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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

50 forwards that are 5'10 or shorter have played at least 10 games in the NHL this year. With the shortest being Alex Debrincat and Cole Caufiled listed at 5'7". (6 PPG players are 5'10" or shorter)

369 forwards are between 5'11 to 6'3"

40 forwards are 6'4" or taller. (One PPG player 6'4" or taller - Rantanen)

So there are more players, and specifically offensive producers that are Pelletiers size or smaller, than are Ruzicka's size or bigger.

I don't have the time to do the math right now but if I had to guess the average NHL forward would be about 6'0" tall, so not sure that being 5'10" is really that undersized in the big scheme of things.

Edit:

I found the bios on NHL website and ran some numbers.

598 forwards have taken a shift in the NHL this year. The average height of an NHL forward based on that is 6' 0.5" and 195 lbs. Pelletier is listed as 5'10" and 180 lbs on the AHL website. So he's only about 15 lbs undersized, which for a 20 year old isn't that surprising and would probably be normal for most 20 year olds.

This also would be a little inflated and I have a feeling if I was able to filter by guys who have played at least 150 minutes (regular forwards) then it would probably come down a little bit.



Carolina is a great example...

Seth Jarvis is younger than Pelletier, is 5'10" and 170 pounds and he's playing a regular shift.

Trochek: 5'10"
Aho: 5'11"
Teravainen: 5'11"
Stepan: 6'0"
Fast: 6'0"
Martinook: 6'0"
Necas: 6'1"
Svechnikov: 6'2"
Kotkaniemi: 6'2
Niederreiter: 6'2"
Stall: 6'4"

Aho, Teravainen, and Trocheck are 3 of the top 4 scoring forwards on that team, all under 5'11".

Aho is 6' tall that is most definitely not under 5'11.