Is Luca Sbisa the worst NHL regular?

[Breakers]

I hate to pile on a guy, But
From an analytics side a case could be made for Sbisa being one of the worst d-man in the league.
If you were to qualify players who had played 300 minutes or more he is at the bottom of the league for defenseman in multiple categories.

To put it simply when sbisa is on the ice it is a Shooting Gallery on MAF
Steve Santini for NJ is a nightmare and even worse.

 

[The Duck Knight]

Bieksa makes Sbisa look like Trouba

Bieksa is no longer an NHL anything.

Anyway voted yes out of anger. As a Ducks/Knights fan I have had the misfortune of having Luca Sbisa on my team more than any other fans. Yes he's terrible. No he's probably not the absolute worst, but he's damn close. And it's all because he has zero brains. He's got all the physical tools you want in a d-man just nothing between the ears.

 

[pabst blue ribbon]

the thing is he's not a regular anymore and he looked pretty good against Winnipeg, he made 2 bad plays at the wrong time that resulted in 2 goals.

The only difference between sbisa's performance against winnipeg and Washington is that fleury wasn't there to bail him out

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Luca Sbisa makes boneheaded plays all the time, he creates turnover after turnover, has zero hockey IQ, he had two awful play in game 5. Is he the worst NHL regular?

Roman Polak "hold my beer"

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Too bad he’s no longer a regular otherwise this would be Matt Moulson AINEC.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Andrej Sustr "hold my beer"

Ftfy

 

[tony d]

No, he's not but he's amongst the worst.

 

[Wayne Primeau]

No, but he's still bad. Vegas should've just kept running with Merrill.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

No, but he's still bad. Vegas should've just kept running with Merrill.

Hi

 

[crowi]

He is actually so bad that I will vote yes... I can't easily think one who is worse.

 

[DatDude44]

I'd give most of the sabres D a hard look before jumping to this conclusion....but otherwise he frickin might be lmao

 

[Royal Thunder]

Nathan Beaulieu was a level of bad this season that I didn't know was possible at this level

 

[Paul4587]

Bieksa and Girardi were both still regulars this season so no he’s not.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Marincin ( Not regular..but still), Sbisa, Polak, Girardi, Staal, and Sustr.

 

[Paul4587]

Marincin ( Not regular..but still), Letang, Sbisa, Polak, and Sustr.

Letang just put up 51 points. He had a down year by his standards but he’s not far removed from being a top 10 Dman in the game. Critique his IQ all you want but he’s immensely talented and productive.

 

[belair]

Mark Borowiecki is pretty terrible. All character, no skill.

 

[These Are The Days]

lol OP has never watched Andrej Sustr. Dude has the bodily coordination of a fresh born baby horse or giraffe learning how to walk. He played in better than half our games and was STILL a -5 on a team with a +60 scoring differential. His crowning achievement is that he once managed to be a -2 in 3 minutes TOI on a night we scored 5 times. It's unreal how bad he is. Every time I watch him I'm reminded that life truly is not fair because someone like him can suck for this long and still have a job.

 

[Dabeast]

The Panthers might have the worst regular duo in Haley and Dmac

 

[sr edler]

Is he the worst NHL regular?

He wasn’t a regular this season. He played 30 RS games (fewer than Brad Hunt and Jon Merrill), and then 12 in the playoffs.