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Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
2009-10 Montreal Canadiens off the top of my head comes to mind. They had 11 players under 6 feet tall, and their real only physical guys on that team were Hal Gill and Laraque. No one on that team really screamed "agressive play" either, with guys like Cammalleri, Plekanec, Gomez, M-A Bergeron leading the team in scoring.
They somehow made it to the conference finals by playing a skilled game and taking advantage on the powerplay.
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The 2009-10 Canadians had 32 fighting majors....
All 6 of their d-men were bigger and for the most part tougher than the Flames big tough D-man Gio.
Hal Gill was playing 20 minutes a game and in the playoff run Subban played 20 minutes a game along with Georges..... ie they had a tougher guy on the ice ALL the time than the Flames ever have.
Moen, Moore and max Lapiere Tom Pyatt all played more than 12 minutes a game.
The 2009-10 Canadiens could have run this years version on the Flames clear out of the saddledome.
Glencross Gio and Iginla are the only Flames that have significant grit that play more than 10 minutes a game.
Gio and Bouwmeester are the only Flames D-men that tip the scales at over 200 lbs......
Why is Baertschi the Minors???? There are no linemates/teammates to physically provide him cover.
I like all the Flames skilled guys...Cammalleri, Hudler, Tanguay, Backlund, Cervenka.... They would all do better if they were one of 2 or 3 smaller skilled guys.
They have to "rely" on Stempniak and Stajan to play big......
If you were an opposing coach getting ready to play the Flames... what game plan would you come up with and how often would you run the Flames goalie per period.