For a team that is 55 years old soon, is there a worse list of defenseman?

[benfranklin]

Holy crap, I understand the obsession with Hughes finally. This is why he is treated like the coming of Christ.

How can a team 50+ years old not have one really good defenseman?!?!

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[Telos]

You dare speak ill of LA Kings legend Alex Edler?!?

 

[Mase]

Jyrki Lumme was a favorite on NHL 94

 

[njdevils1982]

You dare speak ill of LA Kings legend Alex Edler?!?

and harold snepsts!

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

Jeff Brown had solid eyebrows

 

[olafsson]

I understand you may not watch the Canucks, and just watch stat sheets instead, but Vancouver has had plenty of good defencemen in their time.

 

[Coffee]

That’s the reason they ended up with a game breaker like Hughes

It was destiny all along and if you ask Vancouver fans, it was well worth the wait

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Jyrki Lumme was awesome

So was Salo when his organs weren't exploding and he wasn't getting eaten by snakes

And we do not tolerate Edler slander around here

I'd have to look at some other lists but this just validates that superstar dmen don't come around that often no?

That’s the reason they ended up with a game breaker like Hughes

It was destiny all along and if you ask Vancouver fans, it was well worth the wait

Dude is f***ing poetry on skates, I'm as far from a Van fan as it gets but I'll hatewatch that guy 24-7

 

[Raistlin]

some salty guy on the main thread posted that some canucks fans were still talking about detroit passing on Hughes.... that its been 6-7 years..... well...here, take a look at the magisterial lineup of chad defensemen that graced our city for over 50 years.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Jovanovski and Ohlund were pretty good, but, yeah. Not a great list at all

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

and harold snepsts!

That's Red Wings legend Harold Snepsts to you!

 

[Raistlin]

Holy crap, I understand the obsession with Hughes finally. This is why he is treated like the coming of Christ.

How can a team 50+ years old not have one really good defenseman?!?!

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to be fair.... If you look at Hughes' oeuvre, I think he's better than "really good"

 

[McGarnagle]

Jeff Brown had solid eyebrows

Found Mrs. McLean's hf account

 

[nucksflailtogether]

Insulting Hughes by comparing him to that 3rd pairing plumber Jesus.H. Christ? Get over your jealousy bud.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Ohlund was a monster.

 

[NailsHoglander]

I understand you may not watch the Canucks, and just watch stat sheets instead, but Vancouver has had plenty of good defencemen in their time.

Hughes is the first legit #1 tbh

Definitely worth pointing out for a team with a 50+ year history

 

[McGarnagle]

That year they made the finals they had like 4 solid #2s but no #1. And they all ended up hurting themselves over the course of the finals anyway.

 

[Soundgarden]

Nashville fan: What, like it's hard?

 

[JediOrderPizza]

some salty guy on the main thread posted that some canucks fans were still talking about detroit passing on Hughes.... that its been 6-7 years..... well...here, take a look at the magisterial lineup of chad defensemen that graced our city for over 50 years.

I mean to be fair it's a pretty good reason to be salty about.

Anyways Edler would be 5th on the Wings. I don't think Nucks list is that bad.

 

[Albatros]

Whippersnapper. Lumme, Jovanovski, Öhlund, Salo, Bieksa, Ehrhoff, Edler, Hamhuis were all very good or in some cases outright elite there. Aucoin and Sopel had pretty good years too even if it wasn't the whole picture. Even before they were any good as a team they had guys like McCarthy, Lanz, Reinhart.

 

[nucks88]

Holy crap, I understand the obsession with Hughes finally. This is why he is treated like the coming of Christ.

How can a team 50+ years old not have one really good defenseman?!?!

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If you took the time to actually watch him and listen to people who actually know the game you might realize he is an incredible talent... but whatever floats your boat....

 

[kvladimir]

Holy crap, I understand the obsession with Hughes finally. This is why he is treated like the coming of Christ.

How can a team 50+ years old not have one really good defenseman?!?!

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Points: the one true way to tell if a defenceman is good.

 

[Armourboy]

Jyrki Lumme was awesome

So was Salo when his organs weren't exploding and he wasn't getting eaten by snakes

And we do not tolerate Edler slander around here

I'd have to look at some other lists but this just validates that superstar dmen don't come around that often no?



Dude is f***ing poetry on skates, I'm as far from a Van fan as it gets but I'll hatewatch that guy 24-7

Should look at Nashville's list over its 25 years then.

 

[nucks88]

Whippersnapper. Lumme, Jovanovski, Öhlund, Salo, Bieksa, Ehrhoff, Edler, Hamhuis were all very good or in some cases outright elite there. Aucoin and Sopel had pretty good years too even if it wasn't the whole picture. Even before they were any good as a team they had guys like McCarthy, Lanz, Reinhart.

Bourdon had all the tools as well...

 

[EpochLink]

They’ve had good defensemen but not franchise defensemen.