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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Eichel though plays a more important position
Wingers are easier to get
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I guess. Off the top of my head, I would say the following centers are better than Eichel
McDavid
Draisaitl
MacKinnon
Matthews
Stamkos
Point
Barkov
Lindholm
Crosby
Zibanajed
Aho
Past there you have a whole host that one can debate who is better (IMO) including
Bergeron
Scheifele
Miller
Tavares
Thomas
Kopitar
Pavelski
Soon to be Jack Hughes
I would say you have a pretty reasonable case to say that there are at least 10 centers who are better than Eichel, maybe as high as 15. Since there are twice as many wingers, I think one would be hard pressed to put together a list of 20-30 wingers that are better than Tkachuk.
Center is an important position, but if you are talking about a 200 foot game, at least 30% of the time, maybe even higher, Eichel will not be the best center on the ice in any given game. It is not like the guy is a top 5 center in the league.