I’m only going to use the five major minute defenders from last year that are still with the Toronto Maple Leafs (Polak, Phaneuf, Gardiner, Rielly and Robidas) because there’s no need to look at the departed.
Only the Buffalo Sabres (35.6) allowed more shots against per game (all situations) than the Toronto Maple Leafs (33.5) did during the 2014-2015 NHL season. In this post we’ll look at the scoring chances/high danger scoring chances data from war-on-ice.com for the above five players.
I’ve added in Seth Jones and Shea Weber from the Nashville Predators as a comparison from a competition point of view as well as for a top defensive core visual.