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I mean Backlund as a 3rd line centre is not what we drafted him to be, but he is damn good at that.
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That's not a role he's played in the last two years...
We're in a playoff spot with Backlund as a 2nd line center.
I don't think it's out of the question for some teams to be looking at Mark Jankowski and still thinking "This guy could be a top 6 forward for us in a few years" It's pretty much
insane to have what we have besides Jankowski down the middle:
A guy who's an above average to elite 1st line center (Moneyhands)
A prospect who projects as an above average to elite 1st line center (Bennett)
Two guys who're above-average 2nd line centers (Backlund / Hudler)
Another guy who could find himself successful as a 2nd line center (Shore)
Some more very promising 3rd line centers with the IQ and skill to play up in the lineup as wingers (Granlund / Colborne / Arnold / Jooris / Byron)
A vet who's an above average 3rd line center and has gotten Selke votes before (Stajan)
A guy who's played a ton of center and has settled in as an above average 3rd line winger (Bouma)
A guy with all the ability to be an average 3rd/4th line center (Max Reinhart)
That... that right there is just.. it's just absurd. It shouldn't take away from Mark Jankowski at all because when he was drafted, the only guys we had from the above were Hudler, Backlund, Arnold and Granlund. The latter two were 19 and 18 at the time I think, Backlund was just getting his feet wet, and Hudler's found more success on the top line wings.