Which U.S. born defender will be the best?

[DallasStarsfan06]

Who will be the best defender out of this group?

John Blum-(Playing behind Weber/Suter)
Nick Leddy-(Playing behind Keith/Seabrook)
John Carlson-(Top shutdown pair with Alzner)
Zach Bogosian-(Behind Enstrom/Big Buff)
Ryan McDonagh-(Behind Staal/Girardi)

[Kings man 4 life]

John Carlson

[tututooter21]

John Carlson
Blum
Bogosian
Leddy
McDonagh

Last 2 may be switched

[quesosauce]

i still think bogo will be the best, carlson is very solid though

[RoyBoyCoy]

Most certainly John Carlson

Followed by:

Bogo
Blum
Leddy
McDo

[DuckEatinShark]

Carlson
Bogosian
Blum
Leddy
McDonagh

[Inub0i]

Carlson
Blum
Bogosian
Leddy
McDonagh

Edit: What tututooter21 said.

[DallasStarsfan06]

All of these players are very underated, Do you think if any of them are traded, they play top pairing minutes on antoher team?

[Mr Lahey*]

Bogosian
Carlson
Blum
Leddy
McDonagh

[brtriad]

I'm glad no one thinks much of Leddy. Let him fly under the radar. Carlson will end up the best of the group.

[ESH]

Zach Bogosian
John Carlson
Jonathan Blum
Nick Leddy
Ryan McDonagh

[Mr Lahey*]

Originally Posted by brtriad

I'm glad no one thinks much of Leddy. Let him fly under the radar. Carlson will end up the best of the group.

He's not really flying under the radar, he just happens to have 3 solid defenseman above him in this particular group.

Or are you predicting he will be better than Carlson or Bogosian, or Blum?

[Dave Karp]

John Carlson
Zach Bogosian
Jon Blum
Nick Leddy
Ryan McDonagh

[Chicago Made Punk]

Carlson
Leddy
McDonagh
Blum
Bogosian

[SwedeSpeedBackstrom]

Carlson

50 points next year would surprise me, but its very possible.

[tututooter21]

Originally Posted by brtriad

I'm glad no one thinks much of Leddy. Let him fly under the radar. Carlson will end up the best of the group.

I hate it when people do this. Just because he's last doesn't mean he bad?

Look at Kessel, picked last at the All-Star game. Doesn't mean he's a terrible player, in fact he is a great player

[Revelation]

John Carlson.

[Victorious Secret]

Gotta pick my boy Hot Carl outta there.

[Kershaw]

Blum
McDonagh
Carlson
Bogosian
Leddy

[BrooksLaich]

Johnny C. Bogo reminds me of a younger Mike Green tho. Take that for what it is...lol

[Halpysback]

Carlson is pretty far ahead of everyone else in that group right now.

[Aquiace]

Originally Posted by brtriad

I'm glad no one thinks much of Leddy. Let him fly under the radar. Carlson will end up the best of the group.

Is that part of your evil master plan?

[JumpierPegasus]

John Carlson
Zach Bogosian
Jonathan Blum (2 & 3 are very close)
Nick Leddy
Ryan McDonaugh

All will have solid careers though

[ShawnTHW]

I love Carlson as much as any other USA fan for what he did in the gold medal game, and I also love the style he plays (consistent offensive with very good defensive skills as well), but I am in the minority yet again, as I frequently am on HF, saying that I think Blum will end up being the best.

[Hardyvan123]

Originally Posted by tututooter21

John Carlson
Blum
Bogosian
Leddy
McDonagh

Last 2 may be switched

This is how I rate them as well although I think Leddy will be better than McDonagh and might be the biggest surprise in this group of players.