ottomaddox
Registered User
Physicality and hitting are real.
We have the history of hockey to fall back on.
Look at the history of leafs vs. Ottawa. We had a tough time in the regular season beating Ottawa, but beat them (physicality over their skill). We did have better goalies, but mainly we stuck to our game and finished our checks.
No one is saying you need to have Dion Phaneuf style open ice hits (Calgary era) to win. You just need to be better than 1 handed light stick checking.
We have the history of hockey to fall back on.
Look at the history of leafs vs. Ottawa. We had a tough time in the regular season beating Ottawa, but beat them (physicality over their skill). We did have better goalies, but mainly we stuck to our game and finished our checks.
No one is saying you need to have Dion Phaneuf style open ice hits (Calgary era) to win. You just need to be better than 1 handed light stick checking.