Bears have had their share of goons in my time watching over the years. Bonvie, Robitaille (more of a pest really), Doug Doull, Kip Brennan, Pete Vandermeer, Grant McNeill, Rechlicz, Kessy, Osipov, granted only Bonvie and Robo tended to take regular shifts. Then there's guys who put up big PIMs but could play too, Arsene, Amadio, Wellar, Oleksy, Pinizzotto, LOB, Newbury, Byers. It's never been the Bears' bread and butter but they usually have some sort of toughness on the team.
And in an era when the Phantoms were regularly dressing the likes of Gratton, Cote, Fedoruk, etc and WBS was regularly dressing the likes of Koci, Mike Sgroi, Vandenbussche, and Bonvie after he left Hershey, it was needed. Of course, the game has changed a lot since then. I don't have much of a use for pure goons in today's game either. Even Wrecker and Kessy I found pretty useless and wastes of a roster spot despite being loved by the fanbase at large. I doubt Saulnier will play much at all but he did put up about a half point a game in limited action with Belleville a couple years ago. Maybe we can get that out of him again?
I did want Hershey to add a little bit of sandpaper up front after getting pushed around by Cleveland. My hope was for guys who are also decent players but that kind of guy doesn't really grow on trees. Someone like John Hayden from Coachella Valley.