A real D man is somebody you can depend on to actually play every night, at least most years, Tanev is the defense Version of Lupul, he might be talented but it means nothing because he can't stay healthy
Still refuse to give a quantifiable amount. First it was 71 games when you point out he can barely play 70. Then when I show almost 50% of NHL d-men this season didnt play 71 games, it became unquantifiable with the description being "night in night out (meaning all 82 games?) for at least most (51% is majority so 51%?) of their careers". I dont think there is a single d-man to ever play all 82 games for most of their careers let alone their entire career. The Leafs definitely dont have a "real" d-man by those standards. No one on the leafs d-corpse has played every game for most of their careers.
Now even if we break your description of night in and night out to most as well, is 73% not most? That is the average amount of games Tanev plays per season since he became a NHL regular. I'm looking forward to see how the goalposts will once again shift to fit your narrative in your response.
Now onto your 2nd point, in no way shape or form is Tanev the Lupul of d-men. Lupul averaged 46 games a season over his career in the NHL since he became a regular. I didnt include 03-05 season as he was not a full time NHLer. Reason being he played 75 games in the NHL in 03 but 0 in 04. Obviously I've included the last 2 years as 0/164 games since he is under contract and injured, not retired as of yet.
Now break it down further to since the lockout, Lupul has averaged 33 games a season since the lockout.
Tanev over his career as a NHL regular averages 60 games a season. I did not include his 2010-2012 seasons as he was not a NHL regular. He became a regular in the lockout season so the breakdown is what his career avg is.
Tanev has averaged 14 more games per year over their careers so far. Looking to since the lockout, Tanev has averaged almost double the games played at 27 more per season. Thats like saying Matthews is the Grabovski of forwards because Grabo averaged around 50-55 games a season and Matthews played 62 this year.