When the other team has the puck in their zone, what does a centreman do? He skates back to the neutral zone while one of the wingers forechecks to put pressure on their defense (unless your playing the trap system). This is what I'm getting at.. Of course the Centre can forecheck and support the play while the team has possession, but it's not the same thing as wingers crash and banging to regain puck possession.
You don't swap positions with your best forechecking forward and best defensive centre just because one has better faceoff numbers. It doesn't make sense and you aren't putting these guys in a position to succeed by doing this. Dispute that if you will, I'm not going to dispute the many systems employed by NHL teams.
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