I actually don't have a problem with players avoiding hits as long as they aren't throwing the puck away to do so. Take a player like Huselius who used his puck handling and skating to avoid getting hit. Can the Flames develop a player like that though? I guess it will depend on who we have coaching, but our track record is not good. I think part of Bartschi's THN ranking has being a Flames prospect factored into it.
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