Don't know if any of you have ever seen Patrick Williams' AHL blog on Canoe/SLAM Sports. Patrick is at most of the Phantoms games (I think he actually does live around here), but covers the AHL for SLAM and The Hockey News. Anyway, one of his recent entries considers how the Crunch match up physically against the other 7 teams remaining in the playoffs.
Here's the link to his blog: http://blog.canoe.ca/ahl. You may have to scroll down a bit (or click on the link to "WHO WILL FACE DOWN...:" in the recent posts section).