Danny Briere should beware that size isn't always everything

Mar 14, 1999; Philadelphia, PA, USA; FILE PHOTO; Dallas Stars center Tony Hrkac (41) in action against Philadelphia Flyers center Eric Lindros (88) at the First Union Center. | Lou Capozzola-Imagn ImagesDuring last year's NHL draft, it was hard not to notice a trend. The Flyers were drafting big guys pretty much all across the board. Granted, as it stood at last summer, Philadelphia was still one of the shorter teams in the NHL. The idea that seemed to be generated within the Flyers organization was that they had to get bigger. This is not the first time that this was the team's mantra.

Thirty years ago, when I was in high school (dang... that long ago!), this was the dream. The GM had…