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Old 08-28-2022, 07:59 PM   #943
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Originally Posted by SebC View Post
To actually poke a hole in this nomenclature, if Crosby and Malkin are 1A/1B, does that imply that Malkin is worse than the average 1st first line center?

(The answer of course is no, that 2B without a 2A has a different meaning due to context than 1B with a 1A. But it does show the meaning is not always consistent, and depending on how one views Kadri may not even be consistent within the original sentence.)
Crosby and Malkin would both be 1A centers even if one played on the 2nd line.
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