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Originally Posted by Dion
Post game comment by Hartley says all that needs to be said about this team.......
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“Joey MacDonald gave us a great game, but the bottom line is we have to be a grittier team,” said Flames coach Bob Hartley.
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The Flames are the smallest team in the league. Outside of Iginla and Jackman (who played 4 minutes) there wasn't another forward north of 200 while all the King's defenders, except Voynov, are 215+ pounds and that's with their big defender in Greene (230) on the IR. The Flames defensemen aren't much bigger, Bouwmeester being the only one north of 200 pounds.
A gritty team with 190 pound forwards is only going to last a period against 215 pound defenders. If Hartley's looking for a gritty team he's not on the same page as Feaster. Sure he just said grittier and I agree that the running of Flames goalies has become embarrassing but this shouldn't come as much as a surprise when you've swapped out Bourque, Jokinen and Hannan for Cammalleri, Hudler and Wideman. I'll take the latter any day of the week but that's a 25+ pound difference between each player.