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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Not pertaining to Nylander specifically as I'm also not very convinced he's a top 6 talent, , or even the general jist of your post which I somewhat agree with, but let me phrase it like this because people keep saying "one small player is the max":
If people could have 40+ minutes of a game of Johnny Hockey instead of 20, would they turn it down in favor of size?
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Two small super skilled players would be exciting for the fans no doubt. But in an ideal world you have as few small players as possible and surround them with big, strong, skilled players. That makes your team harder to check, harder to contain, harder to prevent going to the net, etc. Now with a top 6 pick we have a great chance to add a big, strong skilled player to surround Johnny Hockey with.
So on the one hand we could add a big, strong skilled forward to make us harder to play against and help offset Johnny's size OR we could take another average to small size super skilled player which makes us harder to play against at home and on the powerplay but easier to shut down on the road and in the tighter checking, more physical playoffs.
The latter option is arguably more exciting for fans but the former option may be the best choice for building an ideal perennial contender.