2020-2021 Defensemen Rankings
Top 32 Defensemen Rankings, let's see who has the best backend
Here are my top defesement according to my rankings.
| Team | Player Name |
| LVK | John Carlson |
| NSH | Roman Josi(C) |
| NYR | Victor Hedman(C) |
| TBL | Ryan Ellis |
| DAL | Dougie Hamilton |
| DAL | Alex Pietrangelo(C) |
| LVK | Shea Weber(A) |
| TBL | Brent Burns(A) |
| COL | Erik Karlsson |
| LVK | Ivan Provorov |
| CLB | Esa Lindell |
| DAL | Jared Spurgeon(A) |
| NYI | Ryan Pulock |
| EDM | Jaccob Slavin |
| LVK | Alexander Edler |
| TOR | Zach Werenski |
| COL | Oscar Klefbom |
| PIT | Colton Parayko |
| PIT | Mark Giordano(A) |
| LAK | Aaron Ekblad |
| OTT | Mattias Ekholm |
| MIN | Matt Niskanen(A) |
| PHI | Filip Hronek |
| MON | Jeff Petry |
| NYR | Nate Schmidt |
Here is the breakdown by team
ANA - 0
ARI - 0
BOS - 0
BUF - 0
CAR - 0
CGY - 0
CHI - 0
CLB - 1
COL - 3
DAL - 3
DET - 0
EDM - 2
FLA - 0
LAK - 2
LVK - 4
MIN - 1
MON - 1
NJD - 0
NSH - 1
NYI - 1
NYR - 3
OTT - 1
PHI - 1
PIT - 2
SEA - 1
SJS - 0
STL - 0
TBL - 2
TOR - 1
VAN - 0
WIN - 1
WSH - 0
TAKEAWAYS:
-14 teams without a top Dman
-The rich getting richer: 6 teams have multiple top forwards AND multiple top dmen
-"Tank" you very much: 6 teams don't have a top forward or dman...prime tankers
-The teams with the most top forwards and dmen: Dallas and Vegas with 7
Top Goalies coming next!