Top 25 defencemen in the NHL

[NetflixandPhil]

Rank your top 25 defencemen in the NHL TODAY

Here's mine:
1. Erik Karlsson
2. Victor Hedman
3. Drew Doughty
4. Brent Burns
5. Duncan Keith
6. PK Subban
7. Roman Josi
8. Alex Pietrangelo
9. Kris Letang
10. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
11. Ryan Suter
12. Shea Weber
13. Ryan McDonagh
14. Marc-Edouard Vlasic
15. Mark Giordano
16. TJ Brodie
17. Dustin Byfuglien
18. Hampus Lindholm
19. Zach Werenski
20. Seth Jones
21. John Klingberg
22. Cam Fowler
23. Dougie Hamilton
24. Jared Spurgeon
25. Jaccob Slavin

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[Ghost Bear]

Any chance Provorov sneaks in there around 20?

 

[Soundwave]

Klefbom is better than Brodie.

 

[RDTBay4]

Karlsson should not be #1.

 

[kilowatt]

Karlsson should not be #1.

Should he be #0? Come on, he's the best. And I'm a die-hard Doughty fan. Speaking of which, Doughty should be #2.

 

[KlefDown]

Klefbom is better than a couple of those guys on that list.

 

[rhinoshawarma]

I wouldn't put hamilton or klingberg in there. Chara still belongs imo and so does Carlson

 

[ediger]

I think by the end of this season you'll be replacing Byfuglien with Trouba

 

[Headshot77]

Why a top 25? There are 31 teams in the league. Who are the #1 defensemen of the league?

 

[OilCanada92]

Why a top 25? There are 31 teams in the league. Who are the #1 defensemen of the league?

Just because there are 31 Dmen that will be used as a #1 Dman next season, that doesn't mean there are 31 that you'd want in that role.

 

[Gsus]

Ristolainen and Provorov could sneak in next year. Watch how those corsi numbers start to rise for Risto. And then there's no argument to keep him out of there, at least not for long. Provorov stepped in and dragged a D partner that can't even handle himself (MacDonald) and eventually was the best Dman on his team, as a rookie.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Should he be #0? Come on, he's the best. And I'm a die-hard Doughty fan. Speaking of which, Doughty should be #2.

Ridiculously clever way to put that(in the bold). I lol if you don't think Karlsson is #1.

 

[Wild-Sabres]

Solid enough list. EK and Hedman as #1 and #2 is hard to argue with.

 

[Minnesnota]

1. Erik Karlsson
2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
3. Victor Hedman
4. Marc-Eduard Vlasic
5. Anton Stralman
6. Oscar Klefbom
7. Ryan Ellis
8. Brent Burns
9. Shea Weber
10. Ryan McDonagh
11. Jacob Trouba
12. P.K. Subban
13. Drew Doughty
14. Jared Spurgeon
15. Roman Josi
16. John Carlson
17. Alex Pietrangelo
18. Colton Parayko
19. Torey Krug
20. Mattias Ekholm
21. Niklas Hjalmarsson
22. Jaccob Slavin
23. Brian Campbell
24. Jake Muzzin
25. TJ Brodie

 

[Sypher04]

Karlsson should not be #1.

He absolutely should be. And this is coming from a Leaf fan. I have no reason to give Karlsson more due than he deserves.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I wouldn't put hamilton or klingberg in there. Chara still belongs imo and so does Carlson

Carlson? Klingberg and Hamilton are absolutely better than Carlson. Carlson takes sheltered minutes, puts up less points than both, and has far worse advanced stats. I can't really judge his eye test defense, but Caps fans say Niskanen is the one doing the heavy work.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Klefbom is better than Brodie.

No he is not. He's a great player, but Brodie is absolutely better than Klefbom without competition. Klefbom is better than Hamonic though I'll give you that.

 

[hawkfan49]

1. Erik Karlsson
2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
3. Victor Hedman
4. Marc-Eduard Vlasic
5. Anton Stralman
6. Oscar Klefbom
7. Ryan Ellis
8. Brent Burns
9. Shea Weber
10. Ryan McDonagh
11. Jacob Trouba
12. P.K. Subban
13. Drew Doughty
14. Jared Spurgeon
15. Roman Josi
16. John Carlson
17. Alex Pietrangelo
18. Colton Parayko
19. Torey Krug
20. Mattias Ekholm
21. Niklas Hjalmarsson
22. Jaccob Slavin
23. Brian Campbell
24. Jake Muzzin
25. TJ Brodie

Hjalmarsson and Campbell and no Keith. rrrriiiiigggghhhhtttttt

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

1. Erik Karlsson
2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
3. Victor Hedman
4. Marc-Eduard Vlasic
5. Anton Stralman
6. Oscar Klefbom
7. Ryan Ellis
8. Brent Burns
9. Shea Weber
10. Ryan McDonagh
11. Jacob Trouba
12. P.K. Subban
13. Drew Doughty
14. Jared Spurgeon
15. Roman Josi
16. John Carlson
17. Alex Pietrangelo
18. Colton Parayko
19. Torey Krug
20. Mattias Ekholm
21. Niklas Hjalmarsson
22. Jaccob Slavin
23. Brian Campbell
24. Jake Muzzin
25. TJ Brodie

Are you actually being serious? Brodie is super underrated it seems, and you've overrated every of those players. OEL is a top 10 Dman, but not that high. Ekholm and Hjalmarsson are top 45 Dman, not top 25. Ellis is a top 50 Dman.

 

[Patrik Barkov]

1. Erik Karlsson
2. Brent Burns
3. Victor Hedman
4. Drew Doughty
5. Roman Josi
6. Alex Pietrangelo
7. Mark Giordano
8. P.K Subban
9. Duncan Keith
10. M-E Vlasic
11. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
12. Shea Weber
13. Ryan McDonagh
14. Kris Letang
15. Torey Krug
16. Hampus Lindholm
17. Jacob Trouba
18. Dougie Hamilton
19. Colton Parayko
20. Jaccob Slavin
21. Seth Jones
22. Oscar Klefbom
23. Anton Strålman
24. Ryan Suter
25. Ryan Ellis
26. Ivan Provorov

HM: Faulk, Brodie, Ristolainen, Hjalmarsson, Muzzin, Byfuglien, Carlson, Fowler, Rielly, Ekblad, Boychuk, Barrie, Pesce, Niskanen, Klinberg exc...

 

[izzy]

1. Erik Karlsson
2. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
3. Victor Hedman
4. Marc-Eduard Vlasic
5. Anton Stralman
6. Oscar Klefbom
7. Ryan Ellis
8. Brent Burns
9. Shea Weber
10. Ryan McDonagh
11. Jacob Trouba
12. P.K. Subban
13. Drew Doughty
14. Jared Spurgeon
15. Roman Josi
16. John Carlson
17. Alex Pietrangelo
18. Colton Parayko
19. Torey Krug
20. Mattias Ekholm
21. Niklas Hjalmarsson
22. Jaccob Slavin
23. Brian Campbell
24. Jake Muzzin
25. TJ Brodie

doughty 13 and petro 17 lol

campbell, hammer and ekholm listed lol

a lot more wrong with this especially top 10

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

1. Karlsson
2. Hedman
3. Doughty
4. Burns
5. Keith
6. Subban
7. Letang
8. OEL
9. Pietrangelo
10. Josi
11. Suter
12. Weber
13. Giordano
14. McDonagh
15. Vlasic
16. Byfuglien
17. Lindholm
18. Brodie
19. Slavin
20. Trouba
21. Jones
22. Klingberg
23. Spurgeon
24. Stralman
25. Parayko

 

[kivaerijo]

Are you actually being serious? Brodie is super underrated it seems, and you've overrated every of those players. OEL is a top 10 Dman, but not that high. Ekholm and Hjalmarsson are top 45 Dman, not top 25. Ellis is a top 50 Dman.

I have been watching Ellis since his development camp and have always been amazed at how he sees the ice and his decision making. Still think he will be captain of a team someday.

I know others will disagree, but I would take Ellis over subban right now for sure. he competes at a a different level and feel he is never out of control. I am always a little nervous with subban on the ice and never am with Ellis. Ellis reminds me of suter back in the day. I always knew he would be there to make the right play.

 

[guzzy]

I wouldn't put hamilton or klingberg in there. Chara still belongs imo and so does Carlson

considering Hamilton just finished 9th in Norris voting i think you are wrong

 

[Lays]

Probably forgetting a few
EK
Hedman
Burns
OEL
Doughty
Keith
Josi
Subban
Letang
Petro
Suter
McDonagh
Vlasic
Gio
Lindholm
Slavin
Weber
Jones
Brodie
Parayko
Leddy
Hamilton
Niskanen
Trouba
Werenski

There is absolutely not 31 #1D in this league, Leddy and up are what I would consider #1D. There's guys like Provy, Werenski, Trouba, Hamilton, Skjei that have the potential for it though but aren't quite there yet