Rob Ramage was the first overall draft pick in the NHL in 1979, though by that time he had already played professionally for the WHA’s Birmingham Bulls where he already established himself as offensively potent blueliner.  Ramage had a 62 Point season in his second year in Colorado though it was somewhat frustrating as the Rockies were terrible overall.  Ramage put his overall skills together in St. Louis where he was more of a complete Defenceman.  He had three 50 Point Seasons and was twice an All Star as a Blue but a trade to Calgary allowed him to win his first Stanley Cup in 1986.  Ramage would win a second Cup with Montreal seven years later.

An All Star four times over his career, Bob Nevin provided solid two way hockey in his 1,100 plus games in the NHL.  After helping the Toronto Maple Leafs win two Stanley Cups in 1961 and 1962 he was traded to the New York Rangers where he would accrue five 20 Goal seasons though it was late in his career at the age of 36 with the Los Angeles Kings that he would have his best year.  Nevin scored 72 Points (a career high) and finished ninth in Hart Trophy voting.

Born in South Africa but raised in Canada, Olaf Kolzig had a pretty good career in the National Hockey League where he played all but his final season with the Washington Capitals.  “Olie the Goalie” would get into a grove in his seventh season where he finished fifth in Vezina voting and two years (1999-00) later he would have the best season of his career where he would win the Vezina while also finishing fourth in voting for the Hart Trophy and second in Point Shares.  He would later win the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in 2006 and he would win 301 Games in the National Hockey League.

Darryl Sydor was never going to be considered the top blueliner for your team but for years he was an upper echelon player for multiple National Hockey League teams.  Sydor was a two time All Star and assisted two teams (Dallas & Tampa Bay) win the Stanley Cup.  Over a career that spanned 1,291 Games and twenty seasons, he had 507 Points, a more than respectable number.