Standard Yahoo categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, PIMs, PPP and SOG for skaters. ... Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production, defense pairs, power-play usage, team's offseason changes, injury history, age, sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, contract status, Yahoo ADP and overall upside for the rest of the season. ... Any players with day-to-day injury concerns (DTD) are noted. NEW - INJ. indicates a player who has returned from injury and rejoined the rankings.
1. Brent Burns, SJS (SAME)
2. P.K. Subban, NSH (SAME)
3. John Klingberg, DAL (SAME)
4. Victor Hedman, TBL (SAME)
5. Drew Doughty, LAK (SAME)
6. John Carlson, WSH (SAME)
7. Seth Jones, CBJ (SAME)
8. Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI (SAME)
9. Torey Krug, BOS (+3)
10. Roman Josi, NSH (SAME)
11. Dustin Byfuglien, WPG (SAME)
12. Alex Pietrangelo, STL (-2)
13. Dougie Hamilton, CGY (+1)
14. Kris Letang, PIT (+1)
15. Mark Giordano, CGY (-2)
16. Jake Muzzin, LAK (+1)
17. Erik Karlsson, OTT (-1)
18. Jake Gardiner, TOR (+8)
19. Keith Yandle, FLA (+8)
20. Rasmus Ristolainen, BUF (-1)
21. Zach Werenski, CBJ (-3)
22. Charlie McAvoy, BOS (SAME)
23. Colton Parayko, STL (+1)
24. Tyson Barrie, COL (+4)
25. Ivan Provorov, PHI (-2)
26. Mikhail Sergachev, TBL (-5)
27. Aaron Ekblad, FLA (+5)
28. Morgan Rielly, TOR (-3)
29. Ryan Ellis, NSH (SAME)
30. Tyler Myers, WPG (SAME)
31. Matt Dumba, MIN (+5)
32. Justin Faulk, CAR (+10)
33. Ryan Suter, MIN (-2)
34. Cam Fowler, ANA (SAME)
35. Erik Johnson, COL (-15)
36. Nick Leddy, NYI (-1)
37. Jeff Petry, MTL (+4)
38. Jared Spurgeon, MIN (+5)
39. Colin Miller, VGK (+6)
40. Josh Manson, ANA (+6)
41. Esa Lindell, DAL (-2)
42. Duncan Keith, CHI (-9)
43. Justin Schultz, PIT (NEW)
44. Mike Green, DET (SAME)
45. Shea Theodore, VGK (-3)
46. Ryan Pulock, NYI (+3)
47. Alex Goligoski, ARI (NEW)
48. Darnell Nurse, EDM (-10)
49. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, ARI (-2)
50. Zdeno Chara, BOS (NEW)
Dropped out: Samuel Girard, COL; Mattias Ekholm, NSH
Just missed:TJ Brodie, CGY; Nate Schmidt, VGK, Vince Dunn, STL; Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJS; Brent Seabrook, CHI
Key injuries: Shea Weber, MTL; Kevin Shattenkirk, NYR; Jacob Trouba, WPG; Ryan McDonagh, NYR (dropped out)
READ: Last week's Top 50 defenseman rankings
