Wait a minute wait a minute....Therrien had a much better defense corp.
This isn't even debatable.
The current defense is just atrocious...it's really really bad.
Take Markov a 20-22 minute a game + 40 point dman with above average hockey IQ out of the equation and not replacing him is nuts.
I was not a huge fan of Emelin or Beaulieu but at least they were NHL caliber defenseman which is more than I can say about Morrow, Davidson.
Petry and Alzner have been horrible....the expectation that Petry can elevate his game to alleviate some of the absence of Markov is just a complete failure of evaluation.
Petry can't even be counted on to defend adequately against other teams third and fourth liners.