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Old 02-18-2026, 08:09 AM   #174
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
He's worked for ESPN and the Athletic so mainstream for a while now. What's weird about him is the 180 he's done over the years as when he was with ESPN he was all about skill regardless of size (ranked Drouin over MacKinnon) and now he's all about size with skill. Back in the day he would have been salivating over guys like Parekh and Lane Hutson and today he's basically writing them off as powerplay specialists. The happy medium is likely in the middle but he seems like a guy that sees things through extreme lenses only.
I don't disagree. I think he got burned by being wrong by a number of undersized guys, particularly dmen, and has over-corrected.
Wheeler is the other way. He doesn't appreciate size still matters sometimes.

But the best thing, and what I enjoy about them the most, is the debates between the two. Lists and mocks are easy to consume, but I get the most value from the dialogue.
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