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Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
Agree. Formula for the 2004 team: great group of young defensemen - none outstanding, but solid protection; some reasonably fast, hard checking forwards with modest scoring skills; one star player, one star goaltender.
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Regehr and Leopold were outstanding defensemen and were regarded as such league-wide. Don't forget 2004 team had 3rd best GA with Turek/MacLennan in the net for 43 games. And "reasonably fast" is not strong enough to describe what was widely admitted to be one of the fastest teams in the league.