d-man
Noun
Meaning
d-man (plural d-men)
(sports, informal) Abbreviation of defenceman/defenseman.
Examples
At the same time, I’m not expecting anything too huge either out of him, just a smaller move similar to former Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli picking up fourth line centre David Desharnais for depth d-man Brandon Davidson at the 2017 trade deadline.
For this coming season, if the Oilers are keen for another d-man, could free agent Tyson Barrie, ranked 32nd here, be a better bet?
“They’ve got arguably the best D-man in the league with Loch Morrison, they’ve got good goaltending with (Evan) Plotnik and they just got (Tyler) Heidt back and they got (Kayle) Tosh.
They used it wisely, selecting promising d-man Erik Brannstrom, who was subsequently a key piece of the big trade with Ottawa for Mark Stone.