Can we all agree that Erik Karlsson is a terrible defenseman

[voiceofreason666]

He is giving away pucks left and right in an elimination game. Has been doing this since his days in Ottawa but the fans turn a blind eye to his defensive shortcomings and point to his offensive production. However, that has also dried up. So what does he have left? Nothing. His passing is terrible; he constantly coughs up the puck. His skating is terrible, he constantly lets people enter the defensive zone with blazing speed. He has a very bad physical game and on top of that, is very injury prone. At this rate, he should just move to forward so someone else can play actual defense...

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[BKIslandersFan]

Is that you, Eugene?

 

[983 others]

Well he has like one foot.

Feel bad for whatever team gives this fella big money.

 

[Smartguy]

Well he has like one foot.

Feel bad for whatever team gives this fella big money.

There will be about 31 teams lined up to do it, hard enough to have a 60-70 point forward, even harder to have a defenseman do it. The sharks issue is they have 2 defenseman who are run and gun. So they are exposed more

 

[HisIceness]

No, I've seen terrible defensemen as the Hurricanes iced many of them 5-10 years ago. EK65 may not be the player he once was but he isn't terrible.

 

[JackSlater]

Nah he's pretty good.

 

[voiceofreason666]

No, I've seen terrible defensemen as the Hurricanes iced many of them 5-10 years ago. EK65 may not be the player he once was but he isn't terrible.

He is a liability to his team. I think that by definition means hes a bad defenseman.

 

[Little Psycho]

Not counting the playoff since he's playing injured, but defense has never been his strong suit. Great offensive dman though.

 

[voiceofreason666]

Not counting the playoff since he's playing injured, but defense has never been his strong suit. Great offensive dman though.

He isnt even the best offensive dman on his team...

 

[Little Psycho]

He isnt even the best offensive dman on his team...

Well I didn't want to go there lol.

 

[Lame Lambert]

He isnt even the best offensive dman on his team...

Probably because his team has Brent Burns on it

 

[Antropovsky]

He isnt even the best offensive dman on his team...

.... thats more of a compliment to San Jose, than an insult to Karlsson. How many teams can say they had a defensemen with 60+ points?

 

[JT Kreider]

This is exactly why Tavares schemed the Islanders into not trading him at last years trade deadline. There was nothing to gain, instead of risking having a crappy playoff performance or getting injured and that might have put a damper on his UFA market as it surely will for Karlsson.

 

[voiceofreason666]

Probably because his team has Brent Burns on it

.... thats more of a compliment to San Jose, than an insult to Karlsson. How many teams can say they had a defensemen with 60+ points?

He also wouldnt be the best offensive defenseman if he was on:
TBL
Dallas Stars
Calgary Flames
Toronto Maple Leafs
Nashville Predators

Thats already 6 teams off the top of my head

 

[Deedog99]

Some team will regret the inevitable massive signing in the summer. Maybe the sharks

 

[kilowatt]

the biggest issue ive noticed in the sharks/knights series is that he shies away from contact 100% of the time, even if it means losing a puck battle or giving the puck away entirely. he’s also usually in too deep trying to generate offense, which leads to a forward back on defense or an odd man rush.

you cant ignore his offensive contributions, but when the puck isnt going in, he is hurting the team

 

[PuckSeparator]

Can we all agree that this is a terrible thread?

 

[JaegerDice]

It is so wonderfully perfect that somebody with ‘666’ in their screen name is delievering this nonsense try-hard edgey take.

 

[voiceofreason666]

It is so wonderfully perfect that somebody with ‘666’ in their screen name is delievering this nonsense try-hard edgey take.

Do you think Erik Karlsson is a good defenseman? If so, what aspects of his play are good?

 

[Howie Hodge]

Can we all agree that this is a terrible thread?

I think we pretty much all have.

 

[illpucks]

Would be funny if EK scores in double OT and this thread is locked

 

[jetsforever]

We cannot agree about that.

 

[BlazingBlueAnt]

I don't even know how he can skate with his left foot. I think he'll be one of those guys you we're gonna look back on and wonder what he could have been

 

[voiceofreason666]

Would be funny if EK scores in double OT and this thread is locked

Would be funnier if he gives it away causing a goals against

 

[serp]

He's playing really careless at times. There's taking risks and there's dumb risks with very little payoff and Karlsson has been doing that at the very least this game quite a bit. He also had some fantastic plays.