Best Defensive Defenseman

[EK47]

Mattias Ekholm.

 

[Connor McConnor]

Gio

 

[RodTheBawd]

"Best defensive defenseman on this incomplete list"

 

[The S5]

Where's the Morgan Rielly option? He plays against teams top lines.

No, just no.

 

[iBELEAF]

voted gio

 

[The Kessel Run]

Went Hedman.

 

[triggrman]

Mattias Ekholm.

Agreed

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Probably Ekholm. Gio right this moment. Also don't think you can discount doughty's career just because of a bad 10 games.

 

[The S5]

MCDONAGH

 

[Nosferatu]

Teppo Winnipeg

 

[Rogue Winger]

Phil Housley

 

[Puckstuff]

This thread is hard to read.

Hedman is top 5 in the polls, yet TB fans says he's not even the best (defensively) on their team.

• Most people rarely watch other team's players play
• Most people have no idea what form players are in
• Most people have no methodology for determining a players defensive ability
• Most people have a hard time valuing the defensive abilities of their own players
• Most people have no understanding of NHL defensive metrics

It's not as easy as looking up point totals.

Because i'm not an expert in Corsi/NHL defensive metrics, I can't really comment. However when we played Carolina Slavin looked like a beast. So did Doughty.

 

[Machinehead]

Probably Ekholm. Gio right this moment. Also don't think you can discount doughty's career just because of a bad 10 games.

I voted for Doughty, partially because of this.

He's been "bad" and he's still a plus in every aspect of the game. Corsi above 50%, expected goals above 50%, +1 at even strength on a team that's -10.

All that facing the hardest competition on his team, on a bad team (sorry ) coached by Willie Desjardins.

And this is "bad" Doughty...

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I voted for Doughty, partially because of this.

He's been "bad" and he's still a plus in every aspect of the game. Corsi above 50%, expected goals above 50%, +1 at even strength on a team that's -10.

All that facing the hardest competition on his team, on a bad team (sorry ) coached by Willie Desjardins.

And this is "bad" Doughty...

And it's really only been a short stretch. Will never forget the beginning of the year, he was on for ZERO all-situations goals against, even on a terrible PK, when he was getting the most minutes, while the rest of the d-men with him off the ice had the same goals for but ELEVEN goals against. He likely won't get any Norris buzz unless the team magically also stops being awful, but it's a mistake to leave him out of this discussion altogether.

 

[Hugh Mungus]

probably kind of late but can a mod please add jaccob slavin as an option? thanks

 

[Hugh Mungus]

"Best defensive defenseman on this incomplete list"

theres an "other" option for a reason

 

[RodTheBawd]

probably kind of late but can a mod please add jaccob slavin as an option? thanks

Maybe you should use the "other" option, it's there for a reason.

theres an "other" option for a reason

 

[Riellyfan04]

Lmaooo why is karlsson there..

 

[Hugh Mungus]

Lmaooo why is karlsson there..

Cuz we're not judging solely on the last 26 games

 

[member 151739]

Lmaooo why is karlsson there..

You're a fan of Morgan Rielly. If Karlsson is bad defensively, Rielly doesn't deserve to be in the NHL by comparison.

 

[J T Money]

Voting for McD. Guy is a straight up monster defensively.

 

[helax]

Ekholm

 

[Riellyfan04]

You're a fan of Morgan Rielly. If Karlsson is bad defensively, Rielly doesn't deserve to be in the NHL by comparison.

Lmaoo rielly is much better than karlsson defensivly.... and this year offensivly also...hahah salty

 

[Mrb1p]

Subban is still the best one on one defender in the league.

Regular defense would be McDonagh and Weber.

 

[Sureves]

I'll safely pick "other" and assume there is a defenseman who I don't notice very much who is actually very elite defensively.