BY: Ryan Kennedy

In interviewing various scouts and NHL brass this week, an interesting thread began developing in my conversations: While the clutching and grabbing has vanquished from the “new NHL,” the idea that size no longer matters is still a contentious one.

Take, for example, a trio of Swedes eligible for the 2011 draft; defensemen Adam Larsson and Rasmus Bengtsson and center Victor Rask. The one common denominator of the three talented teens is size and that word was the first out of one scout’s mouth.

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