REFERENCE FOR LINE-UPS:
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2104107
Note: I put in bold tough defenders (players with around 150+ hits or who are notorious for their body checks).
ANAHEIM:
FOWLER (43 hits in 69 GP)
BIEKSA (152 hits in 71 GP)
LINDHOLM (68 hits in 80 GP)
DESPRES (67 hits in 32 GP)
MANSON (158 hits in 71 GP)
VATANEN (75 hits in 71 GP)
ARIZONA:
OEL (154 hits in 75 GP)
STONE (137 hits in 75 GP)
GOLIGOSKI (100 hits in 82 GP)
MURPHY (175 hits in 78 GP)
CONNAUTON (100 hits in 65 GP)
MICHALEK (84 hits in 70 GP)
BOSTON:
CHARA (134 hits in 80 GP)
C. MILLER (45 hits in 42 GP)
KRUG (61 hits in 81 GP)
MCQUAID (142 hits in 64 GP)
LILES (81 hits in 81 GP)
K. MILLER (164 hits in 74 GP)
BUFFALO:
KULIKOV (122 hits in 74 GP)
RISTOLAINEN (139 hits in 82 GP)
MCCABE (114 hits in 77 GP)
BOGOSIAN (86 hits in 64 GP)
GORGES (143 hits in 77 GP)
FRANSON (61 hits in 59 GP)
CALGARY:
GIORDANO (65 hits in 82 GP)
BRODIE (15 hits in 70 GP)
JOKIPAKKA (69 hits in 58 hits)
HAMILTON (78 hits in 82 GP)
WOTHERSPOON (14 hits in 11 GP)
WIDEMAN (37 hits in 51 GP)
CAROLINA:
SLAVIN (41 hits in 63 GP)
FAULK (109 hits in 64 GP)
HANIFIN (67 hits in 79 GP)
HAINSEY (85 hits in 81 GP)
PESCE (30 hits in 69 GP)
MURPHY (25 hits in 35 GP)
CHICAGO:
KEITH (16 hits in 67 GP)
HJALMARSSON (32 hits in 81 GP)
CAMPBELL (27 hits in 82 GP)
SEABROOK (121 hits in 81 GP)
KEMPNY (46 PIM in KHL, doesn't seem like a real physical guy based on quick research)
VAN RIEMSDYK (44 hits in 82 GP)
COLORADO:
BEAUCHEMIN (78 hits in 82 GP)
JOHNSON (126 hits in 73 GP)
BIGRAS (17 hits in 31 GP)
BARRIE (37 hits in 78 GP)
ZADOROV (53 hits in 22 GP)
TYUTIN (128 hits in 61 GP)
COLUMBUS:
MURRAY (51 hits in 81 GP)
JONES (86 hits in 81 GP)
JOHNSON (98 hits in 60 GP)
SAVARD (122 hits in 65 GP)
WERENSKI
PROUT (139 hits in 64 GP)
DALLAS:
HAMHUIS (64 hits in 58 GP)
KLINGBERG (44 hits in 76 GP)
ODUYA (73 hits in 82 GP)
JOHNS (55 hits in 14 GP)
OLEKSIAK (54 hits in 19 GP)
BENN (90 hits in 64 GP)
DETROIT:
DEKEYSER (88 hits in 78 GP)
GREEN (106 hits in 74 GP)
KRONWALL (93 hits in 64 GP)
SMITH (94 hits in 63 GP)
ERICSSON (121 hits in 71 GP)
MARCHENKO (47 hits in 66 GP)
EDMONTON:
KLEFBOM (21 hits in 30 GP)
LARSSON (163 hits in 82 GP)
SEKERA (60 hits in 80 GP)
FAYNE (53 hits in 69 GP)
DAVIDSON (74 hits in 51 GP)
NURSE (160 hits in 69 GP)
FLORIDA:
MATHESON
EKBLAD (87 hits in 78 GP)
YANDLE (43 hits in 82 GP)
DEMERS (86 hits in 62 GP)
PYSYK (37 hits in 55 GP)
PETROVIC (157 hits in 66 GP)
LOS ANGELES:
MCNABB (206 hits in 81 GP)
DOUGHTY (125 hits in 82 GP)
MUZZIN (197 hits in 82 GP)
MARTINEZ (164 hits in 78 GP)
SCUDERI (31 hits in 63 GP)
GILBERT (29 hits in 45 GP)
MINNESOTA:
SUTER (69 hits in 82 GP)
SPURGEON (51 hits in 77 GP)
BRODIN (34 hits in 68 GP)
DUMBA (83 hits in 81 GP)
SCANDELLA (66 hits in 73 GP)
REILLY (3 hits in 29 GP)
MONTREAL:
WEBER (169 hits in 78 GP)
BEAULIEU (59 hits in 64 GP)
PETRY (86 hits in 51 GP)
EMELIN (256 hits in 72 GP)
MARKOV (57 hits in 82 GP)
PATERYN (100 hits in 38 GP)
NASHVILLE:
JOSI (59 hits in 81 GP)
SUBBAN (102 hits in 68 GP)
EKHOLM (67 hits in 82 GP)
ELLIS (61 hits 79 GP)
BITETTO (62 hits in 28 GP)
WEBER (49 hits in 45 GP)
NEW JERSEY:
GREENE (73 hits in 82 GP)
SEVERSON (66 hits in 72 GP)
MOORE (93 hits in 73 GP)
LOVEJOY (154 hits in 66 GP)
MERRILL (48 hits in 47 GP)
SANTINI
ISLANDERS:
LEDDY (83 hits in 81 GP)
HAMONIC (148 hits in 72 GP)
DE HAAN (128 hits in 72 GP)
BOYCHUK (149 in 70 GP)
HICKEY (65 hits in 62 GP)
PULOCK (13 hits in 15 GP)
RANGERS:
MCDONAGH (98 hits in 73 GP)
GIRARDI (168 hits in 74 GP)
STAAL (65 hits in 77 GP)
KLEIN (117 hits in 69 GP)
SKJEI (11 hits in 7 GP)
MCILRATH (93 hits in 34 GP)
OTTAWA:
METHOT (124 hits in 69 GP)
KARLSSON (84 hits in 82 GP)
PHANEUF (168 hits in 71 GP)
CECI (70 hits in 75 GP)
WIDEMAN (57 hits in 64 GP)
BOROWIECKI (271 hits in 63 GP)
PHILADELPHIA:
DEL ZOTTO (140 hits in 52 GP)
GOSTISBEHERE (27 hits in 64 GP)
SCHULTZ (85 hits in 81 GP)
STREIT (28 hits in 62 GP)
PROVOROV
GUDAS (304 hits in 76 GP)
PITTSBURGH:
MAATTA (81 hits in 67 GP)
LETANG (135 hits in 71 GP)
DUMOULIN (77 hits in 79 GP)
DALEY (42 hits in 82 GP)
COLE (122 hits in 70 GP)
SCHULTZ (36 hits in 63 GP)
SAN JOSE:
BURNS (101 hits in 82 GP)
VLASIC (47 hits in 67 GP)
MARTIN(54 hits in 78 GP)
BRAUN (95 hits in 80 GP)
DILLON (154 hits in 76 GP)
SCHLEMKO (47 hits in 67 GP)
ST. LOUIS:
BOUWMEESTER (71 hits in 72 GP)
PIETRANGELO (48 hits in 73 GP)
EDMUNDSON (165 hits in 67 GP)
SHATTENKIRK (82 hits in 72 GP)
GUNNARSSON (67 hits in 72 GP)
PARAYKO (102 hits in 79 GP)
TAMPA BAY:
HEDMAN (62 hits in 78 GP)
STRALMAN (99 hits in 73 GP)
KOEKKOEK (6 hits in 9 GP)
COBURN (111 hits in 80 GP)
GARRISON (88 hits in 72 GP)
SUSTR (29 hits in 77 GP)
TORONTO:
MARINCIN (37 hits in 65 GP)
RIELLY (58 hits in 82 GP)
GARDINER (87 hits in 79 GP)
ZAITSEV
HUNWICK (126 hits in 60 GP)
POLAK (303 hits in 79 GP)
VANCOUVER:
EDLER (84 hits in 52 GP)
TANEV (18 hits in 69 GP)
HUTTON (42 hits in 75 GP)
GUDBRANSON (150 hits in 64 GP)
SBISA (71 hits in 41 GP)
TRYAMKIN (31 hits in 13 GP)
WASHINGTON:
ORPIK (125 hits in 41 GP)
CARLSON (46 hits in 56 GP)
ALZNER (135 hits in 82 GP)
NISKANEN (157 hits in 82 GP)
SCHMIDT (69 hits in 72 GP)
ORLOV (121 hits in 82 GP)
WINNIPEG:
TROUBA (144 hits in 81 GP)
BYFUGLIEN (222 hits in 81 GP)
ENSTROM (25 hits in 72 GP)
MYERS (54 hits in 73 GP)
STUART (162 hits in 64 GP)
CHIAROT (130 hits in 70 GP)
For those who were quick to claim I was out to lunch, with these numbers, I'd argue that only Winnipeg & LA have a defense that punishes the other team more than ours.
