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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I posted a link in another thread which showed that while the Flames are among the smaller/lighter teams in the NHL on average, they are also virtually identical to the Boston Bruins: slightly taller, and slightly lighter (which is especially significant considering that Zdeno Chara is 6'9" tall and weighs 250 lbs.)
All that to say that I don't believe size is an issue. I can agree that the Flames lack "checking ability" insofar as the problem the team had the playoffs was the seeming inability to play hard: to be hard on pucks, hard on the forecheck, and to fight through traffic. |
One thing....a couple of the Flames bigger players, just dont play like they have size though.
Specifically Monahan and Jankowski...and Neal did nothing in that department either, on top of his no show in the offensive zone.
Its not just having size, its using it. The Bruins do it exceptionally well...the Flames may be the worst in hockey at playing the heavy game.