He played crazy minutes in Edmonton. He played a lot for us as well in 06-07. The difference that year was that we had Neidermayer eating up a lot of those minutes. Especially since they rarely played together. Scotty typically took more playing time than Pronger, but it also depended on the opponents. Pronger played a lot against bigger stronger opponents like Thornton while Scott would play against the faster or more 'finesse' type players. I remember hearing that Scott would sit on the bench when they put Pronger out there and he'd wait about a minute, turn and tell the coaches he was ready to go and they'd throw him back out there. The third pairing almost never played 10 minutes a game while Pronger/Scott would routinely play over 26 or so and would frequently approach 30 IIRC.
As to the topic, if a guy is in good enough shape that he can do it without slipping in production, then go for it I guess. I do think that you're being a little bit dangerous though in that over the course of a full 82 game schedule, you're far more likely to get that guy hurt when he's playing that much.
