Watching the Florida Carolina series, I think we know what team we need to emulate.
Florida has only 3 roster players under 6’ and one of those is Marchand, who doesn’t play sub 6’. They only have him and Rodrigues in the lineup (Samoskevich is scratched). No d are under 6’.
https://www.nhl.com/panthers/roster
So I think while size shouldn’t be the predominant factor when making picks, it should be a consideration. Makes sense now when you see the team take swings on huckins and whynot instead of going with safer (and smaller) picks. Hate seeing picks go unsigned but if this is the model they are pursuing, I can understand it better.