Defensemen: Two Bruins in top 3
Fantasy hockey defensemen ranked for the 2009-10 season
Select a view: Top 200 | Forwards | Defense | Goalies
| Rank | Player | Overall | Auction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zdeno Chara, D, Bos | 7 | $24 |
| 2 | Mike Green, D, Was | 19 | $19 |
| 3 | Dennis Wideman, D, Bos | 20 | $19 |
| 4 | Nicklas Lidstrom, D, Det | 27 | $18 |
| 5 | Dion Phaneuf, D, Cgy | 29 | $18 |
| 6 | Jay Bouwmeester, D, Cgy | 35 | $17 |
| 7 | Chris Pronger, D, Phi | 57 | $14 |
| 8 | Cam Barker, D, Chi | 67 | $12 |
| 9 | Duncan Keith, D, Chi | 68 | $12 |
| 10 | Dan Boyle, D, SJ | 74 | $11 |
| 11 | Brian Rafalski, D, Det | 81 | $10 |
| 12 | Mark Streit, D, NYI | 98 | $9 |
| 13 | Scott Niedermayer, D, Anh | 100 | $9 |
| 14 | Brent Seabrook, D, Chi | 104 | $8 |
| 15 | Rob Blake, D, SJ | 108 | $8 |
| 16 | Sheldon Souray, D, Edm | 111 | $8 |
| 17 | Paul Martin, D, NJ | 112 | $8 |
| 18 | Stephane Robidas, D, Dal | 115 | $8 |
| 19 | Johnny Oduya, D, NJ | 117 | $8 |
| 20 | Pavel Kubina, D, Atl | 128 | $6 |
| 21 | Kevin Bieksa, D, Van | 129 | $6 |
| 22 | Zach Bogosian, D, Atl | 131 | $6 |
| 23 | Sergei Gonchar, D, Pit | 134 | $6 |
| 24 | Braydon Coburn, D, Phi | 135 | $6 |
| 25 | Andrei Markov, D, Mon | 143 | $5 |
| 26 | Kimmo Timonen, D, Phi | 144 | $5 |
| 27 | Alexander Edler, D, Van | 147 | $5 |
| 28 | Victor Hedman, D, TB | 149 | $5 |
| 29 | Victor Hedman, D, TB | 149 | $5 |
| 30 | Craig Rivet, D, Buf | 157 | $4 |
| 31 | Shea Weber, D, Nsh | 158 | $4 |
| 32 | Niklas Kronwall, D, Det | 165 | $4 |
| 33 | Ryan Whitney, D, Anh | 168 | $4 |
| 34 | Brian Campbell, D, Chi | 173 | $3 |
| 35 | Alex Goligoski, D, Pit | 174 | $3 |
| 36 | Joni Pitkanen, D, Car | 180 | $3 |
| 37 | Ville Koistinen, D, Fla | 183 | $3 |
| 38 | Cory Murphy, D, NJ | 187 | $2 |
| 39 | Marek Zidlicky, D, Min | 188 | $2 |
| 40 | Mattias Ohlund, D, TB | 194 | $2 |
| 41 | Joe Corvo, D, Car | 195 | $1 |
| 42 | Ryan Suter, D, Nsh | 198 | $1 |
| 43 | Christian Ehrhoff, D, VAN | 201 | $1 |
| 44 | Anton Babchuk, D, Car | 205 | $1 |
| 45 | Kris Letang, D, Pit | 209 | $1 |
| 46 | Bryan McCabe, D, Fla | 217 | $1 |
| 47 | Denis Grebeshkov, D, Edm | 221 | $0 |
| 48 | Mathieu Schneider, D, Van | 223 | $0 |
| 49 | Ron Hainsey, D, Atl | 226 | $0 |
| 50 | Matt Niskanen, D, Dal | 227 | $0 |
| 51 | Sami Salo, D, Van | 228 | $0 |
| 52 | Tobias Enstrom, D, Atl | 230 | $0 |
| 53 | Marc-Edouard Vlasic, D, SJ | 234 | $0 |
| 54 | Chris Campoli, D, Ott | 236 | $0 |
| 55 | Brent Burns, D, Min | 237 | $0 |
| 56 | Wade Redden, D, NYR | 240 | $0 |
| 57 | Tom Gilbert, D, Edm | 242 | $0 |
| 58 | Filip Kuba, D, Ott | 248 | $0 |
| 59 | Lubomir Visnovsky, D, Edm | 249 | $0 |
| 60 | Adrian Aucoin, D, Pho | 250 | $0 |
| 61 | Brian Lee, D, Ott | 251 | $0 |
| 62 | Michal Rozsival, D, NYR | 254 | $0 |
| 63 | Alex Pietrangelo, D, StL | 266 | $0 |
| 64 | Kris Russell, D, Cls | 270 | $0 |
| 65 | Kyle Quincey, D, Col | 274 | $0 |
| 66 | Francois Beauchemin, D, Tor | 279 | $0 |
| 67 | Ed Jovanovski, D, Pho | 284 | $0 |
| 68 | Tomas Kaberle, D, Tor | 285 | $0 |
| 69 | Jaroslav Spacek, D, Mon | 310 | $0 |
| 70 | Shane O'Brien, D, Van | 312 | $0 |
| 71 | John-Michael Liles, D, Col | 321 | $0 |
| 72 | Drew Doughty, D, LA | 327 | $0 |
Dollar values are based on a 10-team league with $200 budgets drafting 22 skaters of which at least 5 are defensemen and 2 are goalies, using ESPN standard scoring categories of goals, assists, power-play goals, shots on goal, plus/minus, penalty minutes, time on ice, wins, goals-against average and save percentage.
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