I know I've been beating this drum over and over again... Jost's skating as his size just isn't there for him to be a two way force at center. I believe he can play on both sides of the ice effectively at center, just not at the same time. Right now we are seeing him be real effective defensively and putrid offensively. I believe that if you want the best out of him on both sides of the ice, you'll have to move him to wing. That will shorten up the ice for him and focus in his game while letting him be a force on both sides.
A part of his game that just flat out bothers me is his thought that he has more hands talent than he actually has. There are times he can pull off some great things, but he is not good at picking his battles and ends up killing a number of plays by not making the smart move and/or holding on to the puck too long.
You can keep beating it if you want but it won't really make it true. There are a ton of examples in the NHL of players that are about Jost's size that have had a ton of success. I think his skating has improved and I certainly woudn't say it's bad. He's at least on par with guys like Soderberg and Paul Stastny.
5'11" centers in the NHL
Giroux, Duchene, Crosby, Point, Trochek (5'10")
6'0" centers in the NHL (pretty much GIANTS, really)
Nathan MacKinnon, Krejci, Backstrom, Barzal, Schmaltz, Horvat, Backlund, Stastny
So I think we need to give this whole, "he's too small to
play center thing a break"...it's baseless and players that size make it as centers on the top-2 lines quite often. I would venture that it's WAY more based on attitude and confidence rather than to simply judge him on his size.
Now if you want to say that you think he'd make a better winger or you think he'd be of better use to the team as a winger, I'm fine with that (I quite like Jost as a winger as well) but I don't like the whole, he's too small argument. There just isn't much difference between 5'11" and 6'0" and it's such a huge stygma that 5'11" guys are 'small' and guys that are 6'0" have 'ok size'.