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Originally Posted by Red
Again, dumb averages. Hossa, Toews, Keith, Seabrook, Hjalmarsson....star players that would dummy any Flame not named Bollig or Engelland. Both not even regulars on the Flames.
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It's more speed and elite skill. Toews is not big. Keith is not big. I don't think your evaluation on Toews is quite on the mark. He does not cut through defense like butter. Hossa yes, he is a beast. Toews is elite skills, speed, hockey sense, and so on. As a unit they move the puck better than any team in the league. I agree that in general they dummy the Flames, because it's obvious they do, more often than not when we play that team, and we pull out wins with elite goaltending and opportunistic offense. But it's more of a modern Detroit Red Wings dummy, than them doing it because they're big.