Gritty, lesser-celebrated power forwards...now playoff studs

[Dobber]

Brandon Dubinsky, Rene Bourque, James Sheppard, Ryan Callahan...all players I"ve noticed really making an impact. Just kamikaze out there - anything to finish a check, anything to get that puck in the net.


I mean - Dubinsky leads the league with 22 hits!

Makes me so certain that Dustin Brown is hurt. This is his forte, and he's a shadow of himself.


Interesting thing that caught my eye while looking over the hits - Toffoli has 12 of them, 8th in the league.

[Shiva Blaster]

Callahan has been a key cog to multiple championships in my multi-cat league and is one of my favourite players. The guy brings it every single game and is a difference maker both in reality and in fantasy. Difference between him and a guy like Bourque is that Callahan plays this way every game, regular season or playoffs.

[mister_mcgoo]

Callahan has always been a hit/shot blocking machine, that's just the way he plays (and why he gets hurt...he'll sacrifice his body to save a goal or make a play). Dubinsky is a similar kind of player but he's really ratcheted it up these playoffs.

Habs fans everywhere have been searching, trying to find who kidnapped Rene Bourque and replaced him with this imposter

[suvojitde]

Callahan has always been a hit/shot blocking machine, that's just the way he plays (and why he gets hurt...he'll sacrifice his body to save a goal or make a play). Dubinsky is a similar kind of player but he's really ratcheted it up these playoffs.

Habs fans everywhere have been searching, trying to find who kidnapped Rene Bourque and replaced him with this imposter

Rather, i would expect Tampa to search for the real Bourque. Therrien and the Habs are more than happy to let this impostor play!!!!

[newfcollins]

Not sure why everyone is talking about Callahan. He's been pretty invisible for most of the series. Zero points, minus-four, three shots, zero blocked shots. Sure, he's got 12 hits, but that's about all he's doing. But that's because Montreal seems to have the puck every time he's on the ice, so there's not much else he can do but hit.

[fungchen3]

Wayne Simmonds please.

[ericdaoust]

I'm still convinced that it's someone else wearing Rene Bourque's jersey. That person deserves a contract next year.

[Thunder]

Not sure why everyone is talking about Callahan. He's been pretty invisible for most of the series. Zero points, minus-four, three shots, zero blocked shots. Sure, he's got 12 hits, but that's about all he's doing. But that's because Montreal seems to have the puck every time he's on the ice, so there's not much else he can do but hit.

Amen to that.

One of the biggest dissapointments (along with Filppula) for the Bolts IMO.

[27Blue]

Callahan is so overrated... blows my mind. Good third liner.