Hockey traditionalists typically prefer for a right-handed defenseman playing on the right side of the blueline and a left-handed shot on the left, but oftentimes things get in the way of this formula. The primary issue is that the pool of NHL caliber defensemen is not evenly divided into left and right-handed shots. But other times, it’s a player’s - or even a coaching - preference.
Bill Peters was fond of Klas Dahlbeck and he viewed the Swede as a kind of Swiss army knife on the blueline. Peters paired Dahlbeck, a left shot, with fellow lefty Jaccob Slavin for just north of 2.