Adam Kimelman at NHL.com names the five most reliable defensemen in the Atlantic Division. Including Michal Rozsival...2. Michal Rozsival, New York Rangers -- On a mostly inexperienced Rangers blue line, Rozsival was needed to play in all situations, and he never let down his team.Rozsival jumped over the boards a team-high 29.5 times per game, and it didn't matter if the team was a man down -- he played a team-high 2:58 per game shorthanded -- or a man up -- he saw 3:47 of ice time per game on the power play.The 24:33 Rozsival played was a career high and the culmination of four straight seasons of increased ice time. Offseason hip surgery and the addition of Wade Redden could cut into some of that time, but it also could leave Rozsival fresher for the playoffs.
...surprised to see Rozsival on this list coming off such a sub-par year.
...when Radek Martinek makes this list you know Kimelman has no idea what he's talking about.
...further evidenced by putting Rozsival on this list ahead of Marc Staal who was much more reliable defensively last year.
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Girardi was more reliable than both of them.
Girardi, Staal indeed. Way more more dependable than rosy balls.
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