I will be using the same resources as what I assume most of the voting committee used to to lay out some facts and where certain d-men may rank in regards to the brand new Defensive Defenseman award. I have literally come up with this thought on the spot and as I type this? I have no idea what conclusion I will come to as I start by finally opening up this new data provided aaronwilson and baelor. Alongside the S46 Index.



Bojo Biscuit Trophy - Best Defensive Defenceman
Toivo Kosonen  
Ludwig Koch Schroder  
Poopity Scoop  

These were the three nominees for the award and Scoop came up the winner. I will likely throw a bunch of other defensemen into the mix depending on a few attributes and criteria I choose myself. So no offensive production.  Did Scoop deserve to win? Were these the three best possible nominations? I have no idea so lets dive in. We will default to our old metrics first in hits/shots blocked.

Hits

Ti-Guy Emond - 188
Otis B. Driftwood - 174
Poopity Scoop - 162
Gary Grease - 159
Tigole Bitties - 154
Maui - 146
Jean-Pierre Gay - 140
Tatu Makela - 139
Richard Physt - 139
Alexis Metzler - 136
Maurice Picard - 136
Reginald MacIntyre - 133
Casey Creller - 131
Tor Tuck - 129
Jon Toner - 120
Svatoslav Bodnar - 117
Finn Kruger - 117
The Dude - 115
John Grossman Jr. - 113
Ludwig Koch Schroder - 112
Sven Brokstad - 111
Clint Eastwood - 111
Liam O'Callaghan - 110
Bob Bergen - 108
Troy McClure III - 108
Charlie Schieck - 101
Toivo Kosonen - 27

I just listed every nominee's hits and all those defensemen with over 100 hits. This, traditionally is what you would expect to be a big factor in an award such as the defensive defensemen. You would assume they value physicality as a method of getting players off the puck, but it seems not. Scoop is on the higher end, but LKS and Kosonen are on the lower end. Also I am listing and ordering a bunch, should probably only high light the nominees and the top 10. This is kind of shocking though.

Shots Blocked

Sami Owens - 98
Charles Walker - 93
Max Weber  - 89
Fredrich Koenig - 89
Isak Odegard - 86
Ostap Maksimov - 84
Reginald MacIntyre - 83
Otis B. Driftwood - 82
Charlie Schieck - 82
Tokek Takshak - 82
GOD McZehrl - 82
Poopity Scoop - 80
Ludwig Koch Schroder - 80
Toivo Kosonen - 79
Karsten Kadinger - 78
Maui - 78
Brady McIntyre - 76
Spitfire - 75
Ti-Guy Emond - 75
Bob Bergen - 74
Nour Harrak - 74
Jon Toner - 68
Karl Hefeweizen - 68
Harvey Danger - 66

So I listed every team's best shot blocker, the 3 nominees and the next best shot blocker on the nominees teams. None of the nominees crack the top 10 in shots blocked, clustered in the middle of this group. 11 above them, 10 below. Not too much cross over from the hits and shots blocked list here though you see a few names.

Shots Blocked %
(Shots Blocked / Team's Total Shots Against) x 100

Charles Walker - (6.378%)
Isak Odegard - (5.842%)
Sami Owens -  (5.778%)
Charlie Schieck - (5.571%)
GOD McZehrl - (5.624%)
Toivo Kosonen - (5.471%)
Max Weber  - (5.410%)
Ludwig Koch Schroder - (5.316%)
Fredrich Koenig - (5.304%)
Reginald MacIntyre - (5.223%)
Karsten Kadinger - (5.183%)
Tokek Takshak - (5.160%)
Ostap Maksimov - (5.069%)
Brady McIntyre - (5.007%)
Poopity Scoop - (4.957%)
Otis B. Driftwood - (4.949%)
Bob Bergen - (4.917%)
Jon Toner - (4.709%)
Nour Harrak - (4.657%)
Spitfire - (4.647%) ***
Ti-Guy Emond - (4.647%) ***
Karl Hefeweizen - (4.601%)
Maui - (4.343%)
Harvey Danger - (4.082%)

Not all too accurate since it does depend on who is on the ice and at what time the shots are coming at, which the new advanced stats should solve. I haven't looked at them yet and went with this route arbitrarily. Spitfire and Emond have the *** because they were traded and their counts are not accurate since I used Minnesota's total count. This is a crude method to cut out the 'bad teams=more shots blocked' thing. LKS and Kosonen show well here. Charles Walker steals the show.

Defensive Point Shares - Top 10 via Baelor's Article

D Toivo Kosonen  - 4.50
D Richard Physt  - 4.45
D Jon Toner  - 4.34
D Adam Kaiser - 4.02
D Geoff Moore  - 4.01
D Tatu Makela  - 3.92
D GOD McZehrl - 3.82
D Poopity Scoop  - 3.65
D Bob Bergen - 3.58
D Ludwig Koch Schroder  - 3.34
Casey Creller - 3.29
Rex Kirby - 3.12
Sami Owens - 3.11
Jack Tanner - 3.09
Von Matt - 3.09

Some fancy advanced stats, favor all 3 nominees pretty well. McZherl/Tatu/Toner are names I see often. See more of it HERE

Steals

Fredrich Koenig - 1034
Ludwig Koch Schroder -1015
Otis B. Driftwood -998
Ben Dover - 993
Ti-Guy Emond -992
Maui - 982
Poopity Scoop - 973
Tigole Bitties - 957
Toivo Kosonen - 952
Barrett McCarthy - 947
Sami Owens - 939
Karsten Kadinger -935
Ostap Maksimov -915
Tatu Makela -912
Jack Tanner -910
Nour Harrak - 904
Reginald MacIntyre - 897
Geoff Moore - 887
Jon Toner - 885
Troy McClure III - 885
Max Weber - 884
Tor Tuck - 884
The Dude - 877
Finn Kruger - 875
Gary Grease -873
Daniel Karlsson -869
Shoyu Kikkoman - 867
Zhander Rhys - 866
Charles Walker - 860
Chuck Goody Jr. - 859
GOD McZherl - 858
Spitfire - 857
Bob Bergen - 852
Casey Creller - 851
Buck Maverick - 850

Just raw steals numbers, all of our nominees in the top 10 so I assume this had a lot of weight behind it. Are these three the best defensive defensemen? I don't know. I still can't tell. There's a mix of a bunch of names that consistently show up. Feels like maybe the Driftwood/Emond types should get more love here too. Check the advanced stats via aaronwilson HERE



Who do you believe to be the best defensive defenseman?