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Originally Posted by Red John
Not offensive enough to be a No. 3/PP guy, not elite enough defensively to be a top-pairing shutdown guy, but he's also not a 3rd pairing guy whose goal is to soak up 12-15 minutes and hope to not be a weak link. That describes guys like O'Brien and Butler and to group Smid in with them is silly.
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Well Butler and O'Brien aren't even NHL calibre players. They are more #7/8 type guys who could legit be replaced by quality, cheap AHL players.
When they play, their goal is to simply survive the game without getting killed.
Smid I have said is adequate on the third pairing. That's a clearl disctinction I have made.