Top 85 NHL Fantasy Defensemen

Here are my top 85 NHL Defensemen for 2013-2014 fantasy hockey drafts and pools:
Ranking criteria
• Goals and assists recent season
• Proven / Unproven – Ex. Dustin Byfuglien is a proven consistent scorer.
• Upside / Downside
• Age – Hitting his prime? Old and numbers are slipping?
• Team Dynamics – Are they playing on a strong team or a weak team?
• Proneness to Injury
Please Note
My list is based on the following point system: Goals (1 point), and Assists (1 point).
Last Updated: October 21, 2013

Rank	Player	Team	Pos
1	Erik Karlsson	OTT	D
2	Kris Letang	PIT	D
3	P.K. Subban	MTL	D
4	Dustin Byfuglien	WPG	D
5	Keith Yandle	PHX	D
6	Ryan Suter	MIN	D
7	Alex Pietrangelo	STL	D
8	Shea Weber	NSH	D
9	Zdeno Chara	BOS	D
10	Duncan Keith	CHI	D
11	Niklas Kronwall	DET	D
12	Brian Campbell	FLA	D
13	Justin Schultz	EDM	D
14	Mark Streit	PHI	D
15	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	PHX	D
16	Dion Phaneuf	TOR	D
17	Kevin Shattenkirk	STL	D
18	Tobias Enstrom	WPG	D
19	Mike Green	WSH	D
20	Cody Franson	TOR	D
21	Andrei Markov	MTL	D
22	Drew Doughty	LAK	D
23	Alexander Edler	VAN	D
24	Paul Martin	PIT	D
25	Dan Hamhuis	VAN	D
26	Slava Voynov	LAK	D
27	Jack Johnson	CBJ	D
28	Michael Del Zotto	NYR	D
29	Dan Boyle	SJS	D
30	John Carlson	WSH	D
31	Sergei Gonchar	DAL	D
32	Dennis Wideman	CGY	D
33	Victor Hedman	TBL	D
34	Alex Goligoski	DAL	D
35	Matthew Carle	TBL	D
36	Nick Leddy	CHI	D
37	Christian Ehrhoff	BUF	D
38	Brent Seabrook	CHI	D
39	Zach Bogosian	WPG	D
40	Fedor Tyutin	CBJ	D
41	Dougie Hamilton	BOS	D
42	Kimmo Timonen	PHI	D
43	Roman Josi	NSH	D
44	James Wisniewski	CBJ	D
45	Lubomir Visnovsky	NYI	D
46	Francois Beauchemin	ANA	D
47	Jay Bouwmeester	STL	D
48	Justin Faulk	CAR	D
49	Patrick Wiercioch	OTT	D
50	Ryan McDonagh	NYR	D
51	Mark Giordano	CGY	D
52	Dmitry Kulikov	FLA	D
53	Marek Zidlicky	NJD	D
54	Dennis Seidenberg	BOS	D
55	Carl Gunnarsson	TOR	D
56	Jake Gardiner	TOR	D
57	Raphael Diaz	MTL	D
58	Jonas Brodin	MIN	D
59	Seth Jones	NSH	D
60	Jeff Petry	EDM	D
61	Erik Johnson	COL	D
62	TJ Brodie	CGY	D
63	Matt Niskanen	PIT	D
64	Jared Spurgeon	MIN	D
65	Jake Muzzin	LAK	D
66	Marc Staal	NYR	D
67	Cam Fowler	ANA	D
68	Jason Garrison	VAN	D
69	Jacob Trouba	WPG	D
70	Morgan Rielly	TOR	D
71	Tyler Myers	BUF	D
72	Tyson Barrie	COL	D
73	Jamie McBain	BUF	D
74	Jakub Kindl	DET	D
75	Kevin Bieksa	VAN	D
76	Ryan Murray	CBJ	D
77	Joe Corvo	OTT	D
78	John-Michael Liles	TOR	D
79	Travis Hamonic	NYI	D
80	Nikita Nikitin	CBJ	D
81	Dan Girardi	NYR	D
82	Andrej Sekera	CAR	D
83	Adam Larsson	NJD	D
84	Andy Greene	NJD	D
85	Sami Salo	TBL	D