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[DropThePuck]

Let's hear it for the little guys.

If ever there was a measure of the positive effect of the more stringent standard applied to the rule book regarding the use of the hockey stick as a leverage tool in defending, it is the production by numerous players of smallish stature.

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[hockey2k]

How about the Ducks little guy...Andy McDonald!

[DropThePuck]

Since joining the Lightning Boyle has 37 goals and 105 assists in 233 games, has played well defensively and has become something small defenseman are not supposed to become: a workhorse. He averages more than 24 minutes a game, which places him 13th among NHL defenseman. Last week when the Lightning was down to five defenseman because of an injury to Pavel Kubina, Boyle played an incredible 36 minutes, 40 seconds.

Not bad for a guy who every team in the league once thought would never be good enough to play a second in the NHL.

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