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Originally Posted by thefoss1957
Certainly not putting down the other Cup winners, and no matter what style is played, a hot Goaltender can trump all...just saying that the Red Wing puck possession Model seems to be the one that has been successful as far as consistency since the Lockout. Certainly, a good chemistry needs to be built, but hitting is getting more and more, let us say, de-emphasized, with the way rules are being interpreted as far as the way interference, hooking, holding are enforced. The league seems to want to see a speedy game with offensive flow...
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It's not necessarily about hitting and fighting, it's about just not being small.
Even Detroit is a team that while not super physical, is by no means 'small'. Baertschi, hudler, cammalleri, backlund, Stajan...is just wayyyyy too small up front.