the red wings have had problems with big, physical teams for a long time. yzerman has tried to bring in tougher players like chairot, seider, petry, and even edvinsson. i'm pretty sure that's why they wanted trouba and had no issue getting rid of walman.
there's a lot of soft - or non-physical - players on the team, especially up front. berggren, kane, debrincat, raymond.
the guys who SHOULD be physical presences are rasmussen and soderblom but theyre really not those types of players.
this seemingly happens every year. once the games start to matter the red wings get punked because other than larkin (who has a ton of pride but isnt big), chairot and now seider, no one else on the team plays with a real physical edge.
its was rasmussen bugs me so much. youre that big. act like it.