The problem me, and some people have is, those guys aren't all that hard to find. Sure, the Lucic's of the league, we aren't going to get. But there are plenty of guys that play with an edge that were/are available. They may not score as many goals or win as many faceoffs as a Cullen, Plots, etc, but you trade that off for a bigger, more physical player. And this organization has literally gone out of its way to avoid anybody with any size or toughness. And the guys that we did draft who actually were like this, we gave away for almost nothing.
I don't think anyone's screaming 'we need to sign John Scott'. But we're tired of watching the Despres', Sill's, Borts', Farnham's, Rupp's, Asham's, etc, etc sent packing and replaced by guys like Lovejoy, Goc, Spaling, etc, etc. And I'm sorry, but our team has done better when we had a bigger, more physical roster. That's just a fact. As soon as Mario either sells, or gets off this moral superiority crusade, this organization will get back to being a legitimate contender.