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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Playoffs is a different game. The Flames are 31st in the league in hits. 15 hits/game.
In the playoffs the poster child for the small skilled team - Tampa had 23 hits /game in the playoffs after a regular season of 21 hits/game
The Flame have 4 regular players Hathaway, Bennett, Hanifin and Tkachuk that are averaging more than 1 hit a game.
Washington had 4 players for the whole playoff run making more than 3 hits/game ... all bigger and meaner than any of the Flames big 4 hitters.
Any first round matchup for the Flames will have 2-3 guys that will be willing and able to smash the Flames at each and every opportunity.
The other team will be looking at the Flames in exactly the same way the Flames looked at the 2015 Canucks.
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The last Chicago team won the cup with all skill and were dead last in hits.