Caufield was projected to go much higher than 15th, but there were many teams that weren’t keen on drafting players that are deemed under-sized. In fact, Minnesota Wild general manager Paul Fenton made comments at the draft explaining that he was quite intrigued by players that were taller than him.
Height
Unfortunately, height seems to be a way of avoiding talent and could come back to burn teams. There are several current and former hockey players in the NHL that are under-sized, but are great hockey players. Back in January of 2010, Liz Brownstein wrote a post for The Bleacher Report, in which she named several hockey players that are under six feet, who are stellar and top producing players.