Line Combos: Rank our Defensemen
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HisNoodliness
The Karate Kid and ASP Kai
1. Seider
2. Leddy
3. Hronek
4. Stretcher
5. Dekeyser
6. Lindstrom
7.Oesterle
8. Staal
2. Leddy
3. Hronek
4. Stretcher
5. Dekeyser
6. Lindstrom
7.Oesterle
8. Staal
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Based on play in general, no crazy stats. Just ranking them by who you think are the bast and worst.
Henkka
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10 - Seider
8 - Hronek
7 - Leddy
5 - DeKeyser
4 - Staal
3 - Lindström
2 - Stecher
1 - Oesterle
Ranked in general.
8 - Hronek
7 - Leddy
5 - DeKeyser
4 - Staal
3 - Lindström
2 - Stecher
1 - Oesterle
Ranked in general.
lilidk
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Steve91
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Seider
Leddy
Lindström
Oesterle
Staal
Hronek
DeKeyser
I cannot properly rank Stecher, he played only 6 games and i saw maybe two.
Leddy
Lindström
Oesterle
Staal
Hronek
DeKeyser
I cannot properly rank Stecher, he played only 6 games and i saw maybe two.
Fil Larkmanthanasiou
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Fil Larkmanthanasiou
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Wow.
Wings really needed some puck moving D and Leddy has helped in that regard but he has been a defensive liability and isn't nearly as good as Hronek.
Wings really needed some puck moving D and Leddy has helped in that regard but he has been a defensive liability and isn't nearly as good as Hronek.
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Gniwder
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Seider
Garbage
Garbage
Garbage
Garbage
Dumpster
Dumpster fire
The team only has one defenseman that doesn't play hot potato with the puck. Lindstrom is OK as third pair, and he's still young. Everyone else needs to be replaced.
I was really hoping Hronek would be better with an NHL caliber partner, but he really hasn't been. Him and Fabbri have really disappointed me this season.
Garbage
Garbage
Garbage
Garbage
Dumpster
Dumpster fire
The team only has one defenseman that doesn't play hot potato with the puck. Lindstrom is OK as third pair, and he's still young. Everyone else needs to be replaced.
I was really hoping Hronek would be better with an NHL caliber partner, but he really hasn't been. Him and Fabbri have really disappointed me this season.
Sentinel
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Seider
Hronek
Leddy
Staal
Oesterle
Dekeyser
Lindstrom
Hronek
Leddy
Staal
Oesterle
Dekeyser
Lindstrom
jaster
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Seider
Hronek
Leddy
Staal/Lindstrom
Oesterle
DDK
Stecher - Have never understood the like for this guy. He had a good first 10 games or so last season, and then it all went down hill. He's a turnover machine. Low panic threshold. More prone to the forecheck than any defenseman on the roster. Can't play D in his own zone, can't play offense in the O zone, weak and gets pushed around, passing is overrated. He can skate and transport the puck, that's pretty much all he does well.
Hronek
Leddy
Staal/Lindstrom
Oesterle
DDK
Stecher - Have never understood the like for this guy. He had a good first 10 games or so last season, and then it all went down hill. He's a turnover machine. Low panic threshold. More prone to the forecheck than any defenseman on the roster. Can't play D in his own zone, can't play offense in the O zone, weak and gets pushed around, passing is overrated. He can skate and transport the puck, that's pretty much all he does well.
Pavels Dog
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Seider - legit looks like a veteran #1D already
Leddy - underrated, team badly misses him
Hronek - has his moments but a very mixed bag
Lindström - quietly solid
Dekeyser/Staal/Oesterle/Stecher - interchangeable replacement level players
Leddy - underrated, team badly misses him
Hronek - has his moments but a very mixed bag
Lindström - quietly solid
Dekeyser/Staal/Oesterle/Stecher - interchangeable replacement level players
Respectfully disagree - in fact I thought he looked better with moving the puck as the season progressed...I will agree with you that he needs a guy like Staal as a partner since he isn't the greatest in his own end and has some issues with clearing the crease/handling opponents.
jaster
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We all have our preferences, and if Stecher is the type of defenseman some of you like, I won't try to sway you. He's just not that for me, the downside easily outweighs the upside imo. He's a poor man's Bart Lebda, and yeah, guys like that can survive with a good defensive dman as their partner (see: Lilja), but they spike my frustration level too much
GMR
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Seider 10 (if he shoots a bit more he gets 10+)
Hronek 7
Leddy 6
DeKeyser 5
Staal 4
Lindstrom 4
Oesterle 3
Stecher 1
Staal is great on the 3rd pairing, top 4 he is brutal. It was just a game or 2, but he struggled like hell.
Stecher is done both with this team and in the league. No team will offer him a contract.
Gniwder
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Realistically, you have Seider that's obviously top pair, Leddy that's second pair and the rest are all third pair D including Hronek.
Hronek has been an absolute disappointment, I thought the issue was having crappy partners but even with legit NHL level partners he looks like garbage. His offense has disappeared too, whatever happened to his shooting? Leddy needs a physical stay at home D as a partner, those 2 really should be split up.
Stecher isn't done, he'll get a job as a 6/7D somewhere. There are worse players with regular spots like DeHaan. I do not see him re-signing with the Wings, but with a cellar dweller. If Cholo can get a roster spot, Stecher can too.
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