Grading the free agents Points per minute: defencemen

Following up on Wednesday's post about the top point-per-minute forwards, here's a similar list for blueliners based on 5-on-5 play from last season (restricted free agents in red).

For no particular reason, I kept Mark Streit in this group despite the fact he played all season at even strength as a forward. It's expected he'll want to sign somewhere as a full-time blueliner this summer:

	NAME	TEAM	GP	TOI/60	QUAL COMP	PTS/60
1	MARKSTREIT	MTL	81	11.3	-0.01	1.57
2	BRIANCAMPBELL	S.J	83	17.2	-0.03	1.13
3	MIKEGREEN	WSH	82	17.8	0.02	1.11
4	JEFFWOYWITKA	STL	27	14.1	-0.14	1.10
5	RYANO'BYRNE	MTL	33	12.6	-0.02	1.01
6	MAGNUSJOHANSSON	FLA	45	11.9	-0.08	1.00
7	ANDREWWOZNIEWSKI	TOR	48	11.2	-0.04	1.00
8	RANDYJONES	PHI	71	13.6	-0.05	0.99
9	MAREKMALIK	NYR	42	15.8	0.06	0.91
10	JAYBOUWMEESTER	FLA	82	19.0	0.12	0.89
11	KEVINDALLMAN	L.A	34	11.9	-0.09	0.89
12	MIKECOMMODORE	OTT	67	14.3	0.01	0.87
13	ROBBLAKE	L.A	71	14.8	0.09	0.86
14	KARELRACHUNEK	N.J	47	14.8	-0.04	0.86
15	WADEREDDEN	OTT	80	16.0	-0.02	0.85
16	JONIPITKANEN	EDM	63	16.9	0.03	0.84
17	CHRISCHELIOS	DET	69	12.4	-0.09	0.84
18	BRETHEDICAN	CAR	66	15.8	0.03	0.81
19	ANDREJMESZAROS	OTT	82	15.5	0.00	0.80
20	PETERHARROLD	L.A	25	15.1	-0.05	0.80
21	KEITHCARNEY	MIN	61	12.4	-0.12	0.79
22	KURTISFOSTER	MIN	56	12.7	-0.10	0.76
23	MICHALROZSIVAL	NYR	80	16.9	0.05	0.75
24	JEFFFINGER	COL	72	16.1	-0.06	0.73
25	CHRISTIANEHRHOFF	S.J	77	15.9	0.05	0.73
26	PAULMARA	NYR	61	13.5	0.00	0.73
27	JASSENCULLIMORE	FLA	65	15.0	-0.04	0.68
28	BRADSTUART	DET	72	14.8	-0.04	0.68
29	DENNISWIDEMAN	BOS	81	17.6	0.04	0.67
30	ANDREASLILJA	DET	79	14.7	-0.01	0.67
31	AARONMILLER	VAN	57	14.2	-0.11	0.67
32	ALEXEISEMENOV	S.J	22	12.2	-0.04	0.67
33	SANDISOZOLINSH	S.J	39	11.6	-0.09	0.66
34	BRUNOGERVAIS	NYI	60	14.4	0.02	0.63
35	DENNISSEIDENBERG	CAR	47	14.1	0.01	0.63
36	BRYANBERARD	NYI	54	12.8	-0.03	0.61
37	VILLEKOISTINEN	NSH	48	12.6	-0.07	0.60
38	LUKERICHARDSON	OTT	76	11.8	-0.09	0.60
39	JAMESVANDERMEER	CGY	75	15.0	-0.05	0.59
40	JOHN-MICHAELLILES	COL	81	14.3	-0.08	0.57
41	PETTERINUMMELIN	MIN	27	11.9	-0.15	0.56
42	STEVEEMINGER	PHI	20	10.7	-0.11	0.56
43	JOSHGORGES	MTL	62	14.2	-0.01	0.55
44	BRYCESALVADOR	N.J	64	15.6	0.09	0.54
45	DICKTARNSTROM	CBJ	48	13.8	-0.05	0.54
46	NOLANPRATT	BUF	55	12.2	-0.16	0.54
47	BROOKSORPIK	PIT	78	14.9	-0.04	0.52
48	SEANHILL	MIN	35	13.5	-0.12	0.51
49	ANDREIZYUZIN	CHI	32	11.2	-0.08	0.50
50	JASONSMITH	PHI	77	14.5	-0.03	0.48
51	DMITRIKALININ	BUF	46	13.6	-0.11	0.48
52	STEVEMCCARTHY	ATL	55	13.9	-0.10	0.47
53	ADAMFOOTE	COL	75	17.3	0.15	0.46
54	KURTSAUER	COL	54	15.0	0.12	0.44
55	JORDANHENDRY	CHI	40	14.3	0.01	0.42
56	PATRICEBRISEBOIS	MTL	43	13.2	-0.03	0.42
57	BRANISLAVMEZEI	FLA	57	12.6	-0.03	0.42
58	RONHAINSEY	CBJ	78	15.5	0.00	0.35
59	MARKEATON	PIT	36	14.6	0.02	0.34
60	SHAONEMORRISONN	WSH	76	16.1	0.03	0.29
61	MARKPOPOVIC	ATL	33	13.8	-0.08	0.26
62	JAROSLAVMODRY	PHI	80	15.2	0.01	0.25
63	MATTJONES	PHX	45	12.8	-0.10	0.21
64	AARONJOHNSON	NYI	30	11.2	-0.04	0.18
65	DAVIDHALE	CGY	58	12.7	-0.07	0.16
66	ROBDAVISON	NYI	34	12.0	-0.02	0.15
67	MATTWALKER	STL	43	13.3	-0.02	0.10
68	JASONSTRUDWICK	NYR	52	11.8	-0.05	0.10
69	MIKEWEAVER	VAN	55	12.2	-0.05	0.09

Not as great of a list given (a) defencemen don't score the majority of their points at even strength and (b) some of the more valuable members of the free agent blueliners club are far down the list.

Still, this gives you an idea of why guys like Campbell and Green are highly coveted.
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