Another underrated one that hasn't quite had the opportunity to shine yet because of injury, also on the Avalanche, is Bowen Byram. Kid's got a lot of hidden potential and I'd love to see him shine this next season if he can keep healthy.
I mean come on…. I like Toews and Heiskanen too…. but Hedman needs to be mentioned ahead of them, especially if you are looking for complete defensemen.
This is where it gets interesting, because it depends on your criteria….Chelios looks for a more intelligent, physical, defensive defenseman (which I think is the proper and traditional definition of a defenceman), but players like Karlsson, Heiskanen, Fox and Makar all are famous for their offensive upside. It isn't nessecarily a bad thing, however simply looking at defensive ability I'd go with Grzelcyk, Towes, Martinez, McAvoy and Carlo with a serious mention to Spurgeon for his underrated defensive play despite the tapering of his offense since his early years.
Shout-out to McAvoy and Brodin too. McAvoy gets overshadowed by the rest of the Bs, but he's a quality top line guy. I forget who was answering the question, but some head coach said that Brodin is the guy he'd pick to defend McDavid, which automatically makes a defensemen very good in my book
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Josh Morrissey
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Another underrated one that hasn't quite had the opportunity to shine yet because of injury, also on the Avalanche, is Bowen Byram. Kid's got a lot of hidden potential and I'd love to see him shine this next season if he can keep healthy.
I mean come on…. I like Toews and Heiskanen too…. but Hedman needs to be mentioned ahead of them, especially if you are looking for complete defensemen.
Dahlin
Fox got waxed in the playoffs.
Future watch : Luke Hughes
With the support of a very talented roster, with other good Dmen, the other Hughes could be a Calder win waiting to happen.
As a islanders fan it hurts we traded away toews
Hedman should be on everyone's list.
Kris Letang?
No Quinn Hughs? If he got on a half decent team he could be in the conversation for the Norris in a year or two.
Wow no one from the canes? 😢
One of the most underrated defensive defenseman in my opinion would be John Marino
Hedman?
No Hedman? Also, 1-2 more years until Seider is on that list
Makar, Hedman,McAvoy, Toews, Josi
Good to see devon toews getting appreciated!
can these guys say anything other than "yeah yup" such yes-men
Brock Faber. All day
Slavin should 100% be in every top 5 list, cause if not, you're plain wrong. People care WAY too much about offensive dmen these days.
1)Makar 2)Fox 3)Karlsson (you have to he just put up 100 fucking points) 4)Dahlin 5)Heiskanen 6) If not Karlsson, I’ll put McAvoy at 5.
Hearing him compare Toews to Lidstrom is awesome
Alec Martinez gets mentioned but not Victor Hedman or Charlie McAvoy?
This is where it gets interesting, because it depends on your criteria….Chelios looks for a more intelligent, physical, defensive defenseman (which I think is the proper and traditional definition of a defenceman), but players like Karlsson, Heiskanen, Fox and Makar all are famous for their offensive upside. It isn't nessecarily a bad thing, however simply looking at defensive ability I'd go with Grzelcyk, Towes, Martinez, McAvoy and Carlo with a serious mention to Spurgeon for his underrated defensive play despite the tapering of his offense since his early years.
You Know,. back in the day,. Chelios was a great defenseman himself.. True That!
Didn’t know Christian Slater does hockey interviews. 🤔
Hedman?? No?
Mo seider
How would Chelios know? It's not like he had a lot of experience in the NHL or anything…
Prime Karlsson was absolutely a two way dman
I played NHL hockey EA sports for 35 years and Chelios was in every one of them.
Slavin?????? 😂
I was ready to shit all over Chelios if he didn’t say Heiskanen. But my man came
through!
But LeTang has 3 Cups 😊
Eh, makar’s got that Bobby Orr fourth forward thing going on though
So Quinn Hughs? Ridiculous
Shout-out to McAvoy and Brodin too. McAvoy gets overshadowed by the rest of the Bs, but he's a quality top line guy. I forget who was answering the question, but some head coach said that Brodin is the guy he'd pick to defend McDavid, which automatically makes a defensemen very good in my book
Slavo stays underrated
Dahlin and Mcavoy 😢
Adam fox will be a big part of my rangers winning another cup if they make it there
Hedman MVP Playoffs 2020 top defenseman and top 10 in points during playoffs 2020 and 2021.
mortiz
What about McAvoy you dummy.