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Originally Posted by moon
Backlund has been better but as much as everyone wants to overrate him he still gets pushed around physically. Cerevenka has been far from fine when
playing this year and not a strong or physical player at all. Tanguay is certainly not big or strong. Stajan has been at best average in terms of strength/physicality this year.
I would assume the logic is that the Flames forwards are below average, if not bottom of the league, when it comes to size, strength, physicality etc.
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Who didn't say Backlund gets pushed around. I simply stated that his size has been far from a problem for him. He is getting the job done despite not being the strongest player on the ice. Cervenka has looked fine in the sense that his lack of physical play hasn't been the cause of his problems whatsoever, if you want to talk about him not being good enough in general, well that is another discussion all together. Nobody claimed Tanguay was big or strong, you were the first to bring it up as far as I can see. Big difference between being able to hold your own and being "big and strong". Stajan has never been a punishing player, he has filled his roll this year and done far better than many of us expected him to do despite receiving a number of questionable hits. Seems like he's doing fine "despite playing like a 5 foot 5 nancy" to me.