The way I see things is next season, our centres are as follows:
1. Stajan
2. Backlund
3. Knight
4. Reinhart/Horak - I do think Horak will be converted into a 3rd line winger, though, so this spot is most likely Reinhart's
Monahan goes back to the minors for one more season and guys like Granlund can be used as emergency call-ups.
2014/2015, with Stajan's contract coming off the books, our centre depth looks like this:
1. Backlund
2. Monahan/Knight
3. Monahan/Knight
4. Reinhart
Beyond 2014/15, you hope that Jankowski can develop enough to play in the top 9, Monahan can become a top line centre and you can trade Backlund away for a very decent return.
This is all, however, best case scenario and getting way ahead of ourselves.
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