Active player comparable to Rafalski

HellOnIce

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Jun 28, 2007
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Agree with Andy Greene.

Yea, smaller stature guy, went to american college, undrafted - signed - plays against top pairing consistently well. If Greene had a better team in front of him or as an experienced D partner like Stevens/Lidstrom - we'd be talking Greene in an even higher echelon that we do now. In NJ he's valued highly. Smart player, play all situations, against whoever and makes simple smart plays. Rarely out of position. He's been holding hands of young D for the last several years from Fayne to Larsson to Severson.
 

HellOnIce

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One of my favorite quotes that I can't seem to find at the moment - but it's Hitchcock in the finals asked about Rafalski and how he came on as a rookie in his late 20s and how effective he'd been - and Hitch says something like "Rookie? He has less hair than I do"
 

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