Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – March 2018

Dobber

2018-03-06

 

Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues.

 

As I noted yesterday in the full Top 300 list (here), this is the final list of the season in which we consider this season's help. Beginning in April we look ahead to next season and the two beyond that. As always, two players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point should be prioritized based on need and personal bias. You'll notice that players become very close in value to each other the further down the list you go as we get torn with the decision between immediate help but terribly low upside…versus a completely unproven prospect who won't help you this year and possibly not even next, if ever.

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Def. Rk Player Team Rating March Feb
1 Erik Karlsson OTT 105.4 40 40
2 John Klingberg DAL 103.0 44 38
3 Brent Burns SJS 97.1 51 42
4 Victor Hedman TBL 92.3 55 55
5 P.K. Subban NSH 88.5 60 63
6 Shayne Gostisbehere PHI 85.4 62 68
7 John Carlson WAS 74.4 77 85
8 Roman Josi NSH 69.7 87 101
9 Drew Doughty LAK 62.0 103 98
10 Tyson Barrie COL 60.6 107 123
11 Morgan Rielly TOR 59.5 109 114
12 Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI 55.8 118 118
13 Seth Jones CBJ 55.2 120 129
14 Torey Krug BOS 54.0 125 145
15 Dougie Hamilton CGY 52.1 128 149
16 Alex Pietrangelo STL 52.0 129 108
17 Kris Letang PIT 51.1 134 132
18 Zach Werenski CBJ 48.3 140 137
19 Dustin Byfuglien WPG 45.8 145 169
20 Jake Gardiner TOR 42.2 153 174
21 Keith Yandle FLA 40.9 155 158
22 Nick Leddy NYI 39.3 159 160
23 Ryan Suter MIN 38.5 162 183
24 Mikhail Sergachev TBL 33.0 177 156
25 Colin Miller VGK 32.1 180 205
26 Matt Dumba MIN 31.7 183 217
27 Ivan Provorov PHI 31.3 184 195
28 Tyler Myers WPG 29.3 195 215
29 Rasmus Ristolainen BUF 28.8 198 198
30 Charlie McAvoy BOS 28.4 200 204
31 Kevin Shattenkirk NYR 28.3 204 143
32 Colton Parayko STL 24.7 215 218
33 Jacob Trouba WPG 24.3 220 229
34 Brandon Montour ANA 23.7 225 209
35 Jared Spurgeon MIN 23.4 227 234
36 Duncan Keith CHI 22.6 231 206
37 Jake Muzzin LAK 22.0 233 242
38 TJ Brodie CGY 21.9 235 225
39 Mattias Ekholm NSH 21.9 236 254
40 Aaron Ekblad FLA 21.5 239 238
41 Cam Fowler ANA 21.2 241 237
42 Ryan Ellis NSH 21.1 242 263
43 Will Butcher NJD 19.3 256 199
44 Noah Hanifin CAR 19.0 259 212
45 Ryan McDonagh TBL 16.9 282 240
46 Mark Giordano CGY 16.3 290 299
47 Justin Faulk CAR 16.1 292 298
48 Justin Schultz PIT 15.9 293 302
49 Nate Schmidt VGK 15.4 300 348
50 Esa Lindell DAL 15.2 302 283
51 Mike Green DET 14.9 310 245
52 Mike Matheson FLA 13.9 320 331
53 Shea Weber MON 13.9 321 257
54 Ryan Pulock NYI 13.4 323 328
55 Anthony DeAngelo NYR 13.1 325 330
56 Shea Theodore VGK 12.4 329 266
57 Nikita Zaitsev TOR 12.0 334 362
58 Alex Goligoski ARI 11.6 339 360
59 Julius Honka DAL 10.5 348 357
60 Sami Vatanen NJD 10.2 352 387
61 Thomas Chabot OTT 10.1 353 363
62 Brady Skjei NYR 9.6 359 353
63 Darnell Nurse EDM 9.6 360 336
64 Joshua Morrissey WPG 9.5 362 342
65 Hampus Lindholm ANA 9.4 364 351
66 Christian Djoos WAS 9.4 365 369
67 Dmitry Orlov WAS 9.2 367 370
68 Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJS 9.0 370 444
69 Madison Bowey WAS 8.9 372 375
70 Samuel Girard COL 8.3 379 382
71 Jake Walman STL 8.1 385 384
72 Derrick Pouliot VAN 8.0 386 386
73 Oscar Klefbom EDM 7.8 387 355
74 Jordan Schmaltz STL 7.7 389 392
75 Damon Severson NJD 7.7 390 393
76 Jaccob Slavin CAR 7.3 392 377
77 Connor Carrick TOR 7.2 395 396
78 Travis Sanheim PHI 6.9 398 402
79 Nikita Zadorov COL 6.8 402 406
80 Rasmus Andersson CGY 6.3 408 413
81 Josh Manson ANA 6.2 409 332
82 Travis Dermott TOR 6.2 411 415
83 Oliver Kylington CGY 6.1 412 416
84 Jakob Chychrun ARI 5.9 419 421
85 Erik Brannstrom VGK 5.9 420 422
86 Miro Heiskanen DAL 5.9 421 423
87 Chris Wideman OTT 5.9 422 424
88 Olli Juolevi VAN 5.7 429 430
89 Timothy Liljegren TOR 5.7 430 431
90 Jake McCabe BUF 5.5 433 395
91 Michael Del Zotto VAN 5.1 440 440
92 David Savard CBJ 5.1 441 441
93 Mark Pysyk FLA 5.1 442 442
94 Victor Mete MON 4.9 444 445
95 Matt Niskanen WAS 4.7 446 479
96 Viktor Antipin BUF 4.7 447 435
97 Cale Makar COL 4.5 448 451
98 Gustav Forsling CHI 4.5 449 434
99 Vince Dunn STL 4.5 450 452
100 Mike Reilly MON 4.2 464 494

 

 

7 Comments

  1. Rick Roos 2018-03-06 at 14:33

    Wayyyyyyyyyy too many d-men ahead of Ellis on this list

    • Dobber 2018-03-06 at 14:43

      Read the disclaimer. He’s 32nd. Also check out my Ramblings yesterday, first couple paragraphs. Thanks!

  2. Chris Liggio 2018-03-08 at 12:39

    Edler? I know he is older but solid all around production. Maybe I am just missing name though can understand exclusion with his age.

    • Dobber 2018-03-08 at 14:28

      In most points-only leagues if your defenseman does not get at least 40 points, he’s not going to count towards your total at all. Edler’s hit that number twice and not at all in the last six years.

  3. Gabriel Turgeon 2018-03-14 at 15:33

    Olli Maatta??? obviously not a top 30 but maybe around 60. not even in the top 100 ???

    • Dobber 2018-03-14 at 16:25

      Not in a million years. Is there a reason you like him? Is it the 94 games missed the last three seasons? Is it the career high of 29 points? Or did his 17 points in the last 62 games super impress you? ;)

      • Gabriel Turgeon 2018-03-15 at 07:36

        ok… I can see why you didn’t mentioned him in the top 100.
        but I still think he could have some fantasy value. (praying for a complete season ;)) and he’s only 23. there might be more to come… he’s always playing just a few minutes of good hockey, behind Letang, Schultz and now Dumoulin… but like I said. not in the top of the list, for sure!

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