Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – August 2018
Dobber
2018-08-10
Here are the Top 100 d-men to own in your points-only keeper league – August edition.
This month is the big one – the annual full player-by-player audit. For the Fantasy Guide I review each player's listed upside and 3YP and tweak as needed. I also put in the calculated projections into these rankings. What's left is the following keeper ranking. Where players move up/down are where I had them too high or low based on monthly manual adjustments. That's why these annual "audits" come in handy…
As always, players within plus/minus 5.0 ratings should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of personal bias and/or team needs. Look for the Top 300 Keeper Skaters list was posted yesterday (here). The Top G list was posted Tuesday (here).
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| Def. Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Aug | Jul |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | OTT | 113.3 | 36 | 35 |
| 2 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 104.9 | 44 | 64 |
| 3 | Brent Burns | SJS | 102.5 | 48 | 56 |
| 4 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 93.2 | 57 | 63 |
| 5 | John Klingberg | DAL | 89.7 | 63 | 61 |
| 6 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 78.3 | 79 | 66 |
| 7 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 78.0 | 80 | 117 |
| 8 | John Carlson | WAS | 73.9 | 85 | 67 |
| 9 | Torey Krug | BOS | 73.6 | 86 | 134 |
| 10 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 68.5 | 99 | 116 |
| 11 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 67.0 | 100 | 118 |
| 12 | Roman Josi | NSH | 66.5 | 101 | 120 |
| 13 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 65.4 | 104 | 115 |
| 14 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 62.3 | 115 | 110 |
| 15 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 59.3 | 123 | 105 |
| 16 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 56.3 | 131 | 126 |
| 17 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 54.7 | 136 | 136 |
| 18 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 54.2 | 141 | 150 |
| 19 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 53.9 | 142 | 153 |
| 20 | Kris Letang | PIT | 52.7 | 143 | 135 |
| 21 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 52.5 | 144 | 169 |
| 22 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 49.5 | 148 | 184 |
| 23 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 48.9 | 151 | 167 |
| 24 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 48.6 | 153 | 152 |
| 25 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 41.3 | 171 | 180 |
| 26 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 36.1 | 181 | 206 |
| 27 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 36.0 | 182 | 225 |
| 28 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 35.0 | 186 | 166 |
| 29 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 34.5 | 189 | 218 |
| 30 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 33.4 | 198 | 217 |
| 31 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 33.1 | 200 | 174 |
| 32 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 33.0 | 202 | 234 |
| 33 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 32.6 | 204 | 228 |
| 34 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 31.2 | 211 | 263 |
| 35 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 30.4 | 215 | 182 |
| 36 | Colton Parayko | STL | 29.4 | 223 | 239 |
| 37 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 26.2 | 241 | 207 |
| 38 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 26.1 | 242 | 271 |
| 39 | Will Butcher | NJD | 25.9 | 243 | 203 |
| 40 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 25.1 | 249 | 223 |
| 41 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 24.6 | 252 | 229 |
| 42 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 23.3 | 260 | 257 |
| 43 | Colin Miller | VGK | 22.2 | 262 | 227 |
| 44 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 21.9 | 264 | 258 |
| 45 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 21.6 | 268 | 221 |
| 46 | Jake Muzzin | LAK | 21.1 | 271 | 264 |
| 47 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 18.7 | 290 | 343 |
| 48 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 17.1 | 301 | 250 |
| 49 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 17.0 | 302 | 254 |
| 50 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 16.4 | 316 | 340 |
| 51 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 16.1 | 317 | 407 |
| 52 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 15.1 | 329 | 274 |
| 53 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 15.0 | 330 | 354 |
| 54 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 14.9 | 331 | 310 |
| 55 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 14.6 | 334 | 349 |
| 56 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 13.6 | 343 | 356 |
| 57 | Samuel Girard | COL | 13.5 | 346 | 321 |
| 58 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 13.4 | 347 | 360 |
| 59 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 13.1 | 351 | 300 |
| 60 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 13.0 | 352 | 351 |
| 61 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 12.7 | 353 | 256 |
| 62 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 12.7 | 354 | 425 |
| 63 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 12.5 | 359 | 368 |
| 64 | Julius Honka | DAL | 12.1 | 364 | 362 |
| 65 | Damon Severson | NJD | 12.0 | 365 | 428 |
| 66 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 11.8 | 367 | 361 |
| 67 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 11.7 | 369 | 378 |
| 68 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 11.4 | 374 | 382 |
| 69 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 10.9 | 383 | NR |
| 70 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 10.6 | 386 | 424 |
| 71 | Alex Goligoski | ARI | 10.4 | 388 | 423 |
| 72 | Josh Manson | ANA | 10.2 | 390 | 427 |
| 73 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 9.9 | 392 | 350 |
| 74 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 9.9 | 393 | 317 |
| 75 | Matt Niskanen | WAS | 9.8 | 395 | 508 |
| 76 | Derrick Pouliot | VAN | 9.7 | 396 | 403 |
| 77 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 9.7 | 397 | 336 |
| 78 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 9.2 | 400 | 347 |
| 79 | Nikita Zadorov | COL | 9.1 | 401 | 392 |
| 80 | Jeff Petry | MON | 8.9 | 404 | 459 |
| 81 | Jake McCabe | BUF | 8.7 | 405 | 404 |
| 82 | Vince Dunn | STL | 8.6 | 407 | 448 |
| 83 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 8.4 | 408 | 359 |
| 84 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | 8.4 | 410 | 468 |
| 85 | Madison Bowey | WAS | 8.0 | 416 | 398 |
| 86 | Mike Green | DET | 8.0 | 417 | 399 |
| 87 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 7.9 | 418 | 478 |
| 88 | Conor Timmins | COL | 7.9 | 419 | 481 |
| 89 | Jordan Schmaltz | STL | 7.7 | 423 | 415 |
| 90 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 7.6 | 424 | 422 |
| 91 | Sebastian Aho (d) | NYI | 7.5 | 426 | 409 |
| 92 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 7.3 | 432 | 391 |
| 93 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 7.3 | 433 | 432 |
| 94 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 7.2 | 436 | 411 |
| 95 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 7.1 | 437 | 434 |
| 96 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 7.1 | 438 | 513 |
| 97 | Jordan Oesterle | ARI | 7.1 | 439 | 494 |
| 98 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 7.1 | 441 | 437 |
| 99 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 6.8 | 443 | 534 |
| 100 | Victor Mete | MON | 6.8 | 445 | 413 |
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