The Scariest Defensemen Pairing of Modern Era?

[Bouboumaster]

Peak Chara/Pronger
Or
Peak Chara/Weber

 

[nowhereman]

I'd go Chara/Pronger. Stevens and Vlad were both better hitters but Chara and Pronger would destroy anyone in a fight, as well as put you through the boards. The fear factor is higher with those two.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Stevens and Pronger

 

[Mickey Marner]

If "modern era" is post expansion you'd probably want Potvin as your RD, or maybe Chelios. Stevens, Pronger or Chara are all viable LD options.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Peak Chara/Pronger
Or
Peak Chara/Weber

I think weber is a good alternative because then the puck becomes a weapon too

like not only do i have to try to skate by you without getting killed, you're saying you can kill me when I'm nowhere near you? f*** this

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I know Jason Strudwick and Taylor Chorney were scary to their teammates and fans.

As soon as I saw this thread existed I came here to post Matt Irwin and Yanick Weber. But you beat me to it.

 

[WhereAreTheCookies]

If we don't care about handedness then I would say Scott Stevens or Potvin and someone like Darius Kasparaitis who didn't score much, but he was a nightmare to play against.

 

[amnesiac]

Pronger Chara

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Marchment and Kasparaitis

 

[NigerianNightmare]

What about the Potvin and Vasilyev duo?

Can anyone tell me if Vasilyev was a scary bone crushing d-man? I haven't seen much of him, only the 1981 CC

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Chara-Pronger.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

What about the Potvin and Vasilyev duo?

Can anyone tell me if Vasilyev was a scary bone crushing d-man? I haven't seen much of him, only the 1981 CC

Vasiliev was a very good hitter. Not quite the same fear factor as Stevens, but he'd be pretty high up on the list. Vasiliev and Potvin would be very tough to play against.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Weber Pronger would be wild

 

[centipede2233]

Rob Blake - Pronger the twin towers for Team Canada

 

[Bileur]

I vote Chara-Pronger
6'9 and 6'6, both dirty/mean and great positionally while also putting up 50 points

Anyone going to the front of the net would be pissing blood for days.

 

[ForsbergForever]

After some thought, a pairing of prime Scott Stevens and Rob Blake might be comparable if maybe one notch below Chara-Pronger in terms of intimidation and puck possession ability.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Pronger and Robinson