If Dahlin is in the top 10 he's already overrated. The fact I've seen one person put him in top 5...
Meh.I’m not sure I agree with the current Norris winning defence man sitting below Josi, McAvoy, and Heiskanen
Looking forward to the fireworks of Oilers fans seeing their guy off the list, though
TBF people saying he was worse than Miller, Dobson, Byram, and Hronek wasn't a stretch. He hadn't really proven much yet at that point. Saying he was worse than SMith and Boqvist was just a terrible take.Meh.
Last season Bouchard was worse than all of K'Andre Miller, Dobson, Byram, and Hronek according to half of HFboards:
Rank these young defencemen: Miller, Dobson, Bouchard, Bynam, Hronek
I was curious how people would order these production and contract comparable defencemen: K'Andre Miller (2x3.872) Noah Dobson (2x4.00) Evan Bouchard (2x3.9) Bo Byram (2x3.85) Filip Hronek (1x4.4)forums.hfboards.com
And before that he was worse than Ty Smith and Boqvist, and was a first round bust in the making.
I'm sure we are getting pretty used to hilariously bad takes about Bouchard.
TBF people saying he was worse than Miller, Dobson, Byram, and Hronek wasn't a stretch. He hadn't really proven much yet at that point. Saying he was worse than SMith and Boqvist was just a terrible take.
You meant to say underrated im sure...Dahlin getting massively overrated on here.
No, he really isn’t.People seem to have failed both the eye test and the advanced stats test for Bouchard lmao. He's a great defenseman.
Who has the time to watch all of these players enough to rank them? Do you not follow any teams in particular and watch a little bit of every club?I did a top 25 current list.
- Cale Makar
- Quinn Hughes
- Miro Heiskanen
- Roman Josi
- Adam Fox
- Victor Hedman
- Evan Bouchard
- Noah Dobson
- Rasmus Dahlin
- Jaccob Slavin
- Josh Morrissey
- Charlie McAvoy
- Shea Theodore
- Gustav Forsling
- Morgan Rielly
- Mattias Ekholm
- Drew Doughty
- MacKenzie Weegar
- Zach Werenski
- Brock Faber
- Moritz Seider
- John Carlson
- Erik Karlsson
- Devon Toews
- Thomas Harley
I did a top 25 current list.
- Cale Makar
- Quinn Hughes
- Miro Heiskanen
- Roman Josi
- Adam Fox
- Victor Hedman
- Evan Bouchard
- Noah Dobson
- Rasmus Dahlin
- Jaccob Slavin
- Josh Morrissey
- Charlie McAvoy
- Shea Theodore
- Gustav Forsling
- Morgan Rielly
- Mattias Ekholm
- Drew Doughty
- MacKenzie Weegar
- Zach Werenski
- Brock Faber
- Moritz Seider
- John Carlson
- Erik Karlsson
- Devon Toews
- Thomas Harley
Good list. My only switch.We just did the forwards in the other thread, figure we should rifle off top 10 D as well.
Mine in no order
Hughes
McAvoy
Heiskanen
Makar
Fox
Josi
Dahlin
Hedman
Slavin
Dobson
Ekholm is not a better d-man than McAvoy.Good list. My only switch.
Ekholm in for McAvoy
Dont hold out on us budd plz !!!Good list. My only switch.
Ekholm in for McAvoy
Points, recency bias, and vague echos of things they have heard.What metrics is everyone using to rank defensemen? 10 best in terms of what? Points? Defensive ability? Points for as opposed to points against (+\-)??
People’s lists seem random.
Lol, I would agree.Points, recency bias, and vague echos of things they have heard.
Almost no one lol. Most people just read a lot of hockey articles and regurgitate the takes they like. That mixed in with a healthy dose of homerism.Who has the time to watch all of these players enough to rank them? Do you not follow any teams in particular and watch a little bit of every club?