You call them soft but they are arguably some of the best and strongest players in the league, and the fact henrik had the ironman streak shows they have ability to play through nagging injuries. The fact that Torts said these guys are not soft should be an indication.
The lack of pushback comes from the fact that, over the course of the past 15 years in the nhl getting punched in the face repeatedly is usually a powerplay. Often, the sedins not reacting would get them a man advantage which they would use to try and you know, win the game. Go back to the SJ series in 2011 to see, that when SJ started taking shots at the sedins, thier way of pushing back was burying them on the scoreboard. As this happens they are going to have less incentive to take runs at these guys especially in tight games, as they wont want to get burned.
However! I do agree with posters who cite games that are not close on the scoreboard, such as some instances in boston where a pushback was needed. This is compounded by the fact that as the series went on, the Sedins should have clued in the game was being called differently, and they were unlikely to draw a powerplay with not retaliating.
My issue is when they get referred to as soft. They do not play a soft game at all, they just dont get invovled in things between the whistles, which players of their caliber really shouldn't. For anyone calling them soft, I would love to see them get out of bed in the morning and go play a game after taking the same abuse these guys do over an 82 game season and playoff series.