What is this?
You're building a team. You're given the option to choose any of these trio of defenseman to build your core around.
Who do you go for? (ignore cap hit for this exercise)
Criteria:
2007 Draftees and beyond (let me know if any the prospects on any team's lists is wrong or someone is more deserving)
- - - Previously Voted Top Trios:
1.) St.Louis: Alex Pietrangelo, Kevin Shattenkirk, Ian Cole
2.) Ottawa: Erik Karlsson, Jared Cowen, Cody Ceci
3.) Phoenix: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Brandon Gormley, David Rundblad
4.) Washington: John Carlson, Karl Alzner, Dmitri Orlov
5.) LA: Drew Doughty, Slava Voynov, Derek Forbort
6.) NYR: Ryan McDonagh, Michael Del Zotto, Dylan McIlrath
7.) Florida: Dmitri Kulikov, Erik Gudbranson, Alex Petrovic
Subban is already a number one and currently the best Dman left on any list and Tinordi and Beaulieu are both former first rounders who are developing well.
Edmonton and Montreal probably have the best two players out of all the choices (Subban and Shultz obviously). However, I like the depth of the three Toronto players over the 2 and 3 on the Oilers and Habs.
Buffalo mostly because 1) Myers -- IMO the highest overall ceiling of any single player still on this list (and amongst the more proven players along with Subban and Hedman), but also because 2) Pysyk/McNabb aren't slouches either. That tandem could be Buffalo's 2nd pairing in a few years. Nice mixture of skill and grit between them.
Buffalo mostly because 1) Myers -- IMO the highest overall ceiling of any single player still on this list (and amongst the more proven players along with Subban and Hedman), but also because 2) Pysyk/McNabb aren't slouches either. That tandem could be Buffalo's 2nd pairing in a few years. Nice mixture of skill and grit between them.
It's hard to say if Cal de Haan with have a NHL future period. He has injured both shoulders and shoulders tend to get worse the more you injure them. I would say substitute de Haan with Matt Donovan. Donovan is an offensive defenseman in the mold of Christian Ehrhoff. He is a good skater with a booming slapshot and is not afraid to use the body. Isles fan expect him to be a #3 or #4 with the ability to run the first PP unit. Combine that with the development of Hamonic who has established himself as a legit shutdown defenseman capable of playing top pairing minutes and Griffin Reinhart who can develop into a true #1 or at worst a top four defenseman and I'd say we have a pretty nice trio to build around. Not the best, but very respectable.
I know we are talking about trios, but we have some impressive defensemen in the prospect pipeline. Scott Mayfield is a right handed defenseman who throws out big hits, Andrey Pedan is a tough Russian who is capable of putting up points, and Adam Pelech is developing into a two way defenseman who has some leadership and is looking like a steal from the 3rd round in the 2012 draft. He was recently invited to Canada's tryout for the WJC. Both Mayfield and Pedan are 6'4" and Pelech is 6'2". I haven't even touched on some ouf our impressive puck moving defensemen prospects.
Habs for sure, the odds that anyone else on the board becomes as good as Subban is just way too low. People are putting too much stock in potential, although it's nice to dream of Gardiner or Rielly becoming better than an already great Subban the odds of that actually happen are about as good as Toronto winning the cup this year.
It's hard to say if Cal de Haan with have a NHL future period. He has injured both shoulders and shoulders tend to get worse the more you injure them. I would say substitute de Haan with Matt Donovan. Donovan is an offensive defenseman in the mold of Christian Ehrhoff. He is a good skater with a booming slapshot and is not afraid to use the body. Isles fan expect him to be a #3 or #4 with the ability to run the first PP unit. Combine that with the development of Hamonic who has established himself as a legit shutdown defenseman capable of playing top pairing minutes and Griffin Reinhart who can develop into a true #1 or at worst a top four defenseman and I'd say we have a pretty nice trio to build around. Not the best, but very respectable.
I know we are talking about trios, but we have some impressive defensemen in the prospect pipeline. Scott Mayfield is a right handed defenseman who throws out big hits, Andrey Pedan is a tough Russian who is capable of putting up points, and Adam Pelech is developing into a two way defenseman who has some leadership and is looking like a steal from the 3rd round in the 2012 draft. He was recently invited to Canada's tryout for the WJC. Both Mayfield and Pedan are 6'4" and Pelech is 6'2". I haven't even touched on some ouf our impressive puck moving defensemen prospects.
Show off!
I'll be sure to make the change next poll.
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Originally Posted by Trillmike
You left Dallas out of the poll. Just saying.
Dallas, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Calgary, Boston, San Jose are all missing right now. They'll be added in the upcoming polls.
Habs for sure, the odds that anyone else on the board becomes as good as Subban is just way too low. People are putting too much stock in potential, although it's nice to dream of Gardiner or Rielly becoming better than an already great Subban the odds of that actually happen are about as good as Toronto winning the cup this year.
Pk Subban had 36 points last year, Jake Gardiner got 30 in his rookie year. I don't know how you measure greatness, but it might need some adjustments. I don't even need to bring Rielly into the equation.
Anyway, I really like Anaheim but the Islanders could end up being really good
Bogosian is better than most (but maybe not all) of the top ones here.
Trouba is a beast of a prospect.
And Postma is as proven as an offensive prospect can get without playing the NHL (AHL All-Star, great pre-season last year, etc. etc.)
