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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Yet throw a stone and you'll hit someone who praised Stone for his bomb from the point (which was a self clear as often as it hit the net).
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True enough.
Al MacInnis had a bomb from the point, and it was actually valuable because he worked for years to make it accurate. Even then, it was most effective when Joe Nieuwendyk was there to stand beside the net (taking crosschecks and slashes every second) and tip those slapshots in. Stone's slapper isn't accurate and he doesn't have a Nieuwendyk to help him, so I view it more as a curiosity than a tool. There's a reason Stone was never seen as an offensive defenceman.