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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
You can find franchise players all over, but it’s easier when you draft top-3. And you can’t whiff on those selections.
You MUST have two centres. We have Lindholm - he probably is an O’Reilly level player, no real argument here. But No other centre on this roster is a championship caliber top 2 C.
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I get your point, but I think you are discounting talent in general.
Tampa has won two years in a row with Point and Cirelli down the middle. However, they were flanked by Stamkos, Kurcherov, Killorn and Palat. Then they had some ridiculous depth on their bottom 2 lines with Johnson, Gourde and Coleman. Add in Hedman and Vasilevskiy to that mix and you can see why they were so good.
We just don't have that depth and talent in general. I don't think Tre can get us medium/long term solutions for both a #2C (he's been looking for like 4/5 seasons) and a #2RW this year, but Toffolli is a step in the right direction given his age, output and contract if that's the direction we go in. That doesn't mean he shouldn't and isn't still looking for another center, but it seems like that's just not available right now.