Your comparisons are worthless. Barker sucked skating backwards and was slow to turn. Combined with him being a bit slow in processing the game, you can dump the puck in on him all day. Larsen was too weak to defend in the NHL.
I am almost certain that Brooks Orpik is a better Dman in the NHL than he would be in Europe. Means very little.
So are you saying that being a top pairing D in a non-NHL pro league means very little then?