What is Nolan-type?
1.
A hard-working, unskilled
A: We should sign those scrappy wingers because they are Nolan-type players.
B: Yeah, if you want to lose out the rest of the season.
A: I am a terrible hockey player with no team. Maybe Coach Nolan will take me if I can prove I am a Nolan-type player.
"I suck at hockey."
-perennial Nolan-type player.
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