Fantasy hockey top 60 defensemen rankings update

Wednesday, 01.27.2016 / 2:29 PM
Brian Metzer  - NHL.com Correspondent

These rankings are based on expectations for this season. Value is quantified by defense pairings, power-play usage, past performance and overall upside in standard Yahoo categories (goals, assists, plus-minus, penalty minutes, power-play points and shots on goal). These rankings reflect changes in value since Jan. 20.

1 Erik Karlsson, OTT (SAME)
2 Brent Burns, SJS (+1)
3 John Klingberg, DAL (-1)
4 Duncan Keith, CHI (SAME)
5 P.K. Subban, MTL (SAME)
6 Kevin Shattenkirk, STL (SAME)
7 Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI (SAME)
8 Justin Faulk, CAR (SAME)
9 Roman Josi, NSH (+1)
10 Tyson Barrie, COL (+1)
11 Kris Letang, PIT (+4)
12 Shea Weber, NSH (-3)
13 Victor Hedman, TBL (+1)
14 Drew Doughty, LAK (-2)
15 John Carlson, WSH (NR - INJ.) Fantasy Spin
16 Brent Seabrook, CHI (-3)
17 Dustin Byfuglien, WPG (-1)
18 Ryan Suter, MIN (SAME)
19 Ryan McDonagh, NYR (SAME)
20 Rasmus Ristolainen, BUF (SAME)
21 Jake Muzzin, LAK (SAME)
22 Keith Yandle, NYR (SAME)
23 TJ Brodie, CGY (+1)
24 Anton Stralman, TBL (+1)
25 Mark Giordano, CGY (+1)
26 Andrei Markov, MTL (-9)
27 Alex Pietrangelo, STL (+2)
28 Torey Krug, BOS (-5)
29 Sami Vatanen, ANA (-2)
30 Mark Streit, PHI (-2)
31 Francois Beauchemin, COL (+1)
32 Mike Green, DET (+1)
33 Jason Demers, DAL (+1)
34 Dion Phaneuf, TOR (-4)
35 Erik Johnson, COL (-4)
36 Aaron Ekblad, FLA (NR - INJ.)
37 Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI (+4)
38 Matt Niskanen, WSH (-1)
39 Dennis Wideman, CGY (-4)
40 Andrej Sekera, EDM (-3)
41 Trevor Daley, PIT (+2)
42 Zdeno Chara, BOS (-4)
43 Nick Leddy, NYI (-4)
44 Dougie Hamilton, CGY (-2)
45 Alex Goligoski, DAL (-5)
46 Morgan Rielly, TOR (-2)
47 Ryan Ellis, NSH (-2)
48 Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS (-2)
49 Alexander Edler, VAN (+1)
50 Colton Parayko, STL (-2)
51 Seth Jones, CBJ (+4)
52 Olli Maatta, PIT (-3)
53 Mattias Ekholm, NSH (+4)
54 Cody Franson, BUF (-7)
55 Jared Spurgeon, MIN (-4)
56 Tyler Myers, WPG (-4)
57 Michael Stone, ARI (-4)
58 Alec Martinez, LAK (-4)
59 Colin Miller, BOS (-3)
60 Justin Braun, SJS (-2)

Dropped out: Nick Holden, Marek Zidlicky

Key injuries: Johnny Boychuk, Niklas Kronwall, Cam Fowler, Oscar Klefbom, David Savard, James Wisniewski

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