[News] With the 54th OA pick Flames select G Tyler Parsons

[Enoch Root]

It also just could be camera angle. Look at the brick line - it is at Parson's eye, and at the top of Marner's forehead.

Impossible to tell from a single from a pic.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by blankall

The old equipment rules 100% favored large goalies. The bigger frame you had, the bigger the equipment you could wear.

Parsons is listed at 6'1'', but there's absolutely no way that's true. Here he is beside former teammate Mitch Marner:

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Mitchell Marner is listed at 6'0". I don't see from this picture how there is "absolutely no way" that Parsons is in fact 6'1" tall.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

And maybe Marner is wearing shoes and Parsons isn't (or vice versa). You can't tell anything from a picture like that.

You can tell when a person is 6'1'' and standing next to a person who is notorious for being of small stature. Yes, it's possible Marner has heels on.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by blankall

You can tell when a person is 6'1'' and standing next to a person who is notorious for being of small stature. Yes, it's possible Marner has heels on.

Dude. Mitch Marner is listed @ 6'0". We are talking about construing a single inch of difference from a photograph.

[Strange Brew]

Article about Marner's size.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs...r-feschuk.html

“I’m six feet,” he recently said in a declaration that drew guffaws around the dressing room. “Nobody believes that.”

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Article about Marner's size.

https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs...r-feschuk.html

“I’m six feet,” he recently said in a declaration that drew guffaws around the dressing room. “Nobody believes that.”

That article is two years old.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

That article is two years old.

Point being?

[Hey Connor, It's Mess]

I don't care how tall Parsons is because it's not going to change anything now. Nothing can be taken from that picture either.
I will say though that Marner measured 5'11 at the combine. Could he have grown an inch after that? Absolutely. I doubt it though.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Point being?

That it doesn't provide much of any meaningful information about his current size, much like the picture that was posted.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

That it doesn't provide much of any meaningful information about his current size, much like the picture that was posted.

He turns 22 in spring so I doubt he’s grown taller since the article was written. Sounds like you’re taking his “listed” height as gospel.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Hey Connor, It's Mess

I don't care how tall Parsons is because it's not going to change anything now. Nothing can be taken from that picture either.
I will say though that Marner measured 5'11 at the combine. Could he have grown an inch after that? Absolutely. I doubt it though.

So what was Parsons at the combine?

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

So what was Parsons at the combine?

6'1"184lbs.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

He turns 22 in spring so I doubt he’s grown taller since the article was written. Sounds like you’re taking his “listed” height as gospel.

Cam Atkinson is listed as 5’8”. Gaudreau, Paul Byron and Jonathan Marchesault are 5’9”. Clayton Keller and Braydon Point are 5’10”. Why would anyone feel it necessary to embellish Marner’s height by a single inch in a league with more than a few smaller players?

I don’t take the listed heights as “gospel,” but neither do I see any reason to doubt that Mariner is in fact 6’0” tall, and Parsons is indeed 6’1”.


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[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Sandman

6'1"184lbs.

So case closed - unless some people think the league would fudge the stats of some random players.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Cam Atkinson is listed as 5’8”. Gaudreau, Paul Byron and Jonathan Marchesault are 5’9”. Clayton Keller and Braydon Point are 5’10”. Why would anyone feel it necessary to embellish Marner’s height by a single inch in a league with more than a few smaller players?

I don’t take the listed heights as “gospel,” but neither do I see any reason to doubt that Mariner is in fact 6’0” tall, and Parsons is indeed 6’1”.


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Well I guess other than Marner’s teammates laugh when he says he’s six feet tall. That was really the only point of referencing the article, lending some credence to the earlier posts that he’s probably not that tall.

[dissentowner]

I have met Parsons and he was marginally taller than me, I am 6'0.

[iloveicedhockey]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

I have met Parsons and he was marginally taller than me, I am 6'0.

But how do we know you're telling the truth and haven't been paid off by Mitch Marner?

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by iloveicedhockey

But how do we know you're telling the truth and haven't been paid off by Mitch Marner?

I have met Mitch too so this is entirely plausible.

[iloveicedhockey]

Heightspiracy confirmed!

[TheScorpion]

Well, I see this thread has reached new heights.