Is Truculence the way to win it all?
truc·u·lent [truhk-yuh-luhnt]
1.fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
2.brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing: his truculent criticism of her work.
3.aggressively hostile; belligerent.
Obviously there is more to truculance than PIMS, but here is a very quick analysis of cup winners since the lockout:
2013 Blackhawks - Least penalized team in regular season
Shaw 38 PIMS in 48 games (and 35 in 23 playoff games)
Bollig 51 PIMs in 25 games, only played 5 playoff games
2012 Kings - 13th most penalized
Clifford 123 PIM
M Richards 71 PIM
Doughty 69 PIM
Fraser 67 PIM
Brown, Greene, Nolan, Penner are also 'tough' players
2011 Bruins - 8th most penalized
Lucic - 121
Thornton - 122
Campbell - 93
Chara - 88
2010 Blackhawks - 5th LEAST penalized
Eager - 120
Byfuglien - 94
Ladd - 67
Bolland, Brouwer
2009 Penguins - 17th most penalized
Cooke - 101
Malkin - 80 (also 51 in 24 GP)
Crosby - 76
Orpick 73
2008 Red Wings - Least penalized
Holmstrom - 58
2007 - Ducks - MOST penalized
Parros 102 (only played 5 playoff games)
Moen - 101
O'Donnell
Thornton - 88
S Niedermayer - 86
R Niedermayer - 77 (39 in playoffs)
Selanne - 82
Kunitz - 81
Getzlaf - 66 (32 in playoffs)
Perry - 51 (37 in playoffs)
2006 Hurricanes - 5th LEAST penalized
Commodore - 138
E Staal - 81
Brind'Amour - 68
A Ward - 62
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