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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
The term defensive defenseman, as it relates to 5 on 5 play, means one thing.
They are constantly hemmed in their own zone- playing defense in the defensive zone, getting outshot, outchanced and outscored
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Really? Defensive D-men are critical to almost every team. You need depth d-men to eat minutes and better yet provide some grit and intimidation. I don't think people give enough credit for what Engelland did here. If he's gone this team has a pretty big hole to fill IMO. That hole will not be filled by any of the current prospects either.