What about this stat, OTT has given up 186 goals against to lead the league. No way the best defenseman in the league plays on the worst defensive team in the league, especially when they have better goaltending than we do!
Karlsson is insane offensively. He's also not amazing defensively. To some of us that means he can never be one of the best defensemen in the league, cause he doesn't defend at a high level and the position is as much or moreso about preventing goals. He's not really a defenseman anyways, he's an offenseman
I'll take Doughty every day of the week over Karlsson if we're trying to actually win the Cup or the Gold Medal. If you wanna lose 6-5 then Karlsson is your man.