Top 120 Keeper League Defensemen – February 2025
Dobber
2025-02-11
Here are the top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – January edition!
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Def. RkPlayerTeamRatingFebJanChange
| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Feb | Jan | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cale Makar | COL | 189.4 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 178.1 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 138.0 | 32 | 33 | 1 |
| 4 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 122.5 | 41 | 42 | 1 |
| 5 | Adam Fox | NYR | 115.0 | 45 | 50 | 5 |
| 6 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 113.3 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
| 7 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 111.2 | 54 | 70 | 16 |
| 8 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 97.0 | 69 | 78 | 9 |
| 9 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 95.7 | 70 | 65 | -5 |
| 10 | Roman Josi | NSH | 87.9 | 81 | 98 | 17 |
| 11 | Dougie Hamilton | NJD | 87.2 | 84 | 85 | 1 |
| 12 | Erik Karlsson | PIT | 85.3 | 89 | 90 | 1 |
| 13 | Mikhail Sergachev | UTA | 79.6 | 99 | 91 | -8 |
| 14 | Lane Hutson | MON | 79.1 | 101 | 162 | 61 |
| 15 | Moritz Seider | DET | 74.7 | 108 | 137 | 29 |
| 16 | Jakob Chychrun | WAS | 74.1 | 111 | 112 | 1 |
| 17 | Noah Dobson | NYI | 71.9 | 115 | 82 | -33 |
| 18 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 69.8 | 116 | 107 | -9 |
| 19 | Jake Sanderson | OTT | 64.6 | 127 | 148 | 21 |
| 20 | Vince Dunn | SEA | 60.8 | 141 | 120 | -21 |
| 21 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 58.8 | 143 | 143 | 0 |
| 22 | Shayne Gostisbehere | CAR | 55.6 | 151 | 116 | -35 |
| 23 | John Carlson | WAS | 54.2 | 153 | 164 | 11 |
| 24 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 52.2 | 159 | 171 | 12 |
| 25 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 51.5 | 160 | 173 | 13 |
| 26 | Luke Hughes | NJD | 49.8 | 166 | 151 | -15 |
| 27 | Devon Toews | COL | 49.2 | 167 | 182 | 15 |
| 28 | Bowen Byram | BUF | 48.8 | 168 | 178 | 10 |
| 29 | Brandt Clarke | LAK | 46.4 | 173 | 160 | -13 |
| 30 | Brandon Montour | SEA | 45.3 | 176 | 147 | -29 |
| 31 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 39.8 | 195 | 128 | -67 |
| 32 | Seth Jones | CHI | 39.8 | 197 | 217 | 20 |
| 33 | Neal Pionk | WPG | 39.5 | 199 | 204 | 5 |
| 34 | Owen Power | BUF | 39.4 | 200 | 197 | -3 |
| 35 | Filip Hronek | VAN | 39.1 | 202 | 205 | 3 |
| 36 | Simon Nemec | NJD | 37.6 | 206 | 211 | 5 |
| 37 | Zayne Parekh | CGY | 35.2 | 214 | 221 | 7 |
| 38 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 34.4 | 217 | 226 | 9 |
| 39 | Jake Walman | SJS | 33.8 | 218 | 200 | -18 |
| 40 | Thomas Harley | DAL | 33.0 | 222 | 233 | 11 |
| 41 | Pavel Mintyukov | ANA | 33.0 | 223 | 234 | 11 |
| 42 | Artyom Levshunov | CHI | 32.7 | 226 | 219 | -7 |
| 43 | David Jiricek | MIN | 31.6 | 230 | 243 | 13 |
| 44 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | 30.2 | 238 | 251 | 13 |
| 45 | Alexander Nikishin | CAR | 27.7 | 249 | 259 | 10 |
| 46 | Kevin Korchinski | CHI | 26.7 | 252 | 253 | 1 |
| 47 | Noah Hanifin | VGK | 26.7 | 253 | 199 | -54 |
| 48 | Mackenzie Weegar | CGY | 25.7 | 257 | 284 | 27 |
| 49 | Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | 25.7 | 258 | 269 | 11 |
| 50 | Mike Matheson | MON | 25.4 | 261 | 227 | -34 |
| 51 | Cam Fowler | STL | 24.2 | 269 | 261 | -8 |
| 52 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 24.2 | 270 | 241 | -29 |
| 53 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 23.9 | 273 | 250 | -23 |
| 54 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 22.7 | 280 | 268 | -12 |
| 55 | Zeev Buium | MIN | 22.4 | 283 | 298 | 15 |
| 56 | Ivan Provorov | CBJ | 22.1 | 286 | 320 | 34 |
| 57 | Alex Pietrangelo | VGK | 20.9 | 293 | 203 | -90 |
| 58 | Samuel Girard | COL | 20.4 | 298 | 222 | -76 |
| 59 | Jackson Lacombe | ANA | 19.5 | 306 | 363 | 57 |
| 60 | Olen Zellweger | ANA | 19.2 | 311 | 324 | 13 |
| 61 | Colton Parayko | STL | 19.0 | 314 | 327 | 13 |
| 62 | Rasmus Sandin | WAS | 17.5 | 328 | 290 | -38 |
| 63 | Mattias Ekholm | EDM | 17.5 | 330 | 304 | -26 |
| 64 | Brock Faber | MIN | 16.8 | 334 | 228 | -106 |
| 65 | Sean Durzi | UTA | 16.7 | 337 | 279 | -58 |
The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)
| Damon Severson | CBJ | Mason Lohrei | BOS | |
| Nils Lundkvist | DAL | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | |
| Simon Edvinsson | DET | Axel Sandin Pellikka | DET | |
| Gustav Forsling | FLA | Kaiden Guhle | MON | |
| Jordan Spence | LAK | Justin Barron | NSH | |
| Logan Mailloux | MON | Braden Schneider | NYR | |
| Seamus Casey | NJD | Zac Jones | NYR | |
| Brady Skjei | NSH | Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | |
| K’Andre Miller | NYR | Emil Andrae | PHI | |
| Cam York | PHI | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | TOR | |
| Matt Grzelcyk | PIT | Michael Kesselring | UTA | |
| Philip Broberg | STL | Lukas Cormier | VGK | |
| Darren Raddysh | TBL |
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
| Henri Jokiharju | BUF | Hampus Lindholm | BOS | |
| Scott Morrow | CAR | Dmitry Orlov | CAR | |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | LAK | Dante Fabbro | CBJ | |
| Mikey Anderson | LAK | Corson Ceulemans | CBJ | |
| Tanner Molendyk | NSH | Hunter Brzustewicz | CGY | |
| Alexander Romanov | NYI | Alex Vlasic | CHI | |
| Scott Perunovich | NYI | Alexandre Carrier | MON | |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | PIT | Tony DeAngelo | NYI | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | Erik Brannstrom | NYR | |
| Henry Thrun | SJS | Owen Pickering | PIT | |
| Timothy Liljegren | SJS | Justin Faulk | STL | |
| Luca Cagnoni | SJS | Conor Timmins | TOR | |
| J.J. Moser | TBL | Topi Niemela | TOR | |
| Nick Perbix | TBL | Dmitri Simashev | UTA | |
| Juuso Valimaki | UTA | Marcus Pettersson | VAN |
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