As with any list, people will tend to disagree and make arguments for where a certain player should be or whether or not a specific player is too high or too low.
For the most part, other than possibly shuffling a few players up and down, the NHL Network did a fairly good job with their ranking. Let's take a look at who they think are the top-20 defenceman in the NHL.
20. Brent Burns - Carolina Hurricanes
19. Alex Pietrangelo - Vegas Golden Knights
18. Rasmus Dahlin - Buffalo Sabres
17. Drew Doughty - Los Angeles Kings
16. Zach Werenski - Columbus Blue Jackets
15. Shea Theodore - Vegas Golden Knights
14. Morgan Rielly - Toronto Maple Leafs
13. Jaccob Slavin - Carolina Hurricanes
12. Quinn Hughes - Vancouver Canucks
11. Moritz Seider - Detroit Red Wings
10. Miro Heiskanen - Dallas Stars
9. John Carlson - Washington Capitals
8. Devon Toews - Colorado Avalanche
7. Aaron Ekblad - Florida Panthers
6. Kris Letang - Pittsburgh Penguins
5. Charlie McAvoy - Boston Bruins
4. Adam Fox - New York Rangers
3. Roman Josi - Nashville Predators
2. Victor Hedman - Tampa Bay Lightning
1. Cale Makar - Colorado Avalanche
From 250 to the Top 20.
Here are the best defensemen in the league right now! #NHLTopPlayers pic.twitter.com/rnLWixoyaH NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) August 28, 2022
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| B | P | PTS | ||
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Nick Suzuki | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Phillip Danault | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ivan Demidov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alexandre Texier | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jake Evans | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Kaiden Guhle | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Jackson Blake | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
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