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D core ranked by division

Created by: TheeDjeeEem
Team: 2023-24 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Aug. 9, 2023
Published: Aug. 9, 2023
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Repped by who I feel is their #1 overall D-man entering the season

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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
32$83,500,000$205,166,500$0$925,000-$121,666,500
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RD
UFA - 7
Logo of the Carolina Hurricanes
$5,300,000$5,300,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Toronto Maple Leafs
$7,500,000$7,500,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the New York Islanders
$6,150,000$6,150,000
RD
NTC
UFA - 7
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
$5,200,000$5,200,000
RD
UFA - 8
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
$6,100,000$6,100,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Florida Panthers
$7,500,000$7,500,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 2
Logo of the New York Rangers
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RD
UFA - 6
Logo of the Buffalo Sabres
$6,000,000$6,000,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the New Jersey Devils
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$925,000$925K)
LD/RD
RFA - 2
Logo of the Ottawa Senators
$4,600,000$4,600,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
$9,583,333$9,583,333
LD
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Detroit Red Wings
$4,125,000$4,125,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Washington Capitals
$8,000,000$8,000,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
$4,875,000$4,875,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Philadelphia Flyers
$1,600,000$1,600,000
LD/RD
RFA - 2
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$9,000,000$9,000,000
RD
UFA - 4
Logo of the Vegas Golden Knights
$8,800,000$8,800,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Dallas Stars
$8,450,000$8,450,000
LD/RD
UFA - 6
Logo of the Calgary Flames
$1,237,500$1,237,500
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Nashville Predators
$9,059,000$9,059,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Seattle Kraken
$7,350,000$7,350,000
LD/RD
UFA - 4
Logo of the Winnipeg Jets
$6,250,000$6,250,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Los Angeles Kings
$11,000,000$11,000,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Minnesota Wild
$7,575,000$7,575,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$6,000,000$6,000,000
LD/RD
UFA - 3
Logo of the St. Louis Blues
$6,500,000$6,500,000
LD
NTC
UFA - 4
Logo of the Vancouver Canucks
$7,850,000$7,850,000
LD
UFA - 4
Logo of the Arizona Coyotes
$886,667$886,667
LD/RD
RFA - 1
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
$2,750,000$2,750,000
LD/RD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Chicago Blackhawks
$9,500,000$9,500,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 7
Logo of the Anaheim Ducks
$6,500,000$6,500,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3

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Aug. 9, 2023 at 7:14 p.m.
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Edited Aug. 9, 2023 at 8:38 p.m.
Trolls used to be believable

Edit: I can't read apparently
Aug. 9, 2023 at 7:28 p.m.
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Trolls used to be believable


Vancouver's Blueline is about where it should be
Aug. 9, 2023 at 7:31 p.m.
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Great list! Only thing is I would have Buffalo's D behind Detroit and Ottawa and Anaheim before San Jose
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Aug. 9, 2023 at 8:01 p.m.
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I think CBJ blue line should be above WSH personally I also think the Flyers blue line is ranked too high at 8th you forgot to include some of the AHL teams that have better D-cores than we do 😂
Aug. 9, 2023 at 8:38 p.m.
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Quoting: RipNasty
Vancouver's Blueline is about where it should be


I misread it as top D man per team. That's my bad
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Aug. 10, 2023 at 12:49 p.m.
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Absolutely SOLID D cores in the Metro Division!

The Metro looks about right except Columbus has a better D then Washington without question imo.

In the Pacific I think Seattle is way too high, their D core is their weakness and its worse then LA's and the Oilers, also the Ducks have a better defense then the Sharks, SJ's defense is probably the worst in the league alongside the Yotes.

The Atlantic looks about right but could debate some of those placements, its close either way though.

As for the Central I think the top 3 are in order but then Idk, without Dumba the Wild's D is definitely worse, the Blues D isn't good but then I look at the Jets who is the team I follow and I question if we have a true top 4 dman other then Morrissey?.. lol.. Could swap the Hawks and Yotes around but guess the Yotes did sign Dumba so are a bit improved and if maybe Valimaki keeps trending in the right direction its not so bad, after Murphy and Jones I can't think of who the Hawks are even gonna have on their defense.. lol

Fun list!.. 👍
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Aug. 10, 2023 at 2:41 p.m.
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Quoting: MisstheWhalers
Absolutely SOLID D cores in the Metro Division!

The Metro looks about right except Columbus has a better D then Washington without question imo.

In the Pacific I think Seattle is way too high, their D core is their weakness and its worse then LA's and the Oilers, also the Ducks have a better defense then the Sharks, SJ's defense is probably the worst in the league alongside the Yotes.

The Atlantic looks about right but could debate some of those placements, its close either way though.

As for the Central I think the top 3 are in order but then Idk, without Dumba the Wild's D is definitely worse, the Blues D isn't good but then I look at the Jets who is the team I follow and I question if we have a true top 4 dman other then Morrissey?.. lol.. Could swap the Hawks and Yotes around but guess the Yotes did sign Dumba so are a bit improved and if maybe Valimaki keeps trending in the right direction its not so bad, after Murphy and Jones I can't think of who the Hawks are even gonna have on their defense.. lol

Fun list!.. 👍


Seattle has a legit top4, EDM is not even close. LA lost Durzi to Zona who has a very decent top 3 [relative to CHI].

This isn't 2018, Dumba wasn't in MIN's top 4 and Calen Addison should have a break out year with Spurgeon/MIddleton [btw EK/Hartman are better than you think in regard to your previous comment and Kap is a top 5 winger in the league with Zuc and Boldy rounding out a very good top 6]... there's a good reason MIN finished over 100 points.

Morrissey is a 1D that most teams dont have at all [EDM who gets outscored 6-5 in playoffs religiously]. Pionk/Melo/Schmidt/Dillon are underrated and very solid esp since they compliment Morr... Losing PLD/Wheels will destroy this year for them sadly [get a first+ for Hell in Dec well before TDL]

Yotes have Moser/Durzi/Dumba + commission [they play 13/7] which isn't the best core but way better this year than CHI/ANA/SJS/PHI/MTL... Dumba hasn't been same since injury in 2018 but we'll see how he does playing top pair role for half a season.

Sharks gained Ruuta with Ferraro/Benning growing another season, ANA has Fowler but lost Shat/Kling and Drysdale missed the whole season, both are equally awful rosters top to bottom.
Aug. 10, 2023 at 11:49 p.m.
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Quoting: TheeDjeeEem
Seattle has a legit top4, EDM is not even close. LA lost Durzi to Zona who has a very decent top 3 [relative to CHI].

This isn't 2018, Dumba wasn't in MIN's top 4 and Calen Addison should have a break out year with Spurgeon/MIddleton [btw EK/Hartman are better than you think in regard to your previous comment and Kap is a top 5 winger in the league with Zuc and Boldy rounding out a very good top 6]... there's a good reason MIN finished over 100 points.

Morrissey is a 1D that most teams dont have at all [EDM who gets outscored 6-5 in playoffs religiously]. Pionk/Melo/Schmidt/Dillon are underrated and very solid esp since they compliment Morr... Losing PLD/Wheels will destroy this year for them sadly [get a first+ for Hell in Dec well before TDL]

Yotes have Moser/Durzi/Dumba + commission [they play 13/7] which isn't the best core but way better this year than CHI/ANA/SJS/PHI/MTL... Dumba hasn't been same since injury in 2018 but we'll see how he does playing top pair role for half a season.

Sharks gained Ruuta with Ferraro/Benning growing another season, ANA has Fowler but lost Shat/Kling and Drysdale missed the whole season, both are equally awful rosters top to bottom.


So Larsson, Oleksiak, Dunn, Schultz is so much better then Ekholm, Nurse, Bouchard, Ceci? Maybe, don't see it myself but guess it's possible.

Geez no, Ryan Hartman is the worst 1C in the league!.. lol
Come on, the guy was a career 3rd liner till Minnesota had no one else and Kaprizov arrived to carry him around the ice.
Yes Ek and Boldy are good, didn't say they weren't but on a whole that forward group isn't great, Zuccarello is good but is aging and he plays with Kaprizov who is amazing, that dude is underrated!
The reason is Evason!
Is Minnesota even keeping Addison? Seems like he might be on the outs there.

I'm a Jets fan, I don't think they're gonna miss Duchois or Wheeler at all to be honest. Wheeler is a negative at 5v5 and was a hindrance to the PP, PLD is streaky and takes too many penalties, Wheeler is a cancer and PLD needed to go before they acquired him, good riddance to both.

Idk, I like Morrissey and he had a great year but idk if he's really a 1D or if he's just a 1D on the Jets cause he's all we have, like I said I question if any of those other guys are true top 4 guys, hell other then Morrissey could one of them crack the Canes D core... lol 😆
To be fair they're an okay defense but not one a team could ever win a cup with.
Aug. 11, 2023 at 7:33 a.m.
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Quoting: MisstheWhalers
So Larsson, Oleksiak, Dunn, Schultz is so much better then Ekholm, Nurse, Bouchard, Ceci? Maybe, don't see it myself but guess it's possible.

Geez no, Ryan Hartman is the worst 1C in the league!.. lol
Come on, the guy was a career 3rd liner till Minnesota had no one else and Kaprizov arrived to carry him around the ice.
Yes Ek and Boldy are good, didn't say they weren't but on a whole that forward group isn't great, Zuccarello is good but is aging and he plays with Kaprizov who is amazing, that dude is underrated!
The reason is Evason!
Is Minnesota even keeping Addison? Seems like he might be on the outs there.

I'm a Jets fan, I don't think they're gonna miss Duchois or Wheeler at all to be honest. Wheeler is a negative at 5v5 and was a hindrance to the PP, PLD is streaky and takes too many penalties, Wheeler is a cancer and PLD needed to go before they acquired him, good riddance to both.

Idk, I like Morrissey and he had a great year but idk if he's really a 1D or if he's just a 1D on the Jets cause he's all we have, like I said I question if any of those other guys are true top 4 guys, hell other then Morrissey could one of them crack the Canes D core... lol 😆
To be fair they're an okay defense but not one a team could ever win a cup with.


>So Larsson, Oleksiak, Dunn, Schultz is so much better then Ekholm, Nurse, Bouchard, Ceci? Maybe, don't see it myself but guess it's possible.

Very much so yes. Morrissey >> Nurse, Ekholm, Bouchard, Ceci ... I don't know how that's even close

Hartman plays his role well. Yes, not a good 1C prototype but he forechecks hard and gets the puck to the puck scorer. Kinda just "good nuff" but yes, not very good compared to others. And still, Kap is a behind only wingers like Kuch, Marner, Draisitl [not great center/amazing winger bc he's a defensive void and PP queen], Pasta, Rantanen, Panarin. Legit top 5/6 winger in the game, like having Robertson. Zuc is a Kane/Panarin type that ages well due to his play style vs physical capacity.

Addison just needs to fit under their awful cap situation but plays exactly the role Dumba was good at and Faber is who I meant for the breakout season.

Why was Wheeler a cancer? He plays responsibly on the wing and so does PLD at C... and that's like 50 goals that who exactly is going to replace?

I think the Jet's Dcore has carried their F core, not the other way around [like EDM]. What do you think because you prolly watch them more?
 
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