from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

The Ducks have a decided size and weight advantage over the Flames, but Boudreau wasn’t prepared to write off Calgary’s willingness to engage in a battle. Defenceman Deryk Engelland played for Boudreau in the minors, and Boudreau also singled out Brandon Bollig and Micheal Ferland as two players who can play a physical game. Combined, the trio had 89 penalty minutes in a volatile opening round victory over the Vancouver Canucks.

“Just because they’re small doesn’t mean they don’t hit,” said Boudreau. “In playoffs, everybody plays bigger than they are. I don’t think it’s a mismatch at all. I think it’s going to be a physical series. I think they’ll come out at us and do what they do. When they’re fore-checking, they’re physical all the time. At the same time, we don’t want to change our DNA either. We want to be a big, physical tough-to-contain team – and we’ve got the size where that’s potentially possible if we play the game right.”

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