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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Came to say this. There are lots of ways to make the team tougher. IMO, the best way is being tough to play against, and a great way to do that is with big, fast forwards, that forecheck the snot out of the opposing team.
As mentioned, Vegas is the perfect example of that. Boston too. Washington, to some extent as well.
Lucic and Lewis just didn't accomplish enough on the forecheck. Adding Duehr, Sharangovich and Coronato will be better.
And they need more big, fast forwards (like Honzek and Suniev) and they need guys like Dube and Kadri to play uptempo and hard on the forecheck.
Personally, I love teams that are big and fast up front, and make life difficult for the opposing D.
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Different times but I recall an opposing player in the 80s saying he disliked playing against the Flames because it was no fun" playing the whole game with your face squashed against the glass".
Lucic was a good forechecker, but last year he was just not there in time. Lewis - that was never his game in Calgary. He was a good checker, but not forechecker.