HF Habs: Habs is the shortest team in the NHL

[Tdpjets]

short guys in the NHL to be effective at playing physically have to weigh at least 210 lbs. A lot of big players who play physically are around 220-230 lbs, so them short players have to be in the same weight class to be able to play physically.

Think Ray Bourque was 6' or 5'11 and he was around 220 lbs.

 

[Cournoyer12]

Size is overrated...

Indeed, it is how you use it that counts.

Cournoyer was short….. need I say more!

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

13 of the top 20 pointers all-time were 6 feet or less.

Only 5 were over 6'1

 

[sandviper]

Speed over size, that's why the Avs won the cup.

Those skaters were absolutely relentless. It was a sight to behold.

 

[AlexGretzchenvid]

Is they?



Sorry I had to

 

[Adam Michaels]

Yeah…… but WE have Thick Suzuki

We have Thick Nick and Goal Caufield.

And Baldan Gallagher.

And Ti Paul.

Size is overrated...

Indeed, it is how you use it that counts.

It's what I told my wife when we were dating. It didn't stop her from laughing, though.

 

[StCaufield]

Who cares seriously. The game is so p***yfied that it’s likely a good idea to get smaller

 

[Redux91]

Anyone else come in here expecting to see the avg's be 5"09 and 175 lbs, and then seeing the actual numbers all up and down and going..... "ok?"

Losing Gallagher and Byron will help
But adding Farrell and Hutson will bring us back down lol

 

[ArtPeur]

13 of the top 20 pointers all-time were 6 feet or less.

Only 5 were over 6'1

Slaf is a bust confirmed

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Anyone else come in here expecting to see the avg's be 5"09 and 175 lbs, and then seeing the actual numbers all up and down and going..... "ok?"

Losing Gallagher and Byron will help
But adding Farrell and Hutson will bring us back down lol

Not if Hutson has his super late growth spurt!

 

[DAChampion]

13 of the top 20 pointers all-time were 6 feet or less.

Only 5 were over 6'1

I think that just reflects the general population.

Might also be easier to score more if your linemates are big.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

I think that just reflects the general population.

If it follows the population median, than it means size has a minimal impact.

Might also be easier to score more if your linemates are big.

It's easier to score more when your linemates are talented. Oates-Hull, Trottier-Bossy, Oates-Neely, Gretzky-Kurri...

 

[FerrisRox]

With an average height of 6'1, the Canadiens are dead last, 32nd in the league for average team height.

In 11th place in the league is the St. Louis Blues. Their average height is... 6'1.

I don’t see Dach a giant nor being particularly strong tbh . He looks slim

He's 6'4 and quite obviously strong if you watch him play.

 

[dcyhabs]

If it follows the population median, than it means size has a minimal impact.



It's easier to score more when your linemates are talented. Oates-Hull, Trottier-Bossy, Oates-Neely, Gretzky-Kurri...

If only a few people in the population are that tall it shrinks the pool. There are way more big guys in the NHL and the NBA than would be normal statistically so obviously it's an advantage. You pretty much don't have guys under 5'8 in the NHL and there are loads in the general population.

There are so many more guys who are 6'1 and under, and there were many more in the league a few decades ago, so many more chances to be a star, bigger pool to choose from. McDavid and Lemieux were unusual but they exist. I doubt a quarter of the population is over 6'1, but considering the average player is now about 6'2 there are a lot of big guys in the league. There aren't that many big guys in the general population so more players are taken from a smaller pool.

I suppose size matters more on the defensive end, as well. Lots of stay at home D and physical but nonscoring forwards are pretty huge while most of the little guys, other than Byron, are scorers.

 

[HomaridII]

Good article And interview by Grant about Hutson.

He sounds very pissed off that he wasn't drafted earlier, will be fun when he makes the NHL.

 

[Kimota]

We literally will never escape this. lol

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

We literally will never escape this. lol

...sure we will...when we're competitive again, no one will say shyte cuz they'll be too busy eating crow...it'll be wonderful in a few years when we're back in the Saddle and making the Laffs our bitch again!!...

 

[PhysicalHABuse]

Now that Sam Montembault is signed……did he increase our height??

 

[LV426]

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Cournoyer was short….. need I say more!

True but everybody was short back then

 

[BenchBrawl]

Cournoyer was extremely powerful, had huge wrists and hands. He was an animal.

Cannot be compared with Hutson's frame.

Edit: Look at his wrist:

 

[BenchBrawl]

Likewise, Martin St. Louis had very powerful legs, as I'm sure everyone knows.

Problem isn't just height and weight, but frame.

 

[Cournoyer12]

Cournoyer was extremely powerful, had huge wrists and hands. He was an animal.

Cannot be compared with Hutson's frame.

Edit: Look at his wrist:

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The Roadrunner also had pretty big guns for his time! I remember seeing him on Superstars “Wild World of Sports “ sitting with a muscle shirt on, and the commentators remarked how Yvan had the arms of an NFLer

 

[Boris Le Tigre]

Speed over size, that's why the Avs won the cup.

And ...that's what she said.

 

[c3z4r]

Now that Monty is back on the roster, we're no longer last. The glorious inch has increased.

Once Dach is signed mayhap the glorious inch will be increased again.

All hail the inches!