Ricky Bobby
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- Aug 31, 2008
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I'm a fan of Steckel's role on this team and believe that he was a major contributing factor to our success early last season (before he broke his hand). He's big and is useful playing in a defensive style of system as long as his minutes are 4th line + PK. I'm not an advocate of using him in roles he has no business playing in, but Steckel is a good role player on this club.
McClement was brought in to fill the role Steckel occuppied last year. Plus Connolly can do everything that Steckel does but with offensive upside.
Steckel is a 13th forward who is a UFA at the end of the year. Toronto needs to overload on picks (like we should have done years ago). Any pick we can get for Steckel is a bonus. He was good on the penalty kill at winning the draws but if he lost he was a liability. I just don't see any upside with him.
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