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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
But, at least based on the Stanley Cup winners since the lockout, it's far more likely to acquire that game-breaking defenseman through trade or UFA than it is grabbing that top line center. And outside of Doughty, the other elite defenseman drafted by the original teams were later picks. Whereas Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Toews and Kopitar were taken in the first half of the first round.
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Thing is, some of us don't think Reinhart or Bennet project as top line centers. I'll take a top pairing d-man over a 2nd line center every day of the week.