I'm watching the Dallas v Vancouver game right now and I see Mike Ribiero skating alongside Modano on the PP. This had me wondering if Dallas had decided to look for character players in the off-season instead of skillfull players than they never would have acquired Ribiero. Turns out Ribiero has helped the Stars have a pretty damn good season despite the fact tht Modano was slumping in the 1st quarter of the season. Similar things can be said about players like Marc Savard in Boston and Demitra in Minnesota (yeah yeah, spare me your personal views). Anyways, here's my question for debate:
Are character players overrated??? And if NOT, who are the character players on winning teams who make a big difference despite the fact that they don't have boat loads of skills.
I'll add my own observations a little later...
