As preparations for the World Cup of Hockey 2016 hit high gear leading up to the start of the tournament on Sept. 17 in Toronto, NHL.com looks at how the teams stand. Seven writers who will cover the two-week event at Air Canada Centre were asked to rank the teams from 1-8 in various categories. Today, we look at which team has the best offensive defenseman.
There will be some tremendous offensive defensemen in the World Cup of Hockey 2016, none better than Erik Karlsson of Team Sweden.
Best World Cup offensive D-man ranked by NHL.com
Team Sweden's Erik Karlsson, Team Canada's Brent Burns, Team Europe's Roman Josi are weapons from blue line