I hope we aren't the team at the top of the draft that gets mesmerized by size. If you're drafting in the mid-late 1st, sure, but top 10? Have to go with raw skill and IQ, all the way.
Gaudreau, Kane, Johnson, Kucherov, Crosby, etc, all sub-6ft game changers. It's more than okay to have a couple of those guys on the same team.
Mangiapane hasn't accomplished anything yet, so we shouldn't let his role in our system impact any of our decision making in the draft(s).
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