True but size has changed and so many of the players really had to be 6ft it was only recently that the smaller guys who were fast as hell and had amazing puck handling were able to take back their spots!

Wayne Gretzky was relatively small, 5'11 and 180 lbs



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Blue Jackets winger Gaudreau dies at age 31

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That was one of the reasons I liked to watch him play.... as someone who isn't 6 ft it was amazing to see someone under that height slice and dice up these much larger players 