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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
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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Chicago has some of the best players in the game. If you can vastly out talent a team then size isn't as important. Not sure the Flames will ever be top 5 in the league in terms of pure talent.
The new textbook is line 1/2 - skill, size, skating and strength, line 3/4 size, skating, strength and less skill. In the playoffs size and strength wear down and take a toll on smaller teams. The best teams in the league (Chicago) may be able to survive with average size but the only hope we have of getting out of our huge/skilled division is to add some more size.