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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
How many times did we see Johnny getting pushed down with no response? Some credit to the team for coming together adding toughness near the end of the season, but will they still respond without Engelland. We saw what adding a little toughness in Stone meant to the team so I am curious how they will respond without Engelland.
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Johnny's a grown man not a child. If he gets pushed down he gets back up. Responses these days typically lead to a two minute minor penalty for instigation or roughing. I think some of you people take this toughness stuff way too seriously. Johnny's seen this kind of stuff for his entire career being one of the smaller players on the ice at all ages. If it was something that he couldn't handle he would never had made the NHL in the first place. I don't understand why there has to be retribution for hard hits or a little pushing. Players are penalized after all for dirty play so I don't see the point of running after a guy that's heading to the box anyway? Flames have several players on the roster that can drop the gloves and it's not like the league has many heavyweight scrappers left anyway.