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Originally Posted by StrykerSteve
Are we honestly arguing whether or not PIMs and playing hard are linked? You can be hard to play against and still be playing within the rules, PIMs are more directly linked to low hockey IQ, IMO. The lower your IQ, the more likely you are to take a penalty to try and keep up.
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Yep the fact that Gio leads the Flames d-men in PIM is simply that he has a low hockey IQ.
Backlund lost his high Hockey IQ as he doubled his PIM in his break through year?
There is a direct correlation between Backlund playing harder and better and his PIM going up.