What better way to see
the value of a punishing defensive-defenseman than Matt Greene in game 5
against the Sharks? There's been a certain sentiment that defensive d-men are
going extinct in the post lockout NHL, but while it did weed out some of the
defenseman with suspect hockey-sense, there still very much is a role for Matt
Greene types.
Matt Greene was plastering Sharks into the boards and over the
ice all game long, setting a physical tone for the whole team to follow, San
Jose's forecheck soon went MIA and they had trouble even with breakouts from
their own zone as the Kings established their physical dominance.
How do you
quantify the value of that? You can't. Maybe the Oilers should pay attention
the next time they deal players like Stoll and Greene away, the same type they
now years later are looking for to supplement their kids with.
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