I feel as though the gap between Canada D-men and other elite hockey nations is somewhat widening. Especially when I look at both the star power and depth of both Sweden and America’s bluelines. Does Canada have any Norris caliber D-men in the pipeline? I’m a bit worried about who will replace Weber,Kieth and Doughty. Will Doughty and Pietrangelo be enough to push Canada to gold even if we don’t have any other true elite D coming in?
How do you know there are no elite dmen in the pipeline? They take a long time to develop lol. A little bit precocious.
What you're saying is that not a single one of:
Mete, Chabot, Girard, Chychrun, Morin, Theodore,
Ekblad, Nurse, Severson, Dumba, Fleury, Sanheim, Rielly, Edmunson, Montour,
Parayko, Hamilton... etc...
will end up an elite dman? They're all born between 93-98, most of those guys will either be blossoming into maturity (26-28) or entering the start of a dman's normal career (22-24)