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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
You are completely missing the point.
If you want a gritty defensive defenceman in the NHL, you need to start with a kid who puts up huge numbers in juniors.
Case in point; Sarich was a point-per-game player in the Dub.
The two-way All-Stars with huge numbers in juniors lose some offence when they go to the AHL/college level, and lose more when they get to the Big Show, and if there's any offensive production left at the NHL level, that's a bonus.
The gritty defensive kids who can't produce big numbers in juniors don't become gritty defensive NHLers, they become welders and car salesmen.
The gritty defensive NHLers (like Sarich) come from the junior kids who put up huge performances as both ends of the ice (like Sarich).
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Your saying this like it's a fact. What about guys like Robyn Regher that never put up huge numbers? Zdeno Chara also never did.