That stat literally has 5 Buffalo dmen in the top 81 in the NHL.
As a comparable a more inferior defensive team the LA Kings only has 3 dmen in the top 81. And the Blackhawks manage to survive having the 109th and 125th best dmen in the NHL in Keith and Seabrook although they may be able to trade those two straight up to the Hurricanes for Ron Hainsey (#7 in the NHL) and Brett Belemore (#30 in the NHL).
I sure hope the fancy advance stats guys have better stats to use than these Corsi/Fenwick ones because I have yet to see a version of these stats that actually correlates with what a consensus top NHL dman list would look like.
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