Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – August, 2021
Dobber
2021-08-03
Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – August edition!
The free agents have signed and the 2021 draftees are in. Adjustments have been made, but these are all via eyeballing it. As I put together the Fantasy Guide, I go over each and every player with a fine-tooth comb. An “audit”, if you will. So the September rankings will be the most accurate of the year (as with every year).
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As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of team need or personal bias. Click any name to be taken to his customized fantasy hockey player profile.
| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Aug | Jul | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 114.8 | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| 2 | Adam Fox | NYR | 114.1 | 35 | 41 | -6 |
| 3 | John Carlson | WAS | 110.9 | 39 | 37 | 2 |
| 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 107.3 | 45 | 43 | 2 |
| 5 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 97.8 | 52 | 59 | -7 |
| 6 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 96.1 | 59 | 65 | -6 |
| 7 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 95.4 | 61 | 63 | -2 |
| 8 | Roman Josi | NSH | 94.3 | 67 | 62 | 5 |
| 9 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 90.3 | 74 | 70 | 4 |
| 10 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 89.7 | 76 | 79 | -3 |
| 11 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 78.6 | 92 | 92 | 0 |
| 12 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 74.8 | 99 | 101 | -2 |
| 13 | Torey Krug | STL | 67.8 | 114 | 114 | 0 |
| 14 | John Klingberg | DAL | 66.7 | 116 | 117 | -1 |
| 15 | Seth Jones | CHI | 65.3 | 120 | 130 | -10 |
| 16 | Kris Letang | PIT | 64.8 | 121 | 107 | 14 |
| 17 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 63.2 | 124 | 125 | -1 |
| 18 | Samuel Girard | COL | 59.2 | 134 | 134 | 0 |
| 19 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 58.9 | 135 | 135 | 0 |
| 20 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 57.4 | 141 | 141 | 0 |
| 21 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 54.7 | 149 | 150 | -1 |
| 22 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 53.4 | 155 | 153 | 2 |
| 23 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 49.0 | 170 | 170 | 0 |
| 24 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 48.3 | 172 | 168 | 4 |
| 25 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 46.4 | 178 | 177 | 1 |
| 26 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 45.9 | 180 | 182 | -2 |
| 27 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 45.2 | 182 | 204 | -22 |
| 28 | Filip Hronek | DET | 42.9 | 187 | 188 | -1 |
| 29 | Ty Smith | NJD | 41.0 | 192 | 199 | -7 |
| 30 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 40.2 | 194 | 195 | -1 |
| 31 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 40.1 | 196 | 197 | -1 |
| 32 | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | 36.5 | 212 | 229 | -17 |
| 33 | Brent Burns | SJS | 35.8 | 217 | 196 | 21 |
| 34 | Tony DeAngelo | CAR | 34.7 | 221 | 255 | -34 |
| 35 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 34.0 | 224 | 220 | 4 |
| 36 | Jeff Petry | MON | 33.2 | 227 | 218 | 9 |
| 37 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | VAN | 33.1 | 229 | 230 | -1 |
| 38 | Ryan Ellis | PHI | 32.5 | 234 | 228 | 6 |
| 39 | Devon Toews | COL | 31.5 | 237 | 235 | 2 |
| 40 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | 28.3 | 251 | 262 | -11 |
| 41 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 26.8 | 260 | 256 | 4 |
| 42 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 25.9 | 268 | 264 | 4 |
| 43 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 23.9 | 283 | 276 | 7 |
| 44 | Mackenzie Weegar | FLA | 23.8 | 285 | 272 | 13 |
| 45 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 23.4 | 290 | 295 | -5 |
| 46 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 22.7 | 298 | 285 | 13 |
| 47 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 22.6 | 300 | 290 | 10 |
| 48 | Damon Severson | NJD | 20.5 | 311 | 304 | 7 |
| 49 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 20.2 | 314 | 293 | 21 |
| 50 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 19.7 | 322 | 312 | 10 |
| 51 | Keith Yandle | PHI | 18.5 | 341 | 291 | 50 |
| 52 | Shayne Gostisbehere | ARI | 18.4 | 344 | 313 | 31 |
| 53 | Rasmus Ristolainen | PHI | 18.3 | 346 | 308 | 38 |
| 54 | Bowen Byram | COL | 17.9 | 353 | 357 | -4 |
| 55 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 17.9 | 356 | 343 | 13 |
| 56 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 17.9 | 357 | 356 | 1 |
| 57 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 17.7 | 360 | 420 | -60 |
| 58 | Ryan Merkley | SJS | 17.4 | 364 | 361 | 3 |
| 59 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 15.7 | 387 | 398 | -11 |
| 60 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 15.4 | 393 | 382 | 11 |
| 61 | Jake Bean | CBJ | 15.4 | 394 | 396 | -2 |
| 62 | Mike Matheson | PIT | 15.1 | 400 | 432 | -32 |
| 63 | Colton Parayko | STL | 14.5 | 408 | 423 | -15 |
| 64 | Justin Schultz | WAS | 14.3 | 413 | 387 | 26 |
| 65 | Alexander Romanov | MON | 14.2 | 415 | 417 | -2 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Nils Lundkvist | NYR | Noah Hanifin | CGY | |
| Conor Timmins | ARI | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | |
| Will Butcher | BUF | Mike Reilly | BOS | |
| Ethan Bear | CAR | Brett Pesce | CAR | |
| Juuso Valimaki | CGY | Wyatt Kalynuk | CHI | |
| Nick Leddy | DET | Esa Lindell | DAL | |
| Jared Spurgeon | MIN | David Farrance | NSH | |
| Jonas Brodin | MIN | Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | |
| P.K. Subban | NJD | Scott Perunovich | STL | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Travis Dermott | TOR | |
| Erik Brannstrom | OTT | Erik Gustafsson | UFA | |
| Jake Muzzin | TOR | Nicolas Hague | VGK | |
| Alec Martinez | VGK |
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
| Cam Fowler | ANA | Caleb Jones | CHI | |
| Josh Mahura | ANA | Jake Gardiner | CAR | |
| Hampus Lindholm | ANA | Jake McCabe | CHI | |
| Henri Jokiharju | BUF | Ryan Suter | DAL | |
| Kale Clague | LAK | Max Gildon | FLA | |
| Philippe Myers | NSH | Sean Walker | LAK | |
| Robin Salo | NYI | Luke Hughes | NJD | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | John Marino | PIT | |
| Cameron York | PHI | Justin Faulk | STL | |
| Marcus Pettersson | PIT | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | |
| Dennis Cholowski | SEA | Tyler Myers | VAN | |
| Mark Giordano | SEA | Jack Rathbone | VAN | |
| Ryan McDonagh | TBL | Dylan Coghlan | VGK | |
| Rasmus Sandin | TOR | Ville Heinola | WPG | |
| Nate Schmidt | WPG | Logan Stanley | WPG |
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