Confirmed with Link: [EDM/BUF] McLeod + Tullio for Matt Savoie

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Woody always put a huge emphasis on hitting, but I wonder how much it took out of our team as the playoffs got deeper. I'm more so worried about weathering hits than hitting with abandon. I want to see other teams bounce off us (like Florida, Vegas, Minnie) or us able to escape hits with our speed and overwhelm (like Colorado). We were built kind of 50/50 last year speed and size but not the most elite in the League in either category. With the loss of speedsters and size on our roster this year it's not looking great.

Yeah for sure its important to have a team built for physical play esepcially if your plan is to maintain that type of play over the long haul.
I dont expect this team to be a physical team however I do expect them to have a team that (as you put it) can weather a physical game over a long stretch of games.
This team just isnt going to be able to do.

I just hope that Bowman figures out that this team has no real identity and makes some deals to change that.