Top 20 Canucks Defencemen All-Time #6

[Captain Bowie]

Simple Question: Who are the top 20 Canucks Defencemen of all-time?

The List:
1. Mattias Ohlund (770 GP, 325 P)
2. Jyrki Lumme (579 GP, 321 P)
3. Ed Jovanovski (434 GP, 234 P)
4. Sami Salo (566 GP, 236 P)
5. Alexander Edler (620 GP, 279 P)


Stats:

Player| Games|Goals|Assists|Points| +/-| PIM| PPG| PPP
Mattias Ohlund | 770| 93| 232| 325| 9| 756| 36| 139
Dennis Kearns| 677| 31| 290| 321| -158| 386| 11|
Jyrki Lumme | 579| 83 |238| 321| 21| 379| 28| 123
Doug Lidster| 666| 65| 242| 307|-92| 526| 22| 80
Alexander Edler | 620| 72| 207| 279| -6| 387| 38| 134
Kevin Bieksa| 597| 56| 185| 241| 22| 879| 19| 84
Sami Salo | 566 |74| 162| 236| 78| 202| 48| 123
Ed Jovanovski | 434| 57| 177| 234| -3| 536| 22| 100
Rick Lanz| 417| 56| 171| 227| -81| 331| 37|
Kevin McCarthy| 352| 51| 148| 199| -15| 388| 12|
Harold Snepsts| 781| 35| 160| 195| -42| 1446| 5| 1
Douglas Halward| 324| 45| 118| 163| -102| 389| 19|
David Babych| 409| 23| 131| 154| -27| 290| 13| 54
Dan Hamhuis| 389| 23| 119| 142| 78| 190| 5| 33
Garth Butcher| 610| 33| 107| 140| -121| 1668| 3| 13
Dale Tallon | 222| 44| 93| 137| -79| 219| 21|
Jocelyn Guevremont| 227| 44| 88| 132| -108| 124| 19|
Robert Dailey| 257| 38| 93| 131| -62| 417| 18|
Brent Sopel| 322| 33| 97| 130| 29| 139| 14| 53
Lars Lindgren| 335| 23| 99| 122| -19| 292| 5|
Adrian Aucoin| 341| 49| 71| 120| 11| 245| 27| 51
Jiri Bubla| 256| 17| 101| 118| -51| 202| 7|
Paul Reinhart| 131| 24| 90| 114| -2| 74| 12| 70
Bret Hedican| 310| 17| 85| 102| 13| 281| 4| 26
Christian Ehrhoff|159| 28| 66| 94| 55| 94| 12| 51
Gerald Diduck| 265 |17| 55| 72| 15| 553| 3 |21
Christopher Tanev| 295| 14| 51| 65| 26| 40| 2| 6
Willie Mitchell| 264| 10| 48| 58| 49| 233| 0| 1
Jeff Brown| 72| 10| 44| 54| 6| 44| 3| 33

*Some of the PPP stats are skewed because there was a time when the NHL recorded PP goals, but not PP points.

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[Captain Bowie]

Accidentally allowed multiple selections, please chose one once.

Snepsts again.

 

[Hit the post]

Snepsts gets my vote here as well.

I'd give honorable mention to Kearns here (if only because nobody I think has mentioned his name yet ). Tough to gauge how really good he was (for one thing, I wasn't all that old when he played ) as he was on some REALLY bad teams.

 

[Bougieman]

I feel like Reinhart isn't getting enough love for the simple fact that he played his best years in Calgary, but that's not what this is about, is it? It's the best defencemen to ever suit up in Canucks gear, and if so, Paul needs to start getting some more respect in these polls, because he was a beast.

 

[clunk]

PK Subban

 

[clunk]

I feel like Reinhart isn't getting enough love for the simple fact that he played his best years in Calgary, but that's not what this is about, is it? It's the best defencemen to ever suit up in Canucks gear, and if so, Paul needs to start getting some more respect in these polls, because he was a beast.

I woulda voted Reinhart #1 if that was the case, but the poll maker made it clear it's the best career with the Canucks rather than just best overall defenseman.

 

[Captain Bowie]

I feel like Reinhart isn't getting enough love for the simple fact that he played his best years in Calgary, but that's not what this is about, is it? It's the best defencemen to ever suit up in Canucks gear, and if so, Paul needs to start getting some more respect in these polls, because he was a beast.

I feel like I've said this enough, but again, no. This is not "most talented player who happened to play for Canucks". Only what they do as Canucks counts. Reinhart only played 2 seasons so it's easy for me to pass him over for now.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

by reputation i have always heard that kearns was a pos. any old timers want to chime in here?

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

I feel like I've said this enough, but again, no. This is not "most talented player who happened to play for Canucks". Only what they do as Canucks counts. Reinhart only played 2 seasons so it's easy for me to pass him over for now.

among two season wonders, i am looking forward ehrhoff vs reinhart vs jeff brown discussion way down the line. (guevremont and tallon don't belong in that discussion i am guessing.)

 

[Captain Bowie]

Bumpity.

 

[Hit the post]

among two season wonders, i am looking forward ehrhoff vs reinhart vs jeff brown discussion way down the line. (guevremont and tallon don't belong in that discussion i am guessing.)

Tallon is another tough one to gauge given that I seem to remember that management kept shifting him from defense to forward & back again.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Snepsts gets my vote here as well.

I'd give honorable mention to Kearns here (if only because nobody I think has mentioned his name yet ). Tough to gauge how really good he was (for one thing, I wasn't all that old when he played ) as he was on some REALLY bad teams.

Kearns was terrible. He was a sub par player with a bit of offensive flair who got over played by a bad team.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Really want to see Harold pull away from the pack a bit before I call it.

 

[Bougieman]

I feel like I've said this enough, but again, no. This is not "most talented player who happened to play for Canucks". Only what they do as Canucks counts. Reinhart only played 2 seasons so it's easy for me to pass him over for now.

Well you might want to repeat it each time you start a new poll thread, because it's far from obvious if you haven't been taking part from the beginning. It's the off-season. A lot of people aren't exactly checking in on the boards every day like they do when there are games being played.

 

[Regal]

I feel like I've said this enough, but again, no. This is not "most talented player who happened to play for Canucks". Only what they do as Canucks counts. Reinhart only played 2 seasons so it's easy for me to pass him over for now.

It's kind of crazy how poor the list is if we were just looking at best defensemen to ever play here. Not even a season of a well past his prime Hall of Famer. The only teams I see without a guy definitely better would be Buffalo, Florida and Columbus.

 

[Horse McHindu]

I feel like Reinhart isn't getting enough love for the simple fact that he played his best years in Calgary, but that's not what this is about, is it? It's the best defencemen to ever suit up in Canucks gear, and if so, Paul needs to start getting some more respect in these polls, because he was a beast.

Most guys on here likely weren't old enough to remember Paul Reinhart.

I also agree that Reinhart was awesome. The only reason why I'm not voting for him is because he didn't spend too much time here.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Most guys on here likely weren't old enough to remember Paul Reinhart.

I also agree that Reinhart was awesome. The only reason why I'm not voting for him is because he didn't spend too much time here.

I don't think it's fair to say that because someone is too young to see someone play live means they can't appreciate how good they were. I don't remember anyone on this list before Ohlund yet I am voting Harold Snepsts above Edler and others.


Back to the poll, was hoping to get a more comfortable lead before calling it, but doesn't look like that's gonna happen. I'll let it go until this evening then call it as it is.