Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – January 2024
Dobber
2024-01-03
Here are the Top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!
Happy New Year!
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As always, players with a rating within +/-5.0 of each other should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of your team’s need (rebuild vs. immediate, certain vs. risk, etc.) and/or personal bias.
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Jan | Dec | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 206.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 176.4 | 18 | 20 | 2 |
| 3 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 132.7 | 40 | 36 | -4 |
| 4 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 131.8 | 41 | 42 | 1 |
| 5 | Adam Fox | NYR | 131.4 | 42 | 35 | -7 |
| 6 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 114.5 | 50 | 101 | 51 |
| 7 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 111.9 | 52 | 55 | 3 |
| 8 | Roman Josi | NSH | 110.4 | 58 | 59 | 1 |
| 9 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 109.6 | 59 | 61 | 2 |
| 10 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 99.7 | 75 | 45 | -30 |
| 11 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 94.7 | 79 | 83 | 4 |
| 12 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 91.3 | 84 | 112 | 28 |
| 13 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 85.9 | 95 | 75 | -20 |
| 14 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 83.2 | 99 | 92 | -7 |
| 15 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 82.3 | 104 | 97 | -7 |
| 16 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 80.9 | 106 | 119 | 13 |
| 17 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 79.5 | 110 | 95 | -15 |
| 18 | Moritz Seider | DET | 77.9 | 113 | 98 | -15 |
| 19 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 75.1 | 120 | 105 | -15 |
| 20 | Jakob Chychrun | OTT | 74.6 | 121 | 144 | 23 |
| 21 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 74.3 | 122 | 135 | 13 |
| 22 | Devon Toews | COL | 72.1 | 125 | 125 | 0 |
| 23 | Brandon Montour | FLA | 69.7 | 134 | 129 | -5 |
| 24 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 63.1 | 145 | 153 | 8 |
| 25 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 60.7 | 149 | 159 | 10 |
| 26 | John Carlson | WAS | 60.0 | 150 | 137 | -13 |
| 27 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 55.9 | 154 | 169 | 15 |
| 28 | Shayne Gostisbehere | DET | 55.0 | 155 | 162 | 7 |
| 29 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 51.6 | 161 | 180 | 19 |
| 30 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 46.6 | 175 | 178 | 3 |
| 31 | Kris Letang | PIT | 46.2 | 178 | 212 | 34 |
| 32 | Tony DeAngelo | CAR | 43.6 | 189 | 171 | -18 |
| 33 | Sean Durzi | ARI | 43.3 | 190 | 227 | 37 |
| 34 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 42.2 | 192 | 183 | -9 |
| 35 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 39.7 | 204 | 189 | -15 |
| 36 | Mike Matheson | MON | 39.1 | 207 | 219 | 12 |
| 37 | Bowen Byram | COL | 38.3 | 213 | 205 | -8 |
| 38 | Jamie Drysdale | ANA | 35.6 | 230 | 233 | 3 |
| 39 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 35.3 | 231 | 329 | 98 |
| 40 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 35.1 | 232 | 221 | -11 |
| 41 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 34.1 | 234 | 234 | 0 |
| 42 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 33.9 | 235 | 249 | 14 |
| 43 | Brent Burns | CAR | 33.9 | 236 | 237 | 1 |
| 44 | Seth Jones | CHI | 33.6 | 239 | 202 | -37 |
| 45 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 31.8 | 245 | 240 | -5 |
| 46 | Brady Skjei | CAR | 31.7 | 246 | 267 | 21 |
| 47 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 31.1 | 249 | 250 | 1 |
| 48 | David Jiricek | CBJ | 30.2 | 254 | 257 | 3 |
| 49 | Calen Addison | SJS | 30.0 | 255 | 209 | -46 |
| 50 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 30.0 | 256 | 326 | 70 |
| 51 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 29.8 | 257 | 253 | -4 |
| 52 | K’Andre Miller | NYR | 28.9 | 260 | 268 | 8 |
| 53 | Owen Power | BUF | 28.0 | 268 | 215 | -53 |
| 54 | Erik Gustafsson | NYR | 26.8 | 271 | 264 | -7 |
| 55 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 26.4 | 273 | 387 | 114 |
| 56 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 26.3 | 274 | 248 | -26 |
| 57 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 26.0 | 277 | 290 | 13 |
| 58 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 24.3 | 286 | 301 | 15 |
| 59 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 22.9 | 296 | 265 | -31 |
| 60 | Lane Hutson | MON | 22.5 | 300 | 317 | 17 |
| 61 | Samuel Girard | COL | 22.0 | 307 | 321 | 14 |
| 62 | Gustav Forsling | FLA | 21.5 | 312 | 325 | 13 |
| 63 | Justin Faulk | STL | 21.2 | 313 | 327 | 14 |
| 64 | Scott Perunovich | STL | 20.9 | 317 | 334 | 17 |
| 65 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 20.1 | 324 | 274 | -50 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
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
| Adam Boqvist | CBJ | Jackson Lacombe | ANA | |
| Jake Bean | CBJ | Victor Soderstrom | ARI | |
| Simon Edvinsson | DET | Michael Kesselring | ARI | |
| Josh Mahura | FLA | Dmitri Simashev | ARI | |
| Justin Barron | MON | Scott Morrow | CAR | |
| Dante Fabbro | NSH | Dmitry Orlov | CAR | |
| Zac Jones | NYR | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | |
| Braden Schneider | NYR | Nick Blankenburg | CBJ | |
| Emil Andrae | PHI | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | Philip Broberg | EDM | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Egor Zamula | PHI | |
| Timothy Liljegren | TOR | Helge Grans | PHI | |
| Lukas Cormier | VGK | Nick Perbix | TBL | |
| Nicolas Hague | VGK | Conor Timmins | TOR | |
| Ville Heinola | WPG | Ethan Bear | WAS |
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