| Teams have gone overseas to find battle-tested goaltenders and seasoned puck-handling defensemen to help run the power play. |
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| The principal commodities were depth defensemen, who rotated among teams in a dizzy kaleidoscope, and some intriguing goalie switches. |
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| He faces the significant challenge of having to battle for the puck along the boards against 220-pound defensemen. |
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| Their defensemen were getting spun like tops by the great one-on-one talent at the World Cup. |
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| It takes a combination of size and speed to get around the well-schooled Devils defensemen and into position. |
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| He's never come close to winning a Norris Trophy despite being one of the best defensemen in hockey. |
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| His quickness in going to the net often catches defensemen and goaltenders asleep. |
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| Sure, but the best defensemen and goaltenders would be up against the best of the offense. |
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| To a goalie, having rugged defensemen willing to blocks shots is second only to having a good relationship with your posts. |
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| Bleeding superstars, inebriated goalies and headhunting defensemen were commonplace. |
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| Several defensemen and goaltenders were equally deserving of consideration because of their critical importance to their teams' success. |
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| But one NHL team official says comparing different cities' prices is like comparing goaltenders to defensemen. |
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| Their top forwards are still in their prime, their top defensemen are still in their prime and their goalie is among the best in the league. |
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| He adds that goalies must let their defensemen and forwards come back and get the puck behind the goal line. |
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| They know how many times he has been whacked and hacked by opposing defensemen and goaltenders. |
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| Those who have seen hockey defensemen skate backward at full speed will understand the reference. |
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| Three players with proven talent are defensemen Robyn Regehr and Jordan Leopold and goalie Miikka Kiprusoff. |
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| Here's a look at the goaltenders, defensemen and forwards who might never be in such a precarious spot again. |
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| He immediately helped Mike Keenan's young defensemen with their positioning and hitting ability. |
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| He can leave some big rebounds and doesn't get a lot of help from his defensemen in clearing them away or in removing the opposition from the crease. |
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| He sometimes carried defensemen with him as he zoomed in on goalies. |
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| There aren't enough great offensive defensemen to go around. |
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| Are the defensemen pinching down along the boards to halt breakouts? |
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| But some nights this group of defensemen simply will be overmatched. |
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| Coach Roy Sommer dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen and in doing so, broke up the line of Yanni Gourde, Travis Oleksuk and Dan DaSilva. |
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| The forwards forechecked with abandon while the defensemen pitched in to keep the puck in Algonquin's end. |
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| Defensemen remained as a staunch back line on the blue line, retreating at the mere sniff of a turnover in possession. |
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