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Originally Posted by kirant
I'd like to ask - A lot of what you say about Howse reminds me of Dawes - Good shot, but not a great skater. How close are the two do you think? I mean, I think Howse is a combination of Cammalleri and Dawes, taking a Dawes' skillset and putting them into Cammalleri's playing style, but I haven't seen much of Howse so I could be way off base.
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I haven't watched Howse except on the videos, but IMO, Howse simply needs to reduce his body fat, get stronger, and eat better to improve his speed quite a bite. He's 5"11 and 205lb which is above optimal weight, but he hasn't hit the ice this off season yet (planning to start shortly), has been working out hard off ice with Rich Hesketh, and had to recover from some injuries after his season in Chilliwack ended. Howse is quite a bit bigger than Dawes or Cammaleri (both are 5'9), so he won't need to rely as much as Cammaleri does on being a dynamic skater to make room for himself. He plays a similar style to them, but if Dawes was Howse' size, he'd almost certainly still be in the NHL.