Wild D-Men Trying to Limit PIMs

It must be frustrating for Justin Falk and Clayton Stoner to have to deal with all those pipsqueaks crowding the crease.

Falk and Stoner are a couple of economy-sized Wild defensemen who are more than willing to use their size. Half a dozen years ago, before the rules changes removed much of the physical play from the game, these two would have been something to see. If an enemy forward got to close to the crease, either one simply could have hammered him into the ice. Nobody cared. It was considered smart hockey.