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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Hits are a terrible stat for determining how gritty a team is.
The Hawks can be pretty dirty as a team overall. More importantly though, they stand up for each other, they battle hard, they are hard to play against, and they can be punishing at times.
They play a fast, possession game, but they back it up.
I couldn't care less what the stats say with respect to size or hits.
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That's really the point I'm trying to make.
The Flames don't need to go out of their way to sign guys like Lucic to be gritty. Wasting draft picks on refrigerators and hoping they turn into physical monsters probably isn't the best way to build a team.