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Originally Posted by kyuss275
You have brought up “did you notice him against us” a couple of times. I’m starting to think this is the only time you have seen him.
I’ve watched him plenty since he came into league. I drafted him in my keeper pool and I keep very good tabs on players I draft. This kid is big , can fly on the ice and has some serious skills. Even though he only got 49 points last year , which is still pretty good considering age, he looked dangerous a lot of the time. I will give you he doesn’t look great this year when I have seen him.
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Agreed. Considering we have Kerins and maybe lipinski as centers i have made the pitch several times about using our plethora of winger prospects to nab a center.
The obvious question for some is we are too early in the rebuild to expend assets in trades?? While i would normally agree we have an absolute glut of wingers in the system. Coronnato, pellletier, stromgren, honzek knocking on the door. Suniev, basha, battaglia, misa, just off the top of my head as well as 4 picks in the top two rounds this year barring any trades ( and i am all for moving Anderson this year)one if which is likely to be a winger.
Getting a young center that could pop is worth it to my mind. It could be the difference between rebuild snd re tool.
Also some posters have a weird valuation system. Yes we need a top line center. However we need center depth through the organization. What would happen if kadri blew an ankle on that goal the other night and a week later backs was out for a couple if weeks? We pretty much have nothing.
When people post just a second line center were talking about kadri level player in his prime thats worth a lot to the team he is on and a lot of others who would love to have him.
We have a goalie, we have defensive depth but unclear about upper end ( Anderson is a top pair but does he stay), we have a plethora of wingers and almost nothing at center. If you can get a possible top six center on a contract i say its worth it. Dependng on cost of course.