I compared LD to Hanzal in terms of their style of play - both are not overly fast, but they use their big reach and body to their advantage. Both with decent passing and shooting skills. I have no idea where you get that LD is WORLD CLASS at just about everything, because he's not.
I said we need speed, but you don't think we do? You're delusional. We don't have "tons" of wingers that are fast. Like I said, Paul Byron was our only winger who had the genuine speed to flow by a defender. Glencross can do that on a good day. The rest? Hudler can't, Cammy couldn't, Colborne, Galiardi, and even Baertschi. The wingers we had simply could not.
And you're seriously saying Monahan is a small center?
for you.
You don't need 4 HUGE-ass centers to win the Stanley Cup. Are Krejci and Bergeron huge? Did Chicago have huge centers when they won the cup twice? LA has one huge center in Kopitar, but Richards and Stoll aren't exactly huge.
Like I said to Volica, NO, NOT EVERYONE HAS LEON HIGHER. Go to ISS and check it out, sweetheart. Size? They're about the same in height, you can't change that. LD has about 20 lbs on MDC, but that can be changed. Age? MDC is 8 months younger. You could pretty much say that MDC is a year younger. Skill? That might be where opinions clash, because after I've spent about a good full day analyzing LD and MDC, the latter has the better skillset to become a Top 6 forward on an NHL team.
No, they weren't the best team in the CHL. He did get to play with Laughton but that's not what I looked at. MDC beats LD in footspeed, shot, scoring touch, and general offensive sense. He can play center too if you so want. So there, why MDC>LD.