Thanks prior poster. NHL has some diminutive sized players, but not many of them. I saw the Boston Bruins passing through an airport to their team bus a couple weeks ago. I'm 5'11 and felt like a twerp as they were walking by. Too exhausting to just respond to the toppers who won't give in. With alike speed, agility and skill, 6+ and 200+ has it all over 5'7 and 160-175 every time. One of the issues with early recruiting is the extrapolations of what a small 8th or 9th grader will be. In truth a lot of the reclassified kids are just plain undersized for their age and have used the repeat grade thing during the puberty years for a short window of advantage. Then that closes and it doesn't hold up.