Agree about the speed vs. size assessment. People like to bring up the Kings and Ducks in terms of teams to try to emulate a rebuild around, but with our lineup and prospects, I think we are much more successful if we try to emulate the Hawks model, where it's more about speed and skill.
At the end of the day, to match up to the size/toughness of teams like LA, it's our best players that have to be big, not our 3rd/4th liners. But we don't have that, and bringing in Bollig to play 6-7 minutes won't change that. So let's beat them with what we DO have. David beat Goliath with speed and wits. Goliath can't beat the crap out of you if he can't catch you.
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