dgibb10
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Tampa got bounced.Right... It was 7 years ago. STL was physical as f***. Tampa got bounced the year they were a favorite and had to add grit before they could come back and go back to back. Vegas wasn't the most physical team and certainly wasn't more physical than Florida, but feasted due to Florida being beaten down by their own physicality. And then... Well, there was Florida.
Colorado the only one of the last 6 Cup winners that really just dominated because they were more skilled than any other team. You could argue Tampa, but Tampa, once again, failed until they added some physicality.
The general trend has been that the more physical teams do well.
Then they shipped OUT physicality in Erne, Miller, Girardi, and Joseph (4 of their top 6 players in hits leaders).
Their hits per game dropped from 25.5 in the year they got bounced by CBJ to 23.71 when they won the cup.
This is the problem with the #HITZ community.
They take anecdotal evidence, claim this physicality was the reason for success, and then use it to further push narratives, even when the opposite is true.
Tampa started hitting LESS, not more, in order to win the cup.
They significantly outhit CBJ in the series they got swept in.