Mandar
The Real Maven
Irvine was a third liner--a comparable today would be Dale Weise.
Gotta disagree here....yes, Teddy was a 3rd liner...but that third line was him, Stemmer and Bruce MacGregor....not a typical 3rd line....probably a higher line on the majority of teams in the league then. Teddy also filled in on the GAG line when either Gilbert or Hadfield was out.
He had a couple of 20 goal seasons....and was certainly tough....stepped up for his teammates often. I don't really see much of a parallel with Weise.