[Crumpy-Gunt]

Another way I could have articulated what I mean is maybe we can have 3 small offensive superstars and supplement / compliment them with larger secondary role players who arent going to score 40 or put up 80 points but can play top 6 mins and contribute, play PK, play the body hard, be all over the ice. I know hes been polarizing this season but Frolik is a good example. Or even Ferland, Bouma, etc. Useful players with size all throughout the lineup. not all 4th liners, not all 3rd liners, some on the 2nd line and 1st line as well. I think its possible. You just have to find the right parts and pursue them. I like frolik. I like bouma, I like ferland. I also like a lot of the prospects we have who project to be bottom 6 in the NHL. I dont think we nessicarily need top line talent thats 6'5 220. We need top line talent. And we need people who are big. Im just saying we could seperate the two needs and still succeed in finding both. Still have a competitive team. I think we are more likely to find more foliks, and 2nd line players who are multi dimensional and have good enough size than we are to find huge players who are top liners. We can find people who are 6'2-6'3 210 ish like monahan and can play a physical game yet still put up around 40-60 pts per season. They are out there. In the 2nd round, trades, free agency. etc.

But I agree with the above posters, we need to get bigger - the big players who can play at the highest level, the biggest minutes arent available - and its not as cut and dried as taking gaudreau and nylander over big players because they are more skilled - or taking big players over skill players. there are a lot of factors at play.