Dahlin, Heiskanen, Hughes, Makar - next Generation of great D

[Erebor]

After Lidstrom, Niedermayer, Zubov, Pronger ecc in the late 90's and the beginning of the new millenium and the current stars like Karlsson, Doughty, Hedman ecc. it looks like the players mentioned above will be the future on the blue line.

That's a fantastic new generation of elite defensmen.

What are your thoughts about them?

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[Goulet17]

Maybe, but I don't believe that we have seen enough of Hughes or Makar at the NHL level to include them as possible stars or elite defensemen just yet. It looks promising, but the jury is still out on those couple of players. Dahlin and Heiskanen look like the real deals.

 

[HSF]

Chabot

 

[Maple Leaf]

Funny post
Too early
I will be sure to check back in 4 years
Same thing happens every time

 

[Viqsi]

Hi. I'm a Jackets fan.

 

[branch]

Hi. I'm a Jackets fan.

Sorry. This does not fit the HF circle jerk narrative. Your opinion is null. Werenski and Jones do not, as well as Chabot.

 

[Royal Thunder]

Heiskanen
Makar
Dahlin
Hughes
Chabot
Jones
McAvoy
Dumba
Byram?

Probably forgetting someone

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

whats the point of this post? Time moves on, new players are always entering the league. So what?

 

[W75]

Heiskanen
Makar
Dahlin
Hughes
Chabot
Jones
McAvoy
Byram?

Probably forgetting someone

Dumba..

 

[Royal Thunder]

Dumba..

Good call, added him.

 

[who_me?]

Funny post
Too early
I will be sure to check back in 4 years
Same thing happens every time

Phaneuf vs Pitkanen

 

[bobholly39]

I don't remember the last time a defenseman was hyped as much as Dahlin. I'm eager to see how he pans out. I'm sure he'll be a solid NHL defensemen - but i wonder if he lives up to the hype.

It's so much easier to hype forwards. McDavid, Crosby, Ovechkin....they can score a zillion points or goals in juniors and people say "wow they'll be good". It's generally rarer to see defensemen hyped so much.

I agree that there are a lot of young defensemen that look great. Which is exciting because as recently as 2 years ago there didn't seem to be that many top end guys in sight.

 

[ijuka]

I'd wait until Hughes and Makar play an NHL season before including them.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Heiskanen
Makar
Dahlin
Hughes
Chabot
Jones
McAvoy
Dumba
Byram?

Probably forgetting someone

Morrissey, Trouba and Rielly are all up there too as 25 & under DMen

Dobson, Bouchard, Smith and Boqvist are all guys who have a shot at being top flight DMen, too, as do Nurse, Ekblad, Hanifin, Sanheim, Dunn, Pulock, Chychrun, and Provorov. I'm sure one or two of those guys will surprise, even some of the more developed ones.

But I do think you got most of the top group pretty accurately

 

[Dominance]

Heiskanen
Makar
Dahlin
Hughes
Chabot
Jones
McAvoy
Dumba
Byram?

Probably forgetting someone

Sanheim, Pulock, and Morrissey are all young guys who are the 1D their respective teams.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Missing K’ANDRE THE GIANT

 

[Viqsi]

Heiskanen
Makar
Dahlin
Hughes
Chabot
Jones
McAvoy
Dumba
Byram?

Probably forgetting someone

Werenski's been back and forth over the last year and a half or so, but if his playoff performance is anything to go by he'll ultimately be in that top group as well.

 

[Joe Sakic]

Far too early on almost all of theses defenseman. Remember Tyler Myers’ rookie year?

 

[The Hound]

McAvoy is a stud

 

[tony d]

All 4 have potential but I think we should give them all some time before labelling them as becoming great dmen.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Id love to hear how Hughes and his 5 NHL games and a good but not amazing draft +1 season puts him higher than Chabot/McAvoy who are #1D at the age of 21?

 

[sabresEH]

I don't remember the last time a defenseman was hyped as much as Dahlin. I'm eager to see how he pans out. I'm sure he'll be a solid NHL defensemen - but i wonder if he lives up to the hype.

It's so much easier to hype forwards. McDavid, Crosby, Ovechkin....they can score a zillion points or goals in juniors and people say "wow they'll be good". It's generally rarer to see defensemen hyped so much.

I agree that there are a lot of young defensemen that look great. Which is exciting because as recently as 2 years ago there didn't seem to be that many top end guys in sight.

Did you miss the whole regular season? He had one of the best seasons ever by an 18 year old d-man. He has lived up to expectations if not exceeded them.

Unless you were one of the people expecting 50+ points by an 18 year old defenseman.

 

[FinnishSniper]

I wouldn't include the two of Makar and Hughes with proven NHL players just yet, even though I am a huge Makar fan. One is the #1 D on a second round playoff team and one broke all kinds of records at 18 years old.

 

[migi]

If you are adding Hughes there, you should add Boqvist too.

 

[snu22fint]

Too little Brännström imo