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Originally Posted by 868904
Tampa loaded up on truculence last year and won the cup. They added Bogosian, traded a 1st round pick for Blake Coleman and also added Goodrow. They also had signed Maroon in the offseason and already had a guy like Paquette on the roster.
Those 5 guys right there is more truculence than what the Flames have now.
The Lightning were soft for years and went out and got tough and won the cup.
The Leafs have been soft for years and this offseason went out and got Simmonds, Bogosian and Thornton.
It's been a key ingredient for decades yet some posters on this board keep ignoring it and wanting the Flames to go all skill and small.
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I actually think the Flames are one of the more truculent teams with Lucic, Rinaldo, Chucky, Bennett, Buddy, Ritchie. The Flames dont have the high end talent to let these types have a regular shift though (not talking about Chucky or Bennett). You can mix in more role players when you have the star power like Tampa and TO. The Flames start giving Buddy, Ritchie and Looch more ice time and it goes down hill quick. Our stars cant elevate them and / or compensate for those guys getting more ice time.. we need big bodies that can play or more more high end stars that can drag these types around and bounce pucks off of them. We have plenty of pure role players.