McQuaid has spent a lot of time with Torey Krug in recent years, and it’s an interesting pairing because both players are specialists, just at opposite ends of the ice. Barrie is only 24 years old and has less than 200 games of NHL experience. He’s brilliant at the defensive blue line, and there’s no drop-off as he backs into his own zone. Zidlicky may be 38, but he proved last season that he could still help an NHL team.
Today, we shift our focus just a little bit forward, taking in the game’s 75 best right-side defencemen. This may be a mistake because no Senators penalty-killer has been on the ice for fewer shots or chances against per minute than Karlsson. Defensive Play: 22/45; Offensive Play: 14/35; Transition Play: 10/20. NHL.com is the official web site of the National Hockey League. He had one other 40 goal season in 1983-84, and to this day is the only defenceman to score over 40 goals twice in his career.
Unsurprisingly, Barrie plays a relatively strong transition game. We aren’t wild about his work in the neutral zone, but with that exception, there’s a lot to like about this player. Defensive Play: 21/45; Offensive Play: 23/35; Transition Play: 11/20. He’s always been a good scorer at five-on-five, and the fact that he was able to shift to right wing for two seasons without missing a beat says a lot about his abilities in that department. On the whole, he looks good but not great in this category. In 64 games last season, Klingberg had 45 points (10 goals, 35 assists), 20 power-play points and five game-winning goals. Defensive Play: 22/45; Offensive Play: 17/35; Transition Play: 11/20. It’s pretty hard to ignore 40 points from a first-year defenceman in just 65 games, though the NHL’s Calder voters tried pretty hard. He still has fine points in both the offensive and defensive zones to figure out, but given that he just turned 21, that’s par for the course. Pittsburgh’s chances-against figures when he’s on the ice aren’t great either despite the amount of time he spends in the offensive zone. Karlsson is one of the game’s better defencemen in the neutral zone too. Defensive Play: 26/45; Offensive Play: 10/35; Transition Play: 8/20. His five-on-five offence has deteriorated, and he gets by in the defensive zone through intelligence and experience, though eventually, he won’t be able to do that any longer, either.
The data we have makes a case for him as an elite puck-carrying defencemen; he carries the puck in on nearly half of his zone entries, which is an elite number for an NHL defenceman. They say defense wins championships and defense also wins hockey bets. His 25:04 of ice time per game was the highest average of his NHL career. All Rights Reserved. "He brings a lot of different elements, his game has grown tremendously," Daneyko said. Burns has 50 points (15 goals, 35 assists) in 60 Stanley Cup Playoff games since 2015-16 to lead defensemen in that span. It’s debatable whether he’s a legitimate top-four defenceman at this point. In fairness, though, those are coaching decisions, and Shattenkirk has actually fared pretty well by most defensive metrics. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. He isn’t forced to take penalties after being caught out of position in the defensive zone either. The 39-year-old Boyle is rapidly approaching the end of the line, but he still has some tricks left.
Stuart is better than 1,000 games into an NHL career that has seen him roam all over, and he’s getting close to the end of the line. Defensive Play: 20/45; Offensive Play: 17/35; Transition Play: 11/20. He never contributed much north of the red line, and these days he does less, while his work defensively at evens and on the penalty kill has started to decay. We recently introduced a new project, the NHL 500, by looking at the game’s top 50 goaltenders. To some extent, the same can be said about defensemen. Finally, Corey Sznajder’s incredible work manually tracking zone entries and zone entry defence was the primary source for information in that area. He’s only 22 years old and has plenty of time to evolve into a top-pairing defenceman. The Blues’ conservative style doesn’t allow for a lot of puck-rushing by the defence, but Pietrangelo still manages to find moments where he can carry the puck into the offensive end of the rink, and on a more wide-open club he’d doubtless do more. Twelve goals in just 47 games marks a career high in that category, one which may not be indicative of future results. But it’s not his primary calling card.
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