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I suspect he is talking about the change in player sizes over time.We disagree , there are lots of current players that are his weight and he was over 170 at camp and likely will be at 180 next year.
The 70's had some nasty hockey players that were allowed to be just that ... nasty . Thinner build players with elite talent have always been part of the game and excelled. That won't change.
Jets don't and won't rush , but they will let the player decide that for them ala Trouba. Regardless of whether it is next year or the year after , the Jets have drafted smaller extremely talented players and they aren't expecting those players to grow several inches and put on 25 punds of muscle , Ehlers won't need to be much heavier or thicker than he is now imo .
6' wasn't small in the 70s. The average height of NHLers was shy of 6'. League average height is 6'1 now. Average mass would have changed too.
I don't think anyone was contesting the idea that smaller players can have success - more so that the comparison is outdated.