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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Nope. Just glad to hear that the guys in charge agree.
Compared to Feaster, for example, who made the team substantially smaller, as well as hiring a coach who all but eliminated hitting.
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I just don't know if I agree with the black and blue hockey thing anymore, and Burke and now Treliving are harping on that theme. This whole thing that you have to be a big team that hits a lot to make the playoffs is mostly fabricated IMO in this day and age.
Teams with less hits than the Flames this year: Hawks, Wild, Stars, Sharks, Wings, Lightning. Six of the eight teams with less hits than the Flames made the playoffs this year, and five of them in the West. Last season, nine teams had less hits than the Flames and seven of them made the playoffs.
I know it's pretty superficial analysis as I lie here on my phone, but I don't see the correlation and frankly I'd be interested in hearing mgmt's rationale beyond Burke ranting about not being able to teach size and Treliving nodding his head. You don't have to be big to not take any ####.