Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – March edition!
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As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs and/or personal bias.
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | March | Feb | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 189.4 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 155.1 | 23 | 13 | -10 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 127.2 | 37 | 32 | -5 |
| 4 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 123.8 | 39 | 41 | 2 |
| 5 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 118.9 | 43 | 54 | 11 |
| 6 | Adam Fox | NYR | 115.0 | 46 | 45 | -1 |
| 7 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 110.6 | 54 | 48 | -6 |
| 8 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 92.9 | 72 | 70 | -2 |
| 9 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 92.9 | 73 | 69 | -4 |
| 10 | Lane Hutson | MON | 88.6 | 81 | 101 | 20 |
| 11 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 85.3 | 90 | 89 | -1 |
| 12 | Mikhail Sergachev | UTA | 79.6 | 95 | 99 | 4 |
| 13 | Moritz Seider | DET | 74.7 | 106 | 108 | 2 |
| 14 | Jakob Chychrun | WAS | 71.4 | 112 | 111 | -1 |
| 15 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 71.3 | 114 | 84 | -30 |
| 16 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 68.3 | 118 | 115 | -3 |
| 17 | Roman Josi | NSH | 67.7 | 121 | 81 | -40 |
| 18 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 67.3 | 123 | 127 | 4 |
| 19 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 65.5 | 127 | 116 | -11 |
| 20 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 60.8 | 140 | 141 | 1 |
| 21 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 58.6 | 144 | 166 | 22 |
| 22 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 56.1 | 148 | 159 | 11 |
| 23 | Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 55.6 | 151 | 151 | 0 |
| 24 | John Carlson | WAS | 54.2 | 153 | 153 | 0 |
| 25 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 51.5 | 158 | 160 | 2 |
| 26 | Devon Toews | COL | 49.2 | 163 | 167 | 4 |
| 27 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 46.8 | 172 | 222 | 50 |
| 28 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 46.1 | 174 | 143 | -31 |
| 29 | Brandon Montour | SEA | 45.3 | 176 | 176 | 0 |
| 30 | Bowen Byram | BUF | 43.5 | 180 | 168 | -12 |
| 31 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 42.4 | 185 | 195 | 10 |
| 32 | Seth Jones | CHI | 39.8 | 193 | 197 | 4 |
| 33 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 39.0 | 196 | 173 | -23 |
| 34 | Owen Power | BUF | 38.0 | 199 | 200 | 1 |
| 35 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 37.6 | 202 | 206 | 4 |
| 36 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 37.1 | 206 | 202 | -4 |
| 37 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | 35.2 | 209 | 214 | 5 |
| 38 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 34.2 | 212 | 199 | -13 |
| 39 | Jake Walman | EDM | 33.4 | 213 | 218 | 5 |
| 40 | Jackson Lacombe | ANA | 33.4 | 214 | 306 | 92 |
| 41 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | 32.7 | 218 | 226 | 8 |
| 42 | David Jiricek | MIN | 31.6 | 224 | 230 | 6 |
| 43 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 30.2 | 230 | 238 | 8 |
| 44 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 28.5 | 237 | 257 | 20 |
| 45 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 28.0 | 244 | 223 | -21 |
| 46 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 27.7 | 246 | 249 | 3 |
| 47 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 27.3 | 248 | 286 | 38 |
| 48 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 26.7 | 252 | 252 | 0 |
| 49 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 25.7 | 257 | 258 | 1 |
| 50 | Cam Fowler | STL | 24.2 | 263 | 269 | 6 |
| 51 | Mike Matheson | MON | 22.4 | 277 | 261 | -16 |
| 52 | Zeev Buium | MIN | 22.4 | 278 | 283 | 5 |
| 53 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 20.9 | 289 | 293 | 4 |
| 54 | Noah Hanifin | VGK | 19.3 | 302 | 253 | -49 |
| 55 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 19.2 | 304 | 311 | 7 |
| 56 | Samuel Girard | COL | 18.7 | 308 | 298 | -10 |
| 57 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 18.5 | 310 | 217 | -93 |
| 58 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 18.4 | 311 | 270 | -41 |
| 59 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 18.2 | 314 | 368 | 54 |
| 60 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 17.9 | 316 | 273 | -43 |
| 61 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 17.5 | 321 | 328 | 7 |
| 62 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 17.1 | 325 | 280 | -45 |
| 63 | Brock Faber | MIN | 16.8 | 327 | 334 | 7 |
| 64 | Sean Durzi | UTA | 16.7 | 331 | 337 | 6 |
| 65 | Mason Lohrei | BOS | 16.2 | 347 | 412 | 65 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Damon Severson | CBJ | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | |
| Simon Edvinsson | DET | Scott Morrow | CAR | |
| Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | Brady Skjei | NSH | |
| Mattias Ekholm | EDM | Justin Barron | NSH | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Alexander Romanov | NYI | |
| Logan Mailloux | MON | Zac Jones | NYR | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | |
| Seamus Casey | NJD | Emil Andrae | PHI | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Ryker Evans | SEA | |
| Braden Schneider | NYR | Henry Thrun | SJS | |
| Cam York | PHI | Darren Raddysh | TBL | |
| Matt Grzelcyk | PIT | Lukas Cormier | VGK | |
| Philip Broberg | STL |
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
| Dante Fabbro | CBJ | Tristan Luneau | ANA | |
| Nils Lundkvist | DAL | Hampus Lindholm | BOS | |
| Alexandre Carrier | MON | Dmitry Orlov | CAR | |
| Tanner Molendyk | NSH | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | |
| Scott Perunovich | NYI | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | |
| Timothy Liljegren | SJS | Alex Vlasic | CHI | |
| Luca Cagnoni | SJS | Erik Gustafsson | DET | |
| Colton Parayko | STL | Mikey Anderson | LAK | |
| Justin Faulk | STL | Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | |
| J.J. Moser | TBL | David Reinbacher | MON | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Anton Silayev | NJD | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | Tony DeAngelo | NYI | |
| Topi Niemela | TOR | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Michael Kesselring | UTA | Owen Pickering | PIT | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Dmitri Simashev | UTA |
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