Whatever flaws he now has he managed to get what would be over 50 points playing top pairing minutes and not missing a game. I just can't believe people would downplay this, he should not be used as a top pairing guy anymore but as Habs fans we should be nothing but proud of him.
Does anyone realize how rare 50 point defenders are in the NHL nowadays?
Well there was:
- 4 in 2011-12;
- 6 in 2010-11;
- 7 in 2009-10;
- 12 in 2008-9 (Markov was second with 64 points);
- 11 in 2007-8 (Markov was 6th).
This season, Markov was only 4th behind Subban, Letang and Suter.
It seems he is the fourth player behind 3 Norris contender.
So basically, to answer your question, there was 8 d-men near/over the 50 points pace: Subban, Letang, Suter, Markov, Yandle, Kronwall, Timonen, Franson.
For a 34 years old d-men, he is doing pretty well. Only Timonen can be compared.
This is the first full season he has.
So we need to see if we can have
better for the Scap...
Markov give us a pretty good performance for the money we put in him.
There is a remaining constant with Markov: d-men playing with him have great numbers.
Streit, Souray and Subban got much better scoring playing with him...
These d-men got better numbers playing with him and most of the time, Markov was the second best in scoring...