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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
I agree with you but what were the flames supposed to do about it on saturday?
They didn't ahve the muscle in the lineup to deal with either lucic or kassian, and honestly you don't want Bennett or tkachuk dealing with it by themselves and hamonic couldn't help... THe flames were losing that battle every single time. so you have to flip the script and do something else.
Best option against a team with goons like that is to file a complaint to the league about the slew foot and the hit on johnny and then hope the refs pay better attention the next time.
there really are very few teams who still employ someone who could go toe to toe with lucic.
for next game, sure, put peluso in but I doubt it''ll do much. because kassian and lucic both think way too highly of themselves to fight a true 4th liner in peluso and they won't engage.
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The last guy that stood up against a much bigger player for a bad hit got his jaw fractured. Bennett fought Nurse, Tkachuk can easily take on another player if needed and has against the Kings. You don't want your better players fighting goons (especially when those goons are better staying on the ice versus not).