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Originally Posted by dying4acup
If lance Bouma was healthy, probably not necessary. But if iginla and kipper are glad he's back, so am I
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Except Lance Bouma who I think is great, and Aliu while they will go out and hit and try to generate energy are not the on edge player that McGratton is. One thing that's clear with this team is that other teams aren't afraid to take liberties with the Flames.
Nobody stepped up when McDonald got plowed, and nobody stood up when Stajan took the head shot against the Wild.
It might cost you a powerplay when you have a guy like McGratton patrolling the ice, but with a guy like McGratton who was pretty effective tonight, the smaller players and softer players can play a bit bigger, and teams don't throw the same kind of crap at you.
You look at tonight, the Canucks didn't have an answer to Calgary's physical game, and Calgary picked up the hitting something that's been lacking.
The more I think about it, the more I'm ok with it.