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What team has the best projected top defensive pairing?

Sep. 14, 2017 at 3:32 p.m.
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All pairings taken from my head, so feel free to correct:

ANA: Fowler/Vatanen
ARZ: Ekman-Larsson/Hjalmarsson
BOS: Chara/Carlo
BUF: Scandella/Ristolainen
CGY: Giordano/Hamilton
CAR: Slavin/Pesce
CHI: Keith/Murphy
COL: Zadorov/Johnson
CBJ: Werenski/Jones
DAL: Methot/Klingberg
DET: DeKeyser/Green
EDM: Klefbom/Larsson
FLA: Yandle/Ekblad
LAK: Forbort/Doughty
MIN: Spurgeon/Suter
MTL: Alzner/Weber
NSH: Josi/Ellis
NJD: Greene/Severson
NYI: Leddy/Boychuk
NYR: McDonagh/Shattenkirk
OTT: Claesson/Karlsson
PHI: Provorov/MacDonald
PIT: Dumoulin/Letang
SJS: Martin/Burns
STL: Bouwmeester/Pietrangelo
TBL: Hedman/Dotchin
TOR: Gardiner/Zaitsev
VAN: Edler/Stecher
VGK: Schmidt/Miller
WSH: Orlov/Niskanen
WPG: Morrissey/Trouba
Sep. 14, 2017 at 3:45 p.m.
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Without looking at any analytics or stats....EDM or CGY
Sep. 14, 2017 at 5:55 p.m.
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I think Reilly goes top pair over gardiner.
Sep. 14, 2017 at 6:15 p.m.
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Calgary
Sep. 14, 2017 at 6:19 p.m.
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To win right now? MIN, NYR, OTT (EK w/ no one still makes this list), CGY, NSH

If I have those guys for the next 5 years? EDM, CBJ, CAR, WPG, NSH

Also I think you could switch Carlo to McAvoy, Stecher to Tanev, Gardiner to Rielly... maybe a few others are goofed up, not sure.
Sep. 14, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.
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Columbus, NYR, Calgary, Nashville
Sep. 14, 2017 at 7:08 p.m.
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With the "studs" spread out over 31 teams, there are few dominant pairings.
I'll go with Calgary, Nashville (if Ellis wasn't injured)Minni.
Sep. 14, 2017 at 7:22 p.m.
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NYR has a good top pair, but not one of the very best.
I like San Jose's, but with Vlasic over Martin.
Sep. 14, 2017 at 7:54 p.m.
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Columbus is one of the best IMO, they aren't flashy but the point of defense is to regain possession and turning it into offense, but Seth Jones is fantastic and Werenski is a shot suppression machine.
Calgary is the other. Giordano and Hamilton are just two great players.
I have a hard time saying NAS because Ellis will be missed. Ottawa's defense is Karlsson and no one can really fill his role on that team. I think Hjammer is going to let OEL be the offensive minded player he is but they are just going to be very good. Provorov is going to be great but MacDonald is going to sink that pairing like an anchor.
Sep. 14, 2017 at 8:37 p.m.
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Quoting: rangersandislesfan
NYR has a good top pair, but not one of the very best.
I like San Jose's, but with Vlasic over Martin.


Except that isn't the pairing. Martin plays with Burns, and Vlasic plays with Braun
Sep. 15, 2017 at 12:07 p.m.
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