ChiHawks10
Registered User
I’m completely laughing at you guys trying to figure out heights based on photos of guys in gear, legs apart, and slightly hunched over as one’s posture has to be on skates, arguing over a half an inch like it has any meaning whatsoever in a game.
Barring Keith lined up next to a tape, I’ll take the first hand account of Spectra until someone provides better proof.
It’s easy to see the outliers on either side of the height thing. However, anyone between about 5’10” and 6’2” height wise are for all intents and purposes about equal on ice. I’ve never noticed +/- a few inches while skating.
The real difference is in the build...bulky, skinny, muscular, flabby, etc... Keith has always looked very lean...wiry even.
Well, to be fair, the picture I posted, all three have solid posture, and are basically standing still, so they're not really crouched down much, knees bent much, etc. Only one who seems to be dipping his neck a little bit is Toews. And it's not like I was trying to figure out an exact height from it, just a comparison. And for all intents and purposes, comparing those three next to each other(really any way you look at that image) it's obvious that the 6'2(listed) Toews has at least a couple inches or more on both Keith and Kane, and that Keith is far closer to the 5'10" Kane than the 6'2" Toews. Keith is also wiry and lean, as you described. He's not a big D. Not by a long shot. Not even close. Not sure why this is still an argument. Keith has always been a quick/fast, wiry, lean, maybe average-height D, IMO.
Go find any picture of Keith and Kane next to each other, btw. Not just that one. You'll see that they're far closer in height than Keith and Toews.
Please tell me that Keith is 6'1 and 200lbs some more... The last picture is basically irrefutable. He might crack 6'0, just barely. Leno is listed at 5'11 and Keith looks like has has maybe fractions of an inch on him. The second picture above, Sharpie is listed at 6'1, and he's obviously a bit taller than Keith, by at least a half inch.
I mean... Keith is not a big D. He's never played like a big D, for the most part. Not sure how someone can argue he's "not small", honestly. I'd say the guy is probably 6'0 and 180lbs, at most.
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