filinski77
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I think the overall skill of defensemen might be slightly higher, but that skill seems to come exclusively in the form of skating and offense.Crosby era better goalies, McDavid era better defensemen
The current crop of defensemen is really epic. I think that Crosby era was sort of in-between; after the best defensemen had retired or were past their primes, and before the next set of fantastic defensemen. Who were the best defensemen, Keith, Doughty? Nothing that amazing if you ask me. Karlsson? You could argue that Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar are just improvements over his archetype.
Sorta surprised Crosby's era is leading in this regard.
10-15 years ago, the league was more defense-oriented, and bigger sized defense-oriented D were better at actually defending their own zone.