Top 100 Fantasy Hockey Defensemen – March 2019
Dobber
2019-03-08
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – March edition!
As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point are a matter of team needs or personal bias. This list was curated from the overall Top 300 skaters list (you can find that here).
| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | March | Feb | Change |
| 1 | Brent Burns | SJS | 132.7 | 29 | 31 | 2 |
| 2 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 127.4 | 34 | 38 | 4 |
| 3 | John Carlson | WAS | 107.9 | 48 | 43 | -5 |
| 4 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 102.9 | 56 | 30 | -26 |
| 5 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 87.6 | 75 | 61 | -14 |
| 6 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 86.5 | 77 | 76 | -1 |
| 7 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 83.4 | 80 | 90 | 10 |
| 8 | Kris Letang | PIT | 79.1 | 85 | 85 | 0 |
| 9 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 78.8 | 87 | 81 | -6 |
| 10 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 76.6 | 89 | 92 | 3 |
| 11 | Torey Krug | BOS | 73.9 | 92 | 97 | 5 |
| 12 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 73.8 | 93 | 101 | 8 |
| 13 | Roman Josi | NSH | 73.5 | 96 | 104 | 8 |
| 14 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 72.0 | 99 | 129 | 30 |
| 15 | John Klingberg | DAL | 64.6 | 112 | 100 | -12 |
| 16 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 59.2 | 118 | 123 | 5 |
| 17 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 59.1 | 119 | 163 | 44 |
| 18 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 57.9 | 123 | 122 | -1 |
| 19 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 54.9 | 128 | 127 | -1 |
| 20 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 53.4 | 133 | 128 | -5 |
| 21 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 52.6 | 135 | 108 | -27 |
| 22 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 46.8 | 143 | 151 | 8 |
| 23 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 46.2 | 145 | 145 | 0 |
| 24 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 46.1 | 146 | 137 | -9 |
| 25 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 43.5 | 149 | 136 | -13 |
| 26 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 41.9 | 153 | 165 | 12 |
| 27 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 41.6 | 154 | 154 | 0 |
| 28 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 38.9 | 167 | 166 | -1 |
| 29 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 37.4 | 173 | 169 | -4 |
| 30 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 36.8 | 176 | 196 | 20 |
| 31 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 36.4 | 177 | 168 | -9 |
| 32 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 35.7 | 178 | 175 | -3 |
| 33 | Jeff Petry | MON | 33.7 | 182 | 193 | 11 |
| 34 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 31.0 | 194 | 221 | 27 |
| 35 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 29.1 | 202 | 205 | 3 |
| 36 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 28.6 | 207 | 208 | 1 |
| 37 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 27.8 | 210 | 183 | -27 |
| 38 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 27.3 | 212 | 217 | 5 |
| 39 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 26.4 | 215 | 222 | 7 |
| 40 | Brandon Montour | BUF | 25.6 | 220 | 204 | -16 |
| 41 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 24.4 | 228 | 231 | 3 |
| 42 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 23.1 | 234 | 255 | 21 |
| 43 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 22.1 | 239 | 223 | -16 |
| 44 | Damon Severson | NJD | 21.5 | 246 | 246 | 0 |
| 45 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 20.7 | 252 | 251 | -1 |
| 46 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 20.6 | 254 | 350 | 96 |
| 47 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 19.2 | 266 | 270 | 4 |
| 48 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 18.7 | 271 | 275 | 4 |
| 49 | Shea Weber | MON | 18.7 | 272 | 290 | 18 |
| 50 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 18.6 | 275 | 303 | 28 |
| 51 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 18.5 | 276 | 325 | 49 |
| 52 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 18.1 | 280 | 432 | 152 |
| 53 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 17.7 | 286 | 288 | 2 |
| 54 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 17.0 | 292 | 269 | -23 |
| 55 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 16.9 | 294 | 295 | 1 |
| 56 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 15.9 | 308 | 284 | -24 |
| 57 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 15.5 | 318 | 316 | -2 |
| 58 | Colin Miller | VGK | 14.9 | 324 | 278 | -46 |
| 59 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 14.5 | 333 | 333 | 0 |
| 60 | Samuel Girard | COL | 14.5 | 334 | 334 | 0 |
| 61 | Ryan Murray | CBJ | 13.3 | 349 | 370 | 21 |
| 62 | Vince Dunn | STL | 12.5 | 358 | 343 | -15 |
| 63 | Colton Parayko | STL | 12.3 | 361 | 361 | 0 |
| 64 | Will Butcher | NJD | 11.8 | 367 | 338 | -29 |
| 65 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 11.6 | 370 | 452 | 82 |
| 66 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 11.4 | 371 | 372 | 1 |
| 67 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 11.1 | 382 | 381 | -1 |
| 68 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | 10.9 | 386 | 367 | -19 |
| 69 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 10.9 | 387 | 384 | -3 |
| 70 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 10.7 | 389 | 359 | -30 |
| 71 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 10.6 | 391 | 387 | -4 |
| 72 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 10.1 | 395 | 392 | -3 |
| 73 | Cale Makar | COL | 10.1 | 396 | 393 | -3 |
| 74 | Neal Pionk | NYR | 9.6 | 401 | 314 | -87 |
| 75 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 9.2 | 406 | 404 | -2 |
| 76 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 8.9 | 411 | 411 | 0 |
| 77 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 8.5 | 414 | 373 | -41 |
| 78 | Filip Hronek | DET | 8.4 | 415 | 399 | -16 |
| 79 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 8.4 | 416 | 400 | -16 |
| 80 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 8.4 | 417 | 418 | 1 |
| 81 | Kale Clague | LAK | 8.2 | 420 | 421 | 1 |
| 82 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 8.2 | 421 | 396 | -25 |
| 83 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.2 | 422 | 422 | 0 |
| 84 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 8.0 | 428 | 409 | -19 |
| 85 | Mike Green | DET | 8.0 | 429 | 427 | -2 |
| 86 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 7.3 | 439 | 434 | -5 |
| 87 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 7.2 | 442 | 437 | -5 |
| 88 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 7.2 | 443 | 438 | -5 |
| 89 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 7.2 | 444 | 328 | -116 |
| 90 | Victor Mete | MON | 7.1 | 447 | 467 | 20 |
| 91 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 7.1 | 448 | 441 | -7 |
| 92 | Lawrence Pilut | BUF | 6.9 | 450 | 443 | -7 |
| 93 | Jordan Oesterle | ARI | 6.9 | 453 | 440 | -13 |
| 94 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 6.2 | 465 | 455 | -10 |
| 95 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 5.9 | 471 | 417 | -54 |
| 96 | Caleb Jones | EDM | 5.8 | 473 | 460 | -13 |
| 97 | Ethan Bear | EDM | 5.7 | 476 | 464 | -12 |
| 98 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 5.4 | 480 | 405 | -75 |
| 99 | Adam Fox | CAR | 5.2 | 485 | 478 | -7 |
| 100 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 4.7 | 493 | 414 | -79 |
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