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Originally Posted by ricardodw
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.
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Penner does have 2 cup rings but I would say that this is more a product of the teams he's played on than his individual play in the playoffs. For example, when the Ducks won the Cup he wasn't nearly as much a force as he should have been for them.
Regardless, I think we both agree about the need for some bigger, tougher bodies in the lineup for next year and beyond. The balance of skill, size and toughness wasn't there this year.