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Originally Posted by BigTuna
Whenever I hear the media overrates Leaf players I laugh. All they do is crap on them 24/7.
The talk that Dion is a 2nd-pairing guy is nuts. There are teams right now in the playoffs fighting for the cup using guys on the first pairing Dion is better then.
It's guys who play in non-hockey markets that get overrated. Please see Nash, Rick or Erikkson, Loui
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If by better you mean can skate like the wind in the neutral with his head down, get to the hash marks and blast the puck 20 feet over the net and then not be bothered to skate back into his zone then I agree with you.
Phaneuf would be a second pairing guy on the Flames behind Giordano and Brodie (possibly Russell as well) and third pairing on most contenders.