NHL Dmen Rankings #17

[M2Beezy]

So Doughty crushes 16 after losing the run off round against Theodore. Top rate dman, a couple a off years for him as the Kings rebuild, but many suspect he will be top of his game. Me too. Anyways Ekblad Werenski Dahlin Provorov still onboard so lets vote 17!

1 TB Hedman 82% 2020 HFBoards NHL Dmen Rankings #1
2 NASH Josi 76% 2020 HFBoards NHL Dmen #2
3 COLU Jones 40% 2020 HFBoards NHL Dmen Rankings #3
4 Pieterangelo LVGK 59% 2020 HFBoards NHL Dmen Rankings #4
5 DALL Heiskanen 39% 2020 HFBoards NHL Dmen Rankings #5
6 WASH Carlson 26% 2020 HFBoards NHL Dmen Rankings #6
7 CAR Slavin 40% 2020 HFBoards NHL Dmen Rankings #7
8 COL Makar 33% 2020 HFBoards NHL Dmen Rankings #8
9 CAR Hamilton 23% 2020 HFBoards NHL Dmen Rankings #9
10 VAN Hughes 19% 2020 NHL Dmen Rankings #10
11 BOS Macavoy 26% 2020 NHL Dmen Rankings #11
12 SJ Karlsson 19% 2020 NHL Dmen Rankings #12
13 OTT Chabot 14% 2020 NHL Dmen Rankings #13
14 MON Weber 16% NHL Dmen Rankings #14
15 TIE Doughty/Theodore 18% NHL Dmen Rankings #15
15 LVGK Theodore 56% NHL Dmen Rankings #15 Tie Braker: DOUGHTY VS THEODORE
16 LA Doughty 27% NHL Dmen Rankings #16

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[jetsforever]

Really could be anyone at this point - on a whim I voted Parayko

 

[CraigsList]

Gio

 

[Buck Naked]

Time for Ekblad.

 

[snipes]

Klingberg easily here

 

[Kcb12345]

Fair spot for a few different guys, but I'll go Parayko.

Playoff Klingberg is like top 10 honestly but unfortunately we don't see that Klingberg far enough during the regular season anymore. He can take over playoff games but this last regular season especially he just wasnt the same/didnt carry that same effort most nights. Not just that, but he was a major liability most nights

 

[Krewe]

Parayko, Reilly, Klingberg, or MAYBE Gio (if he bounces back this year).

Voted Reilly just cause I had to pick one

 

[amnesiac]

people are really giving up on Burns after one off year of 45P..... I mean hes just one year removed from having an 83P season.

 

[Benn14]

Klingberg, Burns, Werenski

 

[Ryan Michaels]

people are really giving up on Burns after one off year of 45P..... I mean hes just one year removed from having an 83P season.

Ya, unpopular on hfboards but I'd have Burns, Karlsson, Doughty and Gio all much higher. Most of them were very elite a year ago with one somewhat down season. Karlsson in particular is a lock to make people look silly.

 

[Skolman]

Klingberg easily here

Easily?

 

[LaMasquerade]

Time for Ekblad.

Absolutely!

 

[DearDiary]

Dougie Hamilton... top 10 Dman. I'm out

 

[Bounces R Way]

This list is bad and should feel bad

 

[Ratatoskr]

Please forgive my OCD, but I'd appreciate it if you could fix the spelling of Morgan Rielly's name. Thank you!

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Is it just me or are a lot of these defensemen very close? I voted Parayko but I could've just as easily voted for half of the guys on this list

 

[Buck Naked]

Is it just me or are a lot of these defensemen very close? I voted Parayko but I could've just as easily voted for half of the guys on this list

Of course. Would be weird if there was a clear choice on who's the 17th best dman in the league.

 

[Advanced stats]

people are really giving up on Burns after one off year of 45P..... I mean hes just one year removed from having an 83P season.

He's 35. Expecting him to bounce back in a big way on an awful sharks team is unreasonable

 

[amnesiac]

He's 35. Expecting him to bounce back in a big way on an awful sharks team is unreasonable

Same could've been said about Giordano last season

 

[Advanced stats]

Same could've been said about Giordano last season

Last season Giordano won the Norris. Expectations were high for this year. This season was rough and again no one realisticly expects him to bounce back to those previous levels. Exact same as Burns. I fail to see your point. Infact you're literally proving my point?

 

[HyPnOtiK]

Provorov being underrated yet again is no surprise... he's definitely better than McAvoy at 11

 

[Advanced stats]

Provorov being underrated yet again is no surprise... he's definitely better than McAvoy at 11

How do you figure? He's not elite enough defensively to make up for being a 40 point player imo. He's great and definitely a #1 though. Just not top 15-20

 

[Mitch nylander]

It seems to me that Hughes, Mcavoy, Makar and Heiskanen have gone way too early. Young players sure do get overrated over proven commodities over a long period of time.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Provorov being underrated yet again is no surprise... he's definitely better than McAvoy at 11

Unfortunately a lot of these polls turn into popularity contests with the bigger fan bases voting in their guy.
I’d have Parayko, Giordano and Werenski, for example, above Reilly here.

 

[M2Beezy]

Unfortunately a lot of these polls turn into popularity contests with the bigger fan bases voting in their guy.
I’d have Parayko, Giordano and Werenski, for example, above Reilly here.

Yeah this is quite silly having Rielly go next but these things always happen it seems