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Originally Posted by moon
I am fine with McGrattan being on the team if we get rid of some of the other deadweight vets, but realisitcally he is a bad, bad hockey player. With him and Galiardi the 4th line is pretty much guaranteed to be trapped in the Flames zone and provide 0 chances for offense.
I would prefer to see him maybe 30-40 games a season rotated with perhaps a MacDermid or other younger guy that can provide grit and toughness with hopefully a little more hockey ability.
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From what I see of McGrattans shifts, is, the line in front of him dumps the puck into the corner, McG jumps the boards and beelines into the offensive corner and smashes the puck handler and then for about half a minute it is his line banging and crashing, until the other team is able to clear it down to our end. McGrattan usually skates down to our end and helps the D get the puck back, and send it back to to the offensive end. He then heads off for a much deserved break for the rest of the period. I like his game.