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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Not that I like Baertschi, but why can't be a small skilled guy be a 4th liner? They get easy match-ups and can skate around with the puck while the other team has their 'energy' slugs out there. I'd rather have Sven on the 4th line than a guy like Brouwer or Glass who spend the entire shift chasing the puck around in their own end.
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They can be. He can't. It was tried, and he failed. He was always chasing the play, a step behind, didn't check well and was dumb at forechecking. Brouwer is a way more effective "should be higher but plays on the fourth line" guy.