Top 60 Fantasy Hockey Defensemen Rankings - October 28, 2018

Our last top 60 NHL fantasy hockey defensemen ranking for the month of October.

Our fantasy hockey defenseman rankings are for the next 2 to 3 seasons, and consider each player's track record, upside, age, team and injury history. Because fantasy league categories vary widely, these rankings focus on point production.

RANK	PLAYER	NOTES	PVS.	CHG.	AGE
TIER 1
1	Erik Karlsson, SJ		1	0	28.4
2	Brent Burns, SJ	Getting up there in age, but he's still got it.	3	1	33.6
3	Victor Hedman, TB		2	-1	27.8
TIER 2
4	John Klingberg, DAL		4	0	26.1
5	Shayne Gostisbehere, PHI		5	0	25.5
6	John Carlson, WAS	Scorching start has him pushing up the rankings.	7	1	28.7
7	P.K. Subban, NAS		6	-1	29.4
8	Roman Josi, NAS		8	0	28.3
9	Tyson Barrie, COL		9	0	27.2
10	Morgan Rielly, TOR	Poised for monster year on Leafs PP1.	10	0	24.6

TIER 3
11	Drew Doughty, LA		11	0	28.8
12	Torey Krug, BOS		13	1	27.5
13	Seth Jones, CBJ		14	1	24.0
14	Kris Letang, PIT		15	1	31.5
15	Dustin Byfuglien, WPG		16	1	33.5
16	Alex Pietrangelo, STL	Dreadful start, but keep faith. He's a stud.	12	-4	28.7
17	Zach Werenski, CBJ		18	1	21.2
18	Keith Yandle, FLA		19	1	32.1
19	Matt Dumba, MIN		20	1	24.2
20	Ryan Suter, MIN		21	1	33.7
21	Charlie McAvoy, BOS	Has stepped up in Krug's absence.	25	4	20.8
22	Dougie Hamilton, CAR		17	-5	25.3
23	Oliver Ekman-Larsson, AZ	OEL, Coyotes slowly emerging from their slumber.	22	-1	27.2
24	Rasmus Ristolainen, BUF		23	-1	23.9
25	Ivan Provorov, PHI		24	-1	21.7

TIER 4
26	Ryan Ellis, NAS		26	0	27.8
27	Mark Giordano, CGY		28	1	35.0
28	Jake Gardiner, TOR		30	2	28.3
29	Rasmus Dahlin, BUF		27	-2	18.5
30	Shea Weber, MTL	Making progress, but still a ways away.	33	3	33.1
31	Aaron Ekblad, FLA		29	-2	22.7
32	Oscar Klefbom, EDM		32	0	25.2
33	Mikhail Sergachev, TB		36	3	20.3
34	Kevin Shattenkirk, NYR	Still earning the new coach's trust.	31	-3	29.7
35	Justin Faulk, CAR		35	0	26.5
36	Thomas Chabot, OTT	Thriving as Ottawa's new go-to guy on D.	41	5	21.7
37	Jake Muzzin, LA		34	-3	29.6
38	Ryan Pulock, NYI		38	0	24.0
39	Colton Parayko, STL		39	0	25.4
40	Will Butcher, NJ		43	3	23.7
41	Brandon Montour, ANH		40	-1	24.5
42	Nick Leddy, NYI	Struggling out of the gate.	37	-5	27.5
43	Duncan Keith, CHI		44	1	35.2
44	Shea Theodore, VGK	Finally putting a few points on the board.	42	-2	23.2
TIER 5
45	Jared Spurgeon, MIN		45	0	28.9
46	Jacob Trouba, WPG		47	1	24.6
47	Colin Miller, VGK		48	1	25.9
48	Mattias Ekholm, NAS		52	4	28.4
49	Jeff Petry, MTL		51	2	30.8
50	Sami Vatanen, NJ		49	-1	27.3
51	Hampus Lindholm, ANH	Not known as an offensive dynamo, but he's hot.	-	-	24.7
52	Matt Niskanen, WAS		55	3	31.8
53	Cam Fowler, ANH		50	-3	26.8
54	TJ Brodie, CGY		53	-1	28.3
55	Marc-Edouard Vlasic, SJ		56	1	31.5
56	Alex Goligoski, AZ		58	2	33.2
57	Dmitry Orlov, WAS		46	-11	27.2
58	Mike Green, DET		57	-1	33.0
59	Alex Edler, VAN		59	0	32.5
60	Justin Schultz, PIT	Out for at least 4 months.	54	-6	28.3

On the bubble (no particular order):

Jacob Slavin, CAR

Tyler Myers, WPG

Noah Hanifin, CAR

Josh Morrissey, WPG

Vince Dunn, STL

Miro Heiskanen, DAL

Ryan McDonagh, TB

Brent Seabrook, CHI

Alec Martinez, LA

Samuel Girard, COL

Nate Schmidt, VGK

Maxime Lajoie, OTT

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