By Terry Frei
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, October 1, 2002

With his hair flying and conventional standards left behind in his wake, Bobby Orr's revolutionary talents changed the perceived possibilities for the men who play his position. But after defensemen were deemed capable of not just supporting the offense, but generating it, the frequent either-or typecasting of even the exceptionally talented men at the position emphasized how rare versatility was -- and, to an extent, still is. Don't we tend to categorize defensemen, as if this was in the trad ...

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