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Originally Posted by dammage79
I gotta wonder what Elias Lindholm did to Ricardo to hate him so. He is a natural center that is versatile enough to play wing. The exact same thing is being bantered about MacKinnon as well but no one seems to think anything of it. I.E he may end up being a RW in the NHL. Not my opinion but the thoughts are out there.
http://www.inlouwetrust.com/2013/5/6...ospect-profile
Link to a pretty good report on Lindholm where they go on to say what Ricardo brings up but to be critical of versatility is a little weird. |
There are almost no centre's that won't be able to play on the wing...There are very few wingers that adapt to be a centre.
If you are not a centre at a lower level chances are very slim that you will adapt to the extra responsibility at a higher level.
Team Canada for the Olympic will be loaded with NHL centres that will play on the wing when they move up a level to the Olympics.
On the Canadian 2013 world cup team out of the 13 forwards
Hall, Stamkos, Duschene, O'Rielly,Staal, Staal and Giroux are NHL centres.
6 wingers.
This is not to say that Lindholm will not be a solid NHL player and the best forward in Flames history was a RW (If you don't count Nieuwendyk)