As you might expect, there was a fair amount of movement in this month's rankings.
Although the rankings are based on expected performance from this point FORWARD, year-to-date production was factored in as well. Blueliners like Sheldon Souray, Marc-Andre Bergeron, and Sami Salo were not highly drafted but are producing well, are in good situations, and are ranked accordingly.
Defencemen Rankings -->> Top 60
Note: Defencemen are ranked for their expected performance from this point to the end of the 2011-2012 season using standard scoring league categories: Goals, Assists, Power Play Points, Shots on Goal, Plus/Minus, Penalty Minutes, and Average Time on Ice. Last month's ranking is indicated in parentheses.
1. Kris Letang, PIT (9)
3. Zdeno Chara, BOS (2)
4. Brent Burns, SJS (4)
5. Shea Weber, NSH (5)
8. Drew Doughty, LAK (6)
10. Dion Phaneuf, TOR (18)
11. Keith Yandle, PHO (7)
12. Mike Green, WAS (10)
13. Mark Streit, NYI (11)
15. James Wisniewski, CLS (16)
16. Tobias Enstrom, WPG (13)
17. Duncan Keith, CHI (15)
18. Ryan Suter, NSH (16)
19. P.K. Subban, MON (17)
20. Christian Ehrhoff, BUF (12)
21. Mark Giordano, CGY (20)
22. Dustin Byfuglien, WPG (14)
23. Brian Campbell, FLA (37)
24. Dennis Wideman, WAS (52)
25. Alex Pietrangelo, STL (25)
26. Alex Goligoski, DAL (19)
28. Jack Johnson, LAK (36)
29. Erik Johnson, COL (27)
30. Kevin Bieksa, VAN (22)
32. Cam Fowler, ANA (28)
33. Kevin Shattenkirk, STL (31)
35. John-Michael Liles, TOR (40)
36. Tyler Myers, BUF (30)
37. Sergei Gonchar, OTT (43)
38. Brent Seabrook, CHI (33)
39. Chris Pronger, PHI (44)
40. Kimmo Timonen, PHI (51)
41. John Carlson, WAS (41)
42. Marc-Andre Bergeron, TB (NR)
44. Joni Pitkanen, CAR (47)
50. Dennis Seidenberg, BOS (38)
51. Andrei Markov, MON (26)
52. Ryan Whitney, EDM (29)
56. Tomas Kaberle, CAR (38)
57. Filip Kuba (NR)
58. Andrej Meszaros (57)
59. Matt Carle, PHI (NR)
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