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Originally Posted by New Era
After what the Flames just experienced with Anaheim it is obvious this team needs to get bigger and stronger.
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No, that's
not obvious.
The Flames' most effective player against Anaheim was Gaudreau, who's neither big nor strong, but he's mobile.
The Flames' least effective player against Anaheim was probably Engelland, who's very big and very strong, and yet was probably on the ice for over 65% of the goals Anaheim scored.
The Flames second least effective player was probably Monahan, who's pretty big and strong, but was outmatched one on one by Kesler.
Treliving even mentioned that once Bouma and Ferland returned, Calgary seemed to be the team playing "bigger" out of the two.
The only thing that was "clear" from the Anaheim series is that they're a more talented team. Which they ought to be, as they've been building up assets for five+ years now while we're only now recovering from the aftermath of Sutter's liberal use of high draft picks to acquire mediocre 28 year old vets.