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Originally Posted by The Nemesis
Bergeron is not suited for what a normal bottom 6 role requires.
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Very true. But if we want a puck moving defenseman, he's the best one available at this time. And he isn't going to be a defenseman when the Sharks are at even strength or on the penalty kill.
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Originally Posted by SJeasy
A PP-only specialist isn't a dman. The 6th dman normally gets 14-16min TOI even if he is a specialist. The rest of the dmen spread the minutes. A PP-only specialist will get 4min TOI as a dman max. That will add another 10min TOI to the other 5 dmen. Most teams that have a 6th dman getting under 10min TOI dress 7 dmen.
The hole in logic remains.
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But we would play him at forward still.
I mentioned potential lines in the 14th post.
Bergeron would play the point on the power play, but he's going to play forward during even strength. So technically, there will be 11 forwards, 6 defensemen and Bergeron, who would play forward on the 4th line.