The defensemen on the Forge are a very important part of the team, and defensive resilience has been a big contributor to the consistent success Philly has enjoyed. A lot of teams over the years have employed worse quality bottom defensive pairings due to the lower amount of defensemen available to teams in the current era. However, Philadelphia for the most part over the seasons have kept a very active and high level D core that backs up elite goalie Base Pack. As such, the expectation of the blueliners on the Forge is very high to offer support to the netminder. When it comes to killing penalties and defending the rush, the dmen are drilled very hard on how to best protect the net and break up plays. Offense still comes with big expectations for them too, though, as with explosive forwards like Evil Allbran, Ricky Koivu and Graj Virrok, among others, the breakout and quarterbacking powerplays is a huge part of their game. As a great all-around team that prides themselves as being such, there is obviously a large expectation for the blueliners to be big contributors for the Forge. (192 words)