When I first read it, it sounded like he was complementing Krug.
Singling Krug out as "may be the only small guy around that can take a pounding and still play....."
It was a back-handed compliment, of the kind people make when what they really want to do is polish their own brass. 'Oh that Krug is very good and a tough guy, but we still cracked him and sent him running'.
Well yes he is Larry, but no you DIDN'T.
The real heart and point behind this discussion is that some fans want the Bs to field a bigger, heavier, tougher, meaner line-up, and until that happens they will scarce be satisfied and will continue to see its absence as a reason for their failures.
I have some sympathy with this position - a bit more weight to throw around, and some added fear factor, would do the Bruins some good. But I question how much, and at what cost. I also wonder if to some extent it's pointless and just a source of empty frustration to keep hoping for it when it doesn't look like eventuating anytime soon. Some bigger, tougher bodies and everything that comes with them are definitely on the radar for our management, in that it's acknowledged as something we'd ideally like more of, but from everything that's said and our recent recruitment and selection strategies, it seems to be pretty low on the list of priorities. There are simply things that our front office and coaching staff appear to value more.
This is the same management and strategy that just took us within a game of a Cup. Yeah we could'a, should'a actually won the thing. But based on getting so very close, right now I'm willing to accept that they know what they're doing and to support it.