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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
You need to have tough guys doing something other then fighting when on the ice. Nobody will initiate a fight with McGrattan or Bollig unless these guys have been running down their teammates. I've seen McGrattan change the tone of the game as a guy who can go headhunting and layout a devastating hit, then be able to back it up against anybody dumb enough to initiate.
McGrattan seems to have fallen off his game of late and is content with just being a leader in the locker room.
Can't speak to how effective Engelland or Bollig were in the past. They both seemed decent to start the year but have fallen off.
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Well it is kind of hard to play better when you are a healthy scratch almost the entire season so far. So, I have no idea where are you basing your assessment of McGrattan fallen off his game lately.
As for the other two, I thought those guys are doing their job. How many times did you see Brandon Bollig going after someone when one of his teammates gets pushed around. Engelland did the same thing one night when Tim Jackman was taking liberty in pushing a much smaller player like Gaudreau. You have to realize that Engelland is a third pairing defenseman so I am hoping people are not expecting him to play like Brodie, Giordano, Wideman and Russell. 3rd pairing is just like the 4th forward line, they either energy line or s&&t disturber who's purpose to play defense-first then offense later. Oh yes stat-wise those guys are not impressive.