D-men

"They started getting their D-men coming in the rush," Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid said of the Capitals' comeback attempt.

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Keith was second among D-men in scoring (69 points) and ice time per game (26: 35).

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But I've always tried to log minutes down in the other team's offensive zone, to wear their D-men down with a good cycle game with my big body, just protecting the puck in the corners.

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` ` We did want we wanted to, we got the puck behind their D-men and forced them and it finally worked out for us in the third getting two out of our three goals off the cycle, '' Bourque said.

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` ` He yelled for it, and I knew there was two D-men on either side of the net, so I kind of figured he was wide open so I threw it in front, '' Roberts said.

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` ` I got the puck and the D-men were a little backed off, '' Doan said.

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` ` I was lucky their D-men were a little flatfooted.

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Anaheim has a number of tough D-men they can pair him with to help hide his total lack of a physical game.

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The less heralded of the two Kitchener D-men is Lashoff, but the manner in which he finished the season and played in the playoffs (before a concussion ended his year) reconfirmed the skills he has flashed the past three years.

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"I don't know what the 'D-men' did on my side," Morrison said.

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