TIME AND SPACE

WITH RYAN KENNEDY

ASK ANY NHLER WHO excels at defending and they will inevitably give you the same game plan to success: take away time and space from your opponent. It sounds maddeningly simple, but when you’re facing the best players in the world every night, it takes an incredible amount of commitment. And when you think about commitment and defensive excellence, Patrice Bergeron’s name immediately leaps to mind. Bergeron, the legendary Boston Bruins captain, retired this summer – and he earned it. Not only was he one of the best players of his era, but I’m gonna say it right here: he was one of the best NHLers of all-time. Once you get past the icons – Gretzky, Orr, Lemieux, Howe – you’re getting into the fun-debate territory of names such as Crosby,…

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