The Top 31 Defensemen in the National Hockey League - #25

[Machinehead]

The best defenseman on the team that won the last 2 President's Trophies: Niskanen.

54% possession player against elite competition last year.

You read that right.

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

What's going on with this poll?
Shouldn't it be closed by now and onto the next step?

 

[wintersej]

What's going on with this poll?
Shouldn't it be closed by now and onto the next step?

He is waiting for your guy to lose .

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

He is waiting for your guy to lose .

I came back to vote for #26 and saw that the thread had cobwebs on it.
I'd post the GIF of Buff accidentally spitting on a ref to brighten everyone's day but have always had issues posting pics and such.

 

[Machinehead]

What's going on with this poll?
Shouldn't it be closed by now and onto the next step?

I'm thinking about what to do with this. It's a four-way tie.

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

I'm thinking about what to do with this. It's a four-way tie.

The website shows one player with more votes then anyone else.
Does the public not see the up to date stats of the voting?
I assumed that it was just whoever had the most votes each round?

 

[Hivemind]

Add Orlov.

The best defenseman on the team that won the last 2 President's Trophies: Niskanen.

Yup.

How does Carlson have more votes than Niskanen?

Because people are voting off of reputation alone.

 

[CraigsList]

The website shows one player with more votes then anyone else.
Does the public not see the up to date stats of the voting?
I assumed that it was just whoever had the most votes each round?

Buff winning by 2% is not a win. It's better to do the 4-way tie so that only 4 are chosen to be voted for.

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

Buff winning by 2% is not a win. It's better to do the 4-way tie so that only 4 are chosen to be voted for.

I thought the other poll was supposed to be closed by now?

By the looks of that one...
If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it must be a Buff...

 

[Bounces R Way]

Buff still getting no respect. 3rd in scoring for Dmen over the last 5 years behind only Karlsson and Burns, been a positive possession player every year of his career, and has the best hit reel of anybody currently in the league. But some kid in Carolina with 54 career points and another punk behind him on the depth chart on his OWN team are better than him.

Now you're going to make him poll off with the likes of Ristolainen and Torey Krug ?

Shocked and outraged. Outraged and shocked.

 

[Hennessy]

It's a poll for the 25th best Dman in the league, with one guy winning 16-13 over his closest competitors. I'm not seeing the issue.

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

How is Werenski not Top 15...

 

[The Note]

How is Werenski not Top 15...

Because despite what NHL.com says one good season doesn't make you a top 15 D in the league. Every guy in the top 15 has played at a high level for multiple seasons, and I don't really see an argument for him above any of those players at this point. He has the potential to be there but isn't there yet.