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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
we finally get a #1 centre and all people want to do after a bad start to one season is talk about how he doesn't check off the important boxes that good 1st or 2nd line centres do...
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If he does not check those boxes off, then why should we not discuss it?
Centre is the most important position in the sport, IMO even more important than goaltender. We've had an elite winger (Iginla), we've had elite goaltender (Kipprusoff), we have an elite defenseman (Brodie). But the last time we had an elite centre was probably Doug Gilmour. Unsurprisingly we've been to the second round only two times in 25+ years since then.
It's not unfair to discuss how best to be a consistent contender. We finished in 26th place last year and you can blame goaltending all you want but it was not remotely the only reason we were bad.
Why come to a sports forum if sports team discussion is a source of ire?
The premise of this thread is a very legitimate question. Doubly so with the death of the trap.
Brind'Amour / E. Staal
McDonald / Getzlaf
Datsyuk / Zetterberg
Crosby / Malkin / J. Staal
Toews / Sharp
Bergeron / Krejci
Kopitar / Richards
Toews
Kopitar / Carter
Toews
Crosby / Malkin / Bonino
It's not an unfair question to ask if we have the foundation to eventually be in that conversation