Nuxfanabroad

Sorry but for me a little man is going to get crushed and tired trying to stop the skilled big boys of this league.

I like them both, but seriously 5ft 9 or 10 and 175 pounds is too small to be a bona fide defense man ,unless you have serious wheels and skills to keep from getting killed against the boards or having to fight for room in front of your own net.

Effort does help, but size (no matter what the ladies say) really does matter.

Oh you must mean Ryan Ellis the rest are big boys.

But thanks for playing though.

@DADDYROCK

I obviously exaggerated for their team. But you can't seriously be so ignorant as to disregard a player by his size and weight. We all know the NHL has been trending towards the small puck moving defenseman for years. Our very own top prospect Quinn Hughes is 5'10" 178lbs, are you going to disregard him too? 

Here's a few small NHL defensemen who average around 20 minutes a night specifically: Krug, Barrie, Spurgeon, Ellis, Gostisbehere, Butcher, Goligoski, DeAngelo, Stetcher, Girard, Greene, Vatanen, Stralman, Grzelcyk, Hunt, Russell, Mete, Wideman, Pilut, Heed, Ryan, Honka, Rhwedel, Murphy, Hanley, Hicketts, Lindholm, Weber, Hunwick, etc. etc....