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Originally Posted by transplant99
You mean like...Robyn Regehr?
Lots of very good dmen in that category. Josh Manson, Marc Methot, Hamonic, even Engelland was fanstastic in that role this year. None of them will light up a scoreboard but every one of them were extremely important to their clubs. Many more on top of them.
Its why the goofy anayltics simply dont hold any water in most cases...you have to watch the way guys play instead of studying spread sheets.
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It's not 2005 anymore. The game evolves. And no matter how you look at it, consistently being outshot, outchanced and outscored is not likely to lead to much success. Or is that goofy also?
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Originally Posted by 2ArmBands
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.
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Who were the Defensive D-men on the Preds, who played that role?
Subban and Ekholm completely neutralized everyone they faced in the playoffs.