-Vintage Canuck- Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Chris Tanev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter.S-Kerouac Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Right now no one! I would have picked Hamhuis but he hasn't been great this season. Tanev deserves mention so does Garri for their low goals against. but there not the best by any stretch Bieksa has had ups and downs. Right now our d is lacking chemistry. Ballard might be our best 2 way d right now. I donno what that says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Daniel when he plays the point on the power play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler's Nose Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Edler is our guy, then I would say Hamhuis followed up very closely by Juice. Garrison has yet to prove himself, but I would still put him in front of Ballard who obviously isn't thirsty enough. (Either that or just has no chemistry offense-wise with the rest of the team) Tanev has been good, but I would still put him in as last. Still waiting on Barker to see just how he can play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 When he's playing his best. Edler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understand Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 We have 6 #3,4 defensemen.....no #1 and #2, is that a good thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Edler has the most skills to be the #1 D. But Bieksa is usually the one who acts like the #1 D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
î мцšт вяздк чфµ Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 wow im surprised there's not much love for bieksa, he's #1 in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hamhuis for sure. Followed by Edler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawkSniper Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 You guys are all wack, Rome was clearly #1 on our team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombieksa Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 wow im surprised there's not much love for bieksa, he's #1 in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoaltenderInterference Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Edler is our guy, then I would say Hamhuis followed up very closely by Juice. Garrison has yet to prove himself, but I would still put him in front of Ballard who obviously isn't thirsty enough. (Either that or just has no chemistry offense-wise with the rest of the team) Tanev has been good, but I would still put him in as last. Still waiting on Barker to see just how he can play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 In their infinite wisdom the .org let walk the only two elite d man this team had-Ehrhoff and Salo. Eddy could use some symmetrical support.Instead ,the young man is being dragged down to the levels of Bieksa and Garrison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Shea We... are not getting him Like most people I would've said Hamhuis and should still be closest to that categorization, since he can skate, played really solid D and put up career highs in points with 37 (though he's on pace for better P.P.G. now, his +/- is in the negative and he's been less solid); I think Edler's making a bid to be the top offensive D-man with career high P.P.G. rate too (0.73) but he still makes mistakes (that turnover to Pavelski still makes me SMH...); Bieksa is inconsistent offensively (he did crank those couple of big goals recently but there was a huge stretch where he went pointless, though so did Shea Nashville), but toughness and in terms of clutch play he can get pretty effective (lucky?) --> I think he and Hammer should be put back together as the shutdown pair (good that MG did that in the practice lineup) In short, each is good at something, now they just need to merge the 3 guys and clone him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_lai416 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I honestly don't get the edler hate. Sure he's made some poor plays defensively but that'll end eventually, especially going back to his natural side with Tanev. He has 11 points in 15 games and is easily a top 10 dman in the NHL this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar baby watermelon Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Bieksa has been surprisingly good this season. Much more solid defensively than I've ever seen him before and he's scoring at a crazy pace right now (20 goal pace actually). But overall you have to give it to Edler. Sure, Hamhuis is far better defensively than Edler, but Eddy brings everything else. Passing, goals, powerplay movement, he's a much better hitter, big body in front of our net, shot blocking, he does it all. He just needs a calming influence on him so he doesn't panic in his own zone. Tanev and Edler are going to get trialed next game, hopefully Tanev can be that Salo-esque influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 The only elite D's we ever had were Reinhart and Ohlund.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleJack Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 If we had an elite defense men we wouldn't be having so many issues regarding defense! To be honest the only two players who seem to be playing well so far this season on a consistent basis are Tanev and Ballard and AV is not playing them enough. I would say Edler is close to being an elite but he needs to be more consistent, then again isn't he also playing on the wrong side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Kane Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 No option for Cam Barker? I think Bieksa is the Canucks #1 defenseman. If you're protecting the lead or pushing for the tying goal Bieksa is always out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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