Out of curiosity I looked at the top 15 NHL teams last night.
I looked at their top 2 Dmen by TOI/G and their top 2 centers by points.
Interestingly enough 43% of those defencemen were not drafted or signed into the NHL by their current team (i.e. they were traded for or were signed as a veteran free agent).
Compare that to 23% of centers who were not were not drafted or signed into the NHL by their current team.
Seems to suggest that minute eating defencemen are easier to obtain via trade or free agency than top 2 centers.
This was a quick 10 min analysis and doesn't take into account quality of the dmen or centres. I will take a look at wingers later.
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