Fantasy Hockey Tips for 2017: Predictions for Top NHL Defensemen

September 6, 2017
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Here is a look at the top 100 defensemen you may want to consider for your hockey pools this season.  While we have not included a lot (if any) rookie rearguards, With the Vegas Golden Knights entering play this season, there may be some openings for some rookie D-men.

Predictions for the Top 100 NHL Defensemen 2017/18 NHL Season

We have included stats from last season as well as the team that each blueliner played for last season.

Player GP G A Points +/- PIM GWG OTG Shots S% P/G
Karlsson, Erik OTT 77 17 54 71 10 28 5 1 218 7.80% 0.9
Hedman, Victor TB 79 16 56 72 3 47 5 2 166 9.60% 0.9
Burns, Brent SJ 82 29 47 76 19 40 6 3 320 9.10% 0.9
Josi, Roman NSH 72 12 37 49 7 18 1 0 217 5.50% 0.7
Ristolainen, Rasmus BUF 79 6 39 45 -9 58 2 2 186 3.20% 0.6
Letang, Kris PIT 41 5 29 34 2 32 2 1 122 4.10% 0.8
Shattenkirk, Kevin WSH 80 13 43 56 -7 47 2 0 161 8.10% 0.7
Keith, Duncan CHI 80 6 47 53 22 16 2 1 183 3.30% 0.7
Jones, Seth CBJ 75 12 30 42 6 24 3 3 152 7.90% 0.6
Krug, Torey BOS 81 8 43 51 -10 37 1 0 208 3.80% 0.6
Werenski, Zach CBJ 78 11 36 47 17 14 1 1 188 5.90% 0.6
Schultz, Justin PIT 78 12 39 51 27 34 1 0 154 7.80% 0.7
Subban, P.K. NSH 66 10 30 40 -8 44 2 0 142 7.00% 0.6
Ekman-Larsson, Oliver ARZ 79 12 27 39 -25 48 1 1 145 8.30% 0.5
Hamilton, Dougie CGY 81 13 37 50 12 64 5 1 222 5.90% 0.6
Byfuglien, Dustin WPG 80 13 39 52 10 117 1 0 241 5.40% 0.7
Gardiner, Jake TOR 82 9 34 43 24 34 2 2 127 7.10% 0.5
Weber, Shea MTL 78 17 25 42 20 38 4 0 183 9.30% 0.5
Klefbom, Oscar EDM 82 12 26 38 7 6 3 0 201 6.00% 0.5
Giordano, Mark CGY 81 12 27 39 22 59 4 1 151 7.90% 0.5
Faulk, Justin CAR 75 17 20 37 -18 32 2 0 225 7.60% 0.5
Gostisbehere, Shayne PHI 76 7 32 39 -21 32 1 0 198 3.50% 0.5
Parise, Zach MIN 69 19 23 42 -3 30 4 0 194 9.80% 0.6
McDonagh, Ryan NYR 77 6 36 42 20 37 1 0 153 3.90% 0.5
Doughty, Drew LA 82 12 32 44 8 46 1 1 181 6.60% 0.5
Klingberg, John DAL 80 13 36 49 2 34 3 0 124 10.50% 0.6
Suter, Ryan MIN 82 9 31 40 34 36 1 0 164 5.50% 0.5
Severson, Damon NJ 80 3 28 31 -31 58 1 0 125 2.40% 0.4
Ellis, Ryan NSH 71 16 22 38 17 29 3 0 140 11.40% 0.5
Barrie, Tyson COL 74 7 31 38 -34 18 2 0 182 3.80% 0.5
Fowler, Cam ANA 80 11 28 39 7 20 3 0 186 5.90% 0.5
Zaitsev, Nikita TOR 82 4 32 36 -22 38 0 0 106 3.80% 0.4
Yandle, Keith FLA 82 5 36 41 -6 39 0 0 178 2.80% 0.5
Slavin, Jaccob CAR 82 5 29 34 23 12 0 0 99 5.10% 0.4
Skjei, Brady NYR 80 5 34 39 11 42 0 0 127 3.90% 0.5
Seabrook, Brent CHI 79 3 36 39 5 26 0 0 131 2.30% 0.5
Carlson, John WSH 72 9 28 37 7 10 3 0 180 5.00% 0.5
Spurgeon, Jared MIN 76 10 28 38 33 20 2 1 144 6.90% 0.5
Ekblad, Aaron FLA 68 10 11 21 -23 58 2 1 225 4.40% 0.3
Brodie, T.J. CGY 82 6 30 36 -16 24 2 1 78 7.70% 0.4
Martinez, Alec LA 82 9 30 39 -17 24 3 2 144 6.30% 0.5
Orlov, Dmitry WSH 82 6 27 33 30 51 0 0 125 4.80% 0.4
Provorov, Ivan PHI 82 6 24 30 -7 34 1 0 161 3.70% 0.4
Parayko, Colton STL 81 4 31 35 7 32 2 0 188 2.10% 0.4
Rielly, Morgan TOR 76 6 21 27 -20 21 1 1 171 3.50% 0.4
Dumba, Matt MIN 76 11 23 34 15 59 1 1 131 8.40% 0.4
Vlasic, Marc-Edouard SJ 75 6 22 28 4 35 2 1 144 4.20% 0.4
Manson, Josh ANA 82 5 12 17 14 82 1 0 88 5.70% 0.2
Hanifin, Noah CAR 81 4 25 29 -19 26 1 1 108 3.70% 0.4
Goligoski, Alex ARZ 82 6 30 36 -9 28 0 0 112 5.40% 0.4
Trouba, Jacob WPG 60 8 25 33 4 54 1 0 154 5.20% 0.6
Boychuk, Johnny NYI 66 6 17 23 11 19 2 0 155 3.90% 0.3
Demers, Jason FLA 81 9 19 28 -14 53 2 0 98 9.20% 0.3
Sustr, Andrej TB 80 3 11 14 -10 43 1 0 93 3.20% 0.2
Hamhuis, Dan DAL 79 1 15 16 -7 23 0 0 83 1.20% 0.2
Lindell, Esa DAL 73 6 12 18 8 22 2 1 99 6.10% 0.2
Beaulieu, Nathan MTL 74 4 24 28 8 44 1 0 118 3.40% 0.4
Hutton, Ben VAN 71 5 14 19 -22 31 1 1 130 3.80% 0.3
Ekholm, Mattias NSH 82 3 20 23 4 34 1 0 120 2.50% 0.3
Muzzin, Jake LA 82 9 19 28 -21 46 1 0 184 4.90% 0.3
Nurse, Darnell EDM 44 5 6 11 0 33 0 0 85 5.90% 0.3
Hagelin, Carl PIT 61 6 16 22 10 16 2 0 128 4.70% 0.4
Russell, Kris EDM 68 1 12 13 5 23 1 0 68 1.50% 0.2
Chara, Zdeno BOS 75 10 19 29 18 59 0 0 136 7.40% 0.4
Streit, Mark PIT 68 6 21 27 -12 28 2 0 114 5.30% 0.4
Cole, Ian PIT 81 5 21 26 26 72 1 0 89 5.60% 0.3
Brodin, Jonas MIN 68 3 22 25 5 20 2 0 85 3.50% 0.4
Vatanen, Sami ANA 71 3 21 24 3 30 0 0 117 2.60% 0.3
Phaneuf, Dion OTT 81 9 21 30 -6 100 2 0 156 5.80% 0.4
Morrissey, Josh WPG 82 6 14 20 6 38 3 0 99 6.10% 0.2
Petry, Jeff MTL 80 8 20 28 3 22 1 0 172 4.70% 0.4
Bourque, Rene COL 65 12 6 18 -19 56 2 1 111 10.80% 0.3
Ceci, Cody OTT 79 2 15 17 -11 20 0 0 143 1.40% 0.2
Seidenberg, Dennis NYI 73 5 17 22 25 32 0 0 89 5.60% 0.3
Stralman, Anton TB 73 5 17 22 1 20 0 0 130 3.80% 0.3
Klein, Kevin NYR 60 3 11 14 5 31 0 0 54 5.60% 0.2
Edler, Alexander VAN 68 6 15 21 -20 36 0 0 138 4.30% 0.3
Sekera, Andrej EDM 80 8 27 35 14 18 1 0 128 6.30% 0.4
Johnson, Jack CBJ 82 5 18 23 23 32 1 0 116 4.30% 0.3
Daley, Trevor PIT 56 5 14 19 7 37 0 0 84 6.00% 0.3
Franson, Cody BUF 68 3 16 19 -5 34 0 0 93 3.20% 0.3
Larsson, Adam EDM 79 4 15 19 21 55 0 0 85 4.70% 0.2
Martin, Paul SJ 81 4 22 26 10 20 1 0 57 7.00% 0.3
Gudas, Radko PHI 67 6 17 23 8 93 0 0 113 5.30% 0.3
Hjalmarsson, Niklas CHI 73 5 13 18 12 20 0 0 61 8.20% 0.2
Del Zotto, Michael PHI 51 6 12 18 -5 28 0 0 92 6.50% 0.4
Murray, Ryan CBJ 60 2 9 11 3 24 0 0 52 3.80% 0.2
Johnson, Erik COL 46 2 15 17 -6 9 1 1 96 2.10% 0.4
Benn, Jordie MTL 71 4 13 17 -4 28 1 0 68 5.90% 0.2
Stone, Michael CGY 64 3 12 15 0 32 0 0 81 3.70% 0.2
Wideman, Chris OTT 76 5 12 17 7 46 1 0 123 4.10% 0.2
Hamonic, Travis NYI 49 3 11 14 -21 60 0 0 74 4.10% 0.3
Benning, Matt EDM 62 3 12 15 8 29 0 0 69 4.30% 0.2
van Riemsdyk, Trevor CHI 58 5 11 16 17 29 2 0 73 6.80% 0.3
Dumoulin, Brian PIT 70 1 14 15 0 14 0 0 78 1.30% 0.2
Edmundson, Joel STL 69 3 12 15 11 60 1 0 81 3.70% 0.2
Orpik, Brooks WSH 79 0 14 14 32 48 0 0 93 0.00% 0.2
Beauchemin, Francois COL 81 5 13 18 -14 32 1 0 132 3.80% 0.2
Manning, Brandon PHI 65 3 9 12 -12 83 1 0 84 3.60% 0.2
Methot, Marc OTT 68 0 12 12 13 24 0 0 69 0.00% 0.2
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