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Philadelphia Flyers Top 25 Under 25: David Kase takes the No. 22 spot

The small Czech forward fell much farther than most expected him to in last June's draft, and the Flyers might be able to take advantage of that slide if Kase can continue to develop his exciting skillset.

David Kase

In the two drafts that have taken place during the reign of Ron Hextall, General Manager, there's been an intriguing inclination -- more of one than there appears to have been in previous years, at least -- towards players who are a bit smaller than the average professional hockey player tends to be. This is particularly so up front, where we've seen top-50 draft picks used on the likes of 5-foot-10 Travis Konecny and Nicolas Aube-Kubel (both of whom will show up later on in this countdown) and later picks used on 6-foot types such as Radel Fazleev and Cooper Marody (who came up in this very space yesterday).