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Originally Posted by Ashasx
We didn't have Bollig and Engelland on the team last year, and I certainly can't recall any game where the team got bullied.
Unless you include the time we did the bullying to the Canucks.
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Team was being bullied for two years which prompted the McGrattan, McDermid and Westgarth acquisitions. Team played better after the Westgarth acquisition and after they asserted their physicality in the Canucks brawl.
Treliving has replaced McGrattan and Westgarth with Engelland and Bollig, better players for the role. Burke attributed some of the teams success this year to the Bollig and Engelland acquisitions but I guess all you Burke haters out there know more about building a team then Burke.
Bollig played a regular shift for the Blackhawks and won a Stanley cup. Jordan Nolan isn't that much better of a player than Bollig but he also played a regular shift for the KINGS in their Stanley cup championships. Shawn Thornton was a big contributor to the Bruins championship and is not a better player than Bollig.
Why did the past three Stanley cup champions utilize players like Bollig? Is it because they didnt know what they were doing? Or maybe players like this contribute in ways that aren't necessarily reflected on the scoresheet?