It’s often said that “Defence wins Chamionships”, so today we’re looking at how the Ottawa Senators defensemen stack up against the rest of the Atlantic Division!
Brandon Piller and Ross Levitan have already covered the forwards, but could the Sens top position of strength be defensively? We rank all 8 division teams top six depth, showing the new system we use to justify our list. And we look at who the top ten d-men are overall!
0:00 Intro: Ranking Atlantic Division defensemen
5:09 Ottawa Senators’ improved defensive core
11:09 Ranking methodology and bottom teams
26:22 Ottawa Senators defence ranking
34:53 Top 10 individual defensemen in division
40:44 Preview of upcoming goalie rankings episode
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21 Comments
Let's do THIS !!!!!!!
Keep Thompson away from the NHL
I am sure fans will find another whipping boy.
Defense wins playoff series
Noah Dobson is much much better than Chris tanev and Ryan McDonough
FLA defence being wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overvalued.
That Leafs D blows
No disagreement with the team placement, but it's not just Seider and Edvinsson, Albert Johansson played well as a rookie and he's in the same tier as Kleven who you guys gave credit for.
I had the exact same order sorted out in my head. I will say Sanderson is better than Hedman at this point, accounting for age. Hedman has been a superstar forever, but I still think that next year Jake the Snake will be significanty better than Hedman.
Tanev absorbs hits, check out his how many times he was hit stat. No other D-man in the league has taken more hits. He is a warrior that takes the punishment and still comes up with the puck and snuffs out plays to clear pucks to move it out of the zone. He doesn't dish out hits but he is always in the right position.
Obviously. Lot of HAB hate..
Sorry buds! But on potential only..montreal comes in at #2 , behind florida..Sanderson is the only name anyone knows from Ottawa..
I wonder why you didn't just power rank all 48 and add them up that way? Keeps it artificially close doesn't it.
Only other thing I'd say is Zadorov is overrated as a 3rd D. He should be a bottom pair on a good team.
Think you guys are overrating mcdonagh a little bit and maybe ekblad too. Think Dobson, Chabot, tanev are better than those two (mcdonagh at least)
This is just a personal opinion but guys, holy favoritism. Lol
Great Job guys as Panthers fan I enjoyed your show today.
I like the Habs dcore until they have to play defense then it's a big problem. Their 3 best defensemen 2 are offensemen and the other is Dobson who has terrible hockey IQ in the dzone. They got potential but still a lot of maturing needed from a few of their dmen. I'd probably have the Sabres dcore above them going into this season but I'd expect Montreal to end the season as the better dcore if that makes sense
Hedman can play defense but he hasn't very much the past couple seasons his defensive numbers are pretty bad compared to what you might think. Hes slowed down a ton and sacrificed a lot of his defensive game for the offense. I think you guys are a bit high on his overall game
I'd have the defensive cores ranked
Tier 1
Panthers
Senators
Lightning
Tier 2
Maple Leafs
Sabres
Canadiens
Tier 3
Bruins
Tier 4
Red Wings
I think Montreal are ranked proportional to their overall D. It’s going to be interesting how they share those offensive minutes between Hutson, Dobson, and Matheson. Plus where does it put them on the penalty kill and defensive assignments with those three
Seider has been paired with Chiarot so much for a reason. Derek Lalonde and Todd McLellan aren't idiots. Chiarot passes the eye test almost every game. Edvinsson and Johansson are good. Gustafsson can bounce back and be fine on the third pair, and most people are feeling hopeful about JBD.
The Wings' defensive struggles have been as a 5 man unit. They don't get pinned in the defensive zone just because of 2 players. The way people talk about their actual defensemen is ridiculous. They're fine. Not gonna pretend we have the most amazing corps in the league, but it's fine.
I have no idea what metrics you used to benefit your sens..
Way more credible source..
https://youtu.be/Q03AXfWMPSY?si=sJtDELnkDiD70uqC