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Originally Posted by New Era
One, Jankowski and Dube are not competing for this role, for different reasons. Klimchuk is not suited to this role. He is not going to be playing a hard-nosed game and drop his gloves when it matters.
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Well the first issue we have, is whether "this role" should even be employed. Especially on a line removed from our star players. All "this role" really accomplishes is adding some staged fights and dragging down the other two players stuck on the fourth line. The idea of a "Sherriff" in today's NHL only makes sense if you've got guys like Tkachuk, Bennett and Ferland being the "Semenko" to a guy like Gaudreau or Monahan. Designated facepunchers have shown no correlation to the success of their team that I'm aware of. Last year's cup winners didn't employ one.
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Lomberg is probably the best suited for this role, but does he have the game to do it yet? I don't think so. Lomberg has looked most effective on a line with, no surprise, Tanner Glass. I think he could learn a lot playing with Glass.
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I'd argue the opposite. Tanner Glass has looked most effective on a line with, no surprise, Ryan Lomberg. Who was the better hockey player in the same league (AHL) last year?
Ryan Lomberg was.
One guy is a guy you want to try out as your 13th forward in the NHL. One guy has blown ample opportunities to do so. Preseason doesn't mean ****.