Yes he is, he's a very solid 2-way defender. You cant get nominated for the Norris if you aren't. He's not as good defensively as Pesce but he is still quite solid.

Not really no. Also he don't hit.

He was literally 2nd on his team in Defensive Points Share (DPS) this year. Since you probably have no idea what that meams its essentially a measure of how effective you are defensively. He also had the 2nd highest CF% on the team with pretty even zone starts. He had the 4th most blocked shots too in 20 less games played that the 3 ahead of him. 52 hits in 47 games averages out to 77 hits in 70 games (what the leafs played) that would put him 5th/6th in total hits for Toronto this season.

If you have no idea what you are talking aboit dont try and argue it.

It's just that the only times I've watched him play he's not good at defence. So I had no idea.