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Originally Posted by Hells Bells
Most of these guys aren't anywhere near as talented as Tanguay, Cammalleri, Cervenka & Hudler.
Just curious.. where are the Red Wings? Canucks? Hawks? Sharks?
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I have no trouble with Tanguay and Cammalleri playing soft...... so long as they kick in 60+ points
The Canucks rely on Lapperrie for all their grit. Kesler plays the same level of physical game as Iginla.... The Canucks identified the problem they had even before LA ran them out of the playoffs and traded much more skillful softer Hodgson for Kassain.
The Wings had a few more hits as team last year than the Flames.
The Wings .... out muscled by nashville got rid of Hudler and added Tootoo. The Flames got rid of TomK and added Hudler
A lot of their physical play is provided by Kronwall and Stuart.... who are on the ice a lot of the time. Albekdar, Helm, Bertuzzi and Cleary while not bangers are tough to play against and hit more than the Flames forwards. The big thing with Detriot is that their skilled guys Zetterberg and Datsyuk are 5'11" 195 and built like brick outhouses. They do not need someone to play physical for them as do Cammalleri and Tanguay.
San Jose ... now that you brought it up, turned into no-hitters.... even Clowe stopped hitting..... they turned into the Flames.... great lineup on paper, they snuck into the playoffs and were steam rollered 4 straight after winning game 1 by the tougher Blues
E kane... not even close...... by that do you mean that he is in a different category that the Flames can't dare to dream of? Iginla 2002 vintage --- 173 hits in 74 games 30 goals +11 21 years old. Iginla and Glencross COMBINED for 204 hits 31 more than Kane by himself.
Kane is someone who can provide protection for a top line with 2 soft linemates. Jokinen will enjoy playing with him.
All your examples of teams you think the Flames may almost be as tough as won 5 playoff games amongst themselves. San Jose 1-4 Vancouver 1-4 Detroit 1-4 and Chicago managed to win 2 against Phoenix