Dee Lux DX7's World of Hockey

Pittsburg won the cup with a no-name blue line? So then the Leafs can too...right? WRONG, There's is something about the position of "defenseman" in hockey you aren't taking into account, and it' a big reason why the Penguins will once again, soon, hoist the most storied trophy in sports and the Leafs will suffer through another generation of humiliation (Drop the beat and I'll rap it) The thing about Pittsburg that people don't get, is that Crosby and Malkin are absolute traditional COMPLETE centers. A "real" center plays as the third defenseman, covering the slot and behind the net, a lot of the time, your best "Puck moving D" is actually your center, a lot of people don't seem to understand how the center position differs from any other position in hockey. They should watch more Penguins games, they would learn......FAST. Between the two of them Crosby and Malkin DOMINATE both ends of the ice, getting the puck, moving the...

Eric Gudbranson, is about to be traded....or is he?....apparently Jim Benning isn't being offered much more than a 4th round pick for the big guy....sounds about right. So, now "Trader Jim" is playing things "real smart like" and acting as if he really would prefer to SIGN Gudbranson to a long-term deal....... ...He WHAT!?!....Surely not as a hockey player? Not......not...TO PLAY DEFENSE! Eric Gudbranson has proven to be an AHL level player during his stint in Vancouver, BUT! Now there's a hitch... .....with Dorsette retired, who's going to stop Avalanche players from cross-checking Brock Boesser face first into the boards? Eric Gudbranson THAT'S WHO! Ok...but what is he goign to do for the rest of his time? He can't really PLAY HOCKEY. Well, there is one thing you could do with him.... MOVE HIM TO LEFT WING!!! OBVIOUSLY! This is the LEAST demanding position in all of hockey! I still have NO IDEA why the obvio...