This is the area where I could talk about Drew Doughty and shower him with compliments. How it is time for him to be a Norris Trophy winner. That the PHWA should give him the award to get it over and done with but unfortunately this is not that section of the article. In fact you won't find that section of the article. This is just a good old fashioned evaluation of both teams blue lines. Go somewhere else for your Drew Doughty fixation.
We don't have a lot to evaluate defensemen with overall. We use proxies like the possession stats, it paints the best possible pictures for us and we are able to get a peek behind the curtain into what they do for their team.