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Originally Posted by AcGold
Physical play is so vague a term it's dismissive. He uses his body to stop the cycle and steal the puck, he also defends our goalie and keeps the opposition honest. Several areas where we are lacking and have been lacking in the past. He played top line minutes and didn't miss a beat, what else should he be doing?
I'd bet money Hartley has him speeding up his breakout passes and working on his offensive contributions too.
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I think that maybe AC should put together a highlight package of Kipper 2012-13.
He ended up with a save % of .884 and a GA of 3.44. He was basically run into retirement.
There were 2-3 times a game when Kipper was knocked over in the crease and Boumeester, Butler, Smith, Brodie, and even Gio would be looking in the corners or behind the net for a possible loose puck.
When Wideman is your toughest crease clearer you could have a Carey Price in goal and he would start flinching and letting in dirty goals.
Looking at the Flames as a likely playoff team this year how would you play them?
I know I would be trying to force the Flames D to engage physically by crashing the crease. Not as easy to make these great breakout passes when you are battling for space in the crease protecting your goalie.