Rank your team's defensemen based on their play this season

[Sheppy]

McAvoy
Chara
Krug
Miller
Grzelcyk
McQuaid
Carlo
Holden

Maybe interchange McQuaid and Carlo here and there.

 

[ESH]

Is anyone else willing to offer their opinions? I'd be particularly interested to hear about Chicago, Carolina, Arizona, New Jersey

 

[MasterMatt25]

Weber
Petry
Mete
Juulsen
Reilly
Jerabek (traded)
Benn
Valiyev
Schlemko
Alzner
Morrow (traded)

 

[pmwlker]

Ghost
Provorov

Sanheim

Gudas
Hagg



Manning

Traffic cone



MacDonald

 

[Lame Lambert]

Pulock






Everyone else

 

[me2]

Edler
Tanev


Some guys they picked out of the crowd and put in canucks jerseys

 

[Lays]

Including the traded players:

McDonagh
Shattenkirk
Skjei
Pionk
Holden
Staal
Smith
Kampfer
Gilmour
DeAngelo
O'Gara
Sproul

I usually agree with you PB but you have Deangelo awfully low..he’s been really good this season right before he got injured. Gilmour was certainly not above him (or even O Gara). I’d have him right after Pionk although a gap is there

 

[Todd Parchment]

Nurse

Everyone else

Benning

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I usually agree with you PB but you have Deangelo awfully low..he’s been really good this season right before he got injured. Gilmour was certainly not above him (or even O Gara). I’d have him right after Pionk although a gap is there

I think DeAngelo sucks.

32 games, 8 points, thats not good enough for a player who isn't good defensively. And lets say that was 16 points, the defense wouldn't matter that much, as it doesn't for Shattenkirk. When you put up offense at a 20 point per 82 game rate and you can't defend, you aren't good, in my opinion. Maybe he'll improve, but right now I think he sucks, and isn't an NHL'er.

 

[Stud Muffin]

Late Season Klefbom
Nurse
Larsson
Benning
Russell
Early Season Klefbom
Auvitu
Sekera

Injuries were a bitch this season.

 

[DrJustice]

Krug
Chara
McAvoy

Carlo
Miller
Grzelcyk

McQuaid
Holden

Krug's 59 point season is hard to overlook, especially the return of his goal scoring.

Chara and McAvoy both had good seasons but Charlie missed more time due to injury than 41 year old Chara, who is still a beast in this league.

 

[AfroThunder396]

1. Sami Vatanen
2. Not Sami Vatanen






9001. John Moore

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Weber
Petry
Mete
Reilly
Juulsen
Lernout
Pylon with short beard
Pylon with long beard
Pylon who can't open pickle jars

 

[Sabresruletheschool]

Ristolainen
Scandella
--
Antipin
--
Guhle
Nelson
--
McCabe
Bogosian
Gorges
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Beaulieu

I think you being to nice for everyone under Scandella lol. For me it would go

Risto - Top pairing
Scandella -Top 4
--
--
--
Antipin - 5/6
--
--
Guhle - 7 ( still tons of potential. Brought up a little fast to play defense for a tire fire)
--
Nelson -AHL
--
--
--
McCabe - WTF happened?
Georges - retire already!
--
--
--
--
Bogoasian - hurt all year. Looks at ice and needs a medic. Still better than Beaulieu on the bench.
Beaulieu - Beer league

 

[finnishflash]

Yandle

Ekblad
Matheson

Petrovic
Pysyk

McCoshen
Weegar

I think that neither Petrovic or Pysyk are top 4 dmen right now. It really hurt the Panthers this season and should be a priority for the team to acquire someone during the off-season who can play in the second pair.

 

[TheMule93]

Ericsson
Green
Daley
DeKeyser
Jensen
Kronwall
Ouellet

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Ericsson
Green
Daley
DeKeyser
Jensen
Kronwall
Ouellet

That’s a joke right? Ericsson at 1

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

I think you being to nice for everyone under Scandella lol. For me it would go

Risto - Top pairing
Scandella -Top 4
--
--
--
Antipin - 5/6
--
--
Guhle - 7
--
Nelson -AHL
--
--
--
McCabe - WTF happened?
Georges - retire already!
--
--
--
--
Bogoasian - hurt all year. Looks at ice and needs a medic. Still better than Beaulieu on the bench.
Beaulieu - Beer league

We were worried he was going to break out in Buffalo and we'd have lost another trade with a D-man

 

[GoldiFox]

Slavin (23 years old, #1)

Pesce (22 years old, #2/3)
Faulk (25 years old, #2/3)

Hanifin (20 years old, #4/5)
TVR (26 years old, #4/5)
Fleury (21 years old, #5/6)

Would be a group of monsters if it was 5 years from now. Unfortunately they are all still (very) green compared to their top-ends.

 

[Sabresruletheschool]

We were worried he was going to break out in Buffalo and we'd have lost another trade with a D-man

He broke out alright lmao. He can skate like a NHl'er, but plays the game like he's never been on a team before. All toolbox and no tools.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Slavin (23 years old, #1)

Pesce (22 years old, #2/3)
Faulk (25 years old, #2/3)

Hanifin (20 years old, #4/5)
TVR (26 years old, #4/5)
Fleury (21 years old, #5/6)

Would be a group of monsters if it was 5 years from now. Unfortunately they are all still (very) green compared to their top-ends.

You are underrating Hanifin and Pesce for sure

 

[RainingRats]

1. Yandle - plays tough minutes, put up a good amount of points, was very responsible defensively. played like a #1
2. Ekblad - slow start but showed promise. scored a ton of goals for a d-man. needs to work on skating
3. Matheson - slow start and a bit inconsistent but showed elite upside at times. got more consistent as season went on. legit top 4 guy
4. Weegar - strong rookie season, reminds me of a Dan Boyle light. May be ready for a top 4 role
5. Petrovic - extremely slow start but got better as season went on. Solid bottom pair guy.
6. Pysyk - Big regression. Doesn't appear to be able to handle top 4 minutes. Could have been an off year

 

[TheMule93]

That’s a joke right? Ericsson at 1

our whole defense is a joke, and im 100% serious about Ericsson at #1. He was the only guy that could clear the crease this season. Was the only guy that made consistent break-out passes imo. Green made too many defensive mistakes. Daley can skate but thats about it. DeKeyser is like vegan ericsson - tall but super lanky and weak. Jensen and Ouellet are terrible but Jensen can skate. Peg leg Kronwall cant skate but he's better than Ouellet.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

our whole defense is a joke, and im 100% serious about Ericsson at #1. He was the only guy that could clear the crease this season. Green made too many defensive mistakes. Daley can skate but thats about it. DeKeyser is like vegan ericsson - tall but super lanky and weak. Jensen and Ouellet are terrible but Jensen can skate. Peg leg Kronwall cant skate but he's better than Ouellet.

Ericsson is so f***ing slow

I would have Jensen in last for Detroit. He is awful

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

He broke out alright lmao. He can skate like a NHl'er, but plays the game like he's never been on a team before. All toolbox and no tools.

That's him in a nutshell, has the 'controller disconnected' moments several times every game where you wonder if the play has been blown dead cause he's just doing his own thing nowhere close to the action