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Originally Posted by timbit
Are you serious? If you’re being sarcastic, Schenn is still a better Top 2 C.
Schenn centered Tarasenko and Schwartz.
Sundqvist centered the 4th line with Barbashev and Steen.
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Schenn is ptobably a better offensive player than Backlund, though that's not necessarily a fact as he didn't really blow up until a year ago when he got traded to a team that let him center a damn good line, and he's spent the vast majority of his career at left wing.
As for who the Blues' 2C was, it could be argued Schenn was their 2C, but he also played so much LW that it's highly debateable that Sundqvist was more relied upon in that role. I think if Backlund were magically added to the Blues' roster, he would pretty easily be selected to play center over Schenn, but that should not be confused with me saying that Schenn would be moved to 3C, because I never said that, I said Schenn would be moved to the wing, which is exactly what's happened almost his ENTIRE career.
Here were Schenn's four most common lines in the playoffs:
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Season TOI
BRAYDEN.SCHENN JADEN.SCHWARTZ VLADIMIR.TARASENKO 2018-2019 106.77
BRAYDEN.SCHENN RYAN.O'REILLY VLADIMIR.TARASENKO 2018-2019 57.73
BRAYDEN.SCHENN JADEN.SCHWARTZ OSKAR.SUNDQVIST 2018-2019 35.82
BRAYDEN.SCHENN DAVID.PERRON OSKAR.SUNDQVIST 2018-2019 35.12
Yes, for a good chunk of the playoffs he centered the best winger on STL's roster. But for an even bigger portion of the playoffs he was either on ROR's wing or Sundqvist's wing. And I guess I can't "prove" that Schenn wasn't centering Sundqvist, but that's what I saw while I was out to lunch. 2Cs don't typically spend ~55% of their time playing the wing, except when on one VERY specific line.
Of course, as is typical for timbit and Flash Walken, there is no room for a such thing as nuance. These two, and their old buddy MMF, are such a trifecta of denial that they're practically CP's equivalent of flat-earthers.