Who are your top 10 defenseman next season?

[norrisnick]

Why? What if 2 best defensemen in the league play on the same pairing?

Your coaching staff is dumb.

 

[KlefDown]

And then you wake up

If you watched the Oilers play last season I'm not sure what part of what I said is unrealistic

He finished top 5 in Norris voting last year and outperformed Hughes and Heiskanen to get to the finals in the playoffs.

He's a terrific player who is going to get better and he has a solid and consistent partner in Ekholm

 

[acor]

Your coaching staff is dumb.

Maybe. But this situation might happen theoretically... BTW, weren't Suter and Weber reagularly paired together in Nashville??? Both had a claim to top10 spot in their prime.

 

[norrisnick]

Maybe. But this situation might happen theoretically... BTW, weren't Suter and Weber reagularly paired together in Nashville??? Both had a claim to top10 spot in their prime.

Wings had the #1 and #2 Norris D in '02. But we're smart enough to split them on separate pairings apart from the PK.

If you're that good. Carry your own pairing.

 

[nergish]

Cale and Quinn are honestly in their own tier at this point

 

[acor]

Wings had the #1 and #2 Norris D in '02. But we're smart enough to split them on separate pairings apart from the PK.

If you're that good. Carry your own pairing.

But there are/were examples of two best defenseman on the team playing together... Besides, weren't even Lidstrom and Chelios playing together occasionally? Everything depends on context.

 

[norrisnick]

But there are/were examples of two best defenseman on the team playing together... Plus weren't even Lidstrom and Chelios playing together occasionally?

No. They amusingly were pretty bad together. Mostly because both are defensively minded so they both wanted to do the same thing. They only did the PK together.

 

[GreeningOil]

I don't. Dahlin on Edmonton would be insane. Just like Hughes/Makar/Heiskanen on Edmonton would also be insane. Those guys would be breaking records.

Like Bouchard did for assists in the playoffs?

 

[ChaoticOrange]

And then you wake up

Guy was 5th in Norris voting last year. It’s not at all a stretch to have him as a guy that could win it next year.

 

[Voight]

Evan Bouchard is better defensively than Victor Hedman at this point. Which is to say, not very good, but not abysmal. When Hedman isn't moving well he gets walked left and right.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808126139342131416

No he isn't. Hedman isn't what he was once was, but Bouchard is a tire fire defensively.

 

[Oleksiak]

If you watched the Oilers play last season I'm not sure what part of what I said is unrealistic

He finished top 5 in Norris voting last year and outperformed Hughes and Heiskanen to get to the finals in the playoffs.

He's a terrific player who is going to get better and he has a solid and consistent partner in Ekholm

He still has not learned how to play like an NHLer in his own zone. He's absolute real trash and realistically needs to go back to the AHL to in learn how to play his position.

 

[Machinehead]

Its his first and only year so far where he's been this good so I think its fine to think Bouchard isn't a sure thing compared to a lot of other defenseman who've shown their stuff for years.

I mean I'm sure Makar has always been at the top of these lists every year but even he has up and down years.

Well, this is actually a fair argument.

 

[GreeningOil]

No he isn't. Hedman isn't what he was once was, but Bouchard is a tire fire defensively.

Lmao Bouchard is absolutely not a tire fire. Neither is Hedman.

 

[KlefDown]

He still has not learned how to play like an NHLer in his own zone. He's absolute real trash and realistically needs to go back to the AHL to in learn how to play his position.

seeing your post history and opinion in every Bouchard conversation, im convinced he stole your girl on a night out in Vancouver or something

cry more

 

[HanSolo]

Fox
Makar
Hughes
Josi
Heiskanen
McAvoy
Dahlin
Bouchard
Morrissey
Slavin

 

[snag]

He still has not learned how to play like an NHLer in his own zone. He's absolute real trash and realistically needs to go back to the AHL to in learn how to play his position.

ROFL.

There are worse defensemen out there we never talk about in such ways that put up far less offensive numbers.

I really look forward to your 180 on Desharnais. (And ftr....I really likes Desharnais)

Edmonton Oilers (P2) vs LA Kings (P3) | LAK lead 1-0

Right the guy who has never been in a single hockey fight as an adult is gonna rock RNH who has won multiple fights in the NHL. Anderson is soft as f*** and can't even out muscle the Nuge. Can only tackle a guy (we'll call it that to make you guys happy) from behind who is already wrestling with...

forums.hfboards.com

 

[Phrasing]

1. Fox
2. Makar
3. Josi
4. Dahlin
5. Hughes
6. Heiskanen
7. McAvoy
8. Bouchard
9. Toews
10. Morrissey

Someone wants a participation medal.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Honestly this is my top 10 with a little bit of swaps.

1. Makar
2 - Hughes
3 - Josi
4 - Fox
5 - Dahlin
6 - Heiskanen
7 - McAvoy
8 - Slavin
9 - Morrissey
10 - Bouchard

HM - Karlsson, Hedman, Sergachev, Dobson, and Seider

About damn time the 2023 Norris winner made a list! HM? Not good enough.

 

[TheOrangeDesk]

Ah, Mr laugher, shooting is your metric? Or it doesn’t matter, just include Hughes? (Who should be, just weird your response to my question)

Dude fix your grammar please. I think you are trying to ask why obly care about shooting with hughes?
Because last year at 5on5 Canucks shot over 12% with hughes on the ice . 4th highest in league and that's not happening again. Hope my reasonable response doesn't upset you too much

 

[TheOrangeDesk]

He still has not learned how to play like an NHLer in his own zone. He's absolute real trash and realistically needs to go back to the AHL to in learn how to play his position.

You're the one who thinks bouchard is an echler right? So glad to have your input here

 

[Nucks2001]

If we’re going PURELY OFF offence then:
1. Makar
2. Hughes
3. Josi
4. Fox
5. Dahlin
6. Hedman
7. Morrisey
8. Heiskanen
9. Theodore
10. Dobson

 

[Laus723]

Dude fix your grammar please. I think you are trying to ask why obly care about shooting with hughes?
Because last year at 5on5 Canucks shot over 12% with hughes on the ice . 4th highest in league and that's not happening again. Hope my reasonable response doesn't upset you too much

Always funny when someone on a forum offers grammatical or spelling advice, especially when they don’t edit their own post.

You laughed at my post that had a question, it’s not hard to figure out the post you quoted what I was asking. You even answered it.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

You don't know puck if you don't have Evan Bouchard as a top10 dman entering next season.

He bitched Norris boy Quinn Hughes in the Canucks series

 

[Maurice of Orange]

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?

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.

I watch and read as much hockey as possible doesn’t matter what team or league, it’s easy to stream any game from around the world plus I don’t sleep much so I spent night watching games overseas or replays from earlier games, hockey is basically the only thing I watch.

 

[UnSandvich]

NOT IN ORDER WITHIN TIER
(and probably not 10)

Tier 1:
Fox
Makar
Hughes

Tier 2:
McAvoy
Josi
Heiskanen
Bouchard

Tier 3:
Toews
Morrissey
Dahlin
Dobson
Slavin
Faber
Sanderson
Forsling
Doughty