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868904 · 01-24-2015, 01:55 PM

This was clearly about meeting the cap floor. The fact they got one of the toughest guys in the league who plays defense and shoots right is a bonus.

I like having him in the lineup. He's physical and the opposing team doesn't try anything stupid with him there. In fact with him and Bollig in the line up, the team has rarely been pushed around.

There has been only one game this year where the Flames were physically intimidated and pushed around, and that was against the Florida Panthers, a game that both Bollig and Engelland did not dress, and McGrattan had just been waived.

01-24-2015, 01:55 PM	#698
868904 Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Exp:	This was clearly about meeting the cap floor. The fact they got one of the toughest guys in the league who plays defense and shoots right is a bonus. I like having him in the lineup. He's physical and the opposing team doesn't try anything stupid with him there. In fact with him and Bollig in the line up, the team has rarely been pushed around. There has been only one game this year where the Flames were physically intimidated and pushed around, and that was against the Florida Panthers, a game that both Bollig and Engelland did not dress, and McGrattan had just been waived. __________________ Calgary Flames, PLEASE GO TO THE NET! AND SHOOT THE PUCK! GENERATING OFFENSE IS NOT DIFFICULT! SKATE HARD, SHOOT HARD, CRASH THE NET HARD!