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Originally Posted by ComixZone
New York’s 1st? Somewhere in the teens? That’s not how you improve the centre ice position. I don’t Lindholm has done anything in his career to show he can transition to centre and be better than Monahan or Backlund.
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We haven't drafted a true C in the first round for 5 years.
Zavgo, Phillips, and Pelletier* are all tiny...not convinced any will play down the middle in the big show, and if they do, we'd probably still need 2 other strong C
Ruzicka might be bottom 6 at best.
If we're lucky, Dubé might become Backlund by the time Backlund is done.
We need more bullets in that chamber, yesterday.
The Blues are the exception to the rule in terms of how they acquired their top C's. Carter/Richards (Kopitar) and Brind'Amour/Weight (Staal) are pretty much the only other exceptions (behind elite at the time 1Cs)...everyone else has been homegrown.
Whether we can bolster with established C's or not, we need to draft more C's as high as possible.