Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – Sept 2022
Dobber
2022-09-06
Here are the Top 120 rearguards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – September edition!
First, if you haven’t done so already, pick up the 17th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide here! Fully updated, includes the draft list spreadsheet.
Players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal bias.
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Sep | Aug | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 166.0 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Roman Josi | NSH | 133.7 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| 3 | Adam Fox | NYR | 130.1 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| 4 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 114.6 | 46 | 46 | 0 |
| 5 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 107.4 | 54 | 54 | 0 |
| 6 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 106.1 | 56 | 56 | 0 |
| 7 | John Carlson | WAS | 102.9 | 62 | 62 | 0 |
| 8 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 90.8 | 79 | 79 | 0 |
| 9 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 85.5 | 87 | 87 | 0 |
| 10 | Devon Toews | COL | 83.8 | 89 | 89 | 0 |
| 11 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 81.3 | 97 | 97 | 0 |
| 12 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 77.5 | 105 | 105 | 0 |
| 13 | Tony DeAngelo | PHI | 76.6 | 107 | 107 | 0 |
| 14 | Moritz Seider | DET | 75.6 | 110 | 110 | 0 |
| 15 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 74.5 | 113 | 114 | 1 |
| 16 | Kris Letang | PIT | 72.4 | 117 | 118 | 1 |
| 17 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 70.9 | 122 | 123 | 1 |
| 18 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 68.7 | 130 | 131 | 1 |
| 19 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 58.0 | 150 | 151 | 1 |
| 20 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 57.8 | 151 | 152 | 1 |
| 21 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 57.7 | 152 | 153 | 1 |
| 22 | Seth Jones | CHI | 57.3 | 154 | 155 | 1 |
| 23 | Torey Krug | STL | 55.6 | 156 | 157 | 1 |
| 24 | John Klingberg | ANA | 54.4 | 158 | 159 | 1 |
| 25 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 49.3 | 171 | 172 | 1 |
| 26 | Tyson Barrie | EDM | 49.3 | 172 | 173 | 1 |
| 27 | Samuel Girard | COL | 44.1 | 189 | 190 | 1 |
| 28 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 44.1 | 190 | 191 | 1 |
| 29 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 42.1 | 195 | 195 | 0 |
| 30 | Brent Burns | CAR | 41.9 | 196 | 196 | 0 |
| 31 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 41.2 | 197 | 197 | 0 |
| 32 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 40.9 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| 33 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 39.2 | 204 | 204 | 0 |
| 34 | Damon Severson | NJD | 38.0 | 208 | 208 | 0 |
| 35 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 37.5 | 214 | 213 | -1 |
| 36 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 36.7 | 217 | 216 | -1 |
| 37 | Filip Hronek | DET | 36.3 | 218 | 217 | -1 |
| 38 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 35.5 | 222 | 221 | -1 |
| 39 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 34.0 | 228 | 227 | -1 |
| 40 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | 33.9 | 229 | 228 | -1 |
| 41 | Adam Boqvist | CBJ | 33.2 | 234 | 233 | -1 |
| 42 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 33.2 | 236 | 235 | -1 |
| 43 | Shayne Gostisbehere | ARI | 29.1 | 254 | 254 | 0 |
| 44 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 29.0 | 255 | 255 | 0 |
| 45 | Bowen Byram | COL | 28.3 | 260 | 260 | 0 |
| 46 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 28.1 | 261 | 261 | 0 |
| 47 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 27.2 | 268 | 268 | 0 |
| 48 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 26.6 | 273 | 273 | 0 |
| 49 | Jacob Trouba | NYR | 25.3 | 277 | 278 | 1 |
| 50 | Owen Power | BUF | 23.2 | 289 | 289 | 0 |
| 51 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 21.5 | 306 | 306 | 0 |
| 52 | Ty Smith | PIT | 20.2 | 316 | 316 | 0 |
| 53 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 19.9 | 319 | 319 | 0 |
| 54 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 19.5 | 324 | 325 | 1 |
| 55 | Rasmus Sandin | TOR | 19.2 | 330 | 331 | 1 |
| 56 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 18.9 | 333 | 334 | 1 |
| 57 | Justin Faulk | STL | 18.9 | 334 | 335 | 1 |
| 58 | Mike Matheson | MON | 18.5 | 342 | 342 | 0 |
| 59 | Erik Brannstrom | OTT | 18.4 | 345 | 345 | 0 |
| 60 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 17.5 | 355 | 355 | 0 |
| 61 | Colton Parayko | STL | 17.3 | 357 | 357 | 0 |
| 62 | Jeff Petry | PIT | 17.3 | 358 | 358 | 0 |
| 63 | Brady Skjei | CAR | 16.4 | 371 | 370 | -1 |
| 64 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 16.3 | 372 | 371 | -1 |
| 65 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 15.8 | 382 | 381 | -1 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Juuso Valimaki | CGY | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | |
| Oliver Kylington | CGY | Henri Jokiharju | BUF | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Jake Bean | CBJ | |
| Jonas Brodin | MIN | Sean Durzi | LAK | |
| Kaiden Guhle | MON | Ryan Graves | NJD | |
| Mattias Ekholm | NSH | Alexandre Carrier | NSH | |
| Ryan Pulock | NYI | Dante Fabbro | NSH | |
| Nils Lundkvist | NYR | Alexander Romanov | NYI | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Jake Sanderson | OTT | |
| Ryan Ellis | PHI | Cam York | PHI | |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | Jack Rathbone | VAN | |
| Ryan Merkley | SJS | Nicolas Hague | VGK | |
| Dmitry Orlov | 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
| Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | Olen Zellweger | ANA | |
| Jacob Bryson | BUF | Janis Moser | ARI | |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | CBJ | Hampus Lindholm | BOS | |
| David Jiricek | CBJ | Scott Morrow | CAR | |
| Nick Blankenburg | CBJ | Brett Pesce | CAR | |
| Esa Lindell | DAL | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | |
| Matt Roy | LAK | Ian Mitchell | CHI | |
| Luke Hughes | NJD | Simon Edvinsson | DET | |
| Zac Jones | NYR | Philip Broberg | EDM | |
| Brayden Schneider | NYR | Brandt Clarke | LAK | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | PHI | Mattias Norlinder | MON | |
| Yegor Zamula | PHI | Justin Barron | MON | |
| Nick Leddy | STL | Nick Perbix | TBL | |
| Erik Cernak | TBL | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | VAN | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Ville Heinola | WPG |
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