Top 10 defensemen

[Cousin Eddie]

Except that you can when everything else you do is done at such a high level it outweighs the negative.

Ok that’s fair. But Makar for example leads his team in those shutdown minutes. Similar with Heiskanen.

Are you suggesting that Quinn Hughes does everything else so much better than Cale Makar that it makes up for the fact that Hughes is stapled to the bench in those defensive situations while Makar and other similar defenseman are depended on and excel in those defensive situations?

 

[Grifter3511]

Ok that’s fair. But Makar for example leads his team in those shutdown minutes. Similar with Heiskanen.

Are you suggesting that Quinn Hughes does everything else so much better than Cale Makar that it makes up for the fact that Hughes is stapled to the bench in those defensive situations while Makar and other similar defenseman are depended on and excel in those defensive situations?

Over his whole career? No, absolutely not. But this season alone i honestly think Hughes should be getting serious Hart consideration. Outside of McDavid, I can't think of another player who I see control and impact the play as drastically as he does. Granted, there are a ton of teams i don't watch outside of hilights so I only have statistics and hearsay to go off of.

 

[Svencouver]

"Player A doesnt PK and thats why hes bad defensively" is seriously one of the worst and most outdated memes on here and I'm counting down the days until it dies forever

 

[Rowlet]

Ok that’s fair. But Makar for example leads his team in those shutdown minutes. Similar with Heiskanen.

Are you suggesting that Quinn Hughes does everything else so much better than Cale Makar that it makes up for the fact that Hughes is stapled to the bench in those defensive situations while Makar and other similar defenseman are depended on and excel in those defensive situations?

Makar was a bottom 8% PKer last season. Just because he gets those minutes doesn't mean he's good at it.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Carlson won’t get the love but he has been a monster this season. I doubt there are 10 guys that have been better than him this year.

 

[dgibb10]

Get that modern thinking out of here! We're only doing 2009 levels of analysis.

Quinn Hughes short and no hit so how possibly good at defense?

 

[Idiot Stick]

Mostest?

Betterest’s*

 

[dirtydanglez]

makar

hughes
josi
fox

werenski
morrissey
heiskanen
dahlin
hedman
theodore

 

[SillyRabbit]

Predictable response from a nucks fan. You guys can’t help get off to the Hughes vs Makar debate.

I’d still take Fox over Hughes. Rangers are having their issues obv, but that’s not enough to discount what Fox has been for 4 years now. Hughes offense has greatly improved but comes at the expense of him playing actual defense. Analytics prove he receives sheltered o zone starts where Fox and Makar have upped their D zone starts in recent years.

This might be the worst post in the entire thread.

Hughes has been very clearly better than Makar defensively this season.

And this comes from someone who has had Makar above Hughes defensively in the past.

Not this season. (Or last season either).

Feel free to argue it without being an obvious Canucks fan who will make it a Makar vs Hughes thing.

I feel like I went at it objectively looking at analytics, both offense and defense, zone start %'s, this year and the previous few years, as well as hypothetically if theyre underachieving or overachieving because of the teams they are on (Dahlin on the Panthers or Hughes on the Sharks).

Please, show your work, because your post contradicts everything you just claimed.

 

[MaKarter]

Tier 1: Makar and Hughes

Tier 2: Werenski, Morrissey, Hedman, Carlson, Fox, and Josi

Tier 3: Heiskanen, Theodore, Dahlin, Dobson, and Bouchard

 

[LemonSauceD]

Its

Predictable response from a nucks fan. You guys can’t help get off to the Hughes vs Makar debate.

I’d still take Fox over Hughes. Rangers are having their issues obv, but that’s not enough to discount what Fox has been for 4 years now. Hughes offense has greatly improved but comes at the expense of him playing actual defense. Analytics prove he receives sheltered o zone starts where Fox and Makar have upped their D zone starts in recent years.

It’s incredible how factually wrong you are LOL

 

[Cousin Eddie]

"Player A doesnt PK and thats why hes bad defensively" is seriously one of the worst and most outdated memes on here and I'm counting down the days until it dies forever

That’s not what I said though. You’re putting words in my mouth to fit your sarcastic narrative.

I never claimed he’s bad defensively. I said he doesn’t play tough defensive situations like the penalty kill or defending leads late in games and used factual evidence to back it.

I didn’t say he’s bad defensively though. I just said there’s 5-6 other Canucks defenseman who have earned those tougher minutes when the game is on the line than he has earned. That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s bad. He’s just not as good as the others.

You creating a fake quote and then going on to sarcastically make fun of it is what needs to die around here. Imagine going on an Internet forum to talk to yourself.

 

[Rowlet]

That’s not what I said though. You’re putting words in my mouth to fit your sarcastic narrative.

I never claimed he’s bad defensively. I said he doesn’t play tough defensive situations like the penalty kill or defending leads late in games and used factual evidence to back it.

I didn’t say he’s bad defensively though. I just said there’s 5-6 other Canucks defenseman who have earned those tougher minutes when the game is on the line than he has earned. That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s bad. He’s just not as good as the others.

You creating a fake quote and then going on to sarcastically make fun of it is what needs to die around here. Imagine going on an Internet forum to talk to yourself.

Hockey isn't a meritocracy, and Hughes can't be on the ice all the time.

Hughes plays all his minutes at 5v5 and the powerplay because he's one of, if not the most effective possession players in the league.