My point about his size was related to his play in front of the net and general ability to create space and hit, not about his fighting ability, sorry if that was confusing but I thought I made that clear when comparing him to Fasching, who I don't think fights at all, certainly not while he has been in Minnesota.
But, I don't think Lemieux is going to get 2 inches taller, no. He could put on 15 lbs, and still be significantly smaller than the real fighters in the league. I am not suggesting he fight Foligno and Stewart tomorrow. I'm suggesting that a guy who is 6"1 and lets say eventually 215 is not a heavy weight. Foligno and Stewart are 6"3 plus 230 and they are hardly the toughest guys in the league.
And no I'm not impressed by the guys he fights in jrs. are bigger than him, nor have I seen anything that indicates that he tunes those bigger guys up. Just because he is willing to go doesn't prove anything towards his ability to be a fighter in the league. He had 3 fights last year, not exactly his calling card. Btw out of the three guys he fought only Connor Crisp actually outweighed him. The other two were within a couple lbs as Lemieux, which to me is an advantage since balance and strength is so important in a hockey fight.
And this is a small part of my argument against his selection, that really is only brought up because most of the people who keep bringing up why it was the better call keep talking about how he brings a tough guy element that we don't have, except you know Foligno, Deslauriers, Kea, Compher, etc.
