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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Despite Burke saying that other teams are copying the Ducks team, big tough teams have been winning championships since Canadian pro hockey began. This isn't a trend, although some GMs may have other ideas, it's the way to win.
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^ This.
Even though it was in a different era the last time we had success we had guys like Regehr, Warrener on the backend and Iginla and a huge powerforward in Simon. I think people sometimes forget how key Simon was for our PP and overall in our cup run.
Even though the NHL has changed and slower powerforwards and defensive defensemen have a tougher time it hasn't reduced the effectiveness of the powerforwards and big, strong d-men who can skate. You win championships with those types. They are also quite rare, similar to big, skilled centres with size which luckily we've found one of (Monahan). If we can get a big powerforward at the top end of this draft or a big, strong, two-way d-man we'll have found another key piece.