Flat Ronnie
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How do Senators fans underrate Hedman? I think most our fanbase can comfortably agree that Hedman is the 2nd or 3rd best defenseman in the NHL. My top three is Karlsson, Hedman and Doughty but there's loads of debate involving the latter two.
If anything, I've noticed that most Sens fans tend to love players from Sweden.
Anyways, Hedman is an incredible talent and is a top 10 talent in the entire NHL. Tampa Bay is lucky to have such a great player.
Not sure how good he is defensively, but offensively he's definitely very potent.
It'll be interesting to see if he can maintain 70+ points.
One of these is not like the others
If anything, I've noticed they just want to see them together!
Hedman/Karlsson (I prefer Hedman)
I'm a massive Karlsson fan and I've been high on Hedman since he was drafted.
Could win a Norris in the right season.
I'd say that's fairly rated.
I suspect the OP has some sort of sulking agenda with this thread though.
If somebody considered him better than Karlsson they are overrating him. Anything less than that and no he isn't overrated. Karlsson's the best D in the world and Hedman is 2nd IMO.
Overrated? No. I think most people consider him one of the top 5ish dmen in the league, which I think he is. Properly rated.
Who would that be and why?
Either all belong or both Matthews and Werenski doesn't belong in there.
Here's my thing with that -
There is a legitimate argument that Hedman had a better season than Karlsson (at least regular season) this past year. Team successes notwithstanding, Hedman came in thought of as a top 5 Dman in the league and got a lot better. He is a possession monster and found a groove to produce points at an insane clip. If Hedman continues *that* level of play, and nothing else changes between the two, there is an argument to be had over which player is better.
But - considering track records - Karlsson is the #1 Dman in the NHL and my vote for #2 skater after Crosby at the moment. His D has improved considerably (to where I would say he can take tough matchups and play them well), and his offense is still deadly.
Sorry, I know your post is constructed to be objective and respectful, but nonetheless, no: there is no legitimate argument that Hedman had a better season than Karlsson.
Frankly there's no legitimate argument that Burns had a better season than Karlsson either.
That said since you were nice, I'll be nice too and say that Hedman is in my opinion the 2nd best defenseman in the NHL, I think he had the 2nd best year last year, and I think he'll be the 2nd best this year as well.