How long til we see another 1,000 point d-man??

[Shappy30]

With Lidstrom gone. I was doing a search while looking at some cards. It looks like we won't be seeing another defenceman score 1,000 points in a season for a while unless they have a Gretzky-type year.
Here's the top 30 active


Player Team Pos 1st NHL Season Last NHL Season GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW GT OT Shots
1-30 of 306 results. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7-11 | Next | Last
1 Sergei Gonchar OTT D 1994-1995 2011-2012 1,132 214 534 748 +35 917 99 2 31 2 3 2,646
2 Chris Pronger PHI D 1993-1994 2011-2012 1,167 157 541 698 +183 1,590 83 2 27 3 5 2,610
3 Roman Hamrlik WSH D 1992-1993 2011-2012 1,379 155 482 637 -45 1,400 62 5 23 5 4 2,981
4 Tomas Kaberle MTL D 1998-1999 2011-2012 974 87 473 560 +13 260 32 1 16 2 7 1,455
5 Kimmo Timonen PHI D 1998-1999 2011-2012 970 106 401 507 +30 584 57 6 12 0 1 1,705
6 Dan Boyle SJS D 1998-1999 2011-2012 833 125 380 505 -18 584 55 1 25 2 5 1,769
7 Ed Jovanovski FLA D 1995-1996 2011-2012 1,085 136 358 494 -76 1,452 57 2 26 6 5 2,143
8 Zdeno Chara BOS D 1997-1998 2011-2012 1,007 137 322 459 +149 1,471 73 6 20 3 3 2,223
9 Lubomir Visnovsky NYI D 2000-2001 2011-2012 771 117 333 450 +32 335 47 0 18 0 3 1,344
10 Wade Redden NYR D 1996-1997 2009-2010 994 106 344 450 +162 654 53 1 21 3 2 1,777
11 Derek Morris PHX D 1997-1998 2011-2012 1,005 87 309 396 -36 927 38 4 22 3 4 1,879
12 Adrian Aucoin CBJ D 1994-1995 2011-2012 1,072 121 274 395 +54 777 57 2 18 2 4 2,063
13 Andrei Markov MTL D 2000-2001 2011-2012 636 81 288 369 +27 365 41 2 13 0 1 1,067
14 Brian Campbell FLA D 1999-2000 2011-2012 708 58 307 365 +44 173 21 0 11 0 1 975
15 Mattias Ohlund TBL D 1997-1998 2010-2011 909 93 250 343 -6 885 36 5 19 1 6 1,644
16 Tom Poti WSH D 1998-1999 2010-2011 808 69 256 325 +46 584 29 1 19 0 5 1,253
17 Filip Kuba FLA D 1998-1999 2011-2012 792 69 254 323 -38 337 29 5 15 1 4 1,149
18 Dion Phaneuf TOR D 2005-2006 2011-2012 552 97 215 312 +5 736 58 1 24 0 4 1,629
19 Marek Zidlicky NJD D 2003-2004 2011-2012 570 62 244 306 -45 506 44 0 13 0 1 878
20 Sami Salo TBL D 1998-1999 2011-2012 761 93 212 305 +114 252 55 1 24 1 7 1,452
21 Brad Stuart SJS D 1999-2000 2011-2012 876 74 231 305 +6 489 29 2 18 1 4 1,379
22 John-Michael Liles TOR D 2003-2004 2011-2012 589 75 227 302 -30 238 37 0 9 2 2 1,071
23 Jay Bouwmeester CGY D 2002-2003 2011-2012 717 65 220 285 -54 447 22 0 7 2 0 1,280
24 Sheldon Souray ANA D 1997-1998 2011-2012 714 102 181 283 -41 1,093 49 5 19 1 3 1,690
25 Joe Corvo CAR D 2002-2003 2011-2012 643 83 200 283 +35 217 37 2 19 0 3 1,422
26 Duncan Keith CHI D 2005-2006 2011-2012 560 56 226 282 +87 386 11 5 4 0 1 1,125
27 Joni Pitkanen CAR D 2003-2004 2011-2012 513 56 217 273 -10 472 18 1 13 0 4 1,003
28 Shea Weber NSH D 2005-2006 2011-2012 480 99 164 263 +44 369 46 4 16 0 4 1,307
29 Mark Streit NYI D 2005-2006 2011-2012 443 59 202 261 -39 226 33 2 8 0 2 805
30 Michal Rozsival CHI D 1999-2000 2011-2012 756 64 196 260 +58 589 28 2 17 0 2 890


Only 3 I see hitting the number
Visnovsky, Phaneuf and Weber.... I see it not for another 7-8 years, but WOW what a run the D-men had, as we normally had 1 defenceman hit the 1,000 plateau each year for the past 10 years

[centrehice]

It will be some time....

This is what Irks me about Hockey. Phil Housley was the first American Born player to get 1,000 Points, and yet he sits outside the Hall of Fame like a Homeless person.

Housley puts Gonchar to shame.

[Shappy30]

Well he's up there on games played along with many of them, 7 of the 30 have over a 1,000 GP which knocks them off instantly

[jagrnyr68]

i'd say Karlsson could do it if he continues producing. already has 149 points in 216 games and still only 22....but yea that won't be for awhile

[Zuback]

Karlsson.

[xelloss1012]

Highly doubtful that Karlsson would pull that off as defensemen are more prone to offensive consistency. Also, by the time any blueliner even got close to 1000 points, they would likely have a silver stick (for 1000+ games) first before that comes close to happening. At an average a point per game (based on an 82-game schedule), it would take Karlsson the better part of next 11 seasons to have a chance of making that (and that's taking into consideration his 149 career points) and that he does not suffer any major injuries.

Most of the defensemen that have pulled off 1000 career points have played 20+ seasons in the NHL. All (except Lidstrom) of the 1000+ blueliners have played at some point during the run-and-gun time of the 80's. Considering the Art Ross winners of current rarely break 130 points a season (which has not happened since 95-96), the best offensive blueliner on average has half that tally each season.

[30ranfordfan]

If Karlsson keeps up the pace he set last year, he'll have a shot. I just find it hard to believe that he'll be able to play near a PPG for 10+ years.

1000 point dmen is very unlikely these days. Scoring isn't high enough, defenseman typically don't play a "4th forward" model for more than a few shifts a game (rather than building a career off it.... like a Paul Coffey) and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of consistancy from that position, in terms of high scoring, year after year.