1.   Each of these pairings has an attacking defenseman and a defensive defenseman, which is what Lemaire usually looks for.

2.   Hatcher might well be the best defensive defenseman in the NHL.

3.   To a defensive defenseman, the best compliment is not to be noticed.

4.   Unlike Driver, Dean is strictly a defensive defenseman.

5.   With two cup rings from his Penguin days, Samuelsson might be the most important defensive defenseman in the series.

6.   He is the kind of defensive defenseman the Senators had been looking for all season.

7.   The defensive defenseman hardly could have expected such a pivotal offensive role for St. Louis.