Polemic Hockey

No one mentioned it at the time, and it has not been talked about much since, but Bar Food's acquisition of Brian Rafalski was THE move of the 2007 off-season. This is evident in both the not particularly noticeable plays Rafalski makes with stick check, first passes, and at the point that took so much pressure off Bar Food's D, and in how bad the Devils' defense, and especially their PP point play, was in his absence.

Bar Food was good before, Rafalski put them over the top. Rafalski's absence left the Devils as a lower second-tier team.