Defending Big D, a Dallas Stars community

Pop quiz: What's the height of a standard door? No need to Google; we'll tell you.

It's 80 inches, or 6 feet and 8 inches. Why, you ask, is this relevant in a blog on the 2010 NHL draft?

Because Moose Jaw Warrior Dylan McIlrath can carry one long-ways, even trot with it down the street. How, you ask, does he know this? He was hanging out with his buddies one day at home in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and one of the neighbors had leaned an old door against his garbage cans at the curb. So McIlrath tried, and did. In fact, it wasn't even that hard.

McIlrath, who is 6-4 and 220 pounds at just 17 years of age, has a wingspan of seven feet.
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McIlrath is the meanest, most physical player in his draft class -- and that fact has scouts salivating. His ranking moved from No. 27 at midseason to No. 17 in the final rankings posted by the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau...