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Originally Posted by dying4acup
There are exceptions, but I would try to quantify a franchise center, in the current era, as one who has been a #1 center for a cup winner, and averaged aboved 1ppg, while close to ppg for career over 400gp.
Not everybody will agree.
Other factors come into play, like top level international competition, but that's where I stand.
Kopitar is a franchise. I don't even think he has peaked yet. Keep in mind that he is playing in a suffocating offensive system and still putting up numbers.
And btw, Thornton isn't a franchise center in my books.
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No not Shawn thorton. I mean Joe Thornton. :P
The one that's been a ppg for 1100 games in the regular season and .8 ppg in the playoffs.
And made the playoffs 11 of the past 12 seasons. And made 2 conference finals appearances...all as the number one center on his team.