Top 5 defensemen for '08'09

RoyceDa59 · Post #1 » by **RoyceDa59** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:35 pm

Who do you think are the top 5 d-man coming into this season?

1. Nicklas Lidstrom
2. Dion Phaneuf
3. Zdeno Chara
4. Sergei Gonchar
5. Mike Green

Post #2 » by **Snayr** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:00 pm

1. Lidstrom
2. Phaneuf
3. Chara
4. Markov
5. Komisarek/Pronger

Post #3 » by **ajaX82** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:44 am

Lidstrom

The Rest

Post #4 » by **timd1218** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:53 am

Brooks Orpik

Everyone else.

RoboNerd · Post #5 » by **RoboNerd** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:13 pm

This year, the question is more like: which defensemen can stay healthy?

But I think Lubomir Visnovsky will be in that top five, now that he's been moved to a team that will give him far better scoring chances.

sh00n · Post #6 » by **sh00n** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:33 am

Lidstrom
Phaneuf
Chara
Markov
Komisarek

Post #7 » by **Snayr** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:56 am

sh00n wrote:Lidstrom
Phaneuf
Chara
Markov
Komisarek

I like your style

sh00n · Post #8 » by **sh00n** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:14 am

Griff83 · Post #9 » by **Griff83** » Thu Oct 2, 2008 5:35 am

Dan Boyle is going to be a beast this year on that powerplay. He has a good shot at being one of the 5 best this season.

Braydon Coburn will be the young defencemen to break out.

Post #10 » by **Nolan** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:34 pm

1. Lidstrom
2. Phaneuf
3. Chara
4. Markov
5. Weber/Green

Post #11 » by **Crowned** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:48 pm

He may not be good enough to be on this list, but Braydon Cobourn will catch a lot of attention this year. He'll be considered an elite defenseman very shortly.

Post #12 » by **timd1218** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:59 pm

Crowned wrote:He may not be good enough to be on this list, but Braydon Cobourn will catch a lot of attention this year. He'll be considered an elite defenseman very shortly.

From the way the announcers on Versus were talking about how the Flyers would have beat the Pens last year in the playoffs had he been healthy, he is the second coming of Bobby Orr.

Post #13 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:05 am

Kuba has been impressive since coming to the Sens. Not top #5 impressive, but he's been wonderful on the PP and set an NHL record for consecutive assist games to start a season.

Post #14 » by **timd1218** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:02 am

BigSlam wrote:Kuba has been impressive since coming to the Sens. Not top #5 impressive, but he's been wonderful on the PP and set an NHL record for consecutive assist games to start a season.

Gretzky and another player hold the record so far at 12 consecutive games with an assist.

Post #15 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:20 pm

timd1218 wrote:
BigSlam wrote:Kuba has been impressive since coming to the Sens. Not top #5 impressive, but he's been wonderful on the PP and set an NHL record for consecutive assist games to start a season.

Gretzky and another player hold the record so far at 12 consecutive games with an assist.

Maybe consecutive DURING the season, but not to START the season.

He over took Park from the Bruins who had held the record since '81