If Chicago’s three Stanley Cup winning teams have taught us anything, it’s that it’s of the utmost importance for an optimal team to have high-end talent at the top end of the defensive depth chart and highly capable role players down near the bottom. NLA That is rather good, as you’ve certainly noted just now.This duo coming from the Blackhawks of the ’70s and ’80s rounds out this outstanding defensive unit. There are a number of excellent defensemen from the Blackhawks’ past that I was forced to leave out.As always, thanks for reading. Here's a look at the defensemen worthy of making the cut. Trending NHL news, game recaps, highlights, player information, rumors, videos and more from FOX Sports. View Details. View Details. To say that he was one of the league’s greatest defensemen in history would not be hyperbole. He won the Norris Trophy in an astonishing three consecutive seasons from 1963 to 1965.

He’s a big, imposing, physical defenseman who excels at breaking up the opposition’s controlled zone entries while being capable of coming up with a clutch goal or offensive contribution on occasion.

View the latest in Chicago Blackhawks team news here. Over 2 million monthly readers now come to THW for their hockey fix. He was also named to the NHL’s First All-Star team in those same years. Keith is well on his way to retiring as one of I’m mixing eras big time here to put together a duo that I find to be a very intriguing possibility. The Chicago Blackhawks' hypothetical all-time great roster would be amongst the NHL's best. The only players to win the award at least three times since he did so are Bobby Orr or Nicklas Lidstrom. There’s plenty that’s different between these two outstanding blue-liners. All rights reserved.

Paths to the Finals. It seems unlikely that the Blackhawks would have won as many championships as they have if not for the three-headed monster of Keith, Seabrook, and Hjalmarsson leading the charge from the back end.Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the Blackhawks historically are not exactly lacking for worthy candidates to fill out the defensive portion of this roster.

Zoom product. Previous Season. Chicago Blackhawks - NHL - hockey team page with roster, stats, transactions at Eliteprospects.com Record: 36-44, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division Coach: Richie Guerin (36-44) Executive: Marty Blake.

Chicago Black Hawks roster in the 1964-1965 NHL season. Romania

Chief among those distinctions being that Seabrook is still a Blackhawk while Pilote played his last game for the club in 1968.As with Keith, anyone who has seen a reasonable amount of hockey over the past decade knows most of what there is to know about Seabrook. NHL

DEL Next Season. Zoom product. Game summaries. 1965-66 Coca-Cola #NNO Al MacNeil UER UER: Name mispelled "MacNeill" on front Which is to say that he finished in the top two in the award’s voting for six straight years. He won a gold medal with Team Canada at the Olympics in 2010, but outside of that his decorations are rather limited. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to three to win the Stanley Cup. Join over 18 000 Subscribers of our free bi-weekly Newsletter. After presumptive No. Updated daily with news and features from over 130 writers worldwide. If you’d like to make the case for one of the players I left off the team, feel free to do so in the comments. DEL

He’s also won two Norris Trophies as the league’s top defenseman, with those coming in 2010 and 2014. All it means is that there was never a year in which Murray was the clear-cut best defensemen in the league, and he’s got Shea Weber as a modern contemporary in that club.There you have it for Chicago’s all-time defensive unit.

Get access to our unique free agency lists and many more premium features Here are the six defensemen from Blackhawk teams past and present that I’ve deemed worthy of making this dream team.Today’s hockey fans know all about Keith. You need to be Premium to access this feature. 1965-66 St. Louis Hawks Roster and Stats. Further, Pilote was also the runner-up for the award in 1962, 1966, and 1967. FIRST CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 1926 . The reason he’s included on this roster is that his contributions to the Blackhawks’ three recent championships were In Pilote’s case, he was the only serious consideration to unseat Keith on the top pairing.

1965 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS HOCKEY TEAM 8X10 PHOTO HULL HALL MIKITA PILOTE. Notably and most recently, he claimed the Conn Smythe Trophy as this year’s playoff MVP following the Blackhawks’ third championship in six years.