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Originally Posted by CSharp
Umm say hello VGK and most of the Cup winners in the past 10 years. All have grit and size in addition to speed, skills, at least 2 franchise players, depth, and especially a bit of luck.
Flames going into the this next couple of seasons have almost none of those LOL.
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The difference is those successful teams have skilled players that can also lean on guys and at least stand their ground if challenged in a scrum.
There's a big difference between that and bottom line goons who are strictly role players.
But at the same time Mark Stone and Matt Tkachuk while tough are most useful when they stay out of scraps and stick to making plays. Those two have had to learn that.
Tkachuk still had to learn that he can't go too far out of his way to make a statement because there will be retaliation. Ended up being rendered useless at the tail end of the series.
If you can package skill and toughness together, you building your team well for the current era of the game, but we no longer need face punchers eating up cap.
I think Honzek is exactly the blueprint of player you want for today's NHL. Hopefully we continue to draft players with those attributes, including size.