Fantasy categories taken into account for these rankings include goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, hits and blocked shots for skaters. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, defense pairs, power-play usage, injury history or concern, age, contract status and overall upside for the rest of the 2024-25 season.
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1. Cale Makar, D, COL
2. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ
3. Quinn Hughes, D, VAN
4. Josh Morrissey, D, WPG
5. Victor Hedman, D, TBL
6. Dougie Hamilton, D, NJD
7. Roman Josi, D, NSH
8. MacKenzie Weegar, D, CGY
9. Evan Bouchard, D, EDM
10. Moritz Seider, D, DET
11. John Carlson, D, WSH
12. Rasmus Dahlin, D, BUF
13. Lane Hutson, D, MTL (rookie)
14. Jakob Chychrun, D, WSH
15. Neal Pionk, D, WPG
16. Erik Karlsson, D, PIT
17. Brandon Montour, D, SEA
18. Devon Toews, D, COL
19. Shea Theodore, D, VGK
20. Noah Dobson, D, NYI (INJ.)
21. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, CAR
22. Mikhail Sergachev, D, UTA (INJ.)
23. Jake Sanderson, D, OTT
24. Vince Dunn, D, SEA
25. Adam Fox, D, NYR
26. Jake Walman, D, SJS
27. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS (INJ.)
28. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA (INJ.)
29. Rasmus Andersson, D, CGY
30. Colton Parayko, D, STL
31. Miro Heiskanen, D, DAL
32. Cam Fowler, D, STL
33. Mattias Ekholm, D, EDM
34. Alex Pietrangelo, D, VGK
35. Kris Letang, D, PIT
36. Luke Hughes, D, NJD
37. Noah Hanifin, D, VGK
38. Morgan Rielly, D, TOR
39. Travis Sanheim, D, PHI
40. Jackson LaCombe, D, ANA
41. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT
42. Jake Middleton, D, MIN
43. Seth Jones, D, CHI
44. Thomas Harley, D, DAL
45. Justin Faulk, D, STL
46. Filip Hronek, D, VAN
47. Radko Gudas, D, ANA
48. Erik Gustafsson, D, DET
49. Jacob Trouba, D, ANA
50. Mike Matheson, D, MTL
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Other defenseman to consider:
John Klingberg, D, EDM
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Key injuries:
Drew Doughty, D, LAK
Jared Spurgeon, D, MIN
Sean Durzi, D, UTA
Hampus Lindholm, D, BOS
