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Top Defensemen

Written by Darryl Dobbs   
Sunday, 25 February 2007
This is simply pulling defensemen out of the regular 'Rankings' list and adding a few more at the bottom. Ratings are a reflection of a player's trade value in 'rollover' fantasy hockey pools. They reflect a players predicted points, historical points, injury risk, playoff value, powerplay time, and long-term potential.  Basically, if you are in a keeper league, this is my opinion based on my statistical model of a player's 'trade value'.  Naturally, individual trades would depend on the direction you are taking with your team at the present.

 

 

 

Def. RankDefensemanTeamRatingAugustJuly
1Sergei GoncharPIT76.06567
2Mike GreenWAS64.18179
3Nicklas LidstromDET64.08284
4Brian RafalskiDET62.28590
5Dion PhaneufCGY58.79996
6Ryan WhitneyPIT57.8102110
7Tomas KaberleTOR56.1109105
8Brian CampbellCHI55.9110115
9Andrei MarkovMTL55.3112117
10Scott NiedermayerANA48.6127127
11Chris ProngerANA46.7139140
12Dan BoyleSJ46.7140141
13Erik JohnsonSTL46.5141142
14Joe CorvoCAR40.0166166
15John-Michael LilesCOL38.3174173
16Braydon CoburnPHI35.7180179
17Lubomir VisnovskyEDM35.5182181
18Mark StreitNYI35.3183182
19Jay BouwmeesterFLA34.7186184
20Wade ReddenNYR32.2199196
21Ed JovanovskiPHO31.0207203
22Joni PitkanenCAR30.0212210
23Zdeno CharaBOS29.7213212
24Brent BurnsMIN29.5214220
25Shea WeberNSH29.4216216
26Sergei ZubovDAL29.0221219
27Tobias EnstromATL28.0225222
28Jack JohnsonLA26.5228237
29Niklas KronwallDET26.5229238
30Kimmo TimonenPHI24.9235235
31Bryan McCabeTOR24.2241230
32Kris LetangPIT24.2242252
33Matt CarleTB22.5254249
34Marek ZidlickyMIN21.8256253
35Sheldon SourayEDM21.4258254
36Cam BarkerCHI19.9267283
37Alex GoligoskiPIT19.3273297
38Marc-Andre BergeronMIN19.2274265
39Tom GilbertEDM19.2276271
40Dennis WidemanBOS18.5283276
41Ron HainseyATL18.5284277
42Andrej MeszarosOTT18.2293284
43Dustin ByfuglienCHI16.7311342
44Duncan KeithCHI16.2322353
45Michal RozsivalNYR15.9328323
46Anton StralmanTOR15.7332302
47Peter HarroldLA15.6333365
48Ryan SuterNSH15.6336329
49Paul MartinNJ15.5338332
50Johnny OduyaNJ13.4388383
51Paul RangerTB12.9392391
52Brent SeabrookCHI12.9393424
53Kris RussellCBJ12.4402401
54Kevin BieksaVAN12.3403402
55Jakub KindlDET12.2405436
56Marc StaalNYR11.6420417
57Jack HillenNYI11.0427NR
58Andrej SekeraBUF10.9430429
59Anssi SalmelaNJ10.3438438
60Keith YandlePHO10.2439440
61Bobby SanguinettiNYR9.3445445
62Tom PotiWAS8.9451450
63Ian WhiteTOR8.8453441
64Jamie McBainCAR8.4457459
65Matt NiskanenDAL8.0458463
66Cody FransonNSH7.9461466
67Paul MaraNYR7.9462467
68Ivan VishnevskiyDAL7.6464470
69Randy JonesPHI7.4467473
70Tom PreissingLA7.4468483
71Marc-Edouard VlasicSJ6.8475477
72Pavel KubinaTOR6.8476468
73Mike KomisarekMTL6.6477NR
74Drew DoughtyLA6.3479501
75Christian EhrhoffSJ5.8482480
76Sami LepistoWAS5.7484NR
77Brad StuartDET5.7485494
78Fedor TyutinCBJ5.6486485
79Filip KubaTB5.4489487
80Lukas KrajicekVAN4.8493492
81Brian SalcidoANA4.8494493
82Andy GreeneNJ4.7495497
83James WisniewskiCHI4.7499533
84Denis GrebeshkovEDM4.1506509
85Ladislav SmidEDM3.9510388
86Steve EmingerPHI3.9511515
87Mathieu SchneiderANA3.8512516
88Brian LeeOTT3.6515519
89Shane O'BrienTB3.4518520
90Mark GiordanoCGY3.4519521
91Zbynek MichalekPHO3.3520505
92Nick SchultzMIN3.3521523
93Steve WagnerSTL3.3522524
94Keith BallardFLA3.2523525
95Dan GirardiNYR3.1525527
96Mattias OhlundVAN3.0527529
97Nathan PaetschBUF3.0528530
98Kurtis FosterMIN3.0529531
99Dan HamhuisNSH2.9533536
100Philippe BoucherDAL2.8534538

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 August 2008 )
 
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