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Originally Posted by Red
Scoring after cycling for 20-40 seconds has little to do with speed and everything to do with size and strength.
I agree that the Aves looked faster, but if you fly in the zone and then proceed to cycle, a good D should neutralize their efforts. But for that you need to win a board battle.
I rewatched all goals and saw many opportunities where had we won the 50-50 battle we would not have allowed a chance.
Turnovers were a huge part too. So they either forgot how to pass or were scared and rushed plays.
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Did you see Colorado’s forwards? They might have one of the most undersized groups I’ve ever seen. I think almost every forward minus 2 or 3 are below the league’s average. Pretty sure they had the most 5’11 and shorter players and they ran circles around our team and pretty much won all the 50/50 battles.
The Avalanche are not even close to being considered a heavy team and they dominated. I also believe players don’t just forget how to pass, I’d say the turnovers were mostly caused by Colorado’s speed as their pressure forced plays to be rushed and costly turnovers.
The Flames have also tried to add size and strength with guys like Brouwer, Neal, Jagr and etc and these guys had extremely limited success to just straight up negative impacts. It’s actually been the little guys Treliving has added who’ve had more success with the team (Derek Ryan, Versteeg, Mangiapane and etc).
I do agree with you overall though that the Flames could stand to add some size, strength and more importantly to me, speed because I actually don’t think the Flames match up well against both the heavy teams in the NHL and the fastest ones.
Ideally I’d really like Treliving to add any player(s) that can skate fast and hard, get in and win loose puck battles using whatever leverage (size or speed) and just create havoc in the offensive zone. Maybe find a guy with some actual finish too. Every one of our lines could honestly use a player like this. They do the dirty work and make life easier for our stars to create.
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