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Jim Rutherford Picks His All-Star Team Of Players He Faced
by Paul on 10/25/18 at 10:27 AM ET
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from Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Nonethless, he played with and against — generally, the latter — some of the most celebrated figures in hockey history, and agreed to put together an All-Star team of his peers. His choices:
DEFENSE – “I always liked Larry Robinson a lot, but if you asked me to pick two, [Bobby Orr and Denis Potvin] would be the two. (Orr) changed the way you play defense. He came in and had so much mobility. He was such a great skater and could move the puck and jumped up into the play, which very, very few defensemen did prior to him. (Potvin) came along a little after him and continued that [style of] play, skating and moving the puck and putting up a lot of points.”
CENTER – “Marcel Dionne was a great center iceman.
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