12-23-2025, 06:23 PM
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#1049
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
That's a very good point, and it's always easier to go C --> LW/RW than LW/RW --> C. Stutzle has played some wing, I believe Cooley did too when first entering the league, and Byfield also has. The best wingers, funny enough, are a lot of undrafted, late round picks, and outside-top 10 picks. The ones I first thought of were Kucherov, Kaprizov, Panarin, Gaudreau, Pastrnak, Rantanen (he was barely top 10), Nylander was 8th OA. Definitely makes you think if you're better off selecting a D-man or a center if they're at your pick, then just going high risk/high reward wingers in later rounds.
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Well, TBF there is that Ovechkin guy. And Marner and Tkachuk.
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