Dave... yw. Fact is, it is EXACTLY what you said... the last resort.

Now, sometimes, you have luck and sometimes you have players that you are betting on. Case in point, Jean Belliveau, numero cat pour Les Canadiennes. I wrote that correctly... cat... as in, dat guy put dat puck in dat net from da faceoff quick as a cat la!

Seriously. More than once. And, having an extra forward when Jean took the faceoff meant a chance for a rebound.

Now, if you have a faceoff guy that is good at getting the puck back to the blueline and you have a sharp shooter or two back there, the extra forward can try to screen or even take the puck in the pads for a rebound if...

Sorry... I get carried away sometimes.