January Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Defencemen
by Diomedes7 on Jan 9, 2012 9:29 PM EST
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Karlsson and Del Zotto Zooming Up
Young rearguards Erik Karlsson, Kevin Shattenkirk, and Michael Del Zotto are three of the biggest + movers this month. And injuries to established stars like Dustin Byfuglien, Kris Letang, Chris Pronger, Christian Ehrhoff, and Mike Green, have opened opportunities for other players as well.
Defenceman Rankings -->> Top 60
1.
Zdeno Chara (1)
2. 
Erik Karlsson (4)
3. 
Shea Weber (2)
4. 
Dion Phaneuf (7)
5. 
Alexander Edler (3)
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.
6. 
Nicklas Lidstrom (5)
7. 
Michael Del Zotto (53)
8. 
Dan Boyle (15)
9. 
Drew Doughty (12)
10. 
Duncan Keith (10)
11. Kevin Bieksa (23)
12. Ryan Suter (6)
13. 
Dustin Byfuglien (8)
14. Brent Burns (9)
15. 
Kevin Shattenkirk (29)
16. 
Keith Yandle (11)
17. 
Lubomir Visnovsky (13)
18. 
Dennis Wideman (24)
19. Ian White (38)
20. 
Brian Campbell (18)
21. Alex Pietrangelo (25)
22. 
P.K. Subban (17)
23. Tobias Enstrom (20)
24. 
Mark Streit (14)
25. Dennis Seidenberg (48)
26. 
Alex Goligoski (26)
27. 
Kris Letang (16)
28. 
James Wisniewski (19)
29. Dmitry Kulikov (21)
30. John Carlson (30)
31. Niklas Kronwall (31)
32. 
Tyler Myers (36)
33. Jason Garrison (33)
34. 
Kimmo Timonen (37)
35. Dan Hamhuis (60)
36. Jack Johnson (28)
37. John-Michael Liles (32)
38. Christian Ehrhoff (22)
39. Dan Girardi (34)
40. Sheldon Souray (39)
41. Sergei Gonchar (35)
42. 
Marc-Andre Bergeron (40)
43. Matt Carle (off)
44. Zach Bogosian (49)
45. 
Erik Johnson (51)
46. Marc Staal (55)
47. Matt Niskanen (off)
48. Keith Seabrook (58)
49. 
Jamie McBain (46)
50. 
Mark Giordano (42)
51. Trevor Daley (off)
52. Joe Corvo (off)
53. Kyle Quincey (47)
54. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (off)
55. Johnny Boychuk (off)
56. Ryan McDonagh (off)
57. Cam Fowler (43)
58. Sami Salo (41)
59. Tomas Kaberle (45)
60. Mike Green (27)
On the bubble: Justin Faulk, Joni Pitkanen, Filip Kuba, Nick Leddy, Paul Martin.
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Rankings need some work
How can you rationalize having Campbell below Shattenkirk and even Doughty with his current off year. Burns @ 14, guy doesn’t even belong on this list anymore. Neither does Giordano with his injury and shit performance pre injury.
well, the rankings take into account past performance and current opportunities (the basis for the pre-season rankings) the 2011-12 YTD rankings, performance rankings over the prior 30 days, and other factors like injuries.
Burns had 46 pts last year on a weaker team. He also put up 98 PIMs. He was ranked 26th as of the date this was posted. I think he’ll regress (upward) closer to his #s from last season and therefore makes a good buy low/2nd half success candidate. Similar thinking for Doughty.
Shattenkirk is currently ranked 15th, and has been wicked hot on a surging St. Louis team.
Giordano is saying he could be back very soon. There is obvious risk with him, but as a #1 D-man he represents significant upside.
Soup
Forgot about Campbell…
His actual performance over the past 30 days ranked him 27th among D-men.
I ranked him 20th—ie, still higher than his actual performance over the last month.
At the halfway mark, he’s “on pace” for 66 points.
That’s more than his past 2 seasons—combined.
There are signs that he is slowing down.
As MB has noted (re-stated by truculence below), the NHL appears to have figured out the Panthers.
And his #s over the past 30 days bear that out.
i like the list
many changes since last month
i would have Burns a bit lower, but Campbell and the Cats have tailed off considerably. as Michael B said, “The NHL has figured them out.”
by truculence is a virtue on Jan 10, 2012 8:53 AM EST reply actions
Just to Hard
all these lists look completely wrong to me.
then I remember disney leagues use the amount of time spent on the ice (a ridiculous fantasy cat) so I guess a lot of these guys that I find completely useless, yeah, talking to you EJ and JJ, have their place over there.
way to go you talking stat heads
by MasterOfPuppets on Jan 10, 2012 9:29 AM EST reply actions
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