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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The league is full of guys who were basically 3rd/4th liners, but who, at one point along the way, got a chance to play with great players, and managed to take advantage of that and post some solid numbers for a year or two.
Off the top of my head, there is Carter in Van, Brown in Pitt, was it Tootoo that played with Thornton in SJ?
Plenty more examples
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Craig Conroy being St Louis' fourth line center and getting a chance with Iginla sparked him for a good 4 years is the first one that comes to my mind.
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