HFBoards Top 31 NHL Defenders - #23

[LT]

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%
#22	Rasmus Dahlin	19			82	9	35	44	28.2%
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T.J. Brodie
Erik Gustafsson
Travis Hamonic
Oscar Klefbom
Esa Lindell
Jake Muzzin
Jeff Petry
Ryan Pulock
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[TomP24684]

Interesting so far how the first poll(Hedman as top d man) was by far the most decisive.

 

[LT]

Interesting so far how the first poll(Hedman as top d man) was by far the most decisive.

I don't have it listed, but I think the key here is the difference between 1 and 2 (or 3 or so on) for each poll. There were only a few "real" options at the top, so it was easy. Now, the spread is much larger and 5-10 players could reasonably get a quality number of votes.

It's too tedious to comb through each thread and find the number of votes, but that'd be interesting to look at.

 

[TomP24684]

I don't have it listed, but I think the key here is the difference between 1 and 2 (or 3 or so on) for each poll. There were only a few "real" options at the top, so it was easy. Now, the spread is much larger and 5-10 players could reasonably get a quality number of votes.

It's too tedious to comb through each thread and find the number of votes, but that'd be interesting to look at.

What oh just said makes perfect sense. Poll being done before all the nominations to add more. Ahhhhhh still though. That’s pretty dadgum decisive.

 

[LT]

What oh just said makes perfect sense. Poll being done before all the nominations to add more. Ahhhhhh still though. That’s pretty dadgum decisive.

True. There were 20 options, but many simply weren’t (and still aren’t) good options.

 

[780il]

Mcdonagh and McAvoy the next 2 easily for me

 

[Zamuz]

dahlin way too high

 

[AB13]

dahlin way too high

Dahlin is a generational defenceman with no holes in his game, who outscored almost all of the players left and is better defensively too. He is the best 18 year old defenceman in a very long time.

 

[AB13]

You have to add Erik Gustafsson, he scored 60 points!

 

[LT]

Dahlin is a generational defenceman with no holes in his game, who outscored almost all of the players left and is better defensively too. He is the best 18 year old defenceman in a very long time.

No holes? Did you ever watch him in his own zone? The several games I saw each featured at least a handful of gaffes defensively. No one is denying his skill, but he’s certainly not a “no holes” type of defender currently.

 

[AB13]

No holes? Did you ever watch him in his own zone? The several games I saw each featured at least a handful of gaffes defensively. No one is denying his skill, but he’s certainly not a “no holes” type of defender currently.

Wouldn't really agree to that at all. He made a few errors but certainly not more than anyone else on this list.

 

[FileepFileep]

Heiskanen should be getting consideration soon.

 

[hurricaner]

Holy cow have people not seen Pesce play before? Really should've been gone by now. Him and Slavin are on about the same level and some nights Pesce will handily outplay him.

 

[EXTRAS]

Add makar

 

[AB13]

Heiskanen should be getting consideration soon.

Not at all, he is by far the worst of the ones left. His points, +- and defensive stats are extremely far below most of the people left, almost all. Heiskanen would go around 60-70.

 

[winnipegsfinest]

Morrissey anyone? Better than Big Buff imo.

 

[LT]

Not at all, he is by far the worst of the ones left. His points, +- and defensive stats are extremely far below most of the people left, almost all. Heiskanen would go around 60-70.

But Dahlin is top 20?

Nothing adds up about this argument.

 

[AB13]

But Dahlin is top 20?

Nothing adds up about this argument.

Dahlin is miles ahead of Heiskanen at almost everything, so yes. There is no comparison at all between them statistically. Comparing them is like comparing a Lamborghini to a Toyota.

 

[amnesiac]

add Pulock

 

[TopCheese]

Morrissey anyone? Better than Big Buff imo.

Agree. He is not flashy but very sound defensively and smart with the puck. Been voting morrissey the past few polls

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Not at all, he is by far the worst of the ones left. His points, +- and defensive stats are extremely far below most of the people left, almost all. Heiskanen would go around 60-70.

Your posts towards the Dahlin/Heiskanen debate are hilarious I nearly choked on my supper and died.

 

[buffalosabrebills]

dahlin way too high

Nope. Probably could’ve gone higher.

 

[Machinehead]

I've voted for McAvoy so many times he would technically be mayor in some cities.

 

[Machinehead]

Holy cow have people not seen Pesce play before? Really should've been gone by now. Him and Slavin are on about the same level and some nights Pesce will handily outplay him.

The groupthink just decided Slavin is the better of the two.

 

[Advanced stats]

who outscored almost all of the players left

Ummm...buddy you don't want the list of players that outscored Dahlin..