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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I'll take a stab in the dark and say they still end up an NHL team 
But yes, I agree size is important but you can't just ignore that there's not many top 6 players that size. I'm sure if a team had 180 pound Kane on their team and 5'7'' St. Louis that wouldn't prevent them from offering a contract to 170 pound Giroux if he magically became a free agent and wanted to sign there for cheap. |
But having even Kane and St. Louis on the same team is a hypothetical. When you have Kane, St.Louis or Kariya the team is built around them to provide them with an opportunity to shine.
Giroux broke through when Briere was injured and eventually took over the dominant (small skilled role) role.
There was one season where Briere and Giroux were good together but the next year when Giroux put up 93 points Briere became less important with 49 points.