If you have a team full of Ewoks, you will get steamrolled, especially in the playoffs. Whether some fans like it or not, hockey is a contact sport, with 50/50 battles in all 3 zones. As long as it remains a contact sport, size will always be important- and NHL GM’s think like me. Skill and speed are still the most important traits, but you need size too.
Every draft, the small guys fall, and the big guys rise. Every trade deadline, teams are looking for size and physicality, see Tanner Jeannot, Barclay Goodrow,etc. How many guys are in the league that are Stankoven’s size? Not that many.
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