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Originally Posted by heep223

The Jets are certainly known for their physicality. The Wings, Sharks, Coyotes, Wild are not.

I have yet to see any evidence that correlates "black and blue hockey" or even size with winning. Only anecdotes and more anecdotes, which is why I take issue with Burke's comments.

Meaner, yes. I would like to see the team stand up for themselves and each other more, like we saw a few seasons ago. But I worry that management will try to make this team into the Kings/Ducks instead of the Hawks, because their core is never going to be like those teams. The Flames need to work with their speed, skill, smarts and mobile puck moving d-men to craft their long term strategy.

The Blackhawks are a big and physical team. Not sure where the notion they aren't is coming from.