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Originally Posted by transplant99
Im gonna trust Jon Cooper has a pretty good idea of who will work with who based on his past success of doing so.
Im also curious where this narrative that Wilson is poor defensively is coming from.
He is, and has been for a few seasons now, playing very much like a top winger in the game which includes a solid 200' game.
He just happens to be a complete brute as well. He is the proverbial "unicorn" of a player.
He is on this team for a reason.
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Not "poor" at all, but I don't believe he's strong enough defensively to make up for the other two on that line. Reinhart has been in the top for Selke voting the last couple of years. It just makes a lot of sense to put him on that line for his finishing ability as well as covering defensively for McDavid, who is known to cheat up ice, and Celebrini, who is still a very young player still learning the defensive game at this level.
Look, if I post the lines back to back, you'll be able to judge for yourself what makes more sense.
Currently:
Celebrini-McDavid-Wilson
Hagel-Horvat-Reinhart
Alternative:
Celebrini-McDavid-Reinhart
Hagel-Horvat-Wilson