Top 3 Dmen of 2018 Draft?

[Mrb1p]

Cale Makar was the only defenseman in the league to take 100+ shots and shoot over 10% last year, and he was only at 11.5. 17% is completely unsustainable for any defenseman and 10 is even unsustainable despite Boqvist being a good shooter. There’s a better chance he has fewer than 10 goals than close to 20 this year.

Wow very bold prediction... How many Ds scored 10 goals last year?

 

[Lays]

Can’t help but laugh at your Ranger fanboying. Forget the rest of this terrible list Miller LMAO

Yeah Rangers fanboying is me ranking Noah Dobson above Quinn Hughes

 

[Regal]

Wow very bold prediction... How many Ds scored 10 goals last year?

I’m not sure what your point is here. You’re the one who said “he almost paced for 20 this year”. If you don’t think he can sustain his goals, why would you bring it up as part of your reasoning for him not being a quality NHLer?

 

[Mrb1p]

I’m not sure what your point is here. You’re the one who said “he almost paced for 20 this year”. If you don’t think he can sustain his goals, why would you bring it up as part of your reasoning for him not being a quality NHLer?

Because even half of what he produced still lands him a top 4 job on most teams?

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Hes one of the best shooting defender in the league.

His highest prior to that was 8%....

 

[Regal]

Because even half of what he produced still lands him a top 4 job on most teams?

Does it? 8 or 9 goals is nice, but it doesn’t mean much if you’re not a top 4 defenseman defensively or with the puck.

 

[Ace of Hades]

1. Quinn Hughes
2. Rasmus Dahlin
3. Noah Dobson

are the top 3 here.

 

[Connor McConnor]

Dahlin
Hughes
Dobson
Bouchard

Are the only possible answers.

Right now Dahlin, Hughes and Dobson


Id expect Boqvist to kick one of the latter two out of the top 3 next year.

Really? Why is that? The guy is absolutely a train wreck defensively

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Dahlin, Hughes then one of Dobson or Bouchard is the only correct answers.

This. I think Dobson and Bouchard really started to thrive in the NHL this season, and both Dahlin and Hughes both improved their all-around games. I would say they're the only four with top pair potential with some of them already being top pairing defencemen.

 

[Paul4587]

There are actually posters who didn’t vote for Dahlin or Hughes?

 

[Buck Naked]

There are actually posters who didn’t vote for Dahlin or Hughes?

So many hipsters around here.

 

[NJ DevLolz]

“Going forward”

This is based on nothing but wishful thinking

 

[Lays]

This is based on nothing but wishful thinking

No re-draft is accurate 4 years after. I believe that K’Andre Miller and Noah Dobson will surpass Quinn Hughes in value over time.

 

[Love]

Hes one of the best shooting defender in the league.

Over the last 25 years how many defenceman do you think have had full seasons where they shot at least 17%?

 

[Mrb1p]

Over the last 25 years how many defenceman do you think have had full seasons where they shot at least 17%?

Over the last 25 years, how many defenceman do you think could should the puck like this ?








Does that look like luck or did he just not shoot a lot and he has an elite shot ?

His shooting percentage is bound to go down, for sure. But his shooting will go up considerably with a) more playing time and b) getting better. His shooting percentage will always remain high, probably around 10-12%. Even going down to half he still would've been on pace for 10 goals which is still a very good season for a 21 YO defender with less than 100 games in the NHL.

 

[QJL]

My rank at the 2018 draft:

1. Dahlin
2. Hughes
3. Dobson
4. Bouchard
5. Boqvist
6. Wilde
7. Smith
8. Sandin
9. Addison
10. Miller

My rank now:

1. Dahlin
2. Hughes
3. Dobson
4. Miller
5. Boqvist
6. Bouchard
7. Sandin
8. Smith
9. Romanov
10. Lundkvist

 

[The Macho King]

Cale Makar was the only defenseman in the league to take 100+ shots and shoot over 10% last year, and he was only at 11.5. 17% is completely unsustainable for any defenseman and 10 is even unsustainable despite Boqvist being a good shooter. There’s a better chance he has fewer than 10 goals than close to 20 this year.

17% is unsustainably high for all but like 5 forwards (I think Stamkos may be the only active high end player with a career shooting percentage that high).

It's a pipe dream to expect that to repeat from a defenseman.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Yeah Rangers fanboying is me ranking Noah Dobson above Quinn Hughes

Jacob Trouba, top 20 defenseman

 

[Ace of Hades]

Yeah Rangers fanboying is me ranking Noah Dobson above Quinn Hughes

Not a tall order when you mentioned many times on how "Hughes is not a number 1 D-man". Your hate on is obvious.

 

[Love]

Over the last 25 years, how many defenceman do you think could should the puck like this ?








Does that look like luck or did he just not shoot a lot and he has an elite shot ?

His shooting percentage is bound to go down, for sure. But his shooting will go up considerably with a) more playing time and b) getting better. His shooting percentage will always remain high, probably around 10-12%. Even going down to half he still would've been on pace for 10 goals which is still a very good season for a 21 YO defender with less than 100 games in the NHL.

No defenceman in NHL history that I can find has ever had a shooting percentage of at least 17% while having at least 100 SOG. A defenceman even having a shooting percentage anywhere above 10%-12% is extremely rare.

Yes he can shoot the puck very well. But to answer your question about how many can shoot like that over the last 25 years, the answers is dozens.

 

[5 14 6 1]

My rank at the 2018 draft:

1. Dahlin
2. Hughes
3. Dobson
4. Bouchard
5. Boqvist
6. Wilde
7. Smith
8. Sandin
9. Addison
10. Miller

My rank now:

1. Dahlin
2. Hughes
3. Dobson
4. Miller
5. Boqvist
6. Bouchard
7. Sandin
8. Smith
9. Romanov
10. Lundkvist

Bouchard getting heavily under rated... He will get 60+ points next year if he gets some real PP time. He was great all year in a true rookie season.

Hes better than Miller and Boqvist easily.

 

[Jukurit]

Just 5 more seasons and Filip Johansson will be ready to dominate NHL. Then we'll see who's laughing.

 

[Miro4Norris]

Only reason you guys are saying Dahlin is better than Hughes is that he was picked at #1 5 years ago. Both are offensive dmen, Hughes with 0.8 ppg compared to Dahlin's 0.58 and Hughes was way better last year as well. I think Hughes is better defensively too.

 

[nowhereman]

1. Hughes
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2. Dahlin
3. Dobson

Hughes is the clear #1 here and likely will be going forward.

 

[Stealth JD]

Great draft for D-men...will rival 2008 when all is said and done.