2014 Sochi Olympics: Defense Rankings

Here are my 2014 Sochi Olympic defense lines and rankings:

1. Canada

Duncan Keith - Shea Weber
Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Pietrangelo
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Drew Doughty
P.K. Subban - Dan Hamhuis

2. Sweden

Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Erik Karlsson
Niklas Kronwall - Jonathan Ericsson
Johnny Oduya - Niklas Hjalmarsson
Henrik Tallinder - Alex Edler

3. United States

Ryan Suter - Kevin Shattenkirk
Ryan McDonagh - John Carlson
Brooks Orpik - Paul Martin
Cam Fowler - Justin Faulk

4. Slovakia

Zdeno Chara - Andrej Sekera
Andrej Meszaros- Ivan Baranka
Milan Jurcina - Martin Marincin
Tomas Starosta - Rene Vydareny

5. Finland

Kimmo Timonen - Sami Vatanen
Sami Salo - Olli Maatta
Sami Lepisto - Juuso Hietanen
Ossi Vaananen - Lasse Kukkonen

6. Russia

Andrei Markov - Slava Voynov
Anton Belov - Nikita Nikitin
Alexei Emelin - Evgeny Medvedev
Ilya Nikulin - Fedor Tyutin

7. Czech Republic

Zbynek Michalek - Marek Zidlicky
Michal Rozsival - Tomas Kaberle
Radko Gudas - Ladislav Smid
Michal Barinka - Lukas Krajicek

8. Switzerland

Mathias Seger - Julien Vauclair
Severin Blindenbacher - Patrick Von Gunten
Roman Josi - Yannick Weber
Mark Streit - Raphael Diaz