Karlsson will never be as good as Lidstrom.
Lidstrom is top-3 of all-time
Karlsson - fine.
Turris - Fine.
Mac- Fine
Ryan- Ok.
Neil - OK.
Chiasson - Great.
Legwand - OK.
Stone- Fine.
Lazar - Fine.
Smith - Bad.
Cowen - OK.
Wier - OK./Bad (trending down)
Gryba - OK.
Ceci - Fine.
Zibby - Bad (trending up)
Boro - OK.
Michalek - Ok (trending up)
Condra - Ok.
Greening - Bad.
Phillips - Ok/Bad (trending down)
Hoffman - Ok.
Weird for some of these... Phillips has been impressive. I'm expecting a bottom 3rd pairing D-man out of him, but he plays like a good #2-3... In 10 games, 5 ES GA when he is on the ice, while playing 23:55 per game with though assignments. Hard to not be impressed for an old schooler like me. In comparison, Karlsson has been on the ice for 14 ES GA and only plays 3:20 more (he plays too much IMO)...
So, compared to expectations and talent level
Karlsson - bad 3/10
Turris - good but room for improvement 6/10
Mac- great after he shook off the rust 8/10
Ryan- good, but we need more production from him 6/10
Neil - great for his role, very reliable 8/10
Chiasson - Awesome, even better than I thought 9/10
Legwand - Good, needs to develop more chemistry though 6/10
Stone- Great, but has more to show 7/10
Lazar - good for a 19 y/o 7/10
Smith - Disappointing, hasn't looked like himself so far 4/10
Cowen - Need to build back confidence, has been ok but we still need more 6/10
Wier - Most disappointing player IMO, has been regressing a lot 3/10
Gryba - Slow start but looking better 6/10
Ceci - Very impressive for 20 y/o, has been the best D-man with Phillips. 9/10
Zibby - Slow start, need to produce 5/10
Boro - Does exactly what to be expected of him 8/10
Michalek - Played well, but needs to put more points to appease the fans 6/10
Condra - Good, depth role player 7/10
Greening - Not a chance to show anything, only played 2 games 5/10
Phillips - Impressive 9/10
Hoffman - Has looked awesome at times but so many times no results to show for it... Need some consistency 7/10
Lehner - 8/10
Andy - 8/10
I'd like to hear arguments if people do not agree with those...