HFBoards Top 32 Defensemen - #8

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Rank	Player	Votes	Team	GP	G	A	P
1	Cale Makar	85/111 (77%)	Colorado Avalanche	77	28	58	86
2	Victor Hedman	196/269 (73%)	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	20	65	85
3	Roman Josi	121/197 (61%)	Nashville Predators	80	23	73	96
4	Adam Fox	106/175 (61%)	New York Rangers	78	11	63	74
5	Charlie McAvoy	142/224 (63%)	Boston Bruins	78	10	46	56
6	Miro Heiskanen	79/212 (37%)	Dallas Stars	70	5	31	36
7	Aaron Ekblad	62/156 (40%)	Florida Panthers	61	15	42	57
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To add:
Mackenzie Weegar
Jonas Brodin
Jared Spurgeon
Moritz Seider
Rasmus Dahlin
Alex Pietrangelo
Zach Werenski
Dougie Hamilton
John Klingberg
Jakob Chychrun

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[Lavar Ball]

Slavin

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Slavin Letang Hughes

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Slavin
Q. Hughes
Letang
Toews

 

[wintersej]

Going Slavin here (again).

Doughty/Letang next.

 

[amnesiac]

Slavin

add: Pietrangelo, Seider

to add: Burns, EK, Pelech

 

[RapidKnight]

Add Pelech

 

[wetcoast]

Slavin Letang Hughes

Slavin, Letang, then Doughty, Hughes, Toews and Bryam are also going to be too low on this list because of Makar being #1.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Should add Seider as an option. Ranked 11th by NHL, and 13th by The Athletic.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Slavin, Letang, then Doughty, Hughes, Toews and Bryam are also going to be too low on this list because of Makar being #1.

…Bryam shouldnt be anywhere near this list yet.

 

[wetcoast]

…Bryam shouldnt be anywhere near this list yet.

I have followed him for a long time and his play in the SC finals wasn't some blip, that's the type of player he is right now.

Like I said, all the other Dmen in Colorado are under the shadow of Makar and Bryam had that concussion problem for a while but make no mistake he is easily a top #1 Dman type of Dman right now and can play and excel in all situations.

 

[wintersej]

Slavin, Letang, then Doughty, Hughes, Toews and Bryam are also going to be too low on this list because of Makar being #1.

You don’t want to see more from Bryam first? Being able to play in the middle of the lineup is a different task than being on a top pair.

 

[Buck Naked]

I have followed him for a long time and his play in the SC finals wasn't some blip, that's the type of player he is right now.

Damn, he's even better than Makar?! Now that's a hot take!

 

[loosemoose]

Spurgeon, Slavin, Weegar, Letang, Toews next. Hughes is not a top-20 defenceman by a long shot.

 

[MasterMatt25]

Shea Theodore should be top 10

 

[Ace of Hades]

Hughes/Slavin

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Heiskanen is so overrated on HF. If HF was going to vote in a guy more known for his all-around game with only middling offensive totals, Slavin should have gone at #6.

 

[Regal]

Heiskanen is so overrated on HF. If HF was going to vote in a guy more known for his all-around game with only middling offensive totals, Slavin should have gone at #6.

The only thing with Heiskanen is that he definitely has the skill set to be a PP QB and put up higher totals but he hasn’t had much opportunity with Klingberg there, whereas I don’t think Slavin would ever be a good PP QB. If we just look at what they’ve done, I don’t see the argument for Heiskanen over him at this point, though I could see Heiskanen justifying the position this year.

 

[hamzarocks]

8. Letang
9. Toews
10. Carlson/Slavin
11. Slavin/Carlson
12. Rielly
13. Hughes
14. Theodore
15. Pietrangelo (expecting a big year for him)

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Quinn

 

[Canadienna]

Mo Seider

 

[wetcoast]

Damn, he's even better than Makar?! Now that's a hot take!

Not that I said that and no he isn't better than Makar but IMO he was the best prospect in the 19 draft after Hughes and only injuries have partially stalled his development.

 

[stl76]

Slavin...and he should’ve gone a couple polls ago IMO