Kevin Bieksa cheers his ranking. He's up 12 spots this month.
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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