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Have been discussing this in post game threads the last couple of weeks but wanted to get a separate discussion going on it.

The team continues to have one NHL center playing in games. The team continues to be the worst faceoff team in the league and honestly one of the worst I have ever seen in the NHL. FOUR wingers have played out of position for extended periods of time this year. They showed that graphic on sportsnet tonight that Iginla has played with six different centers 18 games into the season. The team has struggled mightily in its own end I think in large part because of their poor center support low.

Nothing you can do about losing Backlund to injury. And even if you assume something bad happened to lead Jones being sent down, they had three NHL centers on the team, two of whom were very inexperienced. Then you can throw a fourth in there with Cervenka who is playing his first NHL season and has only played a handful of shifts at center.

You can't just turn wingers into centers overnight when they haven't played the position in a decade. Does Feaster understand this? Maybe he is trying to address this enormously deficient area but the season is 48 games long and best case scenario is they get Backlund back and are up to TWO NHL centers. What the hell is this management team doing? The second they decided to let Jokinen go, addressing the depth down the middle should have become a top priority. It didn't and it is costing this team and is going to continue to be an issue because again, you can't just turn wingers into centers. It's a very different position.

The team has done well to this point given that their two best players have contributed close to nothing. But if they want to be a competitive team, the people running this organization have to address this situation which in my mind is not at all sustainable. Tanguay, Cammalleri, Comeau, Hudler...they are wingers. Horak and Street are good players who have some upside but they are not the solution right now. Go out and address the situation already because it's clear as day.