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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Is it really stuck in the 80s? The Kings won the Stanley Cup and had Westgarth, against the Devils who had Jansen and Boulton. Conference finalists - Rangers - Prust/Rupp/Bickel, Coyotes - Bisonette.
He's a 4th line plugger who can at least fill some type of roll.
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As was said, Westgarth played in 0 playoff games (and only 25 regular season games - six of which were after Christmas). Janssen and Boulton played in 0 playoff games. None of those Rangers players are comparable to these guys - they are more similar to Jackman where they can take a regular shift, only better. Bisonette played 3 playoff games.
McGrattan is not a 4th line plugger. Tim Jackman is. Steve Begin is. McGrattan is a fighter - that's it. He plays 3-4 minutes a night and hopes to drop the gloves. The rest of the time he's a liability - even against other team's 4th liners. You can still win hockey games with him in the lineup since he barely plays, but the rest of the line-up better be able to pick up the lost minutes between him and a real 4th liner (who plays 10 minutes/game). Unfortunately, we don't have that kind of depth. We barely have a 4th line as it is right now.