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Originally Posted by Sandman
Truculence, as long as it doesn’t come at the expense of team speed and skill, can absolutely win you hockey games. Ask any GM in the league- it’s still a contact sport, and still has 50/50 battles that need winning.
I never said anything about big, slow fighters.
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But it’s incredibly rare that it doesn’t come at the expense of speed and skill.
Watson barely exceeded half of Lucic’s production. Sure, he hit a bunch, but he’s another example of a guy who just doesn’t bring much. He also got caved in defensively.
Guys like Dube and Coleman that give you far more while being that much harder to play against despite maybe not hitting as hard are x10 more valuable. You want guys like that in the middle of your roster and guys like Duehr filling in the bottom. Guys like Watson and Lucic are just useless.