They were.Oh, I know that JJ, Daredevil and Luke Cage all explicitly reference the Battle of New York, I just got the impression that the Netflix/Defenders series were retconned out of the MCU for a while then brought back in.
They sorta kinda still exist in general terms, but nothing from any of the netflix shows is explicitly canon in detail.
They will decide on a case by case basis how much is if they bring someone back. (And even then it is broad strokes only.)
Which is fine. That's all you need.






