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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
Flames need to add toughness.
The game changes in the playoffs and we need guys who will send a message that slashing johnnys wrists won’t be tolerated, because you know for a fact that other teams are going to take liberties and id rather not have hamonic, Bennett, chuckie and gio being the enforcers. Ryan, mangiapanne, czarnik and dube are not strong enough
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I actually sort of agree with this. But I’m more interested in adding a player who can play heavy. If he’s tough and can fight, I wouldn’t mind it. But adding a worker bee who can play heavy and can win board battles for the bottom 6 is much more important to me.
I don’t think deterrents really exist in the game anymore. The Oilers have lots of deterrents yet McDavid gets all kinds of unwanted attention. The Flames had Derek Engelland for years and Minnesota still broke Johnny’s hand with 100 slashes. Deterrents make sense in theory, but in practice, I don’t think they offer much at all.