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Originally Posted by shutout
Thought the issue with Vilardi was his skating, and that it might be bad enough to keep him from ever being a full time NHL player.
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I think the bigger issue is that he has had back problems which have made him rather contact-avoidant, and the Kings have kept him exclusively at centre with some...
limited linemates.
His skating is probably in that same tier as Monahan and Tkachuk, which isn't something you want to load your roster with, but a couple guys like that on separate lines isn't the end of the world.