Thread: Confirmed with Link: Darche is back- 1 year deal- 700K
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06-10-2011, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by OpenIceHit View Post
Add them where? There's no place left to add some grit. You now have Darche, White, Moen and possibly Pouliot to play on the 4th line.

I don't want goons but in the end, we have to get tougher.
Of the 4 names you mention, White and Moen are physical players willing to drop the gloves, Darche is at least willing to go to the net (and can in a pinch sit as a 13th forward anyway), and Pouliot may or may not be back.

It's also not a given that we will find a new top 6 forward on the market. That may create another bottom 6 hole. OR the top 6 forward we do find could be a tougher player like an Erik Cole.

Agreed, right now we lack size and physicality in our top 6. But in the bottom 6, you only have Desharnais as a not physical guy (Eller does not shy away from taking the body either), so there is plenty of room to toughen the team up.

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