What are some offensive-minded defenseman that flat out suck on D?
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Tacitus Kilgore
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Iapyi
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Erik Karlsson is a recent one who comes to mind immediately.
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DingDongCharlie
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Ziggy Stardust
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Anyone remember playoff hat trick hero Andy Delmore?
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That's Any Elmore.
OEL isn't really an offensive dman either
PavelBure10
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Quinn Hughes didn't have a spectacular season defensively, but I wouldn't write him off just yet. He missed Tanev a lot this year, and looked lost defensively without him.
Maplebeasts
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Winner-winner chicken dinner. His slapshot made his career and nothing else.
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njdevils1982
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sadly, will butcher…..complete ineptitude in D zone……baffling at times
The Moose is Loose
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Barrie and Hughes are the two that immediately came to mind
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TheHelmet
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This is the 1st season that was relatively decent for Rielly defensively
but still not good.
he's consistently gets caved in in his own zone.
Also Dahlin and Hughes.
Hughes rookie season he was above replacement defensively
this season he got done in pretty bad.
but still not good.
he's consistently gets caved in in his own zone.
Also Dahlin and Hughes.
Hughes rookie season he was above replacement defensively
this season he got done in pretty bad.
TropicalFruitGirl2
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Not mentioned yet, but most definitely is 'defensively deficient', is Kevin Shattenkirk.
He is easy to root for when his team is on the rush, he is pinching in, taking shots and generally driving the opposing defenses crazy....
But then, when the other team gets the puck and he is asked to fall back, or even mind a point, you realize.... this guy is more a forward disguised as a defenseman, and holy crap look at him flail away trying to stop transitioning forwards!
Oh yea...and you hope the goalie is well versed at 2 on 0's!!
He is easy to root for when his team is on the rush, he is pinching in, taking shots and generally driving the opposing defenses crazy....
But then, when the other team gets the puck and he is asked to fall back, or even mind a point, you realize.... this guy is more a forward disguised as a defenseman, and holy crap look at him flail away trying to stop transitioning forwards!
Oh yea...and you hope the goalie is well versed at 2 on 0's!!
mrmovies779
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Should have stopped after Karlsson
Hughes .. in words of one NHL scout this past season ..a ‘human turnstile’
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Tasteless Beaver
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Ristolainen has never had a positive +/- season in his career. A -41 in 2018/2019 with 43 points tells me that pucks might have a strong tendency to go into his team's net while he's on the ice playing "defence".
I feel like a lot of these defenseman names are a bit unjust. Guys like Yandle, Barrie, Karlsson, Shattenkirk, etc. aren’t defensive stalwarts and are liabilities today, but in their prime they were passable defensively besides the occasional brain farts. They weren’t guys you want out to defend a lead the last two minutes of a game, but it wasn’t like it was a guaranteed scoring chance if the puck came their way either.
