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Originally Posted by dino7c
Because #1 gets walked all the time and #4 is a pylon
It's debatable if Burns even plays defence...more of a rover
Karlsson is terrible at defending
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Sure, but even as a defender, stellar offence can make up for less than stellar defence.
It's not weighing one more than the other. Or else, again, Barrie and Yandle would be on the list. Gio would be a lot lower. Krug would be a lot higher. Etc.
It's overall. Not suggesting the list is perfect because I think you can change a few guys around one or two spaces, but nitpicking just one guy and writing the whole list off as "offence over defence" doesn't make much sense when you actually look at the list.
I think when you're looking at a player or two that consistently top lists of the best defencemen and have won and been finalists multiple times for the Norris trophy, and you're saying they aren't good defencemen, you just have to accept you might be wrong.
