Greatest Defenceman of All Time #15

[canucksfan]

Horton won with 25 votes just beating out Stevens with one vote. Cleghorn will be added. I am voting for Clancy and add Leetch.

#1.Orr(89.26%)
#2.Shore(37.00%)
#3.Harvey(52.33%)
#4.Bourque(54.84%)
#5.Potvin(61.84%)
#6.Robinson(31.71%)
#7.Kelly(27.69%)
#8.Lidstrom(32.58%)
#9.Coffey(40.58%)
#10.Chelios(34.25%)
#11.Fetisov(44.29%)
#12.Park(48.21%)
#13.Pilote(35.71%)
#14.Horton(31.25%)

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[Leaf Lander]

Al MacInnis - long dominat career productive tough and he was a great offensive defenceman who may had a few more dominant years left in his career if it wasnt for that eye injury.

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

Voting Clancy, add Mark Howe. (He has one huge advantage over Leetch, he didn't kill my favourite team in the stanley cup finals.)

 

[Habsfan 32]

Al MacInnis

 

[Bluesfan1981]

Clapper, add Leetch.

 

[God Bless Canada]

Went with the King, and not just because I landed him in All-Time Draft #5. An absolute defensive force who was also highly skilled. Too bad he played at a time when offensive play from defencemen was discouraged. One of the game's all-time great characters, too.

Add Leetch. In hindsight, I think he should have been added a couple slots earlier. Certainly you can make a case for Serge Savard's role on eight Cup champions and why he should be added ahead of Leetch. But the others? I think what hurts Leetch's case is his performance in the second half of his career. He hasn't been a first or second team all-star since his second Norris season in 1997. He's had seasons in which he put up good numbers (1997-98 and 2000-01 come to mind), but his all-round play has been lacking. Stevens and MacInnis really added to their legacies in seasons after they turned 30. Leetch did not.

 

[V-2 Schneider]

Serge Savard.

Hockey's best defensive D man the past 35 years.

 

[kruezer]

Clancy, add Leetch.

 

[JWINK19]

Clapper, add Leetch.

What he said.

 

[Burnaby_Joe*]

Stevens, add Leetch.

If Pronger is on the list, where the hell is Niedermayer?

 

[Jysk]

Stevens add Leetch

 

[Psycho Papa Joe]

Clancy, add Tom Johnston

 

[Talent Analyst]

Al MacInnis

 

[kovy1335]

clancy add leetch

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

IMO, the difference between Clancy and Stevens (And MacInnis for that matter.) Is that Clancy was the best defenceman in hockey for a prolonged period of time. (Probably until Eddie Shore.) Stevens can't make that claim as he was never clearly better than Bourque, Chelios or Lidstrom.

 

[Bluesfan1981]

If Pronger is on the list, where the hell is Niedermayer?

Pronger>Niedermayer

 

[DaveG]

Stevens, add Howe

 

[Nifty=HHOF]

King Clancy

 

[El_Scoobo]

voted for King. Add Brian Leetch.

 

[pappyline]

add Mark howe