Devon Toews is underpaid

[Arto Kilponen]

14th d-man in NHL to reach 30 assists. Also the only player among all NHLers to have a +40 (+42).

 

[Tweaky]

Gotta wonder if he steals Norris votes from Makar.

 

[SillyRabbit]

Kinda unfair that the Avs have two elite defenceman.

Reminds me of when Nashville had Weber AND Suter or St. Louis had Pronger AND MacInnis.

 

[BlueMed]

Is he actually good or is this just another Avalanche hyping their players thread like with MacKinnon, Makar, Rantanen, Duchene, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Sakic, Roy etc.

You just named a ton of hall of famers with cup winning experience...

 

[BlueMed]

Kinda unfair that the Avs have two elite defenceman.

Reminds me of when Nashville had Weber AND Suter or St. Louis had Pronger AND MacInnis.

Devon Toews is not an elite defenseman...good but not that good...

 

[Lemonlimey]

You just named a ton of hall of famers with cup winning experience...

Stay tuned

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

This is probably the best hockey person on Twitter. Routinely tweets great offensive but also defensive highlight reels; this is defensive for Toews. Not sure if it was posted on an older page

Noice.

Thought he was criminally undervalued in the “best current player” poll that was goin awhile ago- too lazy to check, but I think he fell to #16 or so at least. Meanwhile the Avs are worlds better with him in the lineup- I figure it’s not all his play, but it’d seem a large component. Just a clear case of a straw stirring a drink, but nah, let’s show love to forwards on losing teams and such.

 

[Islay1989]

Devon Toews is not an elite defenseman...good but not that good...

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

Devon Toews is not an elite defenseman...good but not that good...

What did you think of Brian Rafalski back in the day?

 

[Arto Kilponen]

Scores a goal and two assists against his former team to reach 10 goals, now T-5th in d-men goals this season. Also the only player in NHL to have a +45 rating.

 

[AMDZen]

Devon Toews is not an elite defenseman...good but not that good...

Your lack of hockey knowledge is showing

 

[JoeSakic13]

Scores a goal and two assists against his former team to reach 10 goals, now T-5th in d-men goals this season. Also the only player in NHL to have a +45 rating.

Also robs New York of what would have likely been the GWG by a hair.

Toews killed the Islanders tonight then proceeded to corpse-hump Halo style.

 

[Arto Kilponen]

Also robs New York of what would have likely been the GWG by a hair.

Absolutely the best play I've ever seen from Toews wearing #28!

 

[Tofveve]

He seems to be showing up an awful lot on the scoresheet. Kind of disheartening though good for him and the Avs who I have a soft spot for.

 

[avsfan9]

Gotta wonder if he steals Norris votes from Makar.

Not only Makar but everyone else. Makar wins the Norris though!

 

[quesosauce]

Devon Toews is not an elite defenseman...good but not that good...

your anti avalanche bias is showing, hes easily a top 20 defenseman in the league

 

[NOTENOUGHJTCGOALS]

Elite numbers but not an elite player.

Unless Aves fans also think Kadri is elite.

With their 15 elite players Aves should be able to make it out of the second round this year.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Elite numbers but not an elite player.

Unless Aves fans also think Kadri is elite.

With their 15 elite players Aves should be able to make it out of the second round this year.

The Avs don’t have 15 elite players, they have 16, you’re not counting elite goon and premiere shutdown defensemen Kurtis MacDermid

 

[teoberto]

Also robs New York of what would have likely been the GWG by a hair.

You spelled Anders Lee (or Ryan Murray) wrong

 

[AvsFan29]

Devon Toews is not an elite defenseman...good but not that good...

He has the best defensive numbers in the league, and is top 10 offensively.

But go on

 

[nammerus]

He has the best defensive numbers in the league, and is top 10 offensively.

But go on

These are the same people who thought Kyrou was a shoe-in for 100 points. Don’t bother.

 

[Arto Kilponen]

Could someone summarize some of his advanced stats like goals above replacement and such. I have a feeling he looks at least ok there, but is he anywhere close to, say, top-50 in NHL there?

 

[BalButtercluck]

So pissed we had to trade him. Love him as a player and wish him continued success

 

[Shane Diesel]

Could someone summarize some of his advanced stats like goals above replacement and such. I have a feeling he looks at least ok there, but is he anywhere close to, say, top-50 in NHL there?

Player Season Totals - Natural Stat Trick

 

[AvsFan29]

Insane