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Originally Posted by GettinIggyWithIt
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The road to success seems to be simple...... Good BIG players are >>>>>>>>> small skilled players.
Bourque >>> Cammalleri.... for instance.
You put up with Penner's attitude and work with him because you can't coach Stempniak to be 265 pounds.
I agree that this year's version of the Flames isn't nearly big or tough enough. In fact, I think we fell victim to having too many of the "same type of players".
But Bourque and Penner are not good examples in my opinion. We don't need big players that are useless, lazy and difficult to motivate -especially not at their price tags. Bourque and Penner aren't going to make teams competitive. Both Montreal and LA have much better examples of big, strong forwards that contribute to their team. I'd much rather have Cammaleri over Bourque and Stempniak over Penner but I wouldn't want a team full of those guys and no bigger bodies to wear down the opposition.
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You could make an argument for Cammalleri over Bourque as Cammalleri did have a great playoff year.....
BUT Penner has 30 points in 60 playoff games and 2 Stanley cup rings.
Stempniak has totally disappeared in his 11 playoff games with 2 assists. Stempniak was THE scoring leader for Phx going into the playoffs and totally disappeared..... That was a big reason the Yotes gave him away and took langkow off the Flames salary cap.
I would venture to say that Penner gets far more motivated and plays at a higher level in important games and Stempniak is the one that does not step up... or just is unable to.