Many greats were left off the Top 100 Defensemen of All-Time list, but one, in particular, was extra hard to leave off – Vladimir Konstantinov.

Cale Makar deflects not only shots but any mention of milestones related to him. It’s just the nature of the Colorado Avalanche’s dynamic defenseman.

Over these last few days of the year, I’ll look at the best players at all five positions (goaltender ... He missed a bit more time than other defensemen on this list, but his 0.94 points ...

Here's the career playoff leader for every NHL ... three defensemen to lead their respective franchise in playoff scoring. Bobby Orr (97 playoff points) sits seventh on the Bruins' all-time ...

Carlson, the franchise’s all-time leader in games played, goals, assists and points among defensemen, will be honored during a pre-game ceremony on Feb. 9 ...

The six players voted to each First Team will be on the ballot for the NHL All Quarter-Century ... and named one of the NHL's 100 Greatest Players in 2017. Defensemen: Two of the best in Stars ...

Since then, five of the six regular Blues defensemen have scored a goal. Ryan Suter’s the only one that hasn’t found the net, and he’s a plus-9 in that time ... all the way back to 29th in ...

A power play and penalty kill regular, Vlasic put up 26 points and averaged 22:12 a night, earning himself an All-Rookie ... So I think 100 percent I’d be in favor of NHL adding that type ...

Cale Makar deflects not only shots but any mention of milestones related to him. It’s just the nature of the Colorado ...