I agree with you who has been in the top 100 best defensive previous years not every year but most years I can safely say well there taking more and more tools from the US **bleep** and it's making it nearly impossible to play defense because right now it really bad and it's been getting worse for years for the **bleep**
Youre not wrong, there is a huge emphasis on stick position and facing the puck when it comes to interceptions and poke checking and right now that isnt the easiest thing to accomplish, but this is a team game and the 3 players on the defensive side of the ice need to work together a little bit better and the 3 forwards need to support them. I only play defense every now and then but the things I see a lot that hurt defensemen are not allowing the play to come to them, they go for hits when its not needed, they dont use the defensive skill stick to guide the attack to the outside, instead theyll go for a hit as a guy skates into the slot but miss completely when a sweep of the defensive stick wouldve been all thats needed. I'm not saying in any way that defense doesnt need a buff, but they also need to find some patience as well. This kind of thing has been happening year after year even when things were better. Just as an example, there are plenty of other things needed on the defensive side as well.
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