Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – October edition!

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As always, prospects ranked within +/-5.0 ratings of each other should be considered equal.

Def Rk	Player	Team	Rating	Oct	Sep	Change
1	Cale Makar	COL	178.2	15	15	0
2	Evan Bouchard	EDM	170.4	20	22	2
3	Quinn Hughes	MIN	169.1	21	20	-1
4	Lane Hutson	MON	149.7	35	35	0
5	Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	141.4	40	40	0
6	Zach Werenski	CBJ	140.5	41	41	0
7	Adam Fox	NYR	109.9	63	64	1
8	Matthew Schaefer	NYI	96.0	77	78	1
9	Josh Morrissey	WPG	91.3	82	82	0
10	Mikhail Sergachev	UTA	90.4	84	84	0
11	Miro Heiskanen	DAL	87.0	88	88	0
12	Jake Sanderson	OTT	86.5	90	89	-1
13	Shea Theodore	VGK	86.5	91	91	0
14	Moritz Seider	DET	81.0	102	102	0
15	John Carlson	TBL	78.5	105	105	0
16	Noah Dobson	MON	76.9	106	106	0
17	Jakob Chychrun	WAS	74.1	116	116	0
18	Charlie McAvoy	BOS	71.8	121	121	0
19	Jackson Lacombe	ANA	71.7	123	123	0
20	Darren Raddysh	TOR	70.8	127	113	-14
21	Bowen Byram	CHI	70.5	129	128	-1
22	Cole Hutson	WAS	69.6	131	131	0
23	Erik Karlsson	PIT	68.0	134	134	0
24	Luke Hughes	NJD	61.9	153	153	0
25	Shayne Gostisbehere	CAR	61.3	154	154	0
26	Thomas Harley	DAL	59.7	157	157	0
27	Simon Nemec	CGY	59.1	158	158	0
28	Brandt Clarke	LAK	58.2	160	160	0
29	Vince Dunn	SEA	55.5	164	164	0
30	Filip Hronek	VAN	54.4	168	175	7
31	Zayne Parekh	CGY	52.9	172	171	-1
32	Roman Josi	NSH	50.4	178	178	0
33	Victor Hedman	TBL	47.7	186	187	1
34	Artyom Levshunov	CHI	47.0	188	189	1
35	Jamie Drysdale	PHI	41.7	209	207	-2
36	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	DET	41.0	215	213	-2
37	Owen Power	BUF	40.0	217	216	-1
38	Alexander Nikishin	CAR	39.6	219	218	-1
39	Denton Mateychuk	CBJ	36.6	225	225	0
40	Brock Faber	MIN	35.5	230	183	-47
41	Zeev Buium	VAN	34.7	233	232	-1
42	Rasmus Andersson	VGK	33.6	236	235	-1
43	Chase Reid	SEA	30.7	244	243	-1
44	Carter Yakemchuk	OTT	30.6	245	244	-1
45	Sam Dickinson	SJS	26.6	262	260	-2
46	Noah Hanifin	VGK	26.6	264	262	-2
47	Jordan Spence	OTT	26.1	268	291	23
48	Jackson Smith	CBJ	24.8	281	277	-4
49	K’Andre Miller	CAR	23.8	284	283	-1
50	Dougie Hamilton	NJD	21.6	300	298	-2
51	Pavel Mintyukov	ANA	20.4	310	309	-1
52	Mike Matheson	MON	19.8	314	313	-1
53	Ryan Ufko	NSH	19.4	317	353	36
54	Seth Jones	FLA	18.7	321	317	-4
55	Xavier Villeneuve	CHI	18.4	325	320	-5
56	Thomas Chabot	OTT	17.5	332	327	-5
57	Philip Broberg	STL	17.3	333	328	-5
58	Olen Zellweger	BUF	16.7	345	341	-4
59	Sam Malinski	COL	16.0	354	351	-3
60	Travis Sanheim	PHI	14.1	376	376	0
61	Sean Durzi	NYR	14.0	378	378	0
62	Mattias Samuelsson	BUF	13.2	387	337	-50
63	Carson Carels	CGY	12.6	396	396	0
64	Simon Edvinsson	DET	12.2	403	403	0
65	Alberts Smits	NYR	11.7	409	409	0

The Next Group (gap between 66 and 90 is same as gap between 17 and 20 – i.e. they are pretty equal)

Ivan Provorov	CBJ	Wyatt Kaiser	CHI
Emil Andrae	CBJ	Alexandre Carrier	MON
Devon Toews	COL	Tony DeAngelo	NYI
Jake Walman	EDM	Alexander Romanov	NYI
Seamus Casey	NJD	Cam York	PHI
Scott Morrow	NYR	Tyson Jugnauth	SEA
Brandon Montour	SEA	Keaton Verhoeff	SJS
Ryker Evans	SEA	Darnell Nurse	SJS
Luca Cagnoni	SJS	Michael Kesselring	SJS
Logan Mailloux	STL	J.J. Moser	TBL
Mackenzie Weegar	UTA	Charle-Edouard D’Astous	TBL
Tom Willander	VAN	Dmitri Simashev	UTA
Rasmus Sandin	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

Tristan Luneau	ANA	Radim Mrtka	BUF
Mason Lohrei	BOS	Matt Grzelcyk	BUF
Henry Mews	CGY	Nils Lundkvist	DAL
Sam Rinzel	CHI	Justin Faulk	DET
Kevin Korchinski	CHI	Adam Engstrom	MON
Mattias Ekholm	EDM	David Reinbacher	MON
Aaron Ekblad	FLA	Cameron Reid	NSH
Gustav Forsling	FLA	Tanner Molendyk	NSH
Bryce Pickford	MON	David Jiricek	PHI
Thomas Bleyl	NSH	Harrison Brunicke	PIT
Kashawn Aitcheson	NYI	Ty Nelson	SEA
Eric Pohlkamp	SJS	Adam Jiricek	STL
Lukas Cormier	VGK	Cam Fowler	STL
Timothy Liljegren	WAS	Morgan Rielly	TOR
Elias Salomonsson	WPG	Neal Pionk	WPG

Starting Goalies

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BUF

Spencer Knight

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

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OTT

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TOR

Linus Ullmark

Sergei Bobrovsky

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WSH

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TBL

Charlie Lindgren

Andrei Vasilevskiy

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CAR

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PHI

Pyotr Kochetkov

Joseph Woll

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MTL

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PIT

Jakub Dobes

Arturs Silovs

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Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	LUCA CAGNONI	S.J
	TRISTAN LUNEAU	ANA
	MARCO ROSSI	VAN
	VASILY PODKOLZIN	EDM
	ROMAN KANTSEROV	CHI

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	DYLAN GARAND	NYR
	JOEL HOFER	STL
	SERGEI MURASHOV	PIT
	KAREL VEJMELKA	UTA
	SCOTT WEDGEWOOD	COL

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	CAR Players
	13.3	ANDREI SVECHNIKOV LOGAN STANKOVEN NIKOLAJ EHLERS
	11.4	JORDAN STAAL JORDAN MARTINOOK WILLIAM CARRIER
	9.4	ERIC ROBINSON MARK JANKOWSKI NICOLAS DESLAURIERS