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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Toews looks faster to me. And is listed at 6'2, 208 so is bigger and stronger. He seems grittier to me as well. I mean there's a chance Reinhart's skating improves significantly but there's no guarantee. And there's a chance he fills out and becomes quite a strong player but he may not.
Maybe I'm being too harsh on Reinhart but I feel like you want your top line centres to be elite in some skillset (size/strength, skating, etc). He's the smartest player in the draft but I still wonder if his average skating and average size will limit his top end upside in the NHL.
Again no issues if we take him, I'd be quite excited for him to join our team. I wonder if we might move him to RW long term which would fit for us too.
No lose situation for us. We're guaranteed a choice of one of the top three centres.
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Toews has 1 inch on him (he is 6'2" v 6'1") and heavier, (207lbs vs 185lbs) but he also has 8 years in age ( 26 vs 18). I will admit I can't recall Toews stats when he entered the league.