SalarySwishSalarySwish
Forums/NHL

Top 10 NHL Defensemen

May 29, 2018 at 6:56 p.m.
#1
Black Lives Matter
Avatar of the user
Joined: Mar. 2017
Posts: 29,915
Likes: 4,649
Who are your top 10 NHL d-men in order?
May 29, 2018 at 7:09 p.m.
#2
MatteauMyToe36
Avatar of the user
Joined: Apr. 2018
Posts: 58
Likes: 7
Here’s my top 10 best

1. Erik Karlsson
2. Brent Burns
3. P.K. Subban
4. Drew Doughty
5. Victor Hedman
6. Ryan Suter
7. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
8. Kris Letang
9. Cam Fowler
10. Justin Faulk
May 29, 2018 at 7:10 p.m.
#3
Avatar of the user
Joined: Mar. 2017
Posts: 10,386
Likes: 2,880
1.) Victor Hedman
2.) Erik Karlsson
3.) Drew Doughty
4.) Brent Burns
5.) PK Subban
6.) Alex Pietrangelo
7.) Ryan Suter
8.) Kris Letang
9.) Duncan Keith
10.) Shea Weber
May 29, 2018 at 7:39 p.m.
#4
Avatar of the user
Joined: Mar. 2017
Posts: 7,711
Likes: 2,820
1. Hedman
2. Karlsson
3. Doughty
4. Burns
5. Pietrangelo
6. Subban
7. Suter
8. Klingberg
9. Josi
10. OEL
May 29, 2018 at 10:32 p.m.
#5
Avatar of the user
Joined: Jul. 2016
Posts: 4,090
Likes: 2,848
I feel like theres a bunch of guys that can be moved around a whole bunch from 4 to 20. Ask me tomorrow and OEL, Keith and Weber are all in there. The day after they're out again.
Hedman
Karlsson
Doughty
Subban
Pietrangelo
Burns
Carlson
Josi
Suter
Klinberg
May 30, 2018 at 2:28 a.m.
#6
Thread Starter
Black Lives Matter
Avatar of the user
Joined: Mar. 2017
Posts: 29,915
Likes: 4,649
1 - Victor Hedman (Don't even need to explain why lol ... great at everything in hockey)
2 - Drew Doughty (2 cups, a Norris, and he can add a bit of offence ... great defensively though, mainly, does a lot of things really well)
3 - Erik Karlsson (How could i not put him on here? Struggled this year but still one of the very best)
4 - Brent Burns (Does what Karlsson does. Takes the puck out of his zone, into the offensive zone, turning defence into offence)
5 - PK Subban (Good offensive defenseman, but what some people don't notice is how good defensively he is too)
6 - Alex Pietrangelo (Had a great year, has had a few great years in a row ... i have to put him right up here)
7 - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Underrated because of the team he plays on)
8 - Ryan Suter (There's a reason he plays almost 27 minutes a night)
9 - Roman Josi (Great defensively, but can also add to the offence)
10 - John Klingberg (He had a good enough year for me to say that one year puts him in the top 10)
May 30, 2018 at 2:31 a.m.
#7
Thread Starter
Black Lives Matter
Avatar of the user
Joined: Mar. 2017
Posts: 29,915
Likes: 4,649
Quoting: MatteauMyToe36
Here’s my top 10 best

1. Erik Karlsson
2. Brent Burns
3. P.K. Subban
4. Drew Doughty
5. Victor Hedman
6. Ryan Suter
7. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
8. Kris Letang
9. Cam Fowler
10. Justin Faulk


Why is it that 4 of the five of us have Hedman first, but the one who doesn't have him first also doesn't have him 2nd or 3rd. Instead, the one who doesn't have him first has him fifth.
May 30, 2018 at 8:52 a.m.
#8
Avatar of the user
Joined: Jun. 2016
Posts: 2,079
Likes: 433
Top 10 is tough to figure out who to leave out. Here's my top 20.

1. Doughty
2. Karlsson
3. Hedman
4. Josi
5. Burns
6. Weber
7. Keith
8. Subban
9. Suter
10. Pietrangelo
11. Ekman-Larsson
12. Letang
13. Fowler
14. Klingberg
15. Faulk
16. Carlson
17. Werenski
18. Byfuglien
19. Jones
20. Gostisbehere
rmay50 liked this.
May 30, 2018 at 10:16 a.m.
#9
Below Market Value
Avatar of the user
Joined: Nov. 2015
Posts: 1,426
Likes: 1,324
1. Erik Karlsson
2. Victor Hedman
3. Drew Doughty
4. P.K. Subban
5. Alex Pietrangelo
6. Brent Burns
7. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
8. Seth Jones
9. John Klingberg
10. Ryan Suter
11. Mark Giordano
12. Roman Josi
13. Shea Weber
14. Hampus Lindholm
15. Duncan Keith
16. Jaccob Slavin
17. John Carlson
18. Dustin Byfuglien
19. Kris Letang
20. Ryan McDonagh
May 30, 2018 at 11:17 a.m.
#10
Avatar of the user
Joined: Feb. 2017
Posts: 910
Likes: 208
1. Victor Hedman
2. Erik Karlsson
3. Drew Dought
4. P.K Subban
5. Brent Burns
6. Alex Pietrangelo
7. Roman Josi
8. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
9. Seth Jones
10. Dustin Byfuglien
11. John Carlson
12. Jaccob Slavin
13. Hampus Lindholm
14. John Klingberg
15. Ryan Suter
16. Shea Weber
17. Kris Letan
18. Charlie McAvoy
19. Zach Werenski
20. Marc-Edouard Vlasic
May 30, 2018 at 11:51 a.m.
#11
Emotionally in 2018
Avatar of the user
Joined: Nov. 2016
Posts: 9,290
Likes: 3,387
1. Victor Hedman
2. Erik Karlsson
3. Drew Doughty
4. Brent Burns
5. PK Subban
6. Ryan Suter
7. Shea Weber
8. Seth Jones
9. Alex Pietrangelo
10. Dustin Byfuglien
11. John Carlson
12. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
13. John Klingberg
14. Ryan Ellis
15. Ryan McDonagh
16. Marc Eduard Vlasic
17. Hampus Lindholm
18. Dougie Hamilton
19. Zach Werenski
20. Mark Giordano


I haven’t had coffee yet this morning so I probably forgot a couple guys (and no, I didn’t forget Letang or Josi)
May 30, 2018 at 3:19 p.m.
#12
Avatar of the user
Joined: Feb. 2017
Posts: 910
Likes: 208
Quoting: krakowitz
1. Victor Hedman
2. Erik Karlsson
3. Drew Doughty
4. Brent Burns
5. PK Subban
6. Ryan Suter
7. Shea Weber
8. Seth Jones
9. Alex Pietrangelo
10. Dustin Byfuglien
11. John Carlson
12. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
13. John Klingberg
14. Ryan Ellis
15. Ryan McDonagh
16. Marc Eduard Vlasic
17. Hampus Lindholm
18. Dougie Hamilton
19. Zach Werenski
20. Mark Giordano


I haven’t had coffee yet this morning so I probably forgot a couple guys (and no, I didn’t forget Letang or Josi)


I totally forgot about Ellis!
May 30, 2018 at 11:45 p.m.
#13
Thread Starter
Black Lives Matter
Avatar of the user
Joined: Mar. 2017
Posts: 29,915
Likes: 4,649
Quoting: krakowitz
1. Victor Hedman
2. Erik Karlsson
3. Drew Doughty
4. Brent Burns
5. PK Subban
6. Ryan Suter
7. Shea Weber
8. Seth Jones
9. Alex Pietrangelo
10. Dustin Byfuglien
11. John Carlson
12. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
13. John Klingberg
14. Ryan Ellis
15. Ryan McDonagh
16. Marc Eduard Vlasic
17. Hampus Lindholm
18. Dougie Hamilton
19. Zach Werenski
20. Mark Giordano


I haven’t had coffee yet this morning so I probably forgot a couple guys (and no, I didn’t forget Letang or Josi)


Josi not in the top 20?
Also, Ellis is really good, but i think you're putting him a little too high.
May 31, 2018 at 12:45 a.m.
#14
Emotionally in 2018
Avatar of the user
Joined: Nov. 2016
Posts: 9,290
Likes: 3,387
Quoting: rangersandislesfan
Josi not in the top 20?
Also, Ellis is really good, but i think you're putting him a little too high.


Josi doesn't play defense well, and they're called defensemen. Positioning is meh, his one on one is awful and he pinches way too much. Ellis saves his @$$ all the time. Speaking of Ellis, the guy does it all. Kills penalties, blocks shots, power play, literally anything you can think of, he does well. The only knock on him is his size, but he's still physically engaged.
May 31, 2018 at 12:54 a.m.
#15
Avatar of the user
Joined: Mar. 2017
Posts: 7,711
Likes: 2,820
Edited May 31, 2018 at 1:00 a.m.
We're probably better off doing Tiers

Franchise
Hedman
Karlsson
Doughty
Burns
Dahlin (soon hopefully)

Elite
OEL
Subban
Pietrangelo
Klingberg
Keith
Josi
Carlson
Suter
Lindholm
Weber
Ellis
Jones

#1 Defenseman
Klefbom
Vlasic
Fowler
Giordano
Trouba
Big Buff
Ekblad
Ekholm
Reilly
Werenski
Gostisbehere
Provorov
McDonagh
Hamilton
Schmidt
McAvoy
Leddy

Probably forgot some players...
May 31, 2018 at 2:10 a.m.
#16
Thread Starter
Black Lives Matter
Avatar of the user
Joined: Mar. 2017
Posts: 29,915
Likes: 4,649
Quoting: krakowitz
Josi doesn't play defense well, and they're called defensemen. Positioning is meh, his one on one is awful and he pinches way too much. Ellis saves his @$$ all the time. Speaking of Ellis, the guy does it all. Kills penalties, blocks shots, power play, literally anything you can think of, he does well. The only knock on him is his size, but he's still physically engaged.


I still wouldn't put Ellis 14th.

Josi is actually very good defensively. Plus, he can add to the offence so i'd put him in the top 10, or at least top 20.
May 31, 2018 at 2:11 a.m.
#17
Thread Starter
Black Lives Matter
Avatar of the user
Joined: Mar. 2017
Posts: 29,915
Likes: 4,649
Quoting: BoltsPoint21
We're probably better off doing Tiers

Franchise
Hedman
Karlsson
Doughty
Burns
Dahlin (soon hopefully)

Elite
OEL
Subban
Pietrangelo
Klingberg
Keith
Josi
Carlson
Suter
Lindholm
Weber
Ellis
Jones

#1 Defenseman
Klefbom
Vlasic
Fowler
Giordano
Trouba
Big Buff
Ekblad
Ekholm
Reilly
Werenski
Gostisbehere
Provorov
McDonagh
Hamilton
Schmidt
McAvoy
Leddy

Probably forgot some players...


grimace
May 31, 2018 at 11:58 a.m.
#18
Still a Leafs Fan
Avatar of the user
Joined: Nov. 2015
Posts: 5,545
Likes: 661
I’ll do a tiers set later on but my top 10 D would go
Karlsson
Hedman
Doughty
Burns
Pietrangelo
Subban
Vlasic
Letang
Josi
Carlson
Jun. 1, 2018 at 2:18 p.m.
#19
Avatar of the user
Joined: Aug. 2017
Posts: 8,440
Likes: 6,060
1. Doughty
2. Hedman
3. Karlsson
4. Subban
5. Burns
6. Pietrangelo
7. Carlson
8. Jones
9. Josi
10. Klingberg
rmay50 liked this.
 
Reply
To create a post please Login or Register
Question:
Options:
Add Option
Submit Poll