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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
This #1C stuff is overplayed.
If that’s the difference, why are the Vegas Golden Knights not down with the Flames in the standings?
They are the top team in the entire league
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VGK is kinda the exception that proves the rule. They’ve managed it with a pretty unique combo of team play and goaltending. The year the Blues won it they were an exception as well, and the fact they slid back a little maybe shows how hard it is to maintain the level without an elite 1C (ROR is great, but not an offensive catalyst on the level of many other top line Cs).
Shorter: it’s can be done but it’s pretty hard, without a true top centre. As good an all around player as Lindholm is, he’s not Matthews, McDavid, Mackinnon, Barkov, Aho, Scheifele, Crosby, Barzal, Bergeron, Point etc. I don’t think he’s quite a top 20 centre in this league.