Top 100 Keeper Defensemen – August 2015

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2015-08-05

Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your fantasy hockey keeper league, August edition. Karlsson, Subban, Yandle and Shattenkirk lead the way in this points-only format.

 

As with the player rankings, these were part of the full audit with all variables adjusted. Plus or minus 5.0 points is pretty much the same ranking.

 

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Def. Rk Player Team Rating Aug Jul
1 Erik Karlsson OTT 114.2 20.0 24.0
2 P.K. Subban MON 91.5 44.0 46.0
3 Keith Yandle NYR 76.9 70.0 72.0
4 Kevin Shattenkirk STL 76.0 73.0 67.0
5 Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI 68.1 84.0 80.0
6 Victor Hedman TBL 63.9 92.0 118.0
7 Alex Pietrangelo STL 63.1 95.0 85.0
8 John Carlson WAS 62.6 99.0 111.0
9 Drew Doughty LAK 62.1 102.0 105.0
10 Duncan Keith CHI 61.9 103.0 110.0
11 Dustin Byfuglien WPG 60.2 109.0 117.0
12 Roman Josi NSH 59.4 110.0 115.0
13 Shea Weber NSH 59.1 111.0 100.0
14 Mark Giordano CGY 57.9 116.0 130.0
15 Brent Burns SJS 52.3 133.0 126.0
16 Tyson Barrie COL 50.8 136.0 149.0
17 Mike Green DET 49.9 141.0 139.0
18 Kris Letang PIT 49.4 144.0 116.0
19 Aaron Ekblad FLA 47.2 150.0 159.0
20 Dougie Hamilton CGY 46.7 151.0 153.0
21 John Klingberg DAL 46.6 154.0 178.0
22 Justin Schultz EDM 42.0 160.0 168.0
23 Morgan Rielly TOR 41.0 167.0 185.0
24 Sami Vatanen ANA 35.2 182.0 188.0
25 Nick Leddy NYI 34.9 185.0 271.0
26 Justin Faulk CAR 34.5 188.0 180.0
27 Jacob Trouba WPG 34.4 189.0 171.0
28 Torey Krug BOS 33.4 193.0 226.0
29 Seth Jones NSH 32.9 196.0 186.0
30 Cam Fowler ANA 31.8 205.0 210.0
31 Anthony DeAngelo TBL 29.8 210.0 236.0
32 Matt Niskanen WAS 29.7 211.0 447.0
33 Ryan Suter MIN 29.5 213.0 201.0
34 Matt Dumba MIN 28.2 222.0 244.0
35 Anton Stralman TBL 28.1 223.0 216.0
36 Hampus Lindholm ANA 27.8 226.0 269.0
37 Cody Ceci OTT 27.3 228.0 327.0
38 Jack Johnson CBJ 26.6 231.0 245.0
39 Mark Streit PHI 25.9 237.0 253.0
40 Cody Franson UFA 25.7 239.0 196.0
41 Derrick Pouliot PIT 25.4 243.0 219.0
42 James Wisniewski CAR 25.1 246.0 290.0
43 Ryan Ellis NSH 24.5 249.0 193.0
44 Ryan McDonagh NYR 23.7 258.0 238.0
45 Alex Goligoski DAL 23.3 262.0 262.0
46 Michael Del Zotto PHI 21.4 269.0 285.0
47 Niklas Kronwall DET 21.2 271.0 215.0
48 David Savard CBJ 21.0 272.0 288.0
49 Jake Muzzin LAK 20.8 273.0 259.0
50 TJ Brodie CGY 19.6 289.0 231.0
51 Dennis Wideman CGY 19.5 292.0 237.0
52 Andrej Sekera EDM 19.5 293.0 357.0
53 Brent Seabrook CHI 19.2 296.0 341.0
54 Jake Gardiner TOR 18.0 305.0 309.0
55 Ryan Murphy CAR 18.0 306.0 416.0
56 Andrei Markov MON 17.9 308.0 353.0
57 Adam Larsson NJD 17.7 313.0 324.0
58 Slater Koekkoek TBL 17.4 315.0 370.0
59 Tyler Myers WPG 17.2 319.0 302.0
60 Erik Johnson COL 17.2 320.0 298.0
61 Shea Theodore ANA 15.9 332.0 351.0
62 Nathan Beaulieu MON 15.8 334.0 307.0
63 Jason Garrison TBL 15.2 339.0 358.0
64 Adam Clendening PIT 15.0 341.0 417.0
65 Darnell Nurse EDM 14.6 344.0 368.0
66 Damon Severson NJD 14.6 345.0 261.0
67 Connor Carrick WAS 13.9 356.0 382.0
68 Trevor Daley CHI 13.3 364.0 338.0
69 Calvin de Haan NYI 13.2 366.0 373.0
70 Eric Gelinas NJD 13.0 369.0 395.0
71 Griffin Reinhart EDM 12.6 375.0 403.0
72 Travis Hamonic NYI 12.6 376.0 363.0
73 Shayne Gostisbehere PHI 12.4 377.0 388.0
74 Ryan Pulock NYI 12.3 378.0 401.0
75 Nikita Nesterov TBL 12.3 379.0 404.0
76 Johnny Boychuk NYI 12.1 380.0 349.0
77 Olli Maatta PIT 12.0 384.0 292.0
78 Dion Phaneuf TOR 11.6 385.0 316.0
79 Brandon Gormley ARI 11.5 386.0 374.0
80 Oscar Klefbom EDM 11.4 389.0 420.0
81 Connor Murphy ARI 11.3 390.0 393.0
82 Slava Voynov LAK 11.3 391.0 406.0
83 Colin Miller BOS 11.1 393.0 NR
84 Joshua Morrissey WPG 11.0 394.0 423.0
85 Kris Russell CGY 10.7 396.0 415.0
86 Nikita Zadorov COL 10.2 399.0 449.0
87 Patrick Wiercioch OTT 9.9 400.0 331.0
88 Brendan Smith DET 9.9 401.0 356.0
89 Mike Matheson FLA 9.9 402.0 475.0
90 Simon Despres ANA 9.6 406.0 429.0
91 Brayden McNabb LAK 9.4 408.0 444.0
92 Kevin Connauton CBJ 9.3 410.0 360.0
93 Mark Barberio MON 8.9 415.0 452.0
94 Dmitry Orlov WAS 8.7 416.0 443.0
95 Mark Pysyk BUF 8.5 418.0 455.0
96 David Rundblad CHI 8.4 421.0 461.0
97 Brandon Manning PHI 8.2 424.0 441.0
98 Danny DeKeyser DET 8.1 425.0 472.0
99 Jared Spurgeon MIN 8.0 426.0 380.0
100 Jonas Brodin MIN 7.6 429.0 451.0

 

10 Comments

  1. donions 2015-08-05 at 22:09

    how can Yandle be 3rd?

    I get thats its a formula not just a list youre making off the top of your head, but the formula may be flawed if Yandle comes out 3rd. I wouldnt have em in my top 10 even. 

    Not really looking for a detailed explanation just curious how a guy who struggled so much last year, can come out ahead of guys like Hedman, Byfuglien, Josi, heck even Burns and Giordano way down the list are superior.

    • isle b. 2015-08-07 at 03:57

      Agreed. Yandle should be 15th at the highest, maybe even lower than that. 

  2. Marc-Andre Grou 2015-08-06 at 01:01

    Maybe because the guy who "struggled so much" had a 52-point season? More than Hedman and Buff, and 3 points shy of Josi who had never come close before.

    • donions 2015-08-06 at 21:22

      If you wanna completely ignore games played sure he outproduced those guys. You take Yandle, ill take any of the rest plus quite a few others over him :D

    • Marc-Andre Grou 2015-08-06 at 22:19

      For the record, I'd eprsonally take Hedman over Yandle in a keeper. I just don't htink Yandle's ranking is outrageous.

      First, you can't compare over one season. You have to take into account that Yandle's been a consistent point-producing defenceman for years. If you just take Buff as a comparable, he's outscored him 4 out of the last 6 seasons. I'm not syaing they're miles apart, but yes, I don't think it's crazy to have Yandle ranked above.

       

      As for "games played", that's actually quite relevant. Yandle hasn't missed a single game in the last 6 seasons. That has value too.

      • donions 2015-08-07 at 00:47

        Ill admit I kinda glossed over Yandles #'s last 2 years, going more off the eye-test, just doesnt seem to be as dynamic as he used to be. 

        Youre right his ranking isnt outrageous at all, it just really stuck out to me seeing him at 3 when hes been so forgotten in my pool, nobody considers him anywhere near a top 5 dman.. Maybe I should try to buy low….but I dont like him that much haha

  3. Darren 2015-08-06 at 15:54

    Great list.  I love the OEL is #5 (where he belongs), and Muzzin (who won a cage match against OEL lol) is #49.  

  4. lrwi 2015-08-06 at 19:46

    Hard to believe that Zdeno Chara is not one of the top 100 defensemen. Despite it being for keeper leagues and despite him being half the defenseman he used to be, I'd still pick him up for a couple more years.

    • isle b. 2015-08-07 at 04:02

      Yes. I understand rating younger players with upside over him, but if there is room for Kris Russell or Dion Phaneuf here, then there ought to be room for Chara.

  5. Jason 2015-08-08 at 03:39

    For the life of me, I still can't figure out these weird number rankings.

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