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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
A proper assessment would take size into account when evaluating on NHL ability. Otherwise you get silly comparisons like this one.
Smaller players typically have more skill and are quicker. It doesn't mean they have a better chance of making the NHL. It means they need even more skill to compensate for their small stature.
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Understood. Guess I didn't take it as an estimation of their NHL readiness but rather an assessment of their performance at camp relative to certain attributes. Nothing more. So I still contend their draft position was meaningless in that context, or frankly in any evaluation going forward.