HFBoards Top 25 Defensemen in the NHL - #25

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Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	Age	% of Vote
1	Cale	Makar		24	123/173 (71.1%)
2	Adam	Fox		25	72/160 (45.0%)
3	Victor	Hedman		32	51/211 (24.2%)
4	Miro	Heiskanen		23	74/204 (36.2%)
5	Rasmus	Dahlin		23	65/202 (32.2%)
6	Charlie	McAvoy		25	51/149 (34.2%)
7	Roman	Josi		33	76/211 (36.0%)
8	Erik	Karlsson		33	67/162 (41.4%)
9	Quinn	Hughes		23	60/138 (43.5%)
10	Jaccob	Slavin		29	48/140 (34.3%)
11	Alex	Pietrangelo		33	52/137 (38.0%)
12	Hampus	Lindholm		29	25/157 (15.9%)
13	Dougie	Hamilton		30	27/123 (22.0%)
14	Josh	Morrissey		28	32/171 (18.7%)
15	Drew	Doughty		33	40/157 (25.5%)
16	Devon	Toews		29	29/146 (19.9%)
17	Shea	Theodore		27	30/150 (20.0%)
18	Moritz	Seider		22	32/150 (21.3%)
19	Zach	Werenski		26	23/116 (19.8%)
20	Mikhail	Sergachev		25	24/108 (22.2%)
21	Kris	Letang		36	21/85 (24.7%)
22	Brent	Burns		38	12/69 (17.4%)
23	Jared	Spurgeon		33	16/85 (18.8%)
24	Morgan	Rielly		29	23/126 (18.3%)
25	Mattias	Ekholm		33	22/132 (16.7%)

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[DearDiary]

Going with Weegar here

 

[MasterMatt25]

Ekholm or Andersson

 

[triggrman]

Ekholm here.

 

[Skolman]

Ekholm, one of fhe most underrated players in the league

 

[x Tame Impala]

Seth Jones

 

[Dion TheFluff]

lots of good options here. Just not Ekholm

 

[Jared Dunn]

Carlson, Washington completely fell apart at the seams without him

 

[tarheelhockey]

Between Weegar and Ekholm for me.

 

[Skolman]

lots of good options here. Just not Ekholm

For sure, he's no Morgan Rielly eh

 

[Dion TheFluff]

For sure, he's no Morgan Rielly eh

nope. not even close really

 

[wintersej]

Lots of good D here that won’t make it in. In reality after the first 15D or so it’s a long list of guys that are better off as a number 2.

 

[DearDiary]

Lots of good D here that won’t make it in. In reality after the first 15D or so it’s a long list of guys that are better off as a number 2.

Letang got voted in at 21 but he's still carrying an entire defence, not just a pairing.

 

[Mitch nylander]

I like John Carlson here. He's clearly washington's backbone, and is a consistent point producer.

 

[NiagaraKraken]

Vince Dunn

 

[Bouboumaster]

Ekblad, Ekholm and Weegar next

 

[wintersej]

Letang got voted in at 21 but he's still carrying an entire defence, not just a pairing.

I think that’s more of a statement of the quality of the Penguins than the initial statement. Although I do think Letang gets underrated.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Ekblad, Ekholm and Weegar next

Only one of them can make it. This is poll #25 of 25.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Only one of them can make it. This is poll #25 of 25.

Went with Ekblad

 

[Phrasing]

Surprised with the Ekholm votes….

 

[MasterMatt25]

Can we extend this to the top 32? Just so there's a clear #1D for every team

 

[DJJones]

Those last 3-4 picks are rough. Never would I take them over other guys even for one year.

 

[Three On Zero]

Weegar, Ekblad and Carlson (in any order)

Surprised with the Ekholm votes….

A somewhat underrated defenceman who got traded to a team that lacked any real defensive talent

 

[Phrasing]

Weegar, Ekblad and Carlson (in any order)


A somewhat underrated defenceman who got traded to a team that lacked any real defensive talent

I don’t disagree he’s underrated previously or very good, but I don’t think he’s a top 25 defenseman either.

 

[Three On Zero]

I don’t disagree he’s not underrated previously or not very good, but I don’t think he’s a top 25 defenseman either.

I’d have him as a higher end #2, in the 35-40 range