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Pittsburgh Penguins’ “Role Players” Earn Improved Label: Champions

Published by on June 15, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - NHL

Did you know that the Penguins only have three "real" players on the roster? 

They are the ones with the names Crosby, Malkin, and Fleury sewed on the back of their jerseys. 

Everyone else is some odd creature known as a "role player."

What the heck is a role player?  And how can a team have only a few people who aren't constantly called role players?

Based on the constant commentary that accompanied the Penguins' run to glory, I gathered that it was important that they "step up."

Based on the constant commentary that accompanied the Penguins' run to glory, we all became aware that the Penguins "role players" needed to "step up." 

That was ...

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