your team's top 6 d-men ever...

[xavi4life]

Kings fan here:

(in no particular order)
Paul Coffey
Rob Blake
Larry Murphy
Steve Duchesne (1st stint)
Mark Hardy
Mattias Norstrom

Honorable mentions:
Alexei Zhitnik
Darryl Sydor (before he was run out of town)
Larry Robinson

Possible future candidates:
Drew Doughty
Jack Johnson

 

[Crossfire Hurricane]

Campbell played a total of 27 games (regular season and playoffs) for the Sharks, so I don't the any motivation for having him that high. I'd list the scoring leader on D for the Sharks ahead of all the others.

Ozolinsh
Hannan
Boyle
Wilson
Campbell
Ragnarsson

Either I don't know my Sharks history, or the fact that Campbell only played 27 games, regular season and playoffs, as you argued, should disqualify him from the top 6.

 

[Anthony*]

for the sharks id do:

boyle
blake
suter
wilson
iafrate
vlasic

ozo was always crap in his own end even with the sharks

and ragnarsson was basically hannan except not as good defensively

 

[MadArcand]

Iafrate for Sharks?? He played what, 50 games for them?

 

[Anthony*]

i thought we were going by their primes regardless of what team they were on

 

[Crosberry87]

Penguins:

1. Paul Coffey
2. Sergei Zubov
3. Sergei Gonchar
4. Larry Murphy
5. Ulf Sammuelson
6. Randy Carlyle
7. Ron Stackhouse

 

[Dark Shadows]

Penguins:

1. Paul Coffey
2. Sergei Zubov
3. Sergei Gonchar
4. Larry Murphy
5. Ulf Sammuelson

Don't forget Carlyle for 6th

 

[pappyline]

You watched a lot more Hawks games than I did back then Pappy, so ill take your word for it, but I always thought Stapleton was the best of those 3, with White close behind.

I can certainly see why you would pick Stapleton. Very skilled & the better offensive player of the 3. For some reason White usually gets rated ahead of Vasko & Stapleton. Not sure why. As far as awards go, Stapleton & White both had Three 2nd team AS selections while Vasko had two (Stapleton was an AS in the WHA as well). I just feel Vasko was under rated & played in Pilote's shadow. In watching some old games recently, I was kind of taken by how strong Vasko was in his own zone. He was a big player for the time & was very strong back there. He was also a great skater & was very good at lugging that puck up ice. Not great offensive stats but he could sure rush up ice with the puck.

 

[Howe Elbows 9]

Either I don't know my Sharks history, or the fact that Campbell only played 27 games, regular season and playoffs, as you argued, should disqualify him from the top 6.

I miscalculated that, it should be 33 games. Anyway, I liked what he brought to the team for those few games. Without him in the list, add Gary Suter in sixth place.

 

[greatgazoo]

Oilers:
1. Coffey
2. Pronger
3. Lowe
4. S. Smith
5. Niinimaa
6. Hamrlik

 

[Spankatola Jamnuts*]

Niedermayer
Pronger
Carney
O'Donnell
Salei
Tverdovsky

Hell. Yes.