HFBoards Top 31 NHL Defenders - #4

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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%
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Suggested Additions:
Miro Heiskanen (2)
Charlie McAvoy (1)

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[wintersej]

Gio. Add McAvoy.

edit: Thought a LOT about picking Jones here.

edit 2: Yeah, changing to Jones. Gio was better last year, but that doesn't mean it will be the case this year.

 

[wintersej]

Listing Karlsson as a Sen. Ouch.

 

[LT]

Listing Karlsson as a Sen. Ouch.

Whoops, my bad.

 

[LaMasquerade]

Giordano.. would like to see Heiskanen there too..

 

[super6646]

How tf is Giordano about to be 5th after a slam dunk Norris win? I’d expect nothing less from this place.

 

[Dr Salt]

Add Lindholm as an option.

 

[Dr Salt]

Wow ummm Burns lmao, talk about actually ranking defenseman when this guy is basically a forward playing on the blue line.

 

[LaMasquerade]

Wow ummm Burns lmao, talk about actually ranking defenseman when this guy is basically a forward playing on the blue line.

Heh, there's already Karlsson as 2nd best DEFENDER..

 

[Dr Salt]

Heh, there's already Karlsson as 2nd best DEFENDER..

Karlsson isn't a defensive liability like Burns. His speed is his best asset at defense so it may be why people have noted it hasn't been as great as before however he is still not a defensive liability. Here's also a chart showing the contributions of Karlsson vs Burns.

 

[Hollowmoon]

Burns...add Heiskanen

 

[Juxtaposer]

Wow ummm Burns lmao, talk about actually ranking defenseman when this guy is basically a forward playing on the blue line.

Nice job outing yourself as having never watched a Sharks game.

 

[LuckyBoeser]

Nice job outing yourself as having never watched a Sharks game.

I'm guessing you used the "he never watched that team play card" since you don't have a proper argument?

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

How tf is Giordano about to be 5th after a slam dunk Norris win? I’d expect nothing less from this place.

It’s because he had one good year where he was barely better than Burns. And then come playoff time in that same year, he got wrecked by MacKinnon and the Avalanche; meanwhile, Burns also went up against the Avalanche and scored twice as many points as MacKinnon.

I'm guessing you used the "he never watched that team play card" since you don't have a proper argument?

The proper argument is that Burns is not basically a forward playing on the blue line.

That was easy.

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

Not sure where he'd fall on the list but people are sleeping on Josh Morrissey. I'd rank him ahead of Buff. There's certainly a few names on the suggested list who have already regressed quite a bit but have name recognition for past accomplishments.

 

[Regal]

I'm guessing you used the "he never watched that team play card" since you don't have a proper argument?

Because calling him a forward was a great argument that needed refuting?

 

[thadd]

4 - Jones
5- OEL
6 - Burns

 

[drktmplr12]

this feels like a toss up

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Burns has been top-2 in defensive scoring for the last 5 years (in 2018 he had 1 point less than Carlson, and it would've been 3 years in a row as #1). I think every team would want him on their blue line.

 

[crackdown44]

It’s because he had one good year where he was barely better than Burns. And then come playoff time in that same year, he got wrecked by MacKinnon and the Avalanche; meanwhile, Burns also went up against the Avalanche and scored twice as many points as MacKinnon.



The proper argument is that Burns is not basically a forward playing on the blue line.

That was easy.

Yes last year was the only year Giordano was ever any good. Finally an unbiased opinion. He was mediocre for two years under Gulutzan but the three years prior to that he was a Norris contender and likely would have won at least one, maybe two if not for his seasons being cut short due to injury

Also in a poll for who is the best defenseman right now, there’s a pretty good argument to be had for the guy who was the best defenseman last year

Burns should be higher too

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Karlsson doesn’t deserve to be voted that high after the past two seasons. Hell even Doughty didn’t play like a top tier D last year.

 

[SotasicA]

Jones and Giordano are the runaway top two at this point.

Went with Jones. I expect greatness from him. Giordano had a great season, too, and it's not wrong to pick him. Either way it's these two next. They are also both better than EK65.

Hampus needs to get in the voting.

 

[Mrb1p]

Wheres huh.... wheres huuuh.... Brent Burns? Anybody ever heard of him?

 

[MattiasSnall]

Add Heiskanen as a option already..

 

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