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 Skookum Jim
Messages: 6199
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
6 Cups
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| Leia wrote on Sat, 28 June 2025 22:07 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Sat, 28 June 2025 21:01 |
Here's a stat for you.. in this years draft .. Fewer than 30 of 224 picks were under 6-foot
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The NHL network guys were saying about that stat the few times I put the draft on to see who we'd picked up. I even heard them say that the Devils had drafted a 6' 8 netminder.. We are starting to draft NBA sized players now.
If the trend for bigger players continues, does it down the road lead to debates about going to Olympic size ice pads as there's going to be no room on the current NHL pads.
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Too true! .. Either that or play 4 on 4 !
With the wing spans and reach players have now its getting pretty hard to skate around a guy.. might even devolve into a case where teams just play for 0-0 when 5 v 5.. and hope to score on power plays.. some teams do that already.. not fun to watch as a viewer.. especially a casual one..
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