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Originally Posted by Love
Karlsson
Hedman
Doughty
Burns
Keith
Giordano
Subban
OEL
Pietrangelo
then some order of: Letang/Suter/McDonaugh/Weber
imo
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I don't disagree with your list much, but I think that the rankings exist in tiers. Karlsson, Keith, Doughty, Hedman, Burns are all clearly in the first tier, I don't see Gio in that tier.
He exists in a tier with Josi, Subban, Pietrangelo, Letang, etc. Guys that are very, very good, but not really in the debate for the best defenceman in the league.
IMO you can place Gio anywhere from #7 to #13 and I'm not going to disagree with the ranking. Top 5 is too high, lower than #15 is too low. But he's in a very, very good tier where very little separates each guy from the other and they could end up anywhere within their range in any given season.