Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – May 2018
Dobber
2018-05-05
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – May edition.
April, May and June are my "fun months". These are when I stop including this season's immediate payback, and look ahead to next year and onward. But I do it without crunching the numbers. My Fantasy Guide is out on August 1 and so the numbers, free agency, depth charts all get factored into July and August rankings. Until then, I go through player by player and focus more on their 3YP, upside, and then ballpark next season's points. Fun, right?
These are for points-only leagues, I look no further than three years ahead, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal bias and/or team needs.
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | May | April |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 122.1 | 33 | 30 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 95.0 | 56 | 55 |
| 3 | John Klingberg | DAL | 91.5 | 61 | 64 |
| 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 90.3 | 62 | 60 |
| 5 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 90.1 | 63 | 67 |
| 6 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 89.2 | 64 | 61 |
| 7 | John Carlson | WAS | 87.5 | 68 | 82 |
| 8 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 67.1 | 108 | 109 |
| 9 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 67.0 | 109 | 107 |
| 10 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 64.6 | 111 | 111 |
| 11 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 64.4 | 112 | 112 |
| 12 | Roman Josi | NSH | 64.1 | 113 | 114 |
| 13 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 63.9 | 115 | 116 |
| 14 | Kris Letang | PIT | 60.3 | 125 | 136 |
| 15 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 59.6 | 128 | 132 |
| 16 | Torey Krug | BOS | 58.5 | 130 | 128 |
| 17 | Dougie Hamilton | CGY | 57.9 | 132 | 133 |
| 18 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 56.4 | 136 | 134 |
| 19 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 51.8 | 148 | 150 |
| 20 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 49.8 | 150 | 151 |
| 21 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 47.4 | 155 | 159 |
| 22 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 45.8 | 161 | 163 |
| 23 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 45.3 | 163 | 155 |
| 24 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 45.2 | 164 | 165 |
| 25 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 39.8 | 178 | 177 |
| 26 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 38.2 | 182 | 183 |
| 27 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 35.0 | 191 | 197 |
| 28 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 34.8 | 192 | 199 |
| 29 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 33.5 | 199 | 179 |
| 30 | Colin Miller | VGK | 30.7 | 208 | 207 |
| 31 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 30.3 | 210 | 209 |
| 32 | Will Butcher | NJD | 30.2 | 211 | 210 |
| 33 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 29.6 | 212 | 211 |
| 34 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 29.3 | 216 | 215 |
| 35 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 28.8 | 217 | 216 |
| 36 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 28.2 | 221 | 220 |
| 37 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 25.8 | 230 | 228 |
| 38 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 25.2 | 235 | 254 |
| 39 | Colton Parayko | STL | 24.7 | 242 | 240 |
| 40 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 24.3 | 246 | 244 |
| 41 | Shea Weber | MON | 24.1 | 247 | 245 |
| 42 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 23.7 | 251 | 249 |
| 43 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 23.6 | 252 | 256 |
| 44 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 23.2 | 255 | 267 |
| 45 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 22.2 | 259 | 261 |
| 46 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 21.5 | 262 | 259 |
| 47 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 21.0 | 264 | 263 |
| 48 | Noah Hanifin | CAR | 20.3 | 268 | 268 |
| 49 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 20.1 | 270 | 270 |
| 50 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 18.0 | 287 | 286 |
| 51 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 16.7 | 304 | 303 |
| 52 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 15.5 | 320 | 318 |
| 53 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 15.2 | 323 | 322 |
| 54 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 14.9 | 330 | 329 |
| 55 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 14.8 | 331 | 330 |
| 56 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 14.8 | 332 | 331 |
| 57 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 14.7 | 333 | 332 |
| 58 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 13.7 | 340 | 339 |
| 59 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 13.4 | 343 | 342 |
| 60 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 13.1 | 347 | 346 |
| 61 | Anthony DeAngelo | NYR | 13.1 | 348 | 347 |
| 62 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 12.9 | 349 | 348 |
| 63 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 12.9 | 350 | 349 |
| 64 | Samuel Girard | COL | 11.6 | 360 | 359 |
| 65 | Julius Honka | DAL | 10.5 | 369 | 368 |
| 66 | Mike Green | DET | 10.4 | 370 | 369 |
| 67 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 9.9 | 374 | 373 |
| 68 | Andrej Sekera | EDM | 9.6 | 377 | 375 |
| 69 | Joshua Morrissey | WPG | 9.5 | 378 | 376 |
| 70 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 9.4 | 379 | 377 |
| 71 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 9.2 | 381 | 379 |
| 72 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic | SJS | 9.1 | 382 | 380 |
| 73 | Madison Bowey | WAS | 8.9 | 386 | 384 |
| 74 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 8.7 | 388 | 386 |
| 75 | Jake Walman | STL | 8.1 | 391 | 389 |
| 76 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 7.7 | 398 | 396 |
| 77 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.7 | 399 | 398 |
| 78 | Damon Severson | NJD | 7.4 | 402 | 401 |
| 79 | Brayden McNabb | VGK | 7.3 | 406 | 404 |
| 80 | Connor Carrick | TOR | 7.2 | 407 | 405 |
| 81 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 7.2 | 408 | 406 |
| 82 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 6.9 | 410 | 408 |
| 83 | Mark Pysyk | FLA | 6.6 | 415 | 413 |
| 84 | Jeff Petry | MON | 6.6 | 416 | 414 |
| 85 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 6.3 | 420 | 418 |
| 86 | Josh Manson | ANA | 6.2 | 422 | 420 |
| 87 | Olli Maatta | PIT | 6.2 | 423 | 477 |
| 88 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 6.1 | 424 | 421 |
| 89 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 5.9 | 428 | 425 |
| 90 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 5.9 | 429 | 426 |
| 91 | Victor Mete | MON | 5.9 | 432 | 429 |
| 92 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 5.7 | 437 | 434 |
| 93 | Vince Dunn | STL | 5.5 | 441 | 438 |
| 94 | Cale Makar | COL | 4.5 | 459 | 457 |
| 95 | Gustav Forsling | CHI | 4.5 | 461 | 459 |
| 96 | Adam Fox | CGY | 3.9 | 483 | NR |
| 97 | Kale Clague | LAK | 3.9 | 484 | NR |
| 98 | Brendan Guhle | BUF | 3.9 | 486 | 483 |
| 99 | Noah Juulsen | MON | 3.7 | 488 | 485 |
| 100 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 3.3 | 499 | 496 |
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