biturbo19
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The bolded is 100% correct and made him one of the strangest players I've ever seen. He'd basically produce the same numbers as a 4C that he would as a 2C. Good skater and a good shot who could score some nice individual goals off broken play but has absolutely zero ability to use his linemates and once competed an entire 82-game NHL season with only 1 primary assist (on a puck that bounced off his skate to a teammate).
Sutter was never anything more than a bottom-6 wing/4C in terms of ability level who should have been making $2 million tops as a utility player but his last name/draft position carried him to like 12 years of being overplayed/overpaid by NHL teams.
The other thing about Sutter is that he's *small*. Because hockey fans for some reason associate size with height rather than weight this 6'3 185 toothpick is considered a 'big player' but he's light, weak on the puck, and very poor along the boards and in puck battles.
I will say, i agree about the size point for the most part. His length combined with the skating did make him a pretty "rangy" player though. But that was definitely more useful in open ice, through the neutral zone, etc. With the puck on the wall, he was unlikely to come out of it a winner.