Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – October 2024
Dobber
2024-10-17
Here are the top 50 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – October edition!
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Oct | Sep | 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 | 43 | 44 | 1 |
| 7 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 116.1 | 52 | 52 | 0 |
| 8 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 116.0 | 53 | 53 | 0 |
| 9 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 111.2 | 61 | 59 | -2 |
| 10 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 103.4 | 69 | 69 | 0 |
| 11 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 101.2 | 73 | 72 | -1 |
| 12 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 92.6 | 87 | 84 | -3 |
| 13 | Mikhail Sergachev | UTA | 85.0 | 98 | 98 | 0 |
| 14 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 83.5 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| 15 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 83.1 | 102 | 101 | -1 |
| 16 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 82.0 | 103 | 108 | 5 |
| 17 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 78.3 | 113 | 113 | 0 |
| 18 | Moritz Seider | DET | 72.9 | 129 | 127 | -2 |
| 19 | Devon Toews | COL | 70.5 | 133 | 132 | -1 |
| 20 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 68.3 | 138 | 136 | -2 |
| 21 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 65.1 | 143 | 142 | -1 |
| 22 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 63.5 | 146 | 146 | 0 |
| 23 | Brandon Montour | SEA | 58.3 | 153 | 156 | 3 |
| 24 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 57.7 | 156 | 158 | 2 |
| 25 | Noah Hanifin | VGK | 55.4 | 163 | 164 | 1 |
| 26 | John Carlson | WAS | 54.7 | 165 | 167 | 2 |
| 27 | Jakob Chychrun | WAS | 52.8 | 174 | 176 | 2 |
| 28 | Bowen Byram | BUF | 49.2 | 180 | 181 | 1 |
| 29 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 49.0 | 183 | 185 | 2 |
| 30 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 49.0 | 184 | 206 | 22 |
| 31 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 48.5 | 187 | 200 | 13 |
| 32 | Lane Hutson | MON | 45.8 | 193 | 277 | 84 |
| 33 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 45.2 | 198 | 195 | -3 |
| 34 | Mike Matheson | MON | 45.2 | 199 | 196 | -3 |
| 35 | Brock Faber | MIN | 43.6 | 203 | 203 | 0 |
| 36 | Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 43.1 | 205 | 205 | 0 |
| 37 | Seth Jones | CHI | 41.5 | 213 | 217 | 4 |
| 38 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 40.9 | 215 | 212 | -3 |
| 39 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 37.6 | 220 | 220 | 0 |
| 40 | Owen Power | BUF | 36.9 | 223 | 223 | 0 |
| 41 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | 36.1 | 226 | 226 | 0 |
| 42 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 35.8 | 228 | 228 | 0 |
| 43 | Kris Letang | PIT | 35.4 | 230 | 232 | 2 |
| 44 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | 35.2 | 232 | 233 | 1 |
| 45 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 34.4 | 236 | 154 | -82 |
| 46 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 34.3 | 238 | 239 | 1 |
| 47 | David Jiricek | CBJ | 31.6 | 245 | 249 | 4 |
| 48 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 31.4 | 246 | 250 | 4 |
| 49 | Justin Faulk | STL | 30.4 | 252 | 274 | 22 |
| 50 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 30.2 | 254 | 258 | 4 |
| 51 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 29.3 | 259 | 263 | 4 |
| 52 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 29.2 | 261 | 264 | 3 |
| 53 | Sean Durzi | UTA | 29.0 | 262 | 240 | -22 |
| 54 | K’Andre Miller | NYR | 28.7 | 263 | 266 | 3 |
| 55 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 27.7 | 272 | 272 | 0 |
| 56 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 27.1 | 276 | 265 | -11 |
| 57 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 26.5 | 278 | 279 | 1 |
| 58 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 25.7 | 284 | 284 | 0 |
| 59 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 25.4 | 288 | 287 | -1 |
| 60 | Brady Skjei | NSH | 24.2 | 296 | 296 | 0 |
| 61 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 23.5 | 300 | 300 | 0 |
| 62 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 22.5 | 308 | 307 | -1 |
| 63 | Zeev Buium | MIN | 22.4 | 309 | 308 | -1 |
| 64 | Darren Raddysh | TBL | 22.4 | 310 | 309 | -1 |
| 65 | Mattias Ekholm | EDM | 21.2 | 317 | 318 | 1 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Hampus Lindholm | BOS | Oliver Kylington | COL | |
| Brent Burns | CAR | Nils Lundkvist | DAL | |
| Jaccob Slavin | CAR | Simon Edvinsson | DET | |
| Ivan Provorov | CBJ | Logan Mailloux | MON | |
| Damon Severson | CBJ | Alexander Romanov | NYI | |
| Samuel Girard | COL | Jacob Trouba | NYR | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Emil Andrae | PHI | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Ryker Evans | SEA | |
| Seamus Casey | NJD | Philip Broberg | STL | |
| Cam York | PHI | J.J. Moser | TBL | |
| Erik Brannstrom | VAN | Timothy Liljegren | 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 | |
| Scott Morrow | CAR | Mason Lohrei | BOS | |
| Mikey Anderson | LAK | Ian Mitchell | BOS | |
| Justin Barron | MON | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | |
| Alexandre Carrier | NSH | Jake Bean | CGY | |
| Tanner Molendyk | NSH | Alex Vlasic | CHI | |
| Braden Schneider | NYR | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Erik Gustafsson | DET | |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | STL | Adam Boqvist | FLA | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | Zac Jones | NYR | |
| Topi Niemela | TOR | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Juuso Valimaki | UTA | Jake Walman | SJS | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Dmitri Simashev | UTA |
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