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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I also think this is the modern NHL. You don't need Regehrs any longer (and I loved Regehr). I think the model is to go for Giordano/Doughty types - defencemen with good offensive games who are equally strong defensively, and who excel on the transition. The "modern defencemen" now. Lots of talent there, and perhaps higher ceilings in some cases than we (or at least myself) expect.
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I've been banging this drum off and on for decades. Scoring was down in the dead puck era partly because the league was in love with big, hulking, hitting defencemen who had little to contribute offensively, while also expecting (most) forwards to play a two-way game. You're not going to score a lot when you're attacking 3-on-5. When the whole five-man unit is involved in the offensive game, scoring goes up, as we are seeing nowadays.