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Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour
The only other highly skilled undersized guy I could think of was Martin St. Louis. Not sure if he can be considered undersized with tree trunk legs, but that's what I thought of. Checked it out and he was ~ppg until he was 38. It can change in a heartbeat, but Gaudreau has done an excellent job on avoiding injury. I think he can continue producing until he's 36-38.
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Fleury is probably the most skilled undersized guy I ever saw. I wonder what his career would hav been like absent his issues, since I don’t recall any serious injuries.
Kariya was considered a small guy and his career was shortened by a lot. Especially his productive career. Savard was highly skilled, undersized and had a pretty long career - over 1K games, producing well until the last 2-3 years.
That all said, if the sticking point is term, then I’m happy to overpay for a 6 year term. The window of the team can’t be any longer than that anyway, with the ages of Markstrom, Tanev, and Lindholm.