Rank the Pacific Division D corps - Various ways

[DL44]

Van: Edler, Tanev, Hutton, Gudbranson, Sbisa, Tryamkin, Larsen, Pedan

Ana: Lindholm, Fowler, Vatanen, Theodore, Bieksa, Stoner, Manson
Az : OEL, Goligoski, Stone, Michalek, Schenn, Murphy, Connauton, Dahlbeck
Cgy : Giordano, Brodie, Hamilton, Wideman, Smid, Englland, Jokipakka
Edm : Larsson, Sekera, Klefbom, Fayne, Davidson, Nurse, Oesterle, Ference
LA: Doughty, Muzzin, Martinez, McNabb, Gilbert, Trotman, Scuderi
SJ : Burns, Vlasic, Martin, Braun, Schlemko, Dillon, Mueller, DeMelo

Rank the D Overall :

Which team is the (or rank if you got the time)....
Best top 3 :
Best depth :
Most offensive :
Most mobile :
Most physical :

Have fun...

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[DonskoiDonscored]

Did Paul Martin die?

Either way, you guys have by far the most physical d-corps. I'm not a fan of Larsen or Sbisa, but your guys' depth is good beyond that. What happened to Biega?

I'll say:

Best top 3: San Jose or Calgary, I'm leaning Calgary
Best depth: San Jose
Most offensive: Calgary
Most mobile: not sure...maybe San Jose, maybe Anaheim
Most physical: Vancouver

 

[MS]

Best top 3 :

1) LA
2) San Jose
3) Calgary
4) Arizona
5) Anaheim
6) Vancouver
7) Edmonton

Most depth :

1) Anaheim
2) San Jose
3) Arizona
4) LA
5) Edmonton
6) Vancouver
7) Calgary

Most offensive :

1) Calgary
2) Anaheim
3) Arizona
4) San Jose
5) Los Angeles
---huge gap---
6) Vancouver
7) Edmonton

Most mobile :

1) Anaheim
2) Arizona
3) Los Angeles
4) Calgary
5) San Jose
6) Edmonton
7) Vancouver

Most physical? It's pretty irrelevant and they're almost all exactly the same.

Also the OP is missing Paul Martin for San Jose, a pretty important player.

There are 5 really good defensive groups in this division, then a MASSIVE gap to us and Edmonton.

 

[Intoewsables]

Best top 3: Calgary, but LA and SJ are really close.
Best depth: San Jose. Anaheim close second.
Most offensive: Calgary. Possibly Anaheim if Montour makes it.
Most mobile: Anaheim
Most physical: Vancouver, I guess?

 

[y2kcanucks]

Best top 3 :

1) LA
2) San Jose
3) Calgary
4) Arizona
5) Anaheim
6) Vancouver
7) Edmonton

Most depth :

1) Anaheim
2) San Jose
3) Arizona
4) LA
5) Edmonton
6) Vancouver
7) Calgary

Most offensive :

1) Calgary
2) Anaheim
3) Arizona
4) San Jose
5) Los Angeles
---huge gap---
6) Vancouver
7) Edmonton

Most mobile :

1) Anaheim
2) Arizona
3) Los Angeles
4) Calgary
5) San Jose
6) Edmonton
7) Vancouver

Most physical? It's pretty irrelevant and they're almost all exactly the same.

Also the OP is missing Paul Martin for San Jose, a pretty important player.

There are 5 really good defensive groups in this division, then a MASSIVE gap to us and Edmonton.

I agree with almost all of this, except I don't think our depth is better than Calgary's.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Yeah that's...

Okay I'm depressed now. Basically everyone behind Edler/Tanev need to get a lot better than they were for us last season to not be totally overmatched. Hutton and Tryamkin I can honestly say that I think they'll improve. The rest...still haven't given up on Pedan. No logical reason for it, I just still like Pedan.

Wow our d sucks.

 

[coldsteel79]

Yeah that's...

Okay I'm depressed now. Basically everyone behind Edler/Tanev need to get a lot better than they were for us last season to not be totally overmatched. Hutton and Tryamkin I can honestly say that I think they'll improve. The rest...still haven't given up on Pedan. No logical reason for it, I just still like Pedan.

Wow our d sucks.

Really? They haven't played a game yet

 

[y2kcanucks]

Really? They haven't played a game yet

Really? They're all rookies and haven't played a game? Wow!

 

[topched88]

Man. Our D is awful. How wouldn't you re-sign hamhuis when your blueline looks this bad?

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Man. Our D is awful. How wouldn't you re-sign hamhuis when your blueline looks this bad?

Stealth tank year 2.

 

[DL44]

Man. Our D is awful. How wouldn't you re-sign hamhuis when your blueline looks this bad?

Canuck D
OUT : Hamhuis(35), Weber, Bartkowski
IN : Gudbranson(24), Tryamkin, Larsen

It almost like they're moving on eh...

But sure... I suppose status quo was an option...

 

[PG Canuck]

Really? They haven't played a game yet

Well they really can't get any worse at this point...or so one could hope.

 

[ahmon]

Best top 3: Calgary

Best Depth: Anaheim

Most Offensive: Calgary

Most Mobile: Anaheim

Most Physical: Toss up.

 

[The Stig]

Man. Our D is awful. How wouldn't you re-sign hamhuis when your blueline looks this bad?

Because he's 33, was hurt all year and they're making room for youth...you know...like people have been complaining about them not doing?

 

[cc]

Physical rankings would be hard to determine because multiple teams can play that physical rugged style.
The only thing I can say with confidence is that the Canucks defense is probably the largest (tallest).
Edler 6'4
Tanev 6'2
Gudbranson 6'5
Hutton 6'3
Sbisa 6'2
Tryamkin 6'7.5
Larsen 6'0
Pedan 6'5
Biega 5'10

 

[cc]

Did Paul Martin die?

Either way, you guys have by far the most physical d-corps. I'm not a fan of Larsen or Sbisa, but your guys' depth is good beyond that. What happened to Biega?

I'll say:

Best top 3: San Jose or Calgary, I'm leaning Calgary
Best depth: San Jose
Most offensive: Calgary
Most mobile: not sure...maybe San Jose, maybe Anaheim
Most physical: Vancouver

a lot of us think that Biega won't make the starting 8 so he gets overlooked... but he should be counted as depth though

 

[Trelane]

With goal scoring being the key issue I'm not that concerned about our D. Even now they are among the youngest in the group, right there with the Oilers, and will be alone in a year when OJ makes the jump.

It's an area that's tough to gauge separately. E.g., I like the Flames in a few categories but what has that gotten them? Significant improvement/drop off by any top 4 impacts the whole quite a bit.

Nucks have, or will soon have, good mobility, size, physicality and balance between puck movers and stay-at-home types. But will take a while given their age. Duncan Keith didn't make the show until 21 or hit 40 points until 25.

 

[coldsteel79]

With goal scoring being the key issue I'm not that concerned about our D. Even now they are among the youngest in the group, right there with the Oilers, and will be alone in a year when OJ makes the jump.

It's an area that's tough to gauge separately. E.g., I like the Flames in a few categories but what has that gotten them? Significant improvement/drop off by any top 4 impacts the whole quite a bit.

Nucks have, or will soon have, good mobility, size, physicality and balance between puck movers and stay-at-home types. But will take a while given their age. Duncan Keith didn't make the show until 21 or hit 40 points until 25.

The defense and goaltending are bright spots on this team.

 

[Ryp37]

The defense and goaltending are bright spots on this team.

When you're an injury away from having Sbisa in your top 4 then it's not a bright spot.

 

[The Stig]

When you're an injury away from having Sbisa in your top 4 then it's not a bright spot.

Like how Anaheim is with Bieksa?

 

[Ryp37]

Like how Anaheim is with Bieksa?

Yes?
Bieksa in your top 4>Sbisa and Larsen

 

[DL44]

When you're an injury away from having Sbisa in your top 4 then it's not a bright spot.

Looks like the above teams are an injury away from having Schenn, Dillon, Gilbert, Bieksa, Smid, Fayne in their top 4...

I would take Sbisa over all... except maybe Gilbert if he's still good on the PP. Maybe Dillon if he can get back to how he looked like he was progressing 2 yrs ago.. (Sharks fan don't like him at all, so maybe I'll stick with the devil i know).

 

[Ryp37]

Looks like the above teams are an injury away from having Schenn, Dillon, Gilbert, Bieksa, Smid, Fayne in their top 4...

I would take Sbisa over all... except maybe Gilbert if he's still good on the PP. Maybe Dillon if he can get back to how he looked like he was progressing 2 yrs ago.. (Sharks fan don't like him at all, so maybe I'll stick with the devil i know).

I'd probably take all of them over Sbisa so we can agree to disagree there

 

[Hit the post]

I'd probably take all of them over Sbisa so we can agree to disagree there

As well as the fact none of the current "top 4" Canucks I'd particularly want to have more icetime than what your average top 4 guy would have. In the case of injuries, some teams could have the other "three guys" take more than their fair share of shifts to take the pressure off a guy further down the depth chart.

 

[MS]

Bieksa was very good for Anaheim over the final 60 games of last season while playing top-4 minutes. He's better than Sbisa by a country mile - like, not even close.

Obviously the two of them playing together was a nightmare but that was mostly on Sbisa - Bieksa still was effective in 14-15 for us when he was playing with Hamhuis or Stanton.