Best defending defensemen all-time?

[cliffclaven]

Lots of good pics here. Hjalmarsson from the hawks was pretty good. Maybe not top 10 though

 

[Chainshot]

Mike Ramsey in the '80's was among the league's best but I'm not sure where I would put him all time. Same with Bill Hajt in the late '70's and early '80's.

Doug Harvey probably needs more love and so too someone like Serge Savard.

 

[paragon]

It's Lidström. I seriously can't understand why people are listing beer league era defensemen that nobody here has seen play. I refuse to believe there are people here that actually saw Doug Harvey play and win Norris. Enough with the nostalgia.

 

[braunm]

Orr, Lidstrom, Harvey, Lagway, Robinson, Pronger, Bourque

 

[CanadienShark]

Maybe not the absolute best, but Vlasic is a name I'd throw into the ring.

 

[Staniowski]

There's a long list you could mention. Some of the elite defensemen who were very good defensively:

Harvey
Savard
Orr
Langway
Kasatonov

 

[MarotteMarauder]

Late 60's early 70's, Bill White was very tough to beat.

 

[Nosferatu]

Toni Lydman was pretty good.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Lids
Fetisov
Pronger
Chara
Kasparaitis

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

In his prime Chara woud be a worthy choice.

Right now I would go with Slevin, Ekblad, or Pietroangelo.

Ekblad isn't even the 2nd best on his team lmao.

Lots of good pics here. Hjalmarsson from the hawks was pretty good. Maybe not top 10 though

Maybe not all time, but Hjalmarsson was easily top 3 in the early to mid 2010s. Vlasic, Hjalmarsson, and Stralman were easily the top 3 defensive Dman of that time period.

Maybe not the absolute best, but Vlasic is a name I'd throw into the ring.

He, Hjalmarsson, and Stralman were the top 3 best defensive Dman in the league at one point.