It has been a rough start for defenceman in the NHL this season. After changes to goaltender equipment, it seems like the focus has changed from Two-Way play, to defence only mindset. The usual offensive-defensive players like Erik Karlsson and P.K. Subban have been the main offenders in the scoring race this. Yet after that the pool really drops off, teams like Phoenix, and St. Louis are both built on offensive-defenceman aren't getting the same kind of offense that they have had in the past.
Take a player like Mike Green for example, he had a 31 goal season a couple years back. And now this season he is struggling with not a single goal, and only ten assists. That could be because Alexander Ovechkin has been lighting it up with 13 goals in 15 games, and 7 of Green's assists have been to Ovechkin.
Keith Yandle and Oliver Ekman-Larsson have been the best offensive duo on the blueline, this season. With twenty seven points between the two of them.
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