Best European top 6

[WaitingForThatCab]

If you lined these groups up to play each other, I'm taking Finland 100 out of 100 times.

 

[Zine]

That said, they are still behind the other top nations in that category.

As a whole, Russia's defense is behind only US, Canada and Sweden.
Finland's defense falls off a cliff after Heiskanen-Lindell. Those 2 and Mikkola are the only Finn D good enough to average at least 20:00 minutes/game this year.

 

[Gurglesons]

Rest of Europe.

 

[EK47]

Rest of Europe


Russia's problem is the same as always: garbage defense

They don’t even have a first line with an actual center either.