Um, aren't Holmstrom and Franzen both Swedes? If you're going to call the European players soft, it weakens your point when you make these types of poor analogies.It's not being negative. Just being realistic. Stanley cup teams are better than this current Nuck team, loaded with soft Europeans like the Swiss cheese sisters. Sure they look good on the powerplay the othe day; but when the going gets tough, we lack the toughness needed like the Holmstroms, Franzens, etc.