Here's a list by NHL.com at the start of the season for the top 14 defenseman.
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As difficult as it is to rank defenseman, the NHL.com voting of the final 14 was nearly unanimous, even if the order was not. There were just three defensemen who received a vote but did not make the final list.
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1.Doughty
2.Weber
3.Chara
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9.Giordano
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12. Ekman-Larsson
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Maybe not the perfect list (wouldn't have Chara so high right now), but still a decent list to demonstrate how highly Ekman-Larsson is touted. In my opinion, he's well above Brodie's level and that's not an insult at all to Brodie.