 199 | 171 | -28 |
| 34 | Bowen Byram | COL | 38.1 | 203 | 207 | 4 |
| 35 | Brock Faber | MIN | 37.6 | 204 | 180 | -24 |
| 36 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 36.6 | 206 | 269 | 63 |
| 37 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 36.3 | 209 | 204 | -5 |
| 38 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 35.9 | 213 | 256 | 43 |
| 39 | Sean Durzi | ARI | 34.1 | 218 | 185 | -33 |
| 40 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 33.5 | 221 | 228 | 7 |
| 41 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 33.1 | 224 | 232 | 8 |
| 42 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 31.1 | 234 | 241 | 7 |
| 43 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 30.6 | 239 | 245 | 6 |
| 44 | David Jiricek | CBJ | 30.2 | 241 | 249 | 8 |
| 45 | Brady Skjei | CAR | 30.0 | 243 | 225 | -18 |
| 46 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 29.8 | 244 | 251 | 7 |
| 47 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 29.8 | 245 | 252 | 7 |
| 48 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 29.4 | 251 | 237 | -14 |
| 49 | Calen Addison | SJS | 28.1 | 255 | 265 | 10 |
| 50 | Tony DeAngelo | CAR | 27.0 | 261 | 250 | -11 |
| 51 | Owen Power | BUF | 26.1 | 265 | 274 | 9 |
| 52 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 26.0 | 268 | 275 | 7 |
| 53 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 24.7 | 278 | 309 | 31 |
| 54 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 24.3 | 280 | 284 | 4 |
| 55 | Brent Burns | CAR | 24.0 | 283 | 246 | -37 |
| 56 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 24.0 | 285 | 259 | -26 |
| 57 | Seth Jones | CHI | 23.7 | 286 | 276 | -10 |
| 58 | Lane Hutson | MON | 22.5 | 290 | 294 | 4 |
| 59 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 21.2 | 297 | 263 | -34 |
| 60 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 20.9 | 301 | 310 | 9 |
| 61 | Samuel Girard | COL | 20.9 | 302 | 300 | -2 |
| 62 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 19.9 | 310 | 321 | 11 |
| 63 | Torey Krug | STL | 19.5 | 315 | 450 | 135 |
| 64 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 19.4 | 319 | 325 | 6 |
| 65 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 19.2 | 321 | 292 | -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 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | FLA | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Tyson Barrie | NSH | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Alexander Romanov | NYI | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Cam York | PHI | |
| Jacob Trouba | NYR | Emil Andrae | PHI | |
| Erik Gustafsson | NYR | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | |
| Erik Brannstrom | OTT | John Klingberg | TOR | |
| Ty Smith | PIT | Nicolas Hague | VGK | |
| Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 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
| Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | Jackson Lacombe | ANA | |
| Henri Jokiharju | BUF | Michael Kesselring | ARI | |
| Oliver Kylington | CGY | Dmitri Simashev | ARI | |
| Jake Walman | DET | Scott Morrow | CAR | |
| Mikey Anderson | LAK | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | Alex Vlasic | CHI | |
| Justin Barron | MON | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| John Marino | NJD | Philip Broberg | EDM | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Carson Lambos | MIN | |
| Zac Jones | NYR | David Reinbacher | MON | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | Braden Schneider | NYR | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | Marcus Pettersson | PIT | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Colton Parayko | STL | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Ville Heinola | WPG |
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