Bring Back The Bruise Bros

Not sure if this has been posted a million times yet, but did you guys know he scored 50 goals in junior????

Time to retire, *******.

Get Rosehill!!! Drop Ritola and Miller.

Wellwood can't hack it in the NHL, so he bolts for the KHL.

"I Am The Law"-Anthrax

Visors........Ditch the damn things before you fight...

Abby wiLl never be anything more than a grinder. He'll never be an enforcer. That's just silly.

Yeah..Vancouver's arguably softer than us..Just ask Rick Rypien, Tanner Glass, and Raffi Torres...

Vancouver has plenty of grit in their bottom 6. Plus, Hordichuk isn't the youngest guy out there anymore. Hopefully someone snatches him.

In order to win a Cup, a team needs a balance of skill, grit, and veteran experience. You won't win a Cup with a team compiled of nothing but goons, but you're not gonna won a Cup is your lineup is compiled of nothing but soft euros. There needs to be balance. Bottom 6 guys are valuable keys to playoff success. In 2008, Dallas Drake was stellar in the playoffs. He provided a grizzly hard-hitting veteran presence to go alongside Darren McCarty. Now, when you look at the team this year, the skill is there (Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Franzen, etc.), the veteran presence is there (Lidstrom, Draper, Osgood, Modano), but is the team gritty enough? Patrick Eaves, Justin Abdelkader, and Darren Helm are all solid grinders. They all play well defensively. Now, in my opinion, the one piece to the puzzle missing is the fisticuff presence. As mentioned before, the Cup-Winning team in 2008 had Drake and McCarty. Take a look at past Cup-winning teams and Chicago had some guys willing to mix it up: Adam Burish and Ben Eager. Anaheim in 2007 had plenty of willing combatants with George Parros, Brad May, and Travis Moen, among others. I feel the last missing piece to complete this team is that fisticuff presence.

Sean Avery doesn't weep

People in Toronto are crying their eyes out right now. Guy was fun as hell to watch.

Let me help you out, GMR. Pure enforcers (or "goons") carried by each team: Anaheim: George Parros Dallas: Krys Barch, Adam Burish Phoenix: Paul Bissonnette Los Angeles: Richard Clune San Jose: Jamal Mayers, Frazer McLaren Chicago: John Scott St. Louis: Cam Janssen Columbus: Jared Boll, Derek Dorsett Nashville: Wade Belak Calgary: Raitis Ivanans Edmonton: Zack Stortini, Steve MacIntyre Minnesota: Brad Staubitz Colorado: David Koci Vancouver: Darcy Hordichuk Philadelphia: Jody Shelley Pittsburgh: Eric Godard NYR: Derek Boogaard NYI: Trevor Gillies, Zenon Konopka New Jersey: Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond Toronto: Colton Orr, Jay Rosehill Boston: Shawn Thornton, Brian McGrattan Montreal: Ryan White Buffalo: Cody McCormick Ottawa: Matt Carkner Atlanta: Eric Boulton, Boris Valabik Washington: D.J. King, John Erskine Florida: Andrew Peters Tampa Bay: Nate Thompson Carolina: Jay Harrison This list excludes guys who can puck the puck in the net once in a blue moon. I will make one including guys who are a bit more versatile, but rack up tons of fights and penalty minutes as well, just to show how soft this team really is.

Start the injury call-ups now.

I think an "enforcer" (at least for this year) could be sparingly used in games against more physical teams: Anaheim, Vancouver, Calgary, St.Louis, etc. Hopefully in the near future we will have at least one guy that can play some hockey and take on the role of "enforcer", like Mitchell Callahan.

I'm not saying Abby's got all star potential, I'm just saying I think he could be a solid 2 way 3rd line center.

In my opinion, Abdelkader needs to focus on developing his offensive game. I wouldn't mind seeing him fight here and there, but he's got too much potential to be a career 4th line player. Leave the enforcing to someone else, you know?

When you've got guys like Downey on your team, opposing players think twice about throwing cheapshots. I agree with you in the sense that a guy that can do a little bit of everything would be ideal.

Who needs enforcers? Franzen, Datsyuk, and Zetterberg are completely invincible to cheapshots.

I can't imagine Florida seriously competing for a playoff spot. Who knows how David Booth will play this year, with his concussion issues. The offense is mediocre at best, and the defense isn't stellar enough to back a low-scoring team.

Hopefully someone gives him a chance. Carolina doesn't really have an "enforcer". The closest they have is Tom Kostopoulos

Travis Moen has been the target of controversy since his questionable beat-down on Panthers rookie Erik Grudbranson in a game earlier this week. I couldn't find the video on it. If someone comes across it, please post it. Panthers coach Pete Deboer also vented to the Montreal media after the game. In the scuffle, Grudbranson was supposedly tied up by the referees when Moen broke free from the crowd and proceeded to bloody the rookie. Hmm..Not following "The Code"?

Jarkko Ruutu finds his hand delicious

Thanks for posting that How about a Top 10 Current Hardest Hitting Defensemen list? 1.Ryan Wilson 2.Brooks Orpik... 3.Mike Komisarek 4.Douglas Murray 5.Johnny Boychuk 6.Niklas Kronwall 7.Brad Stuart 8.Matt Greene 9.Mark Giordano 10.Keith Ballard Honorable Mention:Stephane Robidas Right off the top of my head, so I probably left some guys out.

Hopefully Cleary stays off this list this year...