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Originally Posted by transplant99
Backlund leading this team is an indictment on how soft this team really is. I have no issues with MB and the penalties he has taken, yeah a couple may have been bad ones, but he is playing great players every night and will have to grab/interfere at times.
This is more about other guys on the team being giant pillows...guys who's job it is, is to engage other teams sandpaper and get in their face.
Ferland is one of those guys as is Hamonic...but mostly Im looking at you Troy Brouwer....quit being a lump out there, get involved, punch someone in the nose and make a damn difference.
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Ferland is now a first line winger. No need to take roughing penalties. Plus he's had concussions and I'm not happy when he fights. Hamonic is a shut down defender and not a bruiser. I don't see why it's his job to be a tough guy. Again, it hurst the team if he gets a coincidental minor. Brouwer has fought more than anyone else on the team IIRC. And always as a punishment for someone taking liberties (with Smith and Gio, for example).
Calgary is as gritty as most teams, IMO. Tkachuk, Bennett, Gio, Lazar - those guys are always mixed up in scrums. Even guys like Frolik seem to engage in post whistle stuff a fair bit.