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04-12-2009, 05:32 PM #1
Top Ten Defenseman in NHL history..........
Updated 2012-09-15... Total of 111 feedbacks !
All-Time Best Defensemen ranking in NHL History
I’m asking your feedback on this. Orr or Bourque ? Chelios before Stevens ? Park or Potvin ? Lidstrom or Coffey ? Harvey or Shore ? and Robinson ? And which player actually in the NHL with 10 years less be the next ? You’ll find a list below of 20+ players that can belong to the top 10. Rank them and send me your selection. Hope i have not omitted some great player………if i did, tell me. This ranking will stay on going on my WEB site.
For some players or infos, you may need to go onto the NHL HOF web site (link below)
http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsPlayersByPosition.jsp?pos=D
Select the top 10 players. Then, i give scores as below:
#1 gets 20 pts, #2 gets 17 pts, #3 gets 15 pts, #4 gets 12 pts, #5 gets 9 pts, #6 gets 7 pts, #7 gets 5 pts, #4 gets 3 pts, #9 gets 2 pts, #10 gets # 1 pt.
NEW RULE added 2010 - And if he played before the 50s, gets 1.5x bonus points. 1950-1970 gets 1.3X, 1970-1990 gets 1.1X. 1990 over gets 1.0X
Actual ranking is.............
#1 Bobby Orr - 2387pts - 97% votes
#2 Ray Bourque - 1594 - 98%
#3 Nicklas Lidstrom - 1035 - 93%
#4 Doug Harvey - 1005 - 70%
#5 Larry Robinson - 722 - 79%
#6 Paul Coffey - 568 - 68%
#7 Denis Potvin - 535 - 71%
#8 Eddie Shore - 492 - 47%
#9 Scott Stevens - 403 - 55%
#10 Al MacInnis - 204 - 39%
Others in line..........Leetch, Horton, Niedermeyer, Chelios, Park, Pronger, Salming, Kelly, Savard, Blake, Konstantinov, Housley, Doughty, Butch Bouchard, Weber, Murphy, Day, Langway, Clancy, Beliveau, Markov, Chara, Letang, Lapointe, Pilote, Wilson, Staal, Johnson, Phaneuf, Byfuglien, PBuchard, MHowe, Samuelsson, Green, Kaspariatis, Desjardins, Lowe, Fetisov, Howell, Stanley, Boyle, Subban, Griffis, Laperriere, Stapelton, Hajt, Beukeboom, McSorley, Volchenkov...
Thanks ! Norm !Last edited by normopc; 09-15-2012 at 05:47 PM. Reason: Ranking Update
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04-12-2009, 07:19 PM #2
1: Orr
2: Bourque
3: Harvey
4: Coffey
5:Bouchard
6: Shore
7: Savard
8:MacInnis
9:Robinson
10: Lidstrom
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04-12-2009, 07:28 PM #3
I like this list but I would insert Scott Stevens in where coffee is. Coffee was nothing more than a forward who faced off in the defensive position.
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04-12-2009, 07:43 PM #4
Bobby Orr
Al MacInnis
Raymond Bourque
Scott Stevens
Eddie Shore
Denis Potvin
Chris Chelios
Nicklas Lidstrom
Red Kelly
Brian Leetch
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04-12-2009, 08:33 PM #5
Hey............great, keep going ! I'll keep juicy comments for my WEB site !
Many Thanks ! Norm !
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04-12-2009, 08:54 PM #6
Can we just add Drew Doughty to the list now?
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04-12-2009, 09:39 PM #7
rory mcdonald is the best defenseman ever!!!
I COLLECT HIGH END TRUE AUTO RCS OF LEBRON JAMES, GIANNIS, TOM BRADY, CONNOR MCDAVID & SIDNEY CROSBY.
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04-12-2009, 10:27 PM #8
1. Lidstrom
2.Orr
3.Bourque
4.Robinson
5.Potvin
6.Stevens
7.Chelios
8. MacInnis
9.Shore
10. Harvey
I had to do some reading on some of these guys. The list could probably shift around but the top 3 are solid.
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04-13-2009, 09:22 AM #9
#1 Bobby Orr
#2 Doug Harvey
#3 Raymond Bourque
#4 Brad Park
#5 Nicklas Lidstrom
#6 Larry Robinson
#7 Paul Coffey
#8 WRITE IN: Chris Pronger
#9 Denis Potvin
#10 Scott Stevens
I'll be the first to say you forgot someone. Chris Pronger.
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04-13-2009, 09:51 AM #10
Rob Blake is a glaring omission as well.Last edited by Prime B; 04-13-2009 at 10:00 AM.
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