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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
ex)Looked at the 31 centers that could be defined as "1C" for their team and averaged their production.
The results are based on offensive production to date this season, I also added the Flames players in brackets next to where they have slotted on our roster for the most part this season.
Center:
1C: ~66 points
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The top 31 centers, listed by NHL, which would include multiple centers on certain teams (Crosby, Malkin, Tavares, Barzal etc.) and players not playing center (Girioux, Marchessault, Draisaitl etc.) have an average production of 64 points. This would include the actual point production of players who missed significant time, like Matthews and Eichel, but there's clearly some funky math going on here.
If you were to remove Malkin, Barzal, Marchessault, Girioux, Draisaitl, Rakell, Point, Gourde, Backstrom, Marner, etc. from the top 31 list, as none of them are characterized as the number 1 center on their team, you would be getting significant lower average than 66 points in terms of actual production from the top line centers of each team. (Again, not accounting for injuries to Bergeron, Matthews, Eichel).