Fantasy hockey top 50 defenseman rankings

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FANTASY TOP 50 DEFENSEMEN

Standard fantasy categories include goals, assists, plus/minus, power-play points, shots on goal and hits for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the rest of this season. This list is a collaborative effort by Pete Jensen and Anna Dua.

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1. Erik Karlsson, SJS
2. Cale Makar, COL
3. Adam Fox, NYR
4. Dougie Hamilton, NJD
5. Rasmus Dahlin, BUF
6. Josh Morrissey, WPG
7. Charlie McAvoy, BOS
8. Quinn Hughes, VAN
9. Brandon Montour, FLA
10. Miro Heiskanen, DAL
11. Brent Burns, CAR
12. Victor Hedman, TBL
13. John Carlson, WSH
14. Vince Dunn, SEA
15. Hampus Lindholm, BOS
16. Mikhail Sergachev, TBL
17. Alex Pietrangelo, VGK
18. Drew Doughty, LAK
19. Bowen Byram, COL
20. Kris Letang, PIT
21. Evan Bouchard, EDM
22. Morgan Rielly, TOR
23. Mattias Ekholm, EDM
24. Shea Theodore, VGK
25. Noah Dobson, NYI
26. Devon Toews, COL
27. Moritz Seider, DET
28. Darnell Nurse, EDM
29. Rasmus Andersson, CGY
30. Tyson Barrie, NSH
31. K'Andre Miller, NYR
32. John Klingberg, MIN
33. Samuel Girard, COL
34. Gustav Forsling, FLA
35. Brady Skjei, CAR
36. Dmitry Orlov, BOS
37. Mike Matheson, MTL
38. Sean Durzi, LAK
39. Adam Larsson, SEA
40. MacKenzie Weegar, CGY
41. Aaron Ekblad, FLA
42. Rasmus Sandin, WSH
43. Juuso Valimaki, ARI
44. Shayne Gostisbehere, CAR
45. Owen Power, BUF (rookie)
46. Jacob Trouba, NYR
47. Justin Faulk, STL
48. Noah Hanifin, CGY
49. Tony DeAngelo, PHI
50. Jeff Petry, PIT

Other key injuries:

Roman Josi, NSH
Jakob Chychrun, OTT
Filip Hronek, VAN
Thomas Chabot, OTT
Zach Werenski, CBJ (out for season)

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