People who say the flames don't need a fighter are naive. Young team is gonna get bullied without one.
Picture playing the oilers and Lucic runs Smith or concusses a rookie with an elbow. Cgy doesn't score on the powerplay and no one responds. Or someone tries and gets beat up.
There is still lots of fighting and our young players need the confidence of someone having their back.
For every high end team without a goon there is a team like the oilers 4 or 5 years ago where Hall got injured fighting and Boogard concussed a couple small young guys running around.
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