With the 2025-26 season fast approaching, NHL Network has released its Top 20 Defensemen list featuring Golden Knights standout Shea Theodore at No. 15.
Our Top 20 Defensemen Right Now list has a total of:
— NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) August 13, 2025
• 19 total All-Star Game appearances
• 9 All-Rookie team honors
• 6 James Norris Memorial Trophies
• 2 Calder Trophies
• 2 Conn Smythe Trophies
• 9 Stanley Cups
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The Original Misfit has had a successful career with the Knights after making the transition from the Anaheim Ducks. Over the span of eight seasons he has a total of 346 points (73 goals, 273 assists) playing in 511 games.
He played a key role in Vegas' historic inaugural season finishing with 29 points (six goals, 23 assists), working his way into a top-four role. During their 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs run he continued to prove himself finishing with 10 points in 20 games further helping them advance to the Cup Final where they came up short to the Washington Capitals.
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— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) June 16, 2023
During the record-breaking 2022-23 season he finished with 41 points (eight goals, 33 assists) leading up to his first Stanley Cup championship. During the playoffs he helped the organization win their first title with 13 points (one goal, 12 assists) in 21 playoff games.
This past season he went even further by scoring an NHL career-high 52 points (14 goals, 38 assists) in 78 regular-season games.
There is much to look forward to for the 30-year-old come September.