Considering that toughness is kinda wide, and that I consider crappy fighters when it comes to toughness because in today's NHL, even crap fighters are a boost of entertainment... I made a little list (yes you probably will find errors) of each team's toughness/ability to stand up for itself if ever in trouble.
Boston: Shawn Thornton, Milan Lucic, Zdeno Chara, Adam McQuaid, Gregory Campbell, Johnny Boychuk, Andrew Ference, possibly Lane MacDermid.
Buffalo: John Scott, Cody McCormick, Steve Ott, Patrick Kaleta, Marcus Foligno, Corey Tropp... Brayden McNabb?
Montreal: Brandon Prust, Travis Moen, Ryan White, Francis Bouillon.
Toronto: Colton Orr (?), Mike Brown, Mike Komisarek, Dion Phaneuf?
Ottawa: Chris Neil, Zack Smith.
NY Rangers: Mike Rupp, Arron Asham, Stu Bickel, Michael Haley.
NY Islanders: Matt Carkner, Eric Boulton, Matt Martin.
New Jersey: Krys Barch, Cam Janssen, David Clarkson, Ryan Carter.
Philadelphia: Jody Shelley, Tom Sestito, Zac Rinaldo, Wayne Simmonds, Marc-André Bourdon
Pittsburgh: Deryk Engelland, Tanner Glass, Craig Adams, Joe Vitale(?)
Washington: John Erskine, Matt Hendricks
Winnipeg: Chris Thorburn, Mark Stuart, Evander Kane
Tampa Bay: B.J. Crombeen, Ryan Malone
Florida: George Parros, Erik Gudbranson
Carolina: Tim Gleason, Jay Harrison
Detroit: Jordin Tootoo
Chicago: Brandon Bollig, Sheldon Brookbank, Daniel Carcillo, Jamal Mayers, Andrew Shaw, Steve Montador
St-Louis: Ryan Reaves, David Backes, Scott Nichol, Chris Stewart, Roman Polak (if he was fighting a bit more...)
Nashville: Brian McGrattan, Paul Gaustad, Mike Fisher, Shea Weber
Columbus: Jared Boll, Derek Dorsett, Brandon Dubinsky, James Wisniewski, Darryl Boyce, Dane Byers...
Vancouver: Zack Kassian, Kevin Bieksa, Dale Weise
Calgary: Tim Jackman, Lance Bouma, Curtis Glencross (who should fight more)
Edmonton: Darcy Hordichuk, Theo Peckham, Ben Eager
Minnesota: Matt Kassian, Zenon Konopka, Clayton Stoner, Jake Dowell, Darroll Powe, Stephane Veilleux
Colorado: Cody McLeod, Steve Downie, Shane O'Brien, Ryan Wilson, Jamie McGinn, Ryan O'Byrne
Los Angeles: Kevin Westgarth(?), Kyle Clifford, Jordan Nolan, Dwight King, Mike Richards, Colin Fraser
San Jose: Frazer McLaren(?), Ryane Clowe, Douglas Murray
Phoenix: Paul Bissonnette, Kyle Chipchura
Anaheim: Brad Staubitz, Bryan Allen, Matt Beleskey
Dallas: Brenden Morrow, Eric Nystrom, Mark Fistric
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Toughest team: Boston
Contending teams: Chicago, Buffalo, New Jersey
Vagina Award winner: Dallas
Contending teams: Detroit, Montreal, Vancouver, Tampa Bay, Calgary, Carolina, Washington, Winnipeg, Anaheim... and more...
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