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Originally Posted by colbym72
My one concern with the defense is we do not have a definitively elite defenseman. Weegar could be close. I think we have a lot of really good defenseman but no one that is a gamechanger offensively.
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Originally Posted by cral12
There's only a few of those guys in the league.
I'm just super stoked we have one of the deepest Top 6 in the league.
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Just for fun I pulled the top 100 Defensemen by points for the 2021/22 season off NHL.com.
3 teams had 5 players fall inside the top 100.
Calgary, Edmonton, Minnesota.
The cup champ Avalanche had 4.
Then I broke it down to top 10, 20, 30 etc.
The Avs had 2 top 10 point producing defenders, Makar at # 2, and Toews at # 9.
The Flames had 0.
The Flames had 1 in the top 20, Andersson, ranked #19,
2 in the top 30, Hanifin ranks # 21.
3 in the top 60, Kylington ranked # 55.
Tanev ranked # 66, and Big Z came in at #93.
Add Weegar (# 26) to that, and the Flames go into the 2022/23 season with 3 top 30 point producing D-Men, 4 inside the top 60, and 6 top 100 point producing D-Men.
While none may be elite Offensively, there are realistically 10 or fewer of those in the NHL, so I'm pretty excited to have a d-core that has 3 top 30 point producing d-men, and every single one of the top 6 inside the top 100.