All-time NHL defensemen bracket

The greatest defensemen in NHL history, by their honours. Fill out a all-time NHL defensemen bracket.

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1

Bobby Orr

2

Nicklas Lidström1991–2012

3

Chris Pronger1994–2012

4

Brian Leetch

5

Scott Niedermayer1992–2010

6

Ray Bourque

7

Al MacInnis

8

Larry Robinson

9

Doug Harvey

10

Chris Chelios

11

Paul Coffey

12

Red Kelly

13

Scott Stevens

14

Rob Blake1990–2010

15

Pierre Pilote

16

Eddie Shore

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Rod Langway

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Börje Salming1973–1990

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Babe Pratt

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Babe Siebert

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Herb Gardiner

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Doug Wilson

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Serge Savard

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Viacheslav Fetisov

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Harry Howell

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Mark Howe

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TJ

Tom Johnson

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Phil Housley

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Denis Potvin

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Sergei Zubov

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Larry Murphy

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Brad Park

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Al Arbour

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Pat Quinn

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Kevin Lowe

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Tim Horton

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Ebbie Goodfellow

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Duncan Keith2006–2022

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Marcel Pronovost

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Allan Stanley

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Leo Boivin1951–1970

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Victor Hedman2010–2027

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GL

Guy Lapointe

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Bill Gadsby

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Jack Laviolette1909–1918

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Jacques Laperrière

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Sylvio Mantha

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JS

Jack Stewart

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Bill Quackenbush

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Zdeno Chára1998–2022

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Art Coulter

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Sprague Cleghorn

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Drew Doughty2009–2027

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Émile Bouchard

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Erik Karlsson2009–2027

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P. K. Subban2010–2022

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DC

Dit Clapper

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Keith Allen

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Fred Shero

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Lester Patrick

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King Clancy

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Joe Hall

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Hap Day

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Brent Burns2004–2027

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Roman Josi2012–2027

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Harry Oliver

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Georges Boucher

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Harry Cameron

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Ching Johnson

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Herbie Lewis

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Lionel Conacher

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Brian Rafalski2000–2011

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Mark Giordano2006–2024

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Randy Carlyle

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KR

Ken Reardon

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Red Horner

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Frank Mathers

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JM

John Mariucci

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ES

Earl Seibert

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Shea Weber2006–2021

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Tomáš Kaberle1999–2013

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Dan Boyle1999–2016

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Brent Seabrook2006–2020

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Oliver Ekman-Larsson2011–2027

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Brian Campbell2000–2017

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Eric Brewer1999–2015

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Alexei Kasatonov

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Jiří Šlégr

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Rasmus Dahlin2019–2027

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Sandis Ozoliņš

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Sergei Gonchar1995–2015

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Pavel Kubina

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Kris Letang2007–2027

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Adam Fox2019–2027

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Teppo Numminen

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IK

Igor Kravchuk

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Ed Jovanovski1996–2014

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PS

Petr Svoboda1984–2001

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Uwe Krupp

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DM

Dmitri Mironov

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A knockout bracket: pick the winner of every matchup, round by round, until one is left.

The greatest defensemen in NHL history, by their honours.

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