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Originally Posted by united
I defer to Jason Spezza's view on the topic. While he hasn't played for 35+ years yet, he's been pretty successful I would say.
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When Ottawa would dress a super tough guy, like, let’s say that they would dress Matt Kassian in the lineup, I remember Jason explaining to me, “Listen, you’re gonna hear a lot of people tell you, you add a tough guy in the lineup and everybody feels like they’re two inches taller, and that’s why we like it.”
He’s like, “No, we love it because we’re playing with only 11 forwards. That way, guys like me get more time.” |
Yeah, remember the half season when the Flames had Westgarth, who skated for a shift each period. He would come out between whistles and do a little spin, then ride the bench again.
Of course, it’s harder to do that with a D like Gudbranson.