Sometimes in sports we overrate the underrated, and the Pittsburgh Penguins’ top defense pairing is a pretty good example.
It is pretty much a universally held opinion by everyone that watches the Penguins closely that Brian Dumoulin is an underrated player. And league-wide, he probably is. He is a superb defensive player, and a reliable, steady hand that probably has a bit more offensive punch than his goal-scoring numbers might illustrate. He is a perfectly legitimate No. 2 defender on a championship caliber team, especially when he is one half of a dominant top defense pairing as he is in Pittsburgh when he is healthy.