Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – November 2024
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2024-11-07
Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – November edition!
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As always, players with a rating within +/-5.0 of each other should be considered equal value.
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Nov | Oct | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 192.3 | 15 | 18 | 3 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 164.5 | 20 | 19 | -1 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 152.0 | 25 | 22 | -3 |
| 4 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 131.1 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| 5 | Adam Fox | NYR | 130.4 | 37 | 39 | 2 |
| 6 | Roman Josi | NSH | 117.9 | 49 | 43 | -6 |
| 7 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 116.1 | 53 | 52 | -1 |
| 8 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 113.2 | 61 | 53 | -8 |
| 9 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 102.1 | 70 | 69 | -1 |
| 10 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 102.0 | 71 | 61 | -10 |
| 11 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 101.2 | 73 | 73 | 0 |
| 12 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 87.2 | 98 | 87 | -11 |
| 13 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 86.0 | 101 | 103 | 2 |
| 14 | Mikhail Sergachev | UTA | 85.0 | 104 | 98 | -6 |
| 15 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 82.2 | 109 | 100 | -9 |
| 16 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 78.3 | 117 | 113 | -4 |
| 17 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 75.0 | 119 | 102 | -17 |
| 18 | Moritz Seider | DET | 72.9 | 125 | 129 | 4 |
| 19 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 65.1 | 143 | 143 | 0 |
| 20 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 63.3 | 145 | 156 | 11 |
| 21 | John Carlson | WAS | 62.8 | 146 | 165 | 19 |
| 22 | Brandon Montour | SEA | 60.9 | 150 | 153 | 3 |
| 23 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 59.6 | 154 | 146 | -8 |
| 24 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 59.4 | 155 | 184 | 29 |
| 25 | Devon Toews | COL | 59.0 | 156 | 133 | -23 |
| 26 | Jakob Chychrun | WAS | 52.8 | 168 | 174 | 6 |
| 27 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 51.5 | 173 | 183 | 10 |
| 28 | Noah Hanifin | VGK | 51.4 | 175 | 163 | -12 |
| 29 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 51.4 | 176 | 138 | -38 |
| 30 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 51.1 | 177 | 187 | 10 |
| 31 | Bowen Byram | BUF | 49.2 | 184 | 180 | -4 |
| 32 | Lane Hutson | MON | 45.8 | 197 | 193 | -4 |
| 33 | Seth Jones | CHI | 45.4 | 198 | 213 | 15 |
| 34 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 45.2 | 200 | 198 | -2 |
| 35 | Mike Matheson | MON | 45.2 | 201 | 199 | -2 |
| 36 | Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 44.4 | 205 | 205 | 0 |
| 37 | Brock Faber | MIN | 43.6 | 207 | 203 | -4 |
| 38 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 41.0 | 219 | 228 | 9 |
| 39 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 40.9 | 220 | 215 | -5 |
| 40 | Owen Power | BUF | 39.4 | 221 | 223 | 2 |
| 41 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 37.6 | 228 | 220 | -8 |
| 42 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | 35.7 | 233 | 226 | -7 |
| 43 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | 35.2 | 235 | 232 | -3 |
| 44 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 34.4 | 240 | 236 | -4 |
| 45 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 34.3 | 241 | 238 | -3 |
| 46 | Kris Letang | PIT | 33.2 | 242 | 230 | -12 |
| 47 | David Jiricek | CBJ | 31.6 | 247 | 245 | -2 |
| 48 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 31.4 | 248 | 246 | -2 |
| 49 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 30.5 | 255 | 261 | 6 |
| 50 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 30.2 | 258 | 254 | -4 |
| 51 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 30.0 | 261 | 364 | 103 |
| 52 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 29.3 | 265 | 259 | -6 |
| 53 | Justin Faulk | STL | 29.1 | 268 | 252 | -16 |
| 54 | K’Andre Miller | NYR | 28.7 | 269 | 263 | -6 |
| 55 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 27.7 | 274 | 272 | -2 |
| 56 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 27.1 | 275 | 276 | 1 |
| 57 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 26.5 | 279 | 278 | -1 |
| 58 | Sean Durzi | UTA | 26.5 | 280 | 262 | -18 |
| 59 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 26.1 | 281 | 288 | 7 |
| 60 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 25.7 | 285 | 284 | -1 |
| 61 | Mattias Ekholm | EDM | 25.1 | 291 | 317 | 26 |
| 62 | Brady Skjei | NSH | 24.2 | 297 | 296 | -1 |
| 63 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 23.5 | 302 | 300 | -2 |
| 64 | Samuel Girard | COL | 22.7 | 310 | 336 | 26 |
| 65 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 22.5 | 314 | 308 | -6 |
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 | Kaiden Guhle | MON | |
| Damon Severson | CBJ | Logan Mailloux | MON | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Jacob Trouba | NYR | |
| Zeev Buium | MIN | Emil Andrae | PHI | |
| Seamus Casey | NJD | Timothy Liljegren | SJS | |
| Cam York | PHI | J.J. Moser | TBL | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | Darren Raddysh | TBL | |
| Jake Walman | SJS | Erik Brannstrom | VAN | |
| Philip Broberg | STL | Lukas Cormier | VGK | |
| Rasmus Sandin | WAS |
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 | |
| Alex Vlasic | CHI | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | |
| Mikey Anderson | LAK | Jake Bean | CGY | |
| Justin Barron | MON | Tyson Barrie | CGY | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| Alexander Romanov | NYI | Adam Boqvist | FLA | |
| Braden Schneider | NYR | Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | David Reinbacher | MON | |
| Colton Parayko | STL | Tanner Molendyk | NSH | |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | STL | Zac Jones | NYR | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | Topi Niemela | TOR | |
| Juuso Valimaki | UTA | Michael Kesselring | UTA | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Dmitri Simashev | UTA |
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