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Originally Posted by saillias
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.
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Toews is tough as nails and very hard to knock off the puck. He is not huge but at 6'2 he is big and his legs are like tree trunks. He can hang with the Carters and Getzlafs....our best combination of size and skill up front is Sean Monahan.