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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Fair enough. I think it depends on your definition of a number one centre. Do I think Monahan could drive production if Gaudreau was injured? I mean Conroy once put up "number 1 centre" stats, but he was never a legit number 1 in my eyes. I think Monahan is more situated as a number 2 in the West because of his slow first few steps. Doesn't he won't keep growing, he's still young and talented.
Bennett, Id like to see with 15 more pounds and played at centre more before I can say for sure
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Okay this sounds more like a philosophy issue.
Some of us are comfortable "projecting" Bennett as a #1 centre and Monahan as a #1 centre. You don't want to "project" either of them into the future, you want to judge them as they are now. Which is totally fair, just a different viewpoint.
Some of us look at Bennett and think we know what he'll be in 2 years. And that is a #1 centre. Unlikely Monahan has plateued yet either so a lot of us are projecting him as a #1 centre as well. Therefore a lot of us think we have two legit #1 centres for the future so we're set there and are happy to pencil is whichever guy there we want, doesn't really matter.
If you want to take a more conservative, wait and see approach that's fair. But this is a thread about our rebuild in general so some people's lineup is their lineup projecting players 2 years into the future. So they are projecting the youngest kids to their full potential and in the roles they think they will grow into. Not the roles they are currently suited for.