With all due respect, this sounds like something Dave Lewis would tell his Bruins team. Avery and Ott were running around all game and up until Ference rocked Ott open-ice, neither were answering the bell for their shenanigans; Jack gave Ott the sarcastic moniker "Brave Steve" that game. Hnidy's response was typical of the 2008-09 Bruins team and it was why they were so tough to play against. Same can be said about the 2011 team which didn't have the most talented roster of that season.
With all due respect I'm getting the vibe that your not that into hitting, fighting, message sending etc. also, Poitras wasn't running around being a prick.So, if on Saturday night, Seider just grabbed Poitras and beat the crap out of him because Van Riemsdyk would not "answer the bell", that would be fine. Wings would just be considered tough to play against?
With all due respect I'm getting the vibe that your not that into hitting, fighting, message sending etc. also, Poitras wasn't running around being a prick.