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Originally Posted by David Struch
I suggested that maybe the plan is to use one of Elias Lindholm or William Nylander at centre.
Last season:
William Nylander took 650 faceoffs at 51.4%
Elias Lindholm took 793 faceoffs at 54.5%
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faceoffs =/= playing centre. When Nylander played centre, it was behind Matthews and Kadri, with pretty mediocre players. He played centre something like 10% of his time. If you think he's ready to jump in at number 2 centre, I disagree.
Your comparison, Lindholm, also was not anywhere near a full time centre, and yet he took about 150 more faceoffs.