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

But first, the 19th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide was released just a couple of days ago. That’s right, I’ve earned your trust for 19 years. You can order your digital copy here for immediate download, or for another $5 you can get the Fantasy Prospects Report along with it (Value $14.99) here.

As always, players within +/-5.0 rating of each other should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of team needs (immediate help vs wait time, rebuilding vs. going for it, etc.) or personal preference.

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Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Sep	Aug	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	178.0	18	18	0
2	Quinn Hughes	VAN	168.7	19	19	0
3	Evan Bouchard	EDM	160.5	22	22	0
4	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	135.3	36	36	0
5	Adam Fox	NYR	132.7	39	39	0
6	Roman Josi	NSH	123.4	44	44	0
7	Josh Morrissey	WPG	116.1	52	53	1
8	Noah Dobson	NYI	116.0	53	54	1
9	Erik Karlsson	PIT	111.2	59	60	1
10	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	103.4	69	70	1
11	Victor Hedman	TBL	101.2	72	73	1
12	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	92.6	84	85	1
13	Mikhail Sergachev	UTA	85.0	98	99	1
14	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	83.5	100	101	1
15	Morgan Rielly	TOR	83.1	101	102	1
16	Shea Theodore	VGK	79.3	108	109	1
17	Zach Werenski	CBJ	78.3	113	114	1
18	Moritz Seider	DET	72.9	127	129	2
19	Devon Toews	COL	70.5	132	134	2
20	Vince Dunn	SEA	68.3	136	138	2
21	Luke Hughes	NJD	65.1	142	144	2
22	Filip Hronek	VAN	63.5	146	148	2
23	Drew Doughty	LAK	58.7	154	156	2
24	Brandon Montour	SEA	58.3	156	158	2
25	Jake Sanderson	OTT	57.7	158	160	2
26	Noah Hanifin	VGK	55.4	164	167	3
27	John Carlson	WAS	54.7	167	164	-3
28	Jakob Chychrun	WAS	52.8	176	178	2
29	Bowen Byram	BUF	49.2	181	184	3
30	Thomas Chabot	OTT	49.0	185	188	3
31	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	45.2	195	198	3
32	Mike Matheson	MON	45.2	196	199	3
33	Rasmus Andersson	CGY	44.5	200	202	2
34	Brock Faber	MIN	43.6	203	205	2
35	Shayne Gostisbehere	CAR	43.1	205	207	2
36	Brandt Clarke	LAK	42.6	206	208	2
37	Aaron Ekblad	FLA	42.2	212	214	2
38	Seth Jones	CHI	38.9	217	219	2
39	Simon Nemec	NJD	37.6	220	222	2
40	Owen Power	BUF	36.9	223	225	2
41	Artyom Levshunov	CHI	36.1	226	228	2
42	Alex Pietrangelo	VGK	35.8	228	230	2
43	Kris Letang	PIT	35.4	232	234	2
44	Zayne Parekh	CGY	35.2	233	235	2
45	Thomas Harley	DAL	34.3	239	241	2
46	Sean Durzi	UTA	34.1	240	242	2
47	David Jiricek	CBJ	31.6	249	251	2
48	Kevin Korchinski	CHI	31.4	250	252	2
49	Jamie Drysdale	PHI	30.2	258	260	2
50	Olen Zellweger	ANA	29.3	263	265	2
51	Gustav Forsling	FLA	29.2	264	266	2
52	Darnell Nurse	EDM	28.8	265	267	2
53	K’Andre Miller	NYR	28.7	266	268	2
54	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	27.7	272	281	9
55	Justin Faulk	STL	27.4	274	277	3
56	Lane Hutson	MON	26.8	277	279	2
57	Mackenzie Weegar	CGY	26.5	279	282	3
58	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	25.7	284	288	4
59	Scott Perunovich	STL	25.4	287	292	5
60	Brady Skjei	NSH	24.2	296	301	5
61	Cam Fowler	ANA	23.5	300	305	5
62	Travis Sanheim	PHI	22.5	307	312	5
63	Zeev Buium	MIN	22.4	308	488	180
64	Darren Raddysh	TBL	22.4	309	315	6
65	Mattias Ekholm	EDM	21.2	318	323	5

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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Hampus Lindholm	BOS	Scott Morrow	CAR
Brent Burns	CAR	Oliver Kylington	COL
Jaccob Slavin	CAR	Nils Lundkvist	DAL
Ivan Provorov	CBJ	Simon Edvinsson	DET
Damon Severson	CBJ	Logan Mailloux	MON
Samuel Girard	COL	Dante Fabbro	NSH
Erik Brannstrom	COL	Alexander Romanov	NYI
Jordan Spence	LAK	Jacob Trouba	NYR
Kaiden Guhle	MON	Emil Andrae	PHI
Cam York	PHI	Timothy Liljegren	TOR
J.J. Moser	TBL	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	TOR
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

Henri Jokiharju	BUF	Jackson Lacombe	ANA
Ty Smith	CAR	Mason Lohrei	BOS
Mikey Anderson	LAK	Corson Ceulemans	CBJ
Justin Barron	MON	Hunter Brzustewicz	CGY
Tanner Molendyk	NSH	Jake Bean	CGY
Braden Schneider	NYR	Alex Vlasic	CHI
Ryker Evans	SEA	Axel Sandin Pellikka	DET
Henry Thrun	SJS	Erik Gustafsson	DET
Pierre-Olivier Joseph	STL	Vladislav Gavrikov	LAK
Philip Broberg	STL	David Reinbacher	MON
Nick Perbix	TBL	Egor Zamula	PHI
Topi Niemela	TOR	Jake Walman	SJS
Juuso Valimaki	UTA	Calen Addison	UFA
Nicolas Hague	VGK	Dmitri Simashev	UTA
Dylan Coghlan	WPG	Michael Kesselring	UTA

UPCOMING GAMES

Mar 20 - 19:03	CBJ	vs	FLA
Mar 20 - 19:03	OTT	vs	COL
Mar 20 - 19:03	WSH	vs	PHI
Mar 20 - 19:03	NYR	vs	TOR
Mar 20 - 19:03	N.J	vs	CGY
Mar 20 - 19:03	NYI	vs	MTL
Mar 20 - 19:03	STL	vs	VAN
Mar 20 - 20:03	NSH	vs	ANA
Mar 20 - 20:03	DAL	vs	T.B
Mar 20 - 20:03	CHI	vs	L.A
Mar 20 - 21:03	UTA	vs	BUF
Mar 20 - 21:03	EDM	vs	WPG
Mar 20 - 22:03	VGK	vs	BOS
Mar 20 - 22:03	S.J	vs	CAR

Starting Goalies

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	BRANDON CARLO	TOR
	LANE HUTSON	MTL
	LEO CARLSSON	ANA
	ARTYOM LEVSHUNOV	CHI
	RYAN HARTMAN	MIN

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	JAKE OETTINGER	DAL
	PHILIPP GRUBAUER	SEA
	JOSEPH WOLL	TOR
	MACKENZIE BLACKWOOD	COL
	KAREL VEJMELKA	UTA

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	OTT Players
	28.7	BRADY TKACHUK TIM STUTZLE CLAUDE GIROUX
	27.2	SHANE PINTO RIDLY GREIG MICHAEL AMADIO
	19.4	DAVID PERRON DYLAN COZENS DRAKE BATHERSON

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