I think completely eliminating short players could be a mistake.
Some short players throughout history I found:
Paul Kariya - Had a 50-goal season
Martin St. Louis - Won Two Art Ross Trophies
Pavel Bure - Among the best goal scorers of the 90s, led or tied for the lead in goals three times
Dino Ciccarelli - Finished with over 600 goals, seven 40+ goal seasons
Denis Savard - Five 100+ seasons, one 131 point season
Bobby Clarke - Hard-nosed forward had three 100+ point seasons and led team to back-to-back Stanley Cups
Theo Fleury - Managed four 40+ goal seasons in a relatively short career
Pat Verbeek - Eight 30+ goal seasons, finished with over 500 goals
Pat LaFontaine - 148-point season
Mark Recchi - 123-point season that included 53 goals
Marcel Dionne - Six 120+ point seasons, one of the best forwards of All-Time