Josh Gorges in his prime was one of the best defensive defenceman in the NHL
January 19, 2026
Josh Gorges in his prime was one of the best defensive defenceman in the NHL
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No shit
Credit goes to Andrei Markov
Gorgeous Gorges 🥹
Hated to see Rivet go – and then this Gorges guy turned out pretty solid as a replacement.
OshKosh B’Josh Gorges
This makes sense. He was excellent for the Habs in his prime.
Once Hall Gill showed him how to block shots, I really liked Gorges
Edit: obviously meant Hal and phone corrected it.
Led the league in blocked shots more than once, always played lockdown defence, and refused to waive his NTC to go to Toronto in a trade.
The streets will always remember Josh “Big Balls” Gorges.
Congrats to him, well done
For all the talk about Carey Price never having a decent team in front of him, the 2014 squad had one hell of a deffensive core.
He would rather go the Buffalo, who at that time did the worst they have ever done in history of the sabres, instead of wearing a leafs jersey, should’ve retired a Habs
Di you guys one was captain of the kelowna Rockets?
MFer once blocked 100 shots in one game…tough as they come that there #26!
Proud owner of a Gorges jersey
what playing in front of Carey does to a guy
If there was a Norris trophy for defensive defenceman he would have won multiple times in the late 2000’s early 2010’s
At blocking shots and being a mentor, yes.
A leader and not just a leader, a Hab. Man nixed a trade to the Leafs.
LETS GO RED
Dude even blocked shots with the back of his head. In all seriousness, a defensive beast and a criminally underappreciated player during his time
I met his grandma during warmups before a game in Vancouver, she was so sweet. After warmups he came over and waved at her.
Habs had two criminally underrated D-cores under Berg.
Him with Hal Gill and Jaro Spacek…defensively were amazing i feel. Not big names but together they were lights out
Blood and guts guy. Played much bigger than he was for sure.
The metric being projected WAR for old players is funny. His career is done what are you projecting
Why else do you think he was called gorgeous Gorges?
Gorges and Gill was such a great defensive tandem
Gill in the PK was such a beast back then
We had the best PK in the league with him and Hal Gill as well as Plekanec
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No shit
Credit goes to Andrei Markov
Gorgeous Gorges 🥹
Hated to see Rivet go – and then this Gorges guy turned out pretty solid as a replacement.
OshKosh B’Josh Gorges
This makes sense. He was excellent for the Habs in his prime.
Once Hall Gill showed him how to block shots, I really liked Gorges
Edit: obviously meant Hal and phone corrected it.
Led the league in blocked shots more than once, always played lockdown defence, and refused to waive his NTC to go to Toronto in a trade.
The streets will always remember Josh “Big Balls” Gorges.
Congrats to him, well done
For all the talk about Carey Price never having a decent team in front of him, the 2014 squad had one hell of a deffensive core.
He would rather go the Buffalo, who at that time did the worst they have ever done in history of the sabres, instead of wearing a leafs jersey, should’ve retired a Habs
Di you guys one was captain of the kelowna Rockets?
MFer once blocked 100 shots in one game…tough as they come that there #26!
Proud owner of a Gorges jersey
what playing in front of Carey does to a guy
If there was a Norris trophy for defensive defenceman he would have won multiple times in the late 2000’s early 2010’s
At blocking shots and being a mentor, yes.
A leader and not just a leader, a Hab. Man nixed a trade to the Leafs.
LETS GO RED
Dude even blocked shots with the back of his head. In all seriousness, a defensive beast and a criminally underappreciated player during his time
I met his grandma during warmups before a game in Vancouver, she was so sweet. After warmups he came over and waved at her.
Habs had two criminally underrated D-cores under Berg.
Him with Hal Gill and Jaro Spacek…defensively were amazing i feel. Not big names but together they were lights out
Blood and guts guy. Played much bigger than he was for sure.
The metric being projected WAR for old players is funny. His career is done what are you projecting
Why else do you think he was called gorgeous Gorges?
Gorges and Gill was such a great defensive tandem
Gill in the PK was such a beast back then
We had the best PK in the league with him and Hal Gill as well as Plekanec
Terribly underrated.
Carey Price