Top 25 defencemen in the NHL

[beowulf]

Weber should be in the top 10 easily.

 

[lomiller1]

1 - Karlsson
2 - Hedman
3 - OEL
4 - Doughty
5 - McDonagh
6 - Webber
7 - Ekholm
8 - Burns
9 - Trouba
10 - Klefbom
11 - Lindholm
12 - Ellis
13 - Vlasic
14 - Stralman
15 - Josi
16 - Campbell
17 - Pietrangelo
18 - Parayko
19 - Giordano
20 - Keith
21 - Muzzin
22 - Subban
23 - Carlson
24 - Byfuglien
25 - Krug

 

[TheBluePenguin]

These lists are tough, everyone wants to put their guys higher, that being said I do not see how how anyone has Josi over Petro, Josi is little better offensively but Petro is way better defensively. See even I want my guy rated higher lol

 

[Number 57]

01. Erik Karlsson
02. Drew Doughty
03. Victor Hedman
04. Brent Burns
05. Duncan Keith
06. Shea Weber
07. Roman Josi
08. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
09. Alex Pietrangelo
10. PK Subban
11. Marc-Edouard Vlasic
12. Ryan Suter
13. Kris Letang
14. Hampus Lindholm
15. Ryan McDonagh
16. Mark Giordano
17. Matthias Ekholm
18. TJ Brodie
19. John Carlson
20. Dustin Byfuglien
21. Rasmus Ristolainen
22. Colton Parayko
23. Ryan Ellis
24. Oscar Klefbom
25. Justin Faulk

 

[WesMcCauley]

1. Erik Karlsson
2. Brent Burns
3. Victor Hedman
4. Drew Doughty
5. Duncan Keith
6. Kris Letang
7. Ryan Suter
8. Ryan Mcdonagh
9. PK Subban
10. Alex Pietreangelo
11. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
12. Roman Josi
13. Shea Weber
14. Marc-Edouard Vlasic
15. Mark Giordano
16. Seth Jones
17. Hampus Lindholm
18. Jaccob Slavin
19. Zach Werenski
20. Jacob Trouba
21. John Carlsson
22. Colton Parayko
23. Ryan Ellis
24. Brady Skjei
25. TJ Brodie

 

[Stad]

1 - Karlsson
2 - Hedman
3 - OEL
4 - Doughty
5 - McDonagh
6 - Webber
7 - Ekholm
8 - Burns
9 - Trouba
10 - Klefbom
11 - Lindholm
12 - Ellis
13 - Vlasic
14 - Stralman
15 - Josi
16 - Campbell
17 - Pietrangelo
18 - Parayko
19 - Giordano
20 - Keith
21 - Muzzin
22 - Subban
23 - Carlson
24 - Byfuglien
25 - Krug

Kris Letang is not a top 25 dman now?

 

[SnoopDogg]

Ristolainen is better than Slavin, Spurgeon, Hamilton, Fowler, Klingberg, Jones, Werenski, Byfuglien, Brodie, Giordano, Vlasic, McDonagh, and Weber

 

[lomiller1]

Kris Letang is not a top 25 dman now?

Could be an oversight I'll have to think about it. I'm weighting the most recent year pretty heavily. I could see him in the same range as Keith.

Ristolainen is better than Slavin, Spurgeon, Hamilton, Fowler, Klingberg, Jones, Werenski, Byfuglien, Brodie, Giordano, Vlasic, McDonagh, and Weber

He really isn't

 

[stepdad gaary]

Roman Josi, come on down. You are now officially the most overrated player in the NHL! congratulations.

 

[57special]

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

Suter doesn't even make your list? Brian Campbell? Krug?

LOL at people putting Trouba/Hjalmarsson/Muzzin/Slavin/Ekholm/etc. in, and not Suter. Really?

 

[lomiller1]

Suter doesn't even make your list? Brian Campbell? Krug?

LOL at people putting Trouba/Hjalmarsson/Muzzin/Slavin/Ekholm/etc. in, and not Suter. Really?

Suter isn't the player he was 5 years ago, at least noat the min he's playing. The other part is you are SERIOUSLY underestimating these other D-men.

 

[Seanaconda]

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. Torey Krug
15. Hampus Lindholm
16. Jacob Trouba
17. Dougie Hamilton
18. Colton Parayko
19. Jaccob Slavin
20. Seth Jones
21. Oscar Klefbom
22. Anton Strålman
23. Ryan Suter
24. Ryan Ellis
25. Ivan Provorov

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

Where's letang unless I'm just not seeing him

 

[rhinoshawarma]

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

Called an opinion, so you are wrong.

Krug got a 2nd place vote and was higher than Vlasic... is he better? No

 

[Patrik Barkov]

Where's letang unless I'm just not seeing him

I meant to put him at 14, but I must've deleted him when I edited the list. I'll add him back.

 

[saxonmiller]

Replace Buff with Trouba.

 

[Master Scheif]

Any list with Byfuglien over Trouba is wrong. Trouba is a 1D, Buff only produces like one.

 

[rhinoshawarma]

In some order

Karlsson
Hedman
Doughty
Burns
Subban
Keith
Pietrangelo
Vlasic
Weber
Lindholm
OEL
McDonagh
Letang
Suter
Josi
Giordano
Brodie
Slavin
Leddy
Fowler
Jones
Spurgeon
Carlson
Ekholm
Byfuglien

 

[Viqsi]

Ristolainen is better than Slavin, Spurgeon, Hamilton, Fowler, Klingberg, Jones, Werenski, Byfuglien, Brodie, Giordano, Vlasic, McDonagh, and Weber

Better at what? Being a Buffalo Sabre? Being Finnish?

Most of those names are debatable, and about a third of them are clearly a step ahead.

 

[TeamRenzo]

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

I have a hard time with having Stralman ahead of Burns, Doughty, Weber. Brian Campbell isnt on my list either.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

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

This is a pretty odd and random list.

In what world is Klefbom ahead of Doughty?

 

[Lays]

1. Erik Karlsson
2. Brent Burns
3. Victor Hedman
4. Drew Doughty
5. Duncan Keith
6. Kris Letang
7. Ryan Suter
8. Ryan Mcdonagh
9. PK Subban
10. Alex Pietreangelo
11. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
12. Roman Josi
13. Shea Weber
14. Marc-Edouard Vlasic
15. Mark Giordano
16. Seth Jones
17. Hampus Lindholm
18. Jaccob Slavin
19. Zach Werenski
20. Jacob Trouba
21. John Carlsson
22. Colton Parayko
23. Ryan Ellis
24. Brady Skjei
25. TJ Brodie

I'm one of Skjei's biggest fans as I've been following him for years and I'm glad he's doing so good in the NHL but he does not belong on a top 25 list, especially ahead of TJ Brodie. Not yet at least give him a few years

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Hedman
Karlsson
Doughty
Burns
Subban
Ekman-Larsson
Letang
Keith
Weber
Pietrangelo
Josi
Suter
McDonagh
Jones
Vlasic
Faulk
Lindholm
Fowler
Hjalmarsson
Giordano
Carlson
Stralman
Rielly
Trouba
Slavin
Leddy
Gardiner
Ellis
Brodie
Larsson
Johnson
Ristolainen
Niskanen

tell me if I forgot anyone also that's more than 25

 

[KevSkillz4]

Klefbom ahead Doughty and Vlasic ahead Weber... really HFBOARDS? Vlasic is a beast in defense. But Weber is a better player... more offense and Weber is good at defense too. lol.

 

[nowhereman]

Not enough (or any) Tanev or Hjalmarsson here.

I guess that, on HFBoards, offense is more important than actual defense for a defender.

 

[scb23]

Klefbom belongs in the 10-15 range.