Top Ten Defenseman in NHL history..........

[normopc]

15 feedbacks so far......... and still going !

[oldhasek]

Maybe:
1. Bobby Orr 135 pts in 1 season!
2. Big Bird Robinson (+/- +120)
3. Ray Bourque
4. Nicklas Lidstrom, not the flashy player, but he gets the job done.
5. Borje Salming aka Scarface
6. Paul Coffey perfect fit to the Oilers run & gun type of play
7. Eddie Shore, he was so nasty that he nearly killed Ace Bailey à la Bertuzzi.
8. Al MacInnis, his slap shot record stood til giant Chara broke it.
9. Old Man Chelios
10. Doug Harvey

So hard to pick 10 among those elite players.

[normopc]

Thanks OldHasek ! Good comments !

Keep going !

Norm !

[normopc]

Updated with ranking. Come on, let's get this going ! Norm !

[zunato]

#1 Bobby Orr
#2 Ray Bourque
#3 Larry Robinson
#4 Doug Harvey
#5 Eddie Shore
#6 Nicklas Lidstrom
#7 Scott Stevens
#8 Chris Chelios
#9 Denis Potvin
#10 Tim Horton

[normopc]

Thanks Zunato. Harvey gets back in 3rd place with this vote. Appreciated. ! Norm !

[zunato]

i was going to write in enricco ciccone, but I don't think he would have got that many votes. lol

[normopc]

Hmmm.... Enrico Ciccone !!! Now playing with the Legends here in Quebec. Gives a good show when playing against kids in special events. Thanks !

And the survey keeps going !

[Prime B]

PrimeB - Put the ranking and have Blake included.

Where?

[gregmal05]

I think Stevens is hard to rank because he was IMO the best shut down defenseman ever, yet to do so had to give up the opportunity to be great offensively, which he was for the first half of his career. All the other guys normally listed are more so remembered for the offensive contributions. Thats said, I'd put them like this:

1. Orr
2. Robinson
3. Stevens
4. Harvey
5. Bourque
6. Potvin (poor man's Bobby Orr)
7. Leetch
8. Eddie Shore (obviously never saw him play, but he's gotta be somewhere in the top 10)
9. Lidstrom
10. Red Kelly