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Weekly Question: When was the last time the Sens had four NHL-quality top-four defencemen?

Silver Seven | September 12, 2020

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Here are your four top rearguards by minutes played per game for the last decade (via NHL.com):

  • 2013-14: Erik Karlsson, Marc Methot, Jared Cowen, Chris Phillips
  • 2012-13: Erik Karlsson (inj.), Sergei Gonchar, Marc Methot, Chris Phillips, Jared Cowen (inj.), Eric Gryba
  • 2011-12: Erik Karlsson, Filip Kuba, Sergei Gonchar, Chris Phillips
  • 2010-11: Erik Karlsson, Sergei Gonchar, Chris Phillips, Filip Kuba
  • 2009-10: Filip Kuba, Chris Phillips, Anton Volchenkov, Erik Karlsson

I don’t know about you, but I had three initial thoughts when reading this list.

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