Best Shutdown Forwards

[CanadianDevil*]

Madden, Holik....

and the Mandolfoahan of Pandolfo-Madden-Shanahan this year.

(well not really but i just wanted to type Mandolfoahan.)

 

[seventieslord]

Tough to definitively put them in order without any thought, but here are my favourite 20, without nitpicking over the difference between defensive, shutdown, and two-way:

Frank Nighbor
Bobby Clarke
Craig Ramsay
Guy Carbonneau
Claude Provost
Jack Walker
Dave Keon
Bob Gainey
Marty Pavelich
Nick Metz
Esa Tikkanen
George Armstrong
Mike Peca
Jere Lehtinen
Joe Klukay
Woody Dumart
Don Luce
henrik Zetterberg
Frank Finnigan
Baldy Northcott

 

[BPD]

blair betts imo

 

[Dr Pepper]

I always thought Jere Lehtinen was overrated. For his era, I would take Peca over him.

Why, because he helped shut down the Oilers year after year?

The man's won 3 Selke's, he's quite far from overrated IMO. Not the machine he once was, but definitely no slouch.

 

[Malefic74]

Some that have not been mentioned:

Doug Jarvis- overshadowed by playing on a line with Gainey, but no slouch at all.

Mike Keane- same as above with Guy Carbonneau.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

As a Flyers fan, season ticket holder and center ice subscriber, I saw more than enough of John Madden.

And you think he is highly overrated defensively?

Just wondering why.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Tough to definitively put them in order without any thought, but here are my favourite 20, without nitpicking over the difference between defensive, shutdown, and two-way:

Craig Ramsay
Don Luce

Somebody remembers the 70's! Ramsay and Luce were the best PK unit i've ever seen and pretty dang good 2 way forwards at Even Strength as well.

On the PK it was almost like watching 2 guys do the job defensively that 3 ordinary forwards could have done- as far as defensive zone coverage goes anyway. Neither were much of an offensive threat but if you want to just shut down the other team's PP and then wait for the offensive guys to come back on.....they might have been the best of all time.

 

[seventieslord]

Somebody remembers the 70's! Ramsay and Luce were the best PK unit i've ever seen and pretty dang good 2 way forwards at Even Strength as well.

On the PK it was almost like watching 2 guys do the job defensively that 3 ordinary forwards could have done- as far as defensive zone coverage goes anyway. Neither were much of an offensive threat but if you want to just shut down the other team's PP and then wait for the offensive guys to come back on.....they might have been the best of all time.

I don't remember the 70s.... I just study a lot!

Luce and Ramsay were pretty good offensive threats, especially when you consider how rarely they got PP time.