HFBoards Top 31 NHL Defenders

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Crazy. I didn’t realize Yandle died.

 

[DaPhazz]

Byfuglien should be closer to 10 or 11

Klingberg, Subban, Letang, Weber and McDonagh are all too high.

Byfuglien will retire in a week, and all the following players you mentionned are better than him

 

[Freaky Styley]

This is a list that wreaks of east coast/Canadian bias. Otherwise there's no way Krug/Trouba would be on there above someone like Barrie. Outside the top 10 there's a lot of room for interpretation. Parayko is way too high, Morrissey above Buff? Provorov should be on there ahead of a few guys that are #2s on their team. Sure he had a rough year point wise last season but given he is the #1 on his team and in much more difficult situations he should be ahead of plenty of those guys. etc. etc.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

This is a list that wreaks of east coast/Canadian bias. Otherwise there's no way Krug/Trouba would be on there above someone like Barrie. Outside the top 10 there's a lot of room for interpretation. Parayko is way too high, Morrissey above Buff? Provorov should be on there ahead of a few guys that are #2s on their team. Sure he had a rough year point wise last season but given he is the #1 on his team and in much more difficult situations he should be ahead of plenty of those guys. etc. etc.

Yup, it’s Canadian bias that led people to choose 2 American defensemen on American teams over a Canadian defenseman on a Canadian team.

 

[Freaky Styley]

Yup, it’s Canadian bias that led people to choose 2 American defensemen on American teams over a Canadian defenseman on a Canadian team.

notice the 'East coast' part? Also, Tyson Barrie hasn't played a regular-season game for Toronto yet so any assessment of him would be from his time in Colorado. Thanks for the reply though.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

notice the 'East coast' part? Also, Tyson Barrie hasn't played a regular-season game for Toronto yet so any assessment of him would be from his time in Colorado. Thanks for the reply though.

Right, and so how does that apply to Trouba? I guess you meant guys who play for Canadian teams or on the East.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I know it’s preseason but boy does Gio look good. He was voted most in shape flames player in camp this year. Imo he will contend for the Norris again.

What a weird thing to vote on.

 

[nbwingsfan]

I know, most of this board would, that's why he got voted as a top 31 NHL defender.

Do people think Keith is no longer a #1 D? The defencemen around him are trash and he's doing a decent job of holding it together. I would take my chances with a 35 year old Keith than Krug going into the playoffs. Krug has been in 2 finals, no ring. And we just watched his team lose to the Blues, not much offence on their d-core ironically.

Something has to be said for Hedman, Karlsson, Burns and Josi not being able to win a ring despite being on contenders for several years. Every cup champion has a defencemen they can put out every other shift in the playoffs; Doughty, Keith, and Letang. But also, Chara in 2011, Carlson and Pietrangelo recently.

The guys who get a lot of points usually don't end up winning a chip. A #1 D-man is out there for basically half the game or more in the playoffs. They have significant influence on the outcome of the game, so can Krug play 30 minutes effectively? Never seen it. Keith hasn't declined enough for me to take a 2nd-pairing defencemen over him.

Krug was probably Boston’s second best player these playoffs behind Rask?

 

[HyPnOtiK]

Charlie McAvoy @ 23, while Werenski sits in the HMs.

When will this madness end!

Provorov is better than both and isn't even in the HM. HMMMMMMM