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Originally Posted by playmaker
Well, the way I see it... there's something wrong with our center group and it's
a) a lack of size and strength
b) faceoff ability
I feel that as much as we need to find our new Joe Nieuwendyk, we're going to need our new Yelle and Otto even more desperately. In fact, Corgan Knight is IMHO the only prospect that may develop into the big, strong and faceoff winning bottom 6 centre.
Sure, Otto or Yelle are the types of guys you don't want to draft in the top 5 but as we know they are often key figures so I hope Treliving and Burke are going to address this issue with our 2nd round pick or via trade.
I wouldn't be surprised to see one of Granlund / Backlund moved before the draft.
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Yeah, it would be great to find a shut down centre like Yelle or Otto. That way our scoring lines could play against secondary opposition and hopefully clean up. In this scenario Granlund isn't the third line shut down centre, he plays on the top two scoring lines if he wants a job.
The last few years the game has changed though. Now it's strength against strength with the first line going against the other teams first line, so every centre needs to be great defensively. I also agree Knight and Arnold could add much needed strength and size to our team. It will be an interesting training camp to see where they all fit in.