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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
And some people underrate size. It's big for board battles, net front battles and some fans underrate how big a part of the game those can be. Small players are more easily pushed down, physically contained and dominated. It's a big reason why Gaudreau struggles on the road.
It's fine to have a few small players sprinkled throughout the lineup but we can't have too many of them in this division. The Ducks and Kings pushed us around all season.
At #6 we can draft a foundational player to build around. I think there are rarer and more valuable types of players that we could be drafting.
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One of the main reasons why Gaudreau struggled on the road was due to the Flames system being easy to defend against and the other team making sure their best were out there to interfere with him. He didn't have that problem the year before when teams did not understand the Flames system.
I do agree that size is important. However, a team can have a couple of undersized players if they are amazing. Calgary, if they pick Keller, would have exactly 2 players that are undersized. Add other guys through trade/UFA that have size.