20th Anniversary All-Star poll: Defencemen
Which Ottawa Senators deserve to be called the best? We want your help to decide. It’s the 20th anniversary of the Senators’ modern era and the Citizen is putting together first and second all-Ottawa all-star teams to mark the occasion. Up next: The defencemen.
Which Ottawa Senators deserve to be called the best? We want your help to decide. It’s the 20th anniversary of the Senators’ modern era and the Citizen is putting together first and second all-Ottawa all-star teams to mark the occasion. Let us know who you would choose by voting in our polls at SenatorsExtra.com over the next few weeks and check back during training camp for the final results. Up next: The defencemen.
Which defenceman deserves to be on the all-Sens all-star team?
- Zdeno Chara (40%, 1,020 Votes)
- Chris Phillips (25%, 635 Votes)
- Anton Volchenkov (15%, 384 Votes)
- Wade Redden (13%, 337 Votes)
- Steve Duchesne (3%, 70 Votes)
- Norm Maciver (1%, 34 Votes)
- Curtis Leschyshyn (1%, 14 Votes)
- Sami Salo (0%, 10 Votes)
- Igor Kravchuk (0%, 10 Votes)
- Brian Pothier (0%, 4 Votes)
- Karel Rachunek (2%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 2,519
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While the goaltender poll could be close as you could pick Lalime for consistency, Hasek for performance in a short span or Emery for playoff gumption, the only way Phillips or Redden win this is if their families or the Ottawa Senators make accounts to vote for them. Chara is the best defenseman this franchise has moulded and given Karlsson (and Rundblad, apparently) have only a cursory interest in defense, that’s not likely to change.
I have to agree with you on the defenseman – I don’t even know why it’s even close. Hands down Chara was the best the team ever had.
As far as the goalie, I think the nod should go to Lalime. Hasek deserves consideration but having been there for less than 1 year, you can’t go with that. Emery had some success but IMO, it was much more because of the team in front of him than it was because of his play. I also don’t think he had the heart to really be considered an All-Star.