Dube is the muscle? Now we are in trouble :-)
Size and toughness matter. It's simple physics. A tall D can protect more ice with his stick or positioning. A tough D can make a star forward irrelevant (Zadorov vs Johnny and Tkachuk for example).
Flames can't effectively dump the puck in. They lose all those battles. Just watch next time. They have to play fancy tic tac toes. Not enough skill for that.
And you are right about Chucky. He is that player. And thats how he scores his goals. He is a tough guy with terrible skating. But has the size and will to get dirty. Very much much like Ryan Smyth was.
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