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Old 02-23-2016, 12:24 PM   #570
PeteMoss
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Originally Posted by New Era View Post
See success of Anaheim and Los Angeles versus the success of Calgary. Your wife may be telling you otherwise, but size does matter. The Flames get physically dominated because they are too small and too soft. Flames need some guys in the lineup that are tough to play against and wear the opposition down. Granlund didn't play that way so he's moved. Your fancy stats only tell 1/10th of the story of a hockey game.
And Chicago is one of the smaller teams in the league and they seem to do fine.

If you can get a team full of Gaudreau's, you'll be better off than a team with 'textbook' line 1/2 - skill, line 3/4 - big checkers.
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