It may be more of a concern this past offseason but the acquisitions of Wideman and Hudler last year two very soft players, Russell this who isn't bad for his size but is small and soft for an average player are the guys he brought in that actually play.
Galiardi isn't tough so not sure why his addition shows much and SOB is a guy who looks to be in the pressbox now with Smid so if not a goon not sure his 'toughness' is doing much in the 6 minutes a game he plays when not a scratch.
Poirier is a number of years away and hopefully drafted over Shinkaruk for reaons other than supposed toughness and Kanzig is a plug that struggles to make the AHL unless as a goon.
Some toughness added but overall the team is still very soft and the majority of guys Feaster has brought in, especially top 6/top 4, have contributed to this. I do think that there is a desire to get tougher now but it is tough to do overnight and it will take time to make the roster an overall tougher team especially at more than the bottom 6/bottom pairing level.
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