Most underrated defenseman on your team

[VoluntaryDom]

For Tampa bay our most underrated dman is Mikhail Sergachev. He has improved a lot defensively over the course of the season. He is also very good at bringing the puck up ice.

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[Nadal On Clay]

Brian Dumoulin is pretty good. Probably our most consistent defenseman all year long.

 

[LuGBuG]

As strange as this is probably Cam Fowler for the amount of hate he gets around here.

 

[stevo61]

Could say Murray or Nutivaara for Columbus and be correct.
Murray is just straight up solid and the defensive group as a whole is a lot better balanced when he is in the lineup.
Nuti is one of those guys where some people still ask "who?". Hes a solid skater and can really move the puck. You can tell when he is really confident because he definitely stands out on the ice.
I think some fans of other teams look at this pairing and would single them out as the pairing to exploit but you soon realize they are the 2nd pairing and damn good at it

 

[Stizzle]

Travis Sanheim, easily for the Flyers.

 

[Ivan13]

Tyson Barrie by a lot.

 

[Tuggy]

Montreal Canadiens: N/A

 

[NyQuil]

Thomas Chabot.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I don't have a team, but Josh Morrisey is one important D man that often goes under the radar here.

 

[Masch78]

As strange as this is probably Cam Fowler for the amount of hate he gets around here.

My vote goes to Hampus Lindholm. He is so good and if he would play on a big market team this board would go crazy. Maybe it would be the same with Cam.

 

[LeafFever]

Morgan Rielly. A true #1 D and top 20 easily, if not higher, yet still underrated here badly.

 

[rt]

For too long it was cool to call OEL underrated. Now it’s cool to call him overrated. He’s not overrated. He’s an excellent defenseman. A true #1 D.

 

[LeafFever]

For too long it was cool to call OEL underrated. Now it’s cool to call him overrated. He’s not overrated. He’s an excellent defenseman. A true #1 D.

It's backlash. Toews got it bad. People just get tired of hearing how great you are when your numbers aren't that good and the team goes nowhere. I am not sure OEL would go unscathed in a bigger hockey market.

 

[New Jersey]

Mirco Mueller because he's actually good and had to work his way into favor over the likes of Ben Lovejoy.

Vatanen ain't underrated, he's just awesome.

 

[mashedpotato]

Morgan Reilly.
Jake Gardiner.

But only because they're Leafs.

 

[FinnishCoyote]

Chychrun, Top-4 D as a 20 years old and no-one ever talks about him

 

[TheMule93]

jonathan ericsson

he's garbage, but hes better than the complete garbage that makes up the rest of our defense

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

Ekholm

 

[Hoverhand]

Morgan Reilly.
Jake Gardiner.

But only because they're Leafs.

Gardiner's underrated within the fandom because fairweathers think he's bad defensively.

Rielly's underrated outside of it because he developed late.

Id go Rielly.

 

[Lays]

Pionk.
Maybe Deangelo since everyone seems to call him a bust but he’s been really good if you’re not stat watching

 

[migi]

Murphy gets too much criticism.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Dmitry Orlov. People still picture him as a D who takes unnecessary risks and turns the puck over all the time but he's pretty safe now and he's a beast defensively.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Christian Folin

 

[Tryamw]

I'd have to go with TVR on the Canes... Partly due to the hype of some of them Pesce and Slavin had relatively down years Faulk well crashed. So it's more of a it has to go there..

 

[ESH]

My vote goes to Hampus Lindholm. He is so good and if he would play on a big market team this board would go crazy. Maybe it would be the same with Cam.

Lindholm gets large amounts of recognition on HF