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Old 01-02-2025, 10:16 PM   #1284
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan View Post
O'Neill kind of mentioned a few minutes ago that (paraphrasing) in a tourney like this you bring your best players and make some of the highly skilled players fit into roles. Don't go so heavy on bottom 6 players. Then if you need a gamebreaker or 2 they're already on your roster.

I think we'll (hopefully) see a new mindset next year with the evaluation camp and selections. Something has to give.
Yeah, wasn't it 2010 when they had Toews playing 3rd line C? He was one of the best Centres in the NHL but not better than Crosby or...I forgot who was #2.

Top end players can play lower-end roles and be bumped up, its a lot harder to get lower-end players to step into Elite roles.

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What would you have done; bench some of them?
Dont put yourself in that position in the first place.
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