I don't think Scotty Bowman gets this roster to play as a team, or strong defensively.
No centers, no forwards committed to defense, and no physical shutdown d-man.
No surprise that the best forwards this year (Backlund, Stajan, Stempniak) are the only forwards that have some resemblance of a two way game.
This is a team built to win with offensive talent, sadly there just isn't that much offensive talent there to play that style.
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