It's a role the 6-foot-3, 205-pound right-hand shot has become accustomed. Bastian is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of player and that's usually by way of using his size and skill to create offense.
"I'm able to play a power-forward game, but it's hard sometimes," Bastian said. "I'm always in the corners, trying to be first on the puck. I don't look at it as much as a grind as maybe it might look like because I'm also having fun and running into guys. That's my style and that's how I've been playing the past couple of years.
"That's what helps make me be successful.