Quoting: Caniac2000
The fact Risto and Chabot are in this list ahead of him is already a joke
Literally none of these are better then Slavin. You either don't know ANYTHING about Jaccob Slavin or just don't want to admit your wrong, he's been on the best shut down pair in the league for the past 4 season, he's lead the best defensive blue line in hockey statistically for the past 3 years, he's got 40-50 point upside, he's WAY more valuable then your giving him credit for and the fact he's already a top 10 d man to everyone that knows anything about him shows that
haha come on man. Just because you are a canes fan doesn't mean you should be blind to this.
he is a really good and a great shutdown player, but to say that he is a top 10 dman is a little much.
Sure you can take Risto off, but Chabot has 31 points..he is 3 points away from equaling Slavin's career high. Scoring points isn't everything when talking about Dman, but it counts for something.
Being a great Defensive dman doesn't get you into the top 10 dman in the NHL. that would mean players like Hainsey should also be considered a top 10 dman. Now no doubt Slavin is good, but Not top 10.
ask yourself, would you rather have Slavin over:
Burns
Doughty
Hedman
Karlsson
Subban
Josi
Werenski
Jones
Reilly
There is 9 Dman right there. So sure put him at 10 if you like, but i am sure there are some arguments we could make on why he is not better then OEL, Carlson, Suter(even at his age is still really really good), weber(even considering his last 2 seasons of injuries), Provorov(having a weird year), Chabot(looks dominate right now).
he would be top 10 for Dman under the age of 26 for sure.