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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
Acquiring him would make us a team with three #2 centres and one #3. Roll the lines and give people minutes, special teams time and match ups depending on performance. Hopefully by the time Backs retires in 2-3 years we get our #1 6'5" centre. At that time we'll be strong down the middle.
I think the size thing is over stated. Rossi doesn't play small.
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It all about the makeup of your team. Rossi type is ok if your #1 C is a Barkov/Kopitar type. Odds are our #1 C is not a McDavid/MacKinnon type as we aren't looking to full tank to get that guy.
Rossi plays with a bit of jam for his size. His skating isn't elite though, but he is 23 still. I could see a 70–80-point guy here and adding him now does allow us to lock him in before the cap goes way up and so do future RFA contracts.