[Sandman]

As long as hockey is a contact sport, size in some shape or form will be important, and any GM will tell you that. Avs had some 6 footers, but they were offset somewhat by 6’4” Nichushkin, 6’4” Rantanen and 6’3” Burakovsky, while players like 6’1” Landeskog, 6’0”Kadri, and 6’0”MacKinnon are thick and play much bigger and/or meaner. Want proof that size matters in the NHL? Look at what players rose in the draft, and what players fell. And who did the Avs get before the deadline? 6’3”Josh Manson, and 6’3”Nico Sturm.