I suppose it's only relevant when he gets fucking flattened at some point, and is injured basically just because he's small, and got destroyed by some big dude. Other than that I cant see it being too big a detriment.

He took that hit from Boychuk and the one from Chara pretty well.

Let's see how he handles his first full regular season. It won't be just about size either, he'll have to learn and minimize the rookie mistakes. He'll still have to be somewhat effective on the forecheck, and his size is definitely a disadvantage on the boards. How many puck battles did we lose against Boston? We need players that can win those battles and even dominate sometimes. Ennis won't be that type, but hopefully he can bring enough other skills to be productive.

True...but over the course of a season I have to think a small guy getting smashed over and over is going to get proportionately more injured than his larger counterparts. Perhaps thats not a factual correlation to make, but it does seem the intuitive answer.

But hell, despite his size we havent seen those moves since Briere, we'd be fools to want him gone just because of his size.

I'm guessing in a full 81 games he gets 40-65 points. Maybe more.

Smaller guys have a decidedly difficult time in this league. There are smaller guys who have had longevity, but by and large, over the course of a season or 10, physics will take it's toll.

He'll put on some weight, which is good.

Really? I remember Gretzky only being 185 and 6 feet tall and scoring 2800 points in his 20 year career.

Ray Bourque, 5'11, only one of the best defensemen of all time, 20 years in the NHL.

Bobby Orr was 5'11, his style of play caused his knees to fail, but it didn't make it difficult for him to play in the league either.

Theo Fleury shortest guy to play in the league, was a PPG player and played for 18 years.

Marty St. Louis 5'9" and is 12 years in the league and is a almost a PPG player.

Danny Briere is also 5'9" NHL claims he is 5'11 which is BS, but he has never really had much trouble playing, recently been injured but before nothing either.

Roy hasn't been injured in his five years either.

Those smaller guys are harder to hit, plus they don't fall as hard as a bigger guy.

I don't see how physics take a toll on these smaller players more, the larger you are the more it will hurt falling and the more pressure and more force you exert on your body. The bigger you are, the more likely you are to develop knee or ankle problems the longer you play.