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Originally Posted by Owen15
1) I couldn’t believe how few hits there were last night. Even when an opportunity presented itself guys slow up, turn their backs and glide into a hit. Like a bump. Wtf, last night was about as close to a regular season must win, just to shut people up. I’m more annoyed Bennett didn’t go beast mode, that deserves a benching more than the Haas goal.
2) Ward sucks as a coach, just allowing this Bennett situation. F me. Never mind the lack of in game adjustments and common sense decisions.
3) Tkachuk... as fans we have no real facts. So there’s that. But Matthew seems to be on auto pilot. Even his pest routine is weak right now. There is something going on here. Injury, locker room, off season? Who knows. But this is not him. So that sucks.
4) Backlund, Gaudreau, Valimaki and Rittich were pretty ok last night. Maybe time to play some guys like Pelletier?
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I'm becoming more and more accustomed to point 1. Outside of the North div, I haven't watched an iota of hockey around the league. It just seems that there is little to no body checking anymore, or physicality (scrums, fights, etc).
Is the lack of hitting isolated to the flames or a general trend in the NHL now?