Edited Jun. 27, 2023 at 5:07 p.m.
Quoting: JeffGorton
Did you forget Dach, Slaf? Suzuki, Roy and Beck are all nearly 6ft and heavy guys
The conn smyth winner was 5'7. Size is overrated if the skill isnt there.
Marchessault is 5'9", and played with Barbashev 6'1", Eichel 6'2", and was backed up in the top 6 by Howden 6'2", Stephenson 6'0" and Stone 6'3"... average height of top 6 = 6'1". Average height of NHL forwards = 6'1".
Caufield 5'7", Suzuki 5'11", Dach 6'4", Slafkovsky 6'3", Newhook 5'10" and Benson or Michkov 5'10"... average height = 5'11.5". It's a good margin below average forward size, not to mention 2/3 of the line is undersized (Slafkovsky and Dach can't be in every battle) and it's important to remember that Hutson will be one of the smallest defenseman in the NHL too, they will be undersized on the back end too.
That coupled with all the talk of them trying to trade down and the supposed interest in Leonard, Reinbacher etc. has me thinking they won't be taking another small forward, even if they are very talented.
Quoting: JeffGorton
Ah yes the bully lines. I forgot i woke up in 1996 again. And leonard is 6ft, hes 2 inches taller than benson and michkov. Also Suzuki is heavy, slaf and dach are big so having 2 'small' guys (caufield is like 5'9 now and Michkov is 5'10, not tiny players) in the top 6 isnt gonna automatically make them soft
You literally didn't even mention Newhook here, so make that 3 undersized players... 2 on one line potentially out there with Hutson on defence at the same time.