Option 2

When building a player, especially a forward, the majority of people think how will I develop my player to help provide offense for my team. Whether that be the overdone sniper who is able to score goals at leaps and bounds. Or the classic playmaker who is made to handle the puck and dish it off to teammates to provide scoring chances for the other forwards to succeed. Sometimes a player makes a version of the 2 combining a good shot with good vision on the ice to put the puck in the back of the opponents net. But many of these users aren't thinking of the opposite end of the ice in the defensive zone. What happened to a shutdown defensive player like a Patrice Bergeron or an Anze Kopitar who take pride in not only filling the opposing net but also keeping the puck out of their own. I would like to see more defensive minded forwards in the SHL. Sure you may not be putting up the big numbers or being picked top 10 in fantasy but depending on the build and how well your player performs, I'm sure there's a larger market out there for these types of players than one would initially believe.

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