We're in the dog days of summer and the dog days of the NHL offseason. August is the slowest and most boring month of the year in the NHL, so media outlets have to find way to drive engagement.
One of the easiest ways to do that is with rankings. Rankings are easy to argue about, and fans of most teams will think one of their players should be higher on the list -- or on the list at all.
That's exactly the case for St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko. NHL Network revealed their top 20 defensemen on Wednesday night and the St.