Karlsson vs. Doughty vs. Pietrangelo (without a twist)
 

Pick these top 3 stars in order of who is the best defenceman?

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Went PKD. I thought Pietrangelo was the best defenseman last season, and I'm not particularly high on Doughty after 1.5 seasons of below expectations to adequate play after a beastly 09-10. His playoffs, however, were very, very good, and it'll be interesting to see if the two guys ahead of him suffer similar regressions after clearly their best seasons.

Future or now?

"Who is the best defenceman?"

I didn't want to get into a "who is projected to be the best defenceman" discussion.

But if people feel that strongly about it, I'm guessing they'll vote that way anyway.

KPD. Right now it's Karlason. Won the Norris while the other two weren't even finalists. In the future I'll stick with Karlason and I think Pietrangelo will be better than Doughty.

Went with Drew>Alex>Erik but it wouldn't completely surprise me if Pietrangelo becomes the best defenseman down the road. Karlsson would have to score 120 points for me to overlook his defensive deficiencies and consider him the best.

I don't like this.

The options make too much sense.

Chose option 1.

It would take that many points? :shakehead

This is next level ridiculous right here.

1. Pietrangelo
2. Doughty
3. Karlsson

I'd rank them that way for right now and for the future.

KPD for me.

1) Doughty

2) Pietrangelo

3) Karlsson

This, although in the future I could see a 1a/1b sorta thing with Doughty and Pietrangelo

Pietrangelo
Karlsson/Doughty

PKD. I think Petro is the most well-rounded and will be the best.

I have to say, this is very surprising coming from a Philly fan considering Karlsson's stat line last year against the Flyers was as follows:

GP 4
G 2
A 5
P 7
+5

Especially considering Philly outscored Ottawa 17-13 in those games and won 2 of the 4 games.

How bad could he possibly have been in the other non-Philly games you watched him that would make you feel this way?:laugh:

Doughty.

Karlsson and Pietrangelo had better regular seasons, but Drew has shown elite level skills on the worlds biggest stage (Stanley Cup finals & Olympics).

The correct answer is Piet-Doughty-Karlsson

The question ask "Who is the best defenseman"

One would have to kill penalties to be the best defenseman would he not?

Karlsson-Doughty-Pietrangelo.

The real official correct answer is Karlsson-Pie-Doughty

Karlsson
Pietrangelo
Doughty

KPD, in the future it will be the same, but K and P will be more ahead of D

It has nothing to do with Karlsson being bad. I know that he's a great player. I just think Doughty and Pietrangelo are more well rounded, better players.

So Kuba is a better defenseman than Karlsson? News to me!

Karlsson
Pietrangelo
Doughty

If you fail at reading comprehension yes, but if you have some sort of common sense no.

Doughty-Pietrangelo-Karlsson