What are some offensive-minded defenseman that flat out suck on D?

[Hostile Offer]

Erik Gustafsson. He doesn't just lack defensive awareness. He simply doesn't have it, period.

 

[LongWayDown37]

Anyone remember playoff hat trick hero Andy Delmore?

First player I thought of.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Marc-Andre Bergeron

Anyone who does not remember him. Google Stefan empty net goal he was the D who screwed up

 

[JabbaJabba]

Theodore.

 

[BBBruins]

Torey Krug

 

[CartographerNo611]

Girard

Theodore

Shattinkirk

Burns

Yandle

Myers

OEL

Dumba

Barrie

Rielly

Krug

Nurse (He can at least be physical, poor IQ)

 

[banks]

Barrie and Yandle are great picks.

One that I haven't seen mentioned yet: Gostisbehere.

 

[57special]

Girard

Theodore

Shattinkirk

Burns

Yandle

Myers

OEL

Dumba

Barrie

Rielly

Krug

Nurse (He can at least be physical, poor IQ)

Dumba does not suck at D. He'll make the odd mistake, for sure, but he is above average as a defender. All those years of playing with Suter and Brodin have rubbed off on him.

 

[Kane One]

Hughes, Karlsson, Fox

lol

 

[Filthy Dangles]

DeAngelo
Ghostisbehere
Gustaffsson
Q.Hughes
Yandle
Barrie

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Winner-winner chicken dinner. His slapshot made his career and nothing else.

He has a pretty cool name too!

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Hughes, Karlsson, Fox

Fox's best zone is the defensive zone. You seem to have looked at his stats and height, and decided he can't defend without watching him defend. I can't believe this guy won the Norris, and there are still people who think he's a sheltered PP defenseman.

 

[AvroArrow]

Barrie
Hughes
OEL
Karlsson

Immediately come to mind. The first 2 take the cake though.

 

[RustyCat]

Barrie.

Sami Niku for the Jets. When he bodychecks it reminds of the skinny guys hitting the fat guys in Ice Hockey for Nintendo. Just bounces off lol

 

[Volica]

Hughes for sure.
Dougie Hamilton when he got to Calgary was... not so good. His analytics really didn't match what you saw on the ice most night. Lack of awareness killed him. By his second and third season in town his defence was passable for what he produced offensively.

 

[Oleksiak]

Rielly, Barrie, Shattenkirk, Yandle, DeAngelo, Gostisbehere, Krug.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Devils legend Eric Gelinas, his shot was like Sheldon Souray and his defensive awareness was non existent

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Girard

Theodore

Shattinkirk

Burns

Yandle

Myers

OEL

Dumba

Barrie

Rielly

Krug

Nurse (He can at least be physical, poor IQ)

If you watched this season you’d know Nurse doesn’t belong on this list. Not even close

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Erik Gustafsson may be the worst defender in modern NHL

 

[Absolut]

John Carlson is a defensive liability. Gostisbehere was a defensive hole when he was good offensively.

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

Girard

Theodore

Shattinkirk

Burns

Yandle

Myers

OEL

Dumba

Barrie

Rielly

Krug

Nurse (He can at least be physical, poor IQ)

Girard doesn't belong on this list, unless you're only looking at the last 6 games he played against Vegas. He's extremely solid defensively, and his offense is only now starting to catch up.

 

[Rich Nixon]

John Carlson is a defensive liability. Gostisbehere was a defensive hole when he was good offensively.

Carlson is far from a liability.

Gostisbehere I think is poorly understood. When he's good, he's quite good in both directions. When he's bad, he's absolutely terrible in both directions. For most of the past three seasons, he's just been all-around bad.

 

[LokiDog]

Fox's best zone is the defensive zone. You seem to have looked at his stats and height, and decided he can't defend without watching him defend. I can't believe this guy won the Norris, and there are still people who think he's a sheltered PP defenseman.

I decided not even to respond to the original poster because I knew it was a lost cause/troll job, but the fact is Fox is honestly closer to a defensive stalwart than offensive stud. He makes good offensive plays that lead to points, and occasionally they’re even a bit flashy, but most of his points accumulate due to sheer intelligent puck movement and ability to read the game. Adam Fox is a guy who I’d rate 9/10 defensively, 8/10 offensively and 11/10 IQ. If he had the offensive skill of guys like Carlson to go with the rest of his tools, he’d be the McDavid of defenseman. His offense, while great, is almost the least noteworthy part of his game.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Hughes, Karlsson, Fox

Somebody wants attention....

 

[Kyndig]

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".

+/- is almost purely a team stat. Play more minutes on a crap team and you will have a worse +/-

Kulikov was a -26 here and a +6 the following year with Winnipeg.

Bogosian didn't have a single positive +/- season until he left Buffalo.

Ryan O'Reilly was a -23 in his final season in Buffalo. For the Blues he won a Selke and was a +22.

Taylor Hall was a -21 for the Sabres and a +15 for the Bruins in the same shortened season.

Montour was a -13 for the Sabres and a +8 for the Panthers in the same shortened season.

I can't believe people even look at +/- still.