There are plenty of players in the NHL more than a foot taller than Nathan Gerbe; 44 of them, in fact, suited up for an NHL game last season. And yet Gerbe has made it. He’s a veteran of nearly 400 NHL games. He has almost 60 goals to his name, and he’s closing in on the 150 point mark. He’s scored in the playoffs; he’s scored the goal that gothis team there to begin with. So he can play.
One of the newer members of the New York Rangers knows just what it takes to succeed - particularly because he’s had to battle for it his entire life.