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Originally Posted by Caged Great
It also doesn't hurt that we have Bill Arnold in the pipeline as he seems to be profiling into a quality 3rd/4th line Center as well and he's 6-3 if I recall correctly.
Having depth at center is imperative, well above everything else. After getting the centers, all the rest of the pieces can fall into place easily.
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Exactly you get the centers, then Backlund shifts to wing where he was hugely successful during the lockout. It also lets Horak shift to wing, a place where he seems to be more comfortable, especially offensively.
If you have three big centers in Monahan, Jankowski, and Gauthier the size issue on the rest of the roster really becomes inconsequential. Baertschi, Horak, Gaudreau, Hudler, etc on the wings not longer is that big of a pain point.