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FHL: The Newest Black-n-Blueshirt

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

If there's anything I've been missing since the NHL's return from the season-long lockout in 2004-05, it's the importance of the enforcer. Whatever you want to call them, enforcers, goons, thugs, maybe all-around jerks -- I'm guessing these owners play in leagues that penalize penalty minutes -- these players haven't been nearly as critical to the composition of a roster in the "newer, faster" NHL of today. That's a shame, really, considering the inclusion of penalty minutes is one of the more ...

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