Greatest Dman as a Panther

[Asheville]

Bo, Soupy, JovoCop, Svehla or KY Jelly?

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[I am not exposed]

Petrovic

 

[ShootIt]

Where's Kuba?

tough question, hell even Bouw was a good defenseman minus the last ~30 games here.

 

[Little Bobby Boo]

Petrovic

Petrovic or Petrovhich? Big diff in quality

 

[pb1300]

Svehla.

 

[StrangeVision]

Where's Kuba?

tough question, hell even Bouw was a good defenseman minus the last ~30 games here.

Bouwmeester gets a bad rap because he decided he didn't want to play in Florida, but he was a really good defenseman for this team.



inb4 "he was a soft gay nerd"

 

[MPGA]

YONKMAN

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Gord MotherF***** Murphy

 

[FrolikFan67]

kindl, allen, and kuba. the holy trinity.

id say either svehla or soupy. jovo 3rd.

 

[iam76]

paul laus.. its sometimes more about punching people in the face

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Kindl.

 

[vendetta]

Went with jovo for that cup run alone. How he handled lindros was epic. Best performance by any panther ever outside of beezer

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

You can remove Bo and Yandle.

Arguments can be made for the Svehla, Jovo, and Campbell. I’d probably go with Jovo though

 

[Haj]

Svehla

 

[Pukboy5kroner]

Honestly, I could see arguments for any of the choices.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Easily svehla. He did it all, and he did it at a top level for almost a decade for us. The same can't be said for any of the others. So steady, so unheralded.

 

[Dr Beinfest]

Yandle is proving to be the best over time, but in terms of highest magnitude of quality I would also say Yandle is behind all of those names.
All things considered, Campbell.

 

[PSLguy]

Potvin

 

[Drugs Delaney]

Easily svehla. He did it all, and he did it at a top level for almost a decade for us. The same can't be said for any of the others. So steady, so unheralded.

That’s so true. Svehla did whatever he had to do to get the job done. He was so sneaky with his hooks, holds, rib jabs, whatever. He used to frustrate the crap out of players.

 

[Android 16]

No one.

Never had a great defenseman as a Panther.

 

[Drugs Delaney]

No one.

Never had a great defenseman as a Panther.

Randy Moller would disagree.

 

[patthebat]

Svehla, Laus, Jovo, Gord Muphy. !!

 

[Dread Clawz]

That’s so true. Svehla did whatever he had to do to get the job done. He was so sneaky with his hooks, holds, rib jabs, whatever. He used to frustrate the crap out of players.

Yep, svehla was the man. He wasnt the best in the league at shutting down, and he wasnt the best offensively. But he was near the top of the league in every facet as a defenseman. What a steal he was for us.

 

[Clint]

Conversation starts and ends with Svehla. Great at both ends of the ice, threw hits like it was going out of style, and while it's been a long time and I was a youngster I can't remember him making dumb or lazy plays defensively.

Campbell takes second place easily. Undersized and didn't play a physical game but he moved the puck forward like no one else and was one of the best at playing keep away in the defensive zone. It's hard to forget that our go-to defensive strategy while he was here was to get him the puck once it squirted loose in our zone so he could dipsy-doodle until there was space for him to move it up.

Third is either Bouwmeester or Yandle. Opposite personalities and opposite playstyles. JayBo mastered the art of the smart and conservative play with an active stick, great positioning, and unparalleled skating ability. Yandle aggresively skates it through the neutral zone and forces plays on offence but sometimes gets caught out of position, it's ultimately worth it however with the opportunities he generates.

Jovanovski has no business in this conversation. His early seasons here he hadn't developed at either end of the ice and put himself out of position going after the big hit, while his second stint he was too slow and old to contribute.

 

[Android 16]

Branislav Mezei.