Your top 10 defensemen in WJC
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ThatGuy22
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- Oct 11, 2011
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Isn't Brodin widely considered the best D on Sweden yet you have two of his team mates ahead of him?
Rasmus Ristolainen is the top finnish defender for the tournament. Brodin is too low. Rating Oscar Klefbom over Brodin is insane.
Maatta is definitely better than Ristolainen, Ristolainen is also underager.
Maybe Ristolainen has more offensive talent but he is nothing like Maatta in own zone.
Just from the top of my head:
Hamilton
Gormley
Murray
Beaulieu
Tinordi
Merrill
Brodin
Klefbom
Trouba
Maata
Those are the only high end D's I know well enough to rank. Haven't seen enough of most of them to make a more precise rank, so please forgive me.
Hamilton
Gormley
Murray
Beaulieu
Tinordi
Merrill
Brodin
Klefbom
Trouba
Maata
Those are the only high end D's I know well enough to rank. Haven't seen enough of most of them to make a more precise rank, so please forgive me.
HockeySauce
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Hamilton
Brodin
Merrill
Gormley
Forbort
Klefbom
Murray
Tinordi
Maatta
Clendening
Difficult to rank.
Brodin
Merrill
Gormley
Forbort
Klefbom
Murray
Tinordi
Maatta
Clendening
Difficult to rank.
Canada4Gold
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1. Hamilton(CAN)
2. Merrill(USA)
3. Brodin(SWE)
4. Murray(CAN)
5. Klefbom(SWE)
6. Gormley(CAN)
7. Klingberg(SWE)
8. Marincin(SVK)
9. Forbert(USA)
10. Janosik(SVK)
HM: Clendering(USA), Gernat(SVK), Maatta(FIN), Ristolainen(FIN), Tinordi(USA), Beaulieu(CAN)
2. Merrill(USA)
3. Brodin(SWE)
4. Murray(CAN)
5. Klefbom(SWE)
6. Gormley(CAN)
7. Klingberg(SWE)
8. Marincin(SVK)
9. Forbert(USA)
10. Janosik(SVK)
HM: Clendering(USA), Gernat(SVK), Maatta(FIN), Ristolainen(FIN), Tinordi(USA), Beaulieu(CAN)
Tim Vezina Thomas
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Gormley's the best D in the tourni,
Here's my list:
Gormley
Brodin
Hamilton
Murray
Klefbom
Merril
Tinordi
Pysyk
I think that's 10.
Here's my list:
Gormley
Brodin
Hamilton
Murray
Klefbom
Merril
Tinordi
Pysyk
I think that's 10.
Canada4Gold
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if you hink that's 10 you need to learn how to count
Lol 2 short.
Forbore and Marincin (he's eligible right ?)
Ok, so now; What the **** is Klingberg doing up there, with Ristolainen and Määttä in the honorable mentions?
Kunta Kinte
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lol a Tinordi on all of those list. Beaulieu is way better than him. Tinordi doesn't deserve to be in the top-10 at all.
QuebecPride
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Tinordi is the steadiest D in the tournament. Both deserve to be in the top-10.
Gormley
Hamilton
Brodin
Merrill
Tinordi
Klefbom
Beaulieu
Musil
Forbort
Murray
Incredibly true, Scott Harrington is the Knights' best defenseman, yet Tinordi and Maatta are popping up on multiple lists and I doubt Harrington is getting any consideration. If I'm being honest none of the Knights should be on any of these lists, Maatta probably the next couple years.
That comes to a huge shock to anybody that even follows the OHL casually.
joe89
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I'm not saying Klingberg should be on a top10 overall list(probably not..), but you think 17 year olds Ristolainen and Määtää are likely to outperform 19 year old returnee Klingberg? It's possible, but I don't think so. FEL is one thing(insert youtube on turnover here), but Klingberg has been steady on the National team.
People watch a bit too much on potential and draft position. Same applies for Klefbom as far as the Swedes go. I expect Nemeth as a "veteran" to be more important despite being a less flashy player. Klefbom will return next year, and by then I think he has the chance to be a top guy. The returning factor shouldn't be overlooked. Brodin, Nemeth, Klingberg, Klefbom, Backman, Claesson, Granberg is how I rank the Swedish D's.
Well, I must say that Ristolainen was extremely impressive against Canada. Both, defensively and offensively. Very, very steady play all around from opening passes to clearing the crease of players.
Klingberg I haven't seen aside from the HIFK-Jokerit games in SM-Liiga but there I have been extremely underwhelmed by his game. No defensive awareness at all.
Oh, and if you really want it
Klingberg has been soft in every Jokerit game I have seen this season, I was actually surprised he made it to Sweden's roster. It's safe to say that Ristolainen has outperformed him in SM-Liiga.
IceHockeyDude
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Finland has 2 top 15 defensemen in this tourney and bouth are 2 years underaged
Not sure if they are top 15, all Canadian defencemen are better than the best finn, and most of the american too. Defense is not the strong side of Finland this year.
