Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – February 2019
Dobber
2019-02-06
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – February edition!
As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point are a matter of team needs or personal bias. This list was curated from the overall Top 300 skaters list (you can find that here).
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| Def Rk | Player | Team | Rating | Feb | Jan | Change |
| 1 | Erik Karlsson | SJS | 133.4 | 30 | 32 | 2 |
| 2 | Brent Burns | SJS | 132.7 | 31 | 34 | 3 |
| 3 | Morgan Rielly | TOR | 127.4 | 38 | 38 | 0 |
| 4 | John Carlson | WAS | 115.6 | 43 | 41 | -2 |
| 5 | Thomas Chabot | OTT | 99.0 | 61 | 53 | -8 |
| 6 | Victor Hedman | TBL | 89.5 | 76 | 80 | 4 |
| 7 | Tyson Barrie | COL | 87.7 | 81 | 81 | 0 |
| 8 | Kris Letang | PIT | 82.3 | 85 | 83 | -2 |
| 9 | Mark Giordano | CGY | 77.3 | 90 | 103 | 13 |
| 10 | Keith Yandle | FLA | 76.6 | 92 | 86 | -6 |
| 11 | Torey Krug | BOS | 73.9 | 97 | 96 | -1 |
| 12 | John Klingberg | DAL | 72.2 | 100 | 93 | -7 |
| 13 | Seth Jones | CBJ | 72.1 | 101 | 99 | -2 |
| 14 | Roman Josi | NSH | 69.4 | 104 | 112 | 8 |
| 15 | Dustin Byfuglien | WPG | 66.9 | 108 | 98 | -10 |
| 16 | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | ARI | 59.3 | 122 | 118 | -4 |
| 17 | Zach Werenski | CBJ | 58.9 | 123 | 127 | 4 |
| 18 | Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | 57.6 | 127 | 126 | -1 |
| 19 | P.K. Subban | NSH | 57.3 | 128 | 125 | -3 |
| 20 | Rasmus Dahlin | BUF | 56.9 | 129 | 136 | 7 |
| 21 | Josh Morrissey | WPG | 50.4 | 136 | 121 | -15 |
| 22 | Drew Doughty | LAK | 50.3 | 137 | 133 | -4 |
| 23 | Rasmus Ristolainen | BUF | 46.2 | 145 | 151 | 6 |
| 24 | Jacob Trouba | WPG | 42.7 | 151 | 157 | 6 |
| 25 | Mattias Ekholm | NSH | 41.6 | 154 | 158 | 4 |
| 26 | Erik Gustafsson | CHI | 39.8 | 163 | 180 | 17 |
| 27 | Ryan Ellis | NSH | 39.2 | 165 | 166 | 1 |
| 28 | Ryan Suter | MIN | 38.9 | 166 | 169 | 3 |
| 29 | Jake Gardiner | TOR | 37.8 | 168 | 173 | 5 |
| 30 | Dougie Hamilton | CAR | 37.8 | 169 | 149 | -20 |
| 31 | Matt Dumba | MIN | 36.3 | 175 | 181 | 6 |
| 32 | Noah Hanifin | CGY | 34.7 | 183 | 194 | 11 |
| 33 | Jeff Petry | MON | 32.2 | 193 | 196 | 3 |
| 34 | Alex Pietrangelo | STL | 31.5 | 196 | 195 | -1 |
| 35 | Brandon Montour | ANA | 29.4 | 204 | 220 | 16 |
| 36 | Shea Theodore | VGK | 29.1 | 205 | 198 | -7 |
| 37 | Ryan Pulock | NYI | 28.6 | 208 | 208 | 0 |
| 38 | Ryan McDonagh | TBL | 27.3 | 217 | 216 | -1 |
| 39 | Jake Muzzin | TOR | 26.9 | 221 | 354 | 133 |
| 40 | Darnell Nurse | EDM | 26.6 | 222 | 213 | -9 |
| 41 | Aaron Ekblad | FLA | 26.0 | 223 | 226 | 3 |
| 42 | Jared Spurgeon | MIN | 24.4 | 231 | 234 | 3 |
| 43 | Damon Severson | NJD | 21.5 | 246 | 246 | 0 |
| 44 | Mikhail Sergachev | TBL | 20.7 | 251 | 258 | 7 |
| 45 | TJ Brodie | CGY | 20.4 | 255 | 416 | 161 |
| 46 | Charlie McAvoy | BOS | 19.3 | 269 | 225 | -44 |
| 47 | Kevin Shattenkirk | NYR | 19.2 | 270 | 250 | -20 |
| 48 | Evan Bouchard | EDM | 18.7 | 275 | 279 | 4 |
| 49 | Colin Miller | VGK | 18.6 | 278 | 307 | 29 |
| 50 | Mike Matheson | FLA | 18.2 | 284 | 252 | -32 |
| 51 | Ivan Provorov | PHI | 17.7 | 288 | 273 | -15 |
| 52 | Shea Weber | MON | 17.3 | 290 | 290 | 0 |
| 53 | Jaccob Slavin | CAR | 16.9 | 295 | 339 | 44 |
| 54 | Esa Lindell | DAL | 16.0 | 303 | 369 | 66 |
| 55 | Neal Pionk | NYR | 15.6 | 314 | 247 | -67 |
| 56 | Quinn Hughes | VAN | 15.5 | 316 | 319 | 3 |
| 57 | Miro Heiskanen | DAL | 14.8 | 325 | 253 | -72 |
| 58 | Hampus Lindholm | ANA | 14.7 | 328 | 310 | -18 |
| 59 | Tyler Myers | WPG | 14.5 | 333 | 288 | -45 |
| 60 | Samuel Girard | COL | 14.5 | 334 | 333 | -1 |
| 61 | Will Butcher | NJD | 14.1 | 338 | 358 | 20 |
| 62 | Vince Dunn | STL | 13.8 | 343 | 343 | 0 |
| 63 | Tony DeAngelo | NYR | 13.3 | 350 | 353 | 3 |
| 64 | Justin Schultz | PIT | 12.4 | 359 | 365 | 6 |
| 65 | Colton Parayko | STL | 12.3 | 361 | 368 | 7 |
| 66 | Henri Jokiharju | CHI | 11.9 | 367 | 374 | 7 |
| 67 | Ryan Murray | CBJ | 11.6 | 370 | 430 | 60 |
| 68 | Adam Boqvist | CHI | 11.4 | 372 | 380 | 8 |
| 69 | Cam Fowler | ANA | 11.4 | 373 | 347 | -26 |
| 70 | Christian Djoos | WAS | 11.1 | 381 | 388 | 7 |
| 71 | Matt Grzelcyk | BOS | 10.9 | 384 | 375 | -9 |
| 72 | Erik Brannstrom | VGK | 10.6 | 387 | 393 | 6 |
| 73 | Oliver Kylington | CGY | 10.1 | 392 | 396 | 4 |
| 74 | Cale Makar | COL | 10.1 | 393 | 397 | 4 |
| 75 | Jakob Chychrun | ARI | 9.7 | 396 | 399 | 3 |
| 76 | Filip Hronek | DET | 9.4 | 399 | 403 | 4 |
| 77 | Dennis Cholowski | DET | 9.4 | 400 | 404 | 4 |
| 78 | Juuso Valimaki | CGY | 9.2 | 404 | 410 | 6 |
| 79 | Alexander Edler | VAN | 9.2 | 405 | 336 | -69 |
| 80 | Nick Leddy | NYI | 9.0 | 409 | 433 | 24 |
| 81 | Julius Honka | DAL | 8.9 | 410 | 414 | 4 |
| 82 | Justin Faulk | CAR | 8.9 | 411 | 415 | 4 |
| 83 | Dmitry Orlov | WAS | 8.8 | 412 | 366 | -46 |
| 84 | Sami Vatanen | NJD | 8.7 | 414 | 349 | -65 |
| 85 | Oscar Klefbom | EDM | 8.4 | 417 | 392 | -25 |
| 86 | Nate Schmidt | VGK | 8.4 | 418 | 437 | 19 |
| 87 | Kale Clague | LAK | 8.2 | 421 | 423 | 2 |
| 88 | Sami Niku | WPG | 8.2 | 422 | 425 | 3 |
| 89 | Mike Green | DET | 8.0 | 427 | 406 | -21 |
| 90 | Jake McCabe | BUF | 7.7 | 431 | 431 | 0 |
| 91 | Travis Sanheim | PHI | 7.6 | 432 | 432 | 0 |
| 92 | Timothy Liljegren | TOR | 7.3 | 433 | 438 | 5 |
| 93 | Rasmus Andersson | CGY | 7.3 | 434 | 439 | 5 |
| 94 | Anton Stralman | TBL | 7.3 | 435 | 422 | -13 |
| 95 | Brady Skjei | NYR | 7.2 | 437 | 424 | -13 |
| 96 | Travis Dermott | TOR | 7.2 | 438 | 441 | 3 |
| 97 | Olli Juolevi | VAN | 7.1 | 441 | 444 | 3 |
| 98 | Duncan Keith | CHI | 6.2 | 452 | 457 | 5 |
| 99 | Dante Fabbro | NSH | 6.2 | 455 | 459 | 4 |
| 100 | Caleb Jones | EDM | 5.8 | 460 | 465 | 5 |
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