Boreal01
Registered User
Disregarding their contracts, how would you currently rank these 3 defencemen from best to worst
Defensively Ekholm is by far the best, overall I like Rielly's all around game the best. He's average defensively, not horrible, not great, but a really good skater, good on the PP, great passer and good in transition.
He is not, I have seen some dog shit defenders being a fan of Toronto. He is not one of them.The guy is absolutely horrible defensively.
WildEkholm since joining the Oilers:
79 GP
8 G
32 A
40 PTS
+53
Weegar and Rielly are not similar players at all. Weegar is far better defensively, plays with more of an edge and has a better shot.Ekholm is the best, then Weegar or Rielly are very similar comes down to whose having an up vs down year. And team needs imo.
Weegar and Rielly are not similar players at all. Weegar is far better defensively, plays with more of an edge and has a better shot.
Wtf is thisRielly is the clear cut top guy here. He's effectively in a different class as a true #1D.
After that...i'd go Ekholm > Weegar.
Fascinating results here though. Kind of all over the place.
Wtf is this
It's really not all over the place...
Literally only Leafs fans believe Rielly is the top guy here, of course...
41 votes for Ekholm as the #1It absolutely is all over the place. There are plenty of votes that have each of Ekholm and Weegar as either first...or last. And even a decent number of votes that have Rielly first...or last. And they're certainly not all Leafs fans. I'm not a Leafs fan and frankly, i don't even think it's close between him and the other two. He's just flat out better and more impactful all around, without as much support or others to bear the brunt of matchups and tough minutes consistently.
Oilers score at a better rate with Ekholm on the ice than Toronto does with Rielly.It absolutely is all over the place. There are plenty of votes that have each of Ekholm and Weegar as either first...or last. And even a decent number of votes that have Rielly first...or last. And they're certainly not all Leafs fans. I'm not a Leafs fan and frankly, i don't even think it's close between him and the other two. He's just flat out better and more impactful all around, without as much support or others to bear the brunt of matchups and tough minutes consistently.
41 votes for Ekholm as the #1
22 votes for Weeger as the #1
15 votes for Rielly as #1(the heavy majority Leafs fans)
But ya, sure. Good post.
Oilers score at a better rate with Ekholm on the ice than Toronto does with Rielly.
They also give up fewer goals, shots, scoring chances, high danger chances.