Name: Kailer Yamamoto
Position: Winger
Shoots: Right-handed
Hometown: Spokane, Washington
Size: 5-foot-8, 153 lbs
Team: Spokane Chiefs (Western Hockey League)
Stats: 42 goals, 57 assists, 99 points in 65 games.
NHL Ceiling: Top-six facilitator
The Dallas Stars are stocked full of players with NHL-calibur size and skill. Players like John Klingberg (6’3″, 180 lbs) and Jamie Benn (6’2″, 210 lbs) are the prototypical, physically gifted pro hockey players.
For all the wrong reasons, smaller players in the National Hockey League are routinely devalued for their lack of size.