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Old 10-10-2016, 03:02 PM   #819
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root View Post
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
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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