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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Johnson played mostly LW last season (and most of the rest of the time he played RW) and is far from a lock to play C going forward. Sillinger was rushed and doesn’t project as a top-2 C. Fantilli will likely develop into a #1-2 C, but he won’t be there right away and will need to be shielded for a couple seasons.
Jenner was the Blue Jacket’s #1 C last season and Roslovic was #2. That’s how thin they are.
They could fit Lindholm into a long-term depth chart that looks something like this:
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Marchenko
Johnson-Fantilli-Laine
Jenner-Sillinger-Texier
Though a Lindholm deal would likely send one of the guys from that third line back.
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Fantilli is absolutely a #1C or at least projects one. Then you got Jenner, Johnson, Sillinger, Texier and who knows what. Signing a 30 year old UFA to a long term deal makes no sense to me, especially when you just drafted #3 overall. They are expecting to be a bubble team right now, not win it all. And long term that contract would be a back breaker.