Just for fun, top 30 players last year in major penalties:
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1 Brandon Prust NYR 20
2 Shawn Thornton BOS 20
3 Derek Dorsett CBJ 19
4 Zenon Konopka OTT 19
5 Cody McLeod COL 18
6 Jared Boll CBJ 18
7 Zac Rinaldo PHI 16
8 Matt Martin NYI 15
9 Brad Staubitz MIN, MTL 15
10 Tim Jackman CGY 14
11 Ryan Reaves STL 14
12 Mike Rupp NYR 13
13 Stu Bickel NYR 12
14 Krystofer Barch DAL, FLA 12
15 Matt Hendricks WSH 11
16 Jamal Mayers CHI 11
17 Kyle Clifford LAK 11
18 Chris Thorburn WPG 11
19 George Parros ANA 11
20 Wayne Simmonds PHI 10
21 Gregory Campbell BOS 10
22 Chris Neil OTT 10
23 Mike Brown TOR 10
24 Ryane Clowe SJS 9
25 Dale Weise VAN 9
26 Jake Dowell DAL 9
27 Eric Boulton NJD 9
28 B.J. Crombeen STL 9
29 Cam Janssen NJD 9
30 David Clarkson NJD 8
Again, just for fun, filtering that same list down to Western Conference teams:
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1 Derek Dorsett CBJ 19
2 Cody McLeod COL 18
3 Jared Boll CBJ 18
4 Brad Staubitz MIN, MTL 15
5 Tim Jackman CGY 14
6 Ryan Reaves STL 14
7 Krystofer Barch DAL, FLA 12
8 Jamal Mayers CHI 11
9 Kyle Clifford LAK 11
10 George Parros ANA 11
11 Ryane Clowe SJS 9
12 Dale Weise VAN 9
13 Jake Dowell DAL 9
14 B.J. Crombeen STL 9
Finally, filtering that down by Western Conference playoff teams
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1 Ryan Reaves STL 14
2 Jamal Mayers CHI 11
3 Kyle Clifford LAK 11
4 Ryane Clowe SJS 9
5 Dale Weise VAN 9
6 B.J. Crombeen STL 9
I dunno, all those quantities are pretty much half the other ones. It doesn't look like teams that have more fighters do any better or worse than teams that have fewer fighters.
Did it matter for the Kings playoff run that Clifford had 11 majors? Did it matter for the Colorado missing the playoffs that Cody McLeod had 18 majors?
I think there are more important questions to be answered for the Ducks, before debating whether the fourth line guy who plays 6 minutes a game should be skilled at punching people in the face.
These signings are a depth move, nothing more. If any of Bodie, Rosehill and Letourneau-Leblond see action in more than 20 games over this shortened season, then that is an indication that Ducks have a bit of a bigger problem than team toughness.
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and Dirk likes them too 
