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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
Not sure what's worse, trying to pass off this exaggerated, hyperbolic opinion based off the first split squad game of the PRE-season or trying to suggest the majority of fans are fooled and that you see through it.
It's a bogus take. We did just fine against other big teams like LA last year.
Anaheim has had our number for a while, but all of those game were competitive and with a few more bounces it could have been different story. With the way our core is much younger than theirs we have a lot of room to grow and improve.
Don't agree with your premise at all, but object more so with you trying to use the first six periods of the entire year in the pre-season to put if forth.
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Actually I'm not sure what you read but I mentioned in my original post there that it was a problem in the Anaheim series. I also happen to think it's a lingering problem from all of last year actually as they struggle to cycle the puck outside the Backlund line. I happen to think that their smaller size relative to other teams means they have a tough time gaining possession on the forecheck and then actually keeping possession during the cycle down low in the offensive zone. It isn't a problem against all teams so much as teams that are clearly bigger like Anaheim and Edmonton.