Larry44
#FlyersPerpetualMediocrity
- Mar 1, 2002
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Huh? You can have smaller Dmen and win, you just need some balance.I don’t recall Florida or Vegas winning the cup with a small defence, the d man takin at 12 you are referring to, would be great on nhl 25. This is reality, not a video game.
You don't have to look far, just at Florida. Probably their best Dman was Gustav Forsling, 6'0" 195 and Brandon Montour is 6'0 199. Both are Buium's size and we don't know if Buium will grow a bit more.
You don't have to go far down this list to realize that, although big D like Hedman, Pietrangelo, Ekblad are valuable, a lot of the best and most productive D are not huge, but in the 5'11 - 6'1" range.
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I have no problem with the Flyers having a couple decent smaller Dman, but to pass on Buium, a potential 1D, and take a 2C because you have York, Drysdale and Andrae in the system is just incompetent.