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Fantasy Preview 2008-09: Defense
by Kevin Greenstein
October 03, 2008 @ 9:19 AM ET
We've broken down our fantasy projections, position-by-position. At defense, Detroit Red Wings stalwart Nicklas Lidstrom leads the way with 12 goals and 63 total points. Here's how it all shakes out...
| First | Last | Team | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas | Lidstrom | DET | 12 | 51 | 63 | 31 | 35 | 41 |
| Dan | Boyle | SJ | 16 | 45 | 61 | 2 | 34 | 75 |
| Lubomir | Visnovsky | EDM | 16 | 43 | 59 | -3 | 32 | 36 |
| Dion | Phaneuf | CGY | 15 | 42 | 57 | 10 | 31 | 144 |
| Andrei | Markov | MON | 16 | 40 | 56 | 4 | 31 | 55 |
| Mike | Green | WAS | 14 | 41 | 55 | 6 | 30 | 57 |
| Brian | Rafalski | DET | 13 | 42 | 55 | 18 | 30 | 33 |
| Tomas | Kaberle | TOR | 12 | 42 | 54 | -8 | 30 | 27 |
| Scott | Niedermayer | ANA | 12 | 41 | 53 | 4 | 29 | 77 |
| Brian | Campbell | CHI | 11 | 40 | 51 | 6 | 28 | 22 |
| Chris | Pronger | ANA | 11 | 39 | 50 | 11 | 28 | 108 |
| Zdeno | Chara | BOS | 13 | 36 | 49 | 5 | 27 | 121 |
| Wade | Redden | NYR | 9 | 40 | 49 | 10 | 27 | 57 |
| Kimmo | Timonen | PHI | 10 | 39 | 49 | 4 | 27 | 51 |
| Kris | Letang | PIT | 11 | 37 | 48 | 6 | 23 | 25 |
| Joni | Pitkanen | CAR | 11 | 37 | 48 | -4 | 26 | 69 |
| Shea | Weber | NSH | 13 | 34 | 47 | 6 | 24 | 66 |
| Brent | Burns | MIN | 14 | 32 | 46 | 7 | 25 | 28 |
| Andrej | Meszaros | TB | 11 | 34 | 45 | 3 | 25 | 60 |
| Jay | Bouwmeester | FLA | 12 | 32 | 44 | 3 | 24 | 74 |
| Sergei | Zubov | DAL | 8 | 35 | 43 | 7 | 24 | 24 |
| Ed | Jovanovski | PHO | 14 | 28 | 42 | -7 | 23 | 61 |
| Filip | Kuba | OTT | 9 | 33 | 42 | 3 | 23 | 36 |
| John-Michael | Liles | COL | 11 | 31 | 42 | 2 | 23 | 33 |
| Mathieu | Schneider | ATL | 12 | 30 | 42 | -10 | 25 | 61 |
| Marek | Zidlicky | MIN | 8 | 34 | 42 | 2 | 23 | 69 |
| Braydon | Coburn | PHI | 10 | 31 | 41 | 9 | 23 | 74 |
| Joe | Corvo | CAR | 12 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 23 | 36 |
| Ron | Hainsey | ATL | 10 | 31 | 41 | -6 | 23 | 21 |
| Dennis | Wideman | BOS | 11 | 30 | 41 | -4 | 23 | 74 |
| Niklas | Kronwall | DET | 9 | 31 | 40 | 21 | 22 | 67 |
| Philippe | Boucher | DAL | 13 | 26 | 39 | 7 | 21 | 65 |
| Sheldon | Souray | EDM | 14 | 24 | 38 | -14 | 21 | 95 |
| Dustin | Byfuglien | CHI | 19 | 18 | 37 | -6 | 20 | 65 |
| Paul | Martin | NJ | 8 | 29 | 37 | 5 | 20 | 12 |
| Mike | Van Ryn | TOR | 8 | 29 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 34 |
| Chris | Campoli | NYI | 8 | 28 | 36 | -5 | 20 | 43 |
| Tobias | Enstrom | ATL | 8 | 28 | 36 | -5 | 20 | 40 |
| Alex | Goligoski | PIT | 8 | 28 | 36 | 4 | 17 | 24 |
| Mattias | Ohlund | VAN | 10 | 26 | 36 | -3 | 20 | 83 |
| Mark | Streit | NYI | 10 | 26 | 36 | -8 | 20 | 25 |
| Kevin | Bieksa | VAN | 10 | 25 | 35 | -4 | 19 | 124 |
| Rob | Blake | SJ | 9 | 26 | 35 | -2 | 19 | 89 |
| Michal | Rozsival | NYR | 9 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 19 | 73 |
| Ryan | Suter | NSH | 8 | 27 | 35 | 5 | 19 | 62 |
| Marc-Andre | Bergeron | MIN | 11 | 23 | 34 | -6 | 19 | 12 |
| Bryan | McCabe | FLA | 10 | 24 | 34 | -15 | 19 | 98 |
| Keith | Ballard | FLA | 8 | 25 | 33 | -4 | 18 | 82 |
| Matt | Carle | TB | 7 | 26 | 33 | -6 | 18 | 29 |
| Duncan | Keith | CHI | 9 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 18 | 65 |
| Tom | Preissing | LA | 8 | 25 | 33 | -6 | 18 | 20 |
| Kris | Russell | CLB | 6 | 27 | 33 | -1 | 18 | 14 |
| Jaroslav | Spacek | BUF | 9 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 59 |
| Eric | Brewer | STL | 6 | 26 | 32 | -3 | 18 | 17 |
| Tom | Gilbert | EDM | 10 | 22 | 32 | -3 | 18 | 16 |
| Aaron | Johnson | CHI | 8 | 24 | 32 | -7 | 18 | 0 |
| Cam | Barker | CHI | 8 | 23 | 31 | -2 | 17 | 51 |
| Christian | Ehrhoff | SJ | 9 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 17 | 64 |
| Dan | Hamhuis | NSH | 7 | 24 | 31 | -1 | 17 | 28 |
| Pavel | Kubina | TOR | 10 | 21 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 83 |
| Matt | Niskanen | DAL | 7 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 17 | 42 |
| Tom | Poti | WAS | 4 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 57 |
| Paul | Ranger | TB | 9 | 22 | 31 | -2 | 17 | 25 |
| Brent | Seabrook | CHI | 7 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 88 |
| Marc-Edouard | Vlasic | SJ | 7 | 24 | 31 | -1 | 17 | 0 |
| Daniel | Girardi | NYR | 8 | 22 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 35 |
| Roman | Hamrlik | MON | 7 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 17 | 59 |
| Johnny | Oduya | NJ | 7 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 17 | 26 |
| Sami | Salo | VAN | 9 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 17 | 14 |
| Adrian | Aucoin | CGY | 8 | 21 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 23 |
| Derek | Morris | PHO | 8 | 21 | 29 | -2 | 16 | 81 |
| Marc | Staal | NYR | 7 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 23 |
| Brad | Stuart | DET | 6 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| Francois | Beauchemin | ANA | 4 | 24 | 28 | -1 | 15 | 27 |
| Brett | Clark | COL | 7 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 47 |
| Cory | Murphy | FLA | 4 | 24 | 28 | -1 | 15 | 9 |
| Chris | Phillips | OTT | 7 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 66 |
| Henrik | Tallinder | BUF | 6 | 22 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 21 |
| Ryan | Whitney | PIT | 8 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 17 |
| Drew | Doughty | LA | 5 | 21 | 26 | -10 | 14 | 12 |
| Ville | Koistinen | NSH | 4 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| Brian | Pothier | WAS | 5 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Alex | Pietrangelo | STL | 6 | 19 | 25 | -2 | 14 | 34 |
| James | Wisniewski | CHI | 4 | 21 | 25 | -1 | 14 | 44 |
| Bryan | Berard | NYI | 6 | 18 | 24 | -11 | 13 | 13 |
| Sergei | Gonchar | PIT | 6 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Brian | Lee | OTT | 3 | 21 | 24 | -1 | 13 | 16 |
| Toni | Lydman | BUF | 4 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ruslan | Salei | COL | 5 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 13 | 102 |
| Andrej | Sekera | BUF | 6 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| Christian | Backman | CLB | 5 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Zach | Bogosian | ATL | 5 | 18 | 23 | -18 | 13 | 31 |
| Matt | Jones | PHO | 4 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frantisek | Kaberle | CAR | 4 | 19 | 23 | -3 | 14 | 10 |
| Paul | Mara | NYR | 4 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 44 |
| Zbynek | Michalek | PHO | 6 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| Craig | Rivet | BUF | 4 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 93 |
| Mike | Komisarek | MON | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 61 |
| Kurtis | Foster | MIN | 7 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| Brent | Sopel | CHI | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Fedor | Tyutin | CLB | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 23 |
| Karl | Alzner | WAS | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 7 |