You could also think about it as the top 32 defencemen are #1's ect. ect. Which is logically the only really way of doing it.
I would call 25-39 1/2's.
The top 45 D's in the league would be in the top two of most teams in the league, including contenders. Chabot and Chychrun are both easily in that category.
There are more teams with no defencemen better than Chabot or Chychrun than teams that have more than one.
You are nuts. Only team I can think of with a dman not better than either of them is Arizona. Neither of them are in the top 45 dmen in the league either.
Actually I forgot about Montreal, the rest have at least one dman better then either of those two. Also, neither of the two are actually good at defending.
The bolded statement that you're replying to is very restrictive as written. Teams with 1 defenseman better than Chabot and Chychrun aren't counted at all.
If 6 teams don't have any d-men better than them and 5 teams have 2 d-men better than them, Silky's comment is proven correct.
Either way, they're both in the top-45. If the talent in the league were evenly spread, they would still be playing a lot and producing a lot.
Other the past 3 seasons in PPG among D-men:
Chychrun is 21st at 0.64
Chabot is 22nd at 0.63
Other the past 3 seasons in TOI among D-men:
Chabot is 2nd at 26:00
Chychrun is 26th at 23:12