It was in this decade that the parity in the NHL began to approach the levels of today’s game. On the ice, Subban was 14th in points among defensemen (413), winner of the 2013 Norris Trophy and a finalist three times. He's never received Norris Trophy support, because he's the guy behind the guy (Pacioretty's 0.37 goals per game through 693 contests was tied for 26th in the NHL for the decade. A dominant defensive presence, he led the decade in plus/minus (plus-216) for all players, and the Bruins had a save percentage with Chara on the ice above .918 in every season but one. Doughty was a Norris Trophy finalist four times, winning the thing in 2016.Until last season, Giordano was one of the most underrated performers of the decade. But he finished top five for the Norris only once.One of the most underrated defensemen of the decade, with a goals above replacement per 60 minutes (0.59) that's better than any other defenseman. All rights reserved.
They accomplished this thanks to two individuals: Martin Brodeur, who remarkably ends up their goalie of the decade for a third time, and Kovalchuk, who was Conn Smythe-worthy through three rounds until injuries caught up to him, and still finished with 19 points in 23 games. "But I do recall telling Bobby that if he signed that dollar bill, it would be worth $1,000. Teams No one else cracked 400. His 1.04 points-per-game average in 794 games makes him one of the decade's most underrated playmakers, as well. All NHL team jerseys customized with NHL players' names and numbers are officially licensed by the NHL and the NHLPA. Welcome to the second part of Hockey Controversial’s look at the top NHL players of the last decade of hockey. That dimension was good enough to earn him the Norris Trophy in 2017, and for him to finish in the top three another three times.The Flyers center-turned-winger was tied for 16th in the NHL in points-per-game average (0.94) during a tremendous decade, especially when you set aside his underwhelming first two seasons and his 58-point clunker in 2016-17. So he was technically third among defensemen at 139 goals for the decade.Landeskog had 425 points in his first 594 games as one of the better left wings of the decade, made even more impressive by having played on some weak Colorado teams.The Blackhawks netminder backstopped them to two Stanley Cups, including a .932 save percentage and a 1.84 goals-against average in 2013. He's the best right wing of the decade, scoring 20 or more goals every season. Three years into the next decade, all three were playing for different teams.A lot can happen in the span of 10 seasons. He won the Vezina in 2016, finished second for it in 2017 and backstopped the Capitals to their first Stanley Cup in 2018.Telling someone in 2010 that Marchand would be considered one of the NHL's best all-around players in 2020 is like telling someone in 2011 that Adam Sandler is likely getting an Oscar nomination in 2020 ... but here we are. Injuries in the latter part of the decade slowed him a bit, but his underlying metrics reinforced his stellar play. He won the Norris Trophy twice and was a finalist four times, despite (tenuous) criticisms that his game was one-dimensional. Stats Jumbo's 1.56 assists per 60 minutes ranked him seventh for the decade in 765 games. Alas, his play began to decline soon after that.Kane will end the 2010s as the decade's leading scorer in total points, although his points-per-game average (1.08) ranks him fourth overall. The Bruins winger's transformation from pest with upside to pest who is a perennial 30-goal scorer and has a 100-point season has been one of the decade's most dramatic. The league has released the 2020 NHL playoff schedule for the First Round.The top four teams during the regular season in both conferences played a three-game round robin for seeding in the First Round. By advanced stats, he was third in the league for the decade in goals and wins above average.For a few seasons, "Pickles" was the go-to example of "most underrated defensive defenseman in the NHL."