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Originally Posted by Kybb79
That was my thinking at the time. I still feel this team needs to beef up.
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I'm not so sure this is that much of a narrative anymore.
Guys that play physically/are willing to drop gloves:
Hamonic, Bennett, Hathaway, Ferland, Tkachuk, Brouwer Gio (occasionally).
Thats at least one player per line minus our fourth line (could use a little more toughness here admittedly).
Jankowski doesnt get pushed around either.
When we played Anaheim and LA I didnt get the feeling that we were getting pushed around. Anaheim had nothing going for them so they tried to goon it up and for the most part the Flames responded. Ideally, Ferland would just jump Perrry and put everything to rest, but there wasn't much intimidation this time around. Brouwer should also know he should be running the Ducks goalie if Smith gets touched. Eye for eye.
When Calgary has played Minnesota/Tampa/Florida on this road trip if anything we are the bullies.
When Bennett, Tkachuk, Jankowski fill out a little more the Flames will actually be pretty imposing I think. But I dont think toughness is a major issue anymore, the young guys have shown theyll hang in there, and are slowly embrassing the villian mentality.