HFBoards Top 31 NHL Defenders - #22

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Rank	Player	Age	Team	Country	GP	G	A	P	%
#1	Victor Hedman	28			70	12	42	54	61.8%
#2	Erik Karlsson	29			53	3	42	45	49.2%
#3	Drew Doughty	29			82	8	37	45	33.8%
#4	Brent Burns	34			82	16	67	83	33.8%
#5	Mark Giordano	35			78	17	57	75	46.5%
#6	Seth Jones	24			75	9	37	46	48.4%
#7	Alex Pietrangelo	29			71	13	28	41	36.1%
#8	Roman Josi	29			82	15	41	56	35.4%
#9	Morgan Rielly	25			82	20	52	72	32.4%
#10	John Carlson	29			80	13	57	70	26.5%
#11	John Klingberg	27			64	10	35	45	19.3%, 65.7% (TB)
#12	P.K. Subban	30			63	9	22	31	19.9%, 34.3% (TB)
#13	Kris Letang	32			65	16	40	56	28.6%
#14	Jaccob Slavin	25			82	8	23	31	30.6%
#15	Hampus Lindholm	25			76	6	22	28	20.0%, 54.1%
#16	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	28			81	14	30	44	20.7%, 45.9%
#17	Shea Weber	34			58	14	19	33	33.8%
#18	Colton Parayko	26			80	10	18	28	30.4%
#19	Ryan Suter	34			82	7	40	47	20.6%
#20	Mattias Ekholm	29			82	8	36	44	23.8%
#21	Thomas Chabot	22			70	14	41	55	27.3%
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[AB13]

How on earth is Heiskanen getting votes? Almost all of these players heavily outproduced him, had much better defensive stats and a better +-. Heiskanen is by far and away the worst of all the players listed at almost every single detail of the game and and a #2D at best, probably a #3D.

 

[Bear Dad]

This should be McAvoy.

 

[wetcoast]

How on earth is Heiskanen getting votes? Almost all of these players heavily outproduced him, had much better defensive stats and a better +-. Heiskanen is by far and away the worst of all the players listed at almost every single detail of the game and and a #2D at best, probably a #3D.

Not really but he has a lack of opportunity with Klinberg ahaead of him.

Also Heiskanen had a coming out party in the playoffs with 25:31 TOI

Took Dahlin again over Charlie who needs to stay healthy for me.

 

[wintersej]

I suspect both McAvoy and Chabot will be 10 spots higher when we do this next year.

 

[wetcoast]

I suspect both McAvoy and Chabot will be 10 spots higher when we do this next year.

They might be, especially McAvoy if he can stay healthy.

I suspect that Dahlin and Heiskanen will jump higher though.

 

[AB13]

Not really but he has a lack of opportunity with Klinberg ahaead of him.

Also Heiskanen had a coming out party in the playoffs with 25:31 TOI

Took Dahlin again over Charlie who needs to stay healthy for me.

He played a lot of minutes, no he did not have a lack of opportunity. He really is far below the rest in almost every category despite similar minutes. Ice time is an irrelevant stat and bad way to judge players.

 

[wetcoast]

He played a lot of minutes, no he did not have a lack of opportunity. He really is far below the rest in almost every category despite similar minutes. Ice time is an irrelevant stat and bad way to judge players.

Klingberg is the PP QB for the stars, Miro plays in all situations and had less PP TOI after Klingberg came back from injury.

For the record I think Miro will be the best Dman on the stars next year, just not for fantasy purposes.

TOI is an important stat for Dmen as it shows how much confidence a coach has in a certain player and in Miro's case he plays in all situations.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

He played a lot of minutes, no he did not have a lack of opportunity. He really is far below the rest in almost every category despite similar minutes. Ice time is an irrelevant stat and bad way to judge players.

Says the guy who used +/-

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

 

[AB13]

Says the guy who used +/-

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

A lot more relevant than ice time, but use almost any stat and Heiskanen shouldn't get a single vote.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

A lot more relevant than ice time, but use almost any stat and Heiskanen shouldn't get a single vote.

So a +14, third pair defender who plays 12 minutes a night is better than the -12 first pairing defender who plays 25 minutes a night.

Got it.

Thanks for your insights.

 

[AB13]

So a +14, third pair defender who plays 12 minutes a night is better than the -12 first pairing defender who plays 25 minutes a night.

Got it.

Thanks for your insights.

Never ever said the +- was close to the most relevant. Points and defensive stats are the things that matter the most, and in that category, Heiskanens numbers are brutally demolished.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Demolished.