Best Defensive Wingers

[Dale53130]

No, he doesn't.

I'm curious. Does he have a bloated reputation among Boston fans?

 

[Staniowski]

Two of my favourites:

 

[Gorskyontario]

not to be that guy, but alex burrows was an all timer

No he wasn't. He was above average at best.

 

[carjackmalone]

Dave Poulin
Steve Kasper
Dave Lowry

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

I'm curious. Does he have a bloated reputation among Boston fans?

Not really. No more so than all teams fan bases overrating their stars.

But we are talking about the best defensive wingers ever here.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

No, he doesn't.

Yeah a winger who is arguably the best PK'er of his era and a routine Selke vote getter is totally not what qualifies for this thread...

 

[rmartin65]

Yeah a winger who is arguably the best PK'er of his era and a routine Selke vote getter is totally not what qualifies for this thread...

That’s a pretty generous qualification of “routine Selke vote getter". Never higher than 9th.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Yeah a winger who is arguably the best PK'er of his era and a routine Selke vote getter is totally not what qualifies for this thread...

Correct.

We are talking about all-time great defensive wingers. Not a guy whose best finish in Selke voting is 9th. And that's been primarily due to Boston writers voting for Marchand. Playing with Bergeron made it a much easier job to defend also.