Who are Canada's top 6 D-men now?

[habsrule4eva3089]

Canadian Hockey peaked in the year 2014.

We will never see an all rounded team that strong again for decades.

 

[Habsrule]

To answer the question as to who the top six D men are now I would go with.

Giordano - Pietrangelo
Chabot - Weber
Makar - Doughty

Extras would be Rielly and Parayko.

Call me a dinosaur if you want but that lineup will not give up many goals.

 

[Wiggleboom]

Parayko would definitely be in my top 6. Fantastic player.

 

[Jeffrey Pedler]

A national top 6 containing Rielly is not a great top 6.

LOL, you are really underrating Rielly. Every team in the league would love a 20 goal scoring defenseman.

 

[dubey]

A national top 6 containing Rielly is not a great top 6.

I love that of all the players mentioned in this thread - you pick Rielly out of the bunch - so Leafs obsessed lol

But I do agree that the Canadian D depth doesn't look too great

LOL, you are really underrating Rielly. Every team in the league would love a 20 goal scoring defenseman.

72 points!

 

[firstemperor]

Rielly - Parayko
Makar - Pietrangelo
Gio - Hamilton

Weber being the wildcard depending on his health at that point...also depends on the ice surface.

I think on international ice, you need strong, explosive skaters like Rielly/Makar as well, so I may end up subbing in Gio for i.e. Chabot down the line as well.

 

[The S5]

I love that of all the players mentioned in this thread - you pick Rielly out of the bunch - so Leafs obsessed lol

But I do agree that the Canadian D depth doesn't look too great

72 points!

Not Leaf obsessed. Just pointing out how terrible Rielly is at playing defense.

 

[Captain Controversy]

People saying Reilly on the team need to stay off the leafs coolaid.
He is not a good.

 

[Oleksiak]

LOL, you are really underrating Rielly. Every team in the league would love a 20 goal scoring defenseman.

No, he's really not. 20 goal defensemen are a lot less valuable when they play like complete trash in their own end. No reason any coach in their right mind would take this pylon when there are so many options available capable of actually playing defense.

 

[sabresEH]

Reilly - Doughty
Chabot - Pietrangelo
Morrissey - Hamilton
Makar

 

[JayE]

Pietrangelo
Makar
Hamilton
Doughty
Giordano
Parayko
Chabot

They can figure out their handiness. No chance Rielly should make any Canada list and I'm shocked at how crappy Canada's D depth really has become over the years.

If someone like Hamilton is making it, Rielly shouldn't be wholly ruled out. It could also be argued that a team which already has Chabot and Makar doesn't need Rielly or Hamilton.

 

[wetcoast]

Btw, Doughty is donezo right? (relative to before)

No Doughty isn't done by any means and he is still in the top 6 for Canada and will be for a while.

Balancing out LD and RD, and offensive and defensive d-men.

Chabot - Doughty
Giordano - Makar
Rielly - Pietrangelo

(HM: Burns, Letang)

Also ignoring handedness Hamilton, Weber, Parayko and I'm probably missing a couple of others are also in the mix depending on personal preference.

HM Chris Tanev.

 

[Oleksiak]

Chabot-Doughty
Giordano-Pietrangelo
Makar-Parayko
Weber, Letang

Looks good enough.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Canada's top-6 of today is not as scary as it has been in the past.

Lindholm-Hedman

OEL-Karlsson

Ekholm-Dahlin

Probably as good or better.

 

[Dominance]

Just terrible. Just in terms of legitimate top-pairing quality defenders...

Chabot-Pietrangelo
Rielly-Makar
Giordano-Ekblad
Theodore-Doughty
Girard-Letang
Morrissey-Hamilton
Parayko-Burns
Spurgeon-Weber
Dumba-Pulock
Chychrun-Ellis

Doubting the Ekblad ranking? Aaron Ekblad is one of the best defensemen in the league

 

[Tutu to]

Canadian Hockey peaked in the year 2014.

We will never see an all rounded team that strong again for decades.

We have better forwards now imo

 

[Rolo]

Canada is fairly weak on LD at the moment.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Chabot Pietrangelo
Morrissey Doughty
Rielly Parayko
Makar

That’s who I’d send. Keeping in mind when this happens I likely don’t include a few of the veteran guys although I’d add one of Gio, Weber and Letang based on who’s playing at the highest level of them as the club is selected