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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Since I would argue most people view 'stay at home' and 'shutdown' defenseman as the same thing, can we call him a stay at home D and call it a life?
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The term 'shutdown' defenceman has only been used in reference to hockey players for a few years now. It was originally an NFL term, used to describe the handful of cornerbacks in the league capable of 'shutting down' the opposition's top receivers. First time I heard it used was in reference to Champ Bailey. The term recently migrated to hockey, where it described exceptionally effective defensemen who could do the same thing to opposition forwards.
If it really has come to mean the same thing as 'stay-at-home' defenseman (a defenseman who is effective only in his own zone), that's kinda sad. Because now we have two terms for the same thing, and we'll have to come with a new one for a defenseman who is exceptionally effective at defence.